Mainstreetjake Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 (edited) Murphy's law...strikes again. She fell tonight during the show. The show stopped, and the second show is cancelled. Someone's created a twitter account to keep people up to date on what's going on with the doomed dragon. EDIT: New high res photo of the dragon: http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs183.ash2/44596_1598782056591_1447204425_31681661_7998684_n.jpg Photo taken by Richard Takanaga Edited August 29, 2010 by Mainstreetjake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 Disney's entertainment department at its finest. They decided to order Murphy from a vendor to one specification, only to run it at the park to a completely different specification. And then expect nothing to go wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicMountainMan Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 ^I must say it does seem like Disney does that a lot. They seem to tweek and modify the crap out of everything but I wouldn't always say it's a bad thing. Is it true that the dragon is on some type of modified cherry picker like system? I always wondered how they got that think in and out of hibernation so fast. It's Disney though so I'm sure they'll fix it somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPDave Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 ^I must say it does seem like Disney does that a lot. They seem to tweek and modify the crap out of everything but I wouldn't always say it's a bad thing. That's not quite what Joey is saying. Tweaking and modifying is a great thing to do, however using something outside of its design specification is asking for trouble. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterLover Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 It's Disney though so I'm sure they'll fix it somehow. Like they fixed the Yeti on Expedition Everest? Somehow I don't think a flashing light would be a suitable fix in this case... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay20016 Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 It sucks two fold... One, because Disneyland's Fantasmic lost one of its best portions. Two, with all of the troubles it has had in its short life, sort of makes it easier to say that Florida's version is not in need of a similar upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeoplemoverMatt Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 ^ Well sure, because in FL's version, Mickey's really just killing the fountain with the dragon watching from behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperShawn Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 Looks like I will not be seeing Fantasmic on my next visit... oh well, Let Murphy watch 2011 begin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacemtfan Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 Man, it really sucks to hear that Murphy is down once again. Fortunately, it's the off-season, so Disney has time to work out whatever kinks Murphy is suffering. From MouseWait app on iPhone/iTouch: As of 10:38 a.m. Murphy is still on the stage and the maintenance crew are working to fix it. The mist screens aren't running, so they are in full view. If Murphy is STILL on the stage, it must be serious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPDave Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 ^ Let's not jump to conclusions. It could just be an issue that is easier to service if Murphy is in the raised position. That's not to say this isn't a problem which will take a long time to fix, but thats not the only conclusion that can be drawn... Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrygator Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 There are clearly treating Murphy as a real person instead of a animatronic dragon. The best advice when it comes to moving a seriously injured person is don’t! Unless circumstances make it absolutely necessary that the person be moved, it is always best to leave the person where he is until stabilized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coasterlvr_nc Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 For someone that hasnt seen either fantasmic unfortunately, what is wrong with him?/ where should he be if there werent an issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 (edited) ^ His (her?) torso should be upright, not angled over. Not gonna play armchair engineer, but this doesn't look very encouraging (especially if it's still sitting out there today). Edited August 29, 2010 by Wes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the ghost Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 Damn, I saw her(yes it is a her) 48 hours ago and she seemed in perfect working condition. I hope she is fixed relatively soon, I am a cast member at DCA so I will be there quite a bit, although my summer season is almost over, I'll go down to Disneyland on thursday or friday and update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PortugePunk Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 I like the old dragon better, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacemtfan Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 Despite Murphy's problems, Fantasmic will go on as scheduled tonight. http://mousepad.mouseplanet.com/showpost.php?p=1577946&postcount=22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgeboy Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 I was in the park this morning, and there were no less that 13 (I counted) staff and technicians walking around the island and examining things. The only part I saw out was two crew moving a turret that has Murphy's claw attached... they were moving it out. It was an interesting morning in the park... from 8am - 11am, Matterhorn went down, Alice went down, Indy went down, and Space went down. And they were working on Murphy. There must have been some serious overtime there. (BTW, I do believe Matterhorn and Alice got back up. I left before I could see if Indy and Space did, but I imagine they did.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicMountainMan Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 It's Disney though so I'm sure they'll fix it somehow. Like they fixed the Yeti on Expedition Everest? Somehow I don't think a flashing light would be a suitable fix in this case... Good one! Only thing is the Yeti is about 2345978 time more complex then the dragon is, but besides that the similarities are uncanny. All I'm trying to say is, it's Disney. They aren't just going to sit around and see if it fixes itself, they're going to do something about it. Whether that means the dragon will stay the same or if they will make him less mobile is yet to be seen. But they're doing something about the current situation, that's for certain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatdaddy Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 ^ Let's not jump to conclusions. It could just be an issue that is easier to service if Murphy is in the raised position. Disney is all about the "magic", if they could prevent people from seeing a giant dead dragon in the light of day they would. I mean they cant do anything without putting a wall in front of it. IMHO anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeoplemoverMatt Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 Despite Murphy's problems, Fantasmic will go on as scheduled tonight. http://mousepad.mouseplanet.com/showpost.php?p=1577946&postcount=22 Not a big shock considering there's an easily implementable alternate ending contigency plan in case the dragon is unavailable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Thrill Dragster Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmb02 Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 That's interesting Top Thrill... Kinda cool that someone caught it on video. From the video it looked from the start of the dragon scene that it was all wrong. She was leaning forward from the start. Also found it interesting that the crowd actually started to boo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalCoasters Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 Also found it interesting that the crowd actually started to boo! That's dedicated Disney fans for ya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacemtfan Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 Was directed to the video when MurphyTracker posted it on Twitter. It's nice that someone finally posted the actual fall. It looked like an inflatable going down! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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