Escape From Pompeii
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Here is the soundtrack for the final scene:
Silence
Silence
If they give Pompeii and JTA love this year, I’ll be happy
Anybody see the big industrial trash bin outside Pompeii? Was walking by and saw the thing was almost filled, couldn't tell if it was HoS stuff or bits of the inside of the ride.
Yeah, I noticed that too. It almost looks like parts the little boats that were at the bottom by the drop were in there. I could make out the rope that went around and made the border, as well as maybe the volcano that used to be there? Also noticed the steering wheels and throttles were gone from the railing. Off topic, but the trucks by Griffon aren’t there anymore as well as the steering wheels are gone from that railing.
I saw someone using the boats once, they were about as controllable as a Claw machine, terrible unstable design.
The boats were tricky because you had to return the free-spinning pilot's wheel to its (unmarked) center position after turning, or else you would have no chance of navigating anywhere at all in a straight line, making the entire experience an exercise in slow and silent chaos. Once you lost track of that center steering position you had to incrementally and meticulously zero in on it again by trial and error, cutting into what was already a brief period of "fun." If the notion to conduct and track a little impromptu science experiment didn't occur to you, as it wouldn't to most kids, then the steering never got recentered and you had a frustrating time.
I was successful with the boats only as an adult, regularly activating the volcano to my kids' mild entertainment, and then only due to many earlier years of messing around with radio control cars. Even then it was a bit of a challenge, as RC toys have much better steering controls than the Pompeii boats ever did (including in their original location as "Remote-O-Boat" at the base of the Loch Ness stairs).
Still, I'll miss the boats, even just as a longtime minor attraction that connected back to the park's earlier days.
By the way -- why throw the boats out instead of selling them as highly unique park memorabilia? They would be the perfect gift for, say, that Eggery Deggery enthusiast in your life.
I was successful with the boats only as an adult, regularly activating the volcano to my kids' mild entertainment, and then only due to many earlier years of messing around with radio control cars. Even then it was a bit of a challenge, as RC toys have much better steering controls than the Pompeii boats ever did (including in their original location as "Remote-O-Boat" at the base of the Loch Ness stairs).
Still, I'll miss the boats, even just as a longtime minor attraction that connected back to the park's earlier days.
By the way -- why throw the boats out instead of selling them as highly unique park memorabilia? They would be the perfect gift for, say, that Eggery Deggery enthusiast in your life.
It will probably be testing, but definitely not open to guests. They’ll be starting the commissioning process
Wow!!! I thought filling a water ride would be a little more efficient than this. This is only a half a step up from a home owner filling their pool after a liner replacement. What is that a 1-1/2” - 2” rubber hose??? That has to take forever!
A hose does not fill Pompeii... I hope everyone is being sarcastic.
I love that out of all the ways they could have done this, this is what they chose
The rain tomorrow will fill it the rest of the way.
That has me wondering. Has any hurricane or massive rainfall event ever caused it to overflow?