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BigThunderFan
12-29-2010, 03:55 PM
Anyone that has been lately, is the Davy Jones waterfall special effect on POTC working currently? The last two times down it wasn't, or at least it wasn't being used. We have never seen it except on videos online, so it would be cool for it to be up in January!

Gator
12-29-2010, 04:01 PM
Wondering the same thing. I saw it once on our 2006 trip (I think - have to check my videos). I can't remember if it was there in 2008, but I know it wasn't there in 2010. I wonder if it's another one of those things that broke and they never bothered to fic it.

waggles02673
12-29-2010, 04:10 PM
It was working earlier this month when I was there on 8th-12th.

Altair
12-29-2010, 04:11 PM
It was working earlier this month when I was there on 8th-12th.

Confirmed:thumbsup::mickey:

disneymom15
12-29-2010, 04:12 PM
Yes, it worked in Sept and Dec.

forever a child
12-29-2010, 04:41 PM
Both of our 2010 trips it was working (may and dec).

Kenny1113
12-29-2010, 05:20 PM
this is interesting, i havent been to the MK when it wasnt working...

Tick-Tock
12-29-2010, 06:08 PM
Didn't see it when we rode last Thursday (and I was looking, because I didn't want my 3-year-old nephew to be freaked out).

DizneyRox
12-29-2010, 08:27 PM
Yeah, it's one of the things I've never seen NOT working. Fairly basic effect and not a lot could go wrong. But that doesn't seem to matter these days...

Buttercup
12-29-2010, 10:10 PM
this is interesting, i havent been to the MK when it wasnt working...

:ditto:

ILoveLegos
12-29-2010, 11:50 PM
It was working on the 11th. :mickey:

GBBT
12-29-2010, 11:56 PM
It was working Dec.19th-26th!! :thumbsup:

BugeyedMuggy
12-30-2010, 07:22 AM
Was working Oct,Nov & Dec. It seems the simplest effects are the coolest. Love to go thru it.

Ian
12-30-2010, 09:58 AM
It wasn't working during our February trip, but a couple weeks ago when we were down it was working fine.

BigThunderFan
12-30-2010, 10:25 AM
Thanks everyone! I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I want to say we have rode POTC about 7 or 8 times in the last two years and it wasn't working any of the times we went. Or it at least wasn't running...

Stu29573
12-30-2010, 12:48 PM
I think its a bit hit and miss sometimes. On our November trip it was working great on Wednesday, but the following Tuesday it was off...

crltkcagle
12-30-2010, 08:53 PM
Wow I have never seen it not working. I hope you can catch it this time. My kids always try to grab his face and we go through the mist.

Aurora
12-31-2010, 06:15 PM
For those who found it not working or not being on, just curious -- is the steam on but not the video, or is the whole thing just not there?

Also wondering if someone with more technical experience can explain how it would work, and why it might be off or broken?

It doesn't seem to me any more complex than your basic fog/steam machine and a projection video, but you know what happens when you assume... ;)

Crow
12-31-2010, 09:23 PM
wasnt working in Jan, rode it twice.

DisFan01
01-01-2011, 07:46 PM
For those who found it not working or not being on, just curious -- is the steam on but not the video, or is the whole thing just not there?

Also wondering if someone with more technical experience can explain how it would work, and why it might be off or broken?

It doesn't seem to me any more complex than your basic fog/steam machine and a projection video, but you know what happens when you assume... ;)

Recently, when I've gone it's been working fine.

I have been when there was nothing there and also surprisingly when the projector was on but the steam wasn't (so basically it just projected a backwards image on the water).

Melanie
01-01-2011, 07:52 PM
Strangely enough, when I last went through (first part of December) only half of the screen was working. It was weird. Otherwise, I've never seen it have problems, and I've ridden a lot.

#1donaldfan
01-02-2011, 09:53 AM
Since it's implemtation into the ride, we've NOT seen it inoperable......lucky us, I suppose.

BigThunderFan
01-02-2011, 10:48 AM
We have never seen either, but then again I did hear the audio so I wonder if the video was projecting but we didn't notice since the steam was not on.

brownie
01-02-2011, 01:41 PM
It was working when we rode Pirates of the Caribbean at the end of November.