Escape From Pompeii
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In all seriousness, vast improvement in my opinion. Now if only there was a dig site there...
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Luke said:
Wish i could see your pics
they never show up on my pos comp.lol) I have only been on this ride a couple of times(maybe three) but more often than not i dont get to ride it due to it being closed. My husband loves it because being a firefighter he likes seeing the fire effect. The last time we went it wasnt working. I like the ride, but like alot of things it needs work.
Honestly, the past couple of years the maintenance on the effects in Escape from Pompeii has improved greatly. Only rarely do I go on it nowadays(the last couple of years or so) to find an effect isn't working, whereas in the past it was very, very rare that I went on it and found that all the effects were working properly. The main one that seems to be always reliant now, compared to the past is the door opening effect. As a child, the door almost always stayed open, there were some years where I might have seen it working only once or twice. I love that they've made it work properly, it really adds to the experience, IMO.
I assumed everyone knew this but the fire effects are human operated. A team member sits in a booth and presses a button when a light turns green and the fire effects start. If the team member doesn't press the button or presses it too soon or too late there are no effects. This is done for rider safety so that the flame effect won't go off if riders are not properly seated inside the boat. It has nothing to do with maintenance.
That's both true and false. Working effects not triggering is ops- broken effects has everything to do with maintenance.
Shane said:
Why would everyone know that? Pompeii wasn't on the RC Tour, when I took it, so I'm not sure where I would have gotten such an obscure fact.
Escape from Pompeii was on the Ultimate Insider Tour (RIP). It's a shame so few people were able to experience it because it truly was an INCREDIBLE tour- far superior to the coaster tour in my honest opinion.
I thought about taking it, but I wasn't interested in paying money for shows that I don't watch, when they are free. And while I know that some people have been able to change the elements of the tour, my fear was that capability was tour guide-dependent.
Well, now everyone knows!
It was a really amazing tour, glad we took it when we had the chance. I didn't realize it was discontinued.
It was a really amazing tour, glad we took it when we had the chance. I didn't realize it was discontinued.
Pompeii is one of the park's most architecturally beautiful areas.
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I miss being able to hear the music from the parking lot at the end of the night. It was like the park was giving me a final farewell.
Speaking of which, I still really want to know who wrote the actual on-ride music. That is one of the most memorable/effective ride soundtracks I know.