Time to make a decision!

[hobie16]

The only real thing I have to work on now is getting to where I can visually identify the animals, and I think there are only a few I don't know by sight.

Do they give you silhouettes of the animals? Kinda like the ones they give pilots so they know who to shoot down.

[Big Wallaby]

I do hope they do not get rid of the automatic spiels that are visual. Being hard of hearing I can never understand what the drivers are spieling from the front of the bus when I am strapped in the wheelchair spot. With the visual spiel I know where I am and where we are going. I don't have to hope that I am going where I want to.

I agree, the visual part is a very nice part of the system... extremely nice, even. It's one of those things where, when I say it could be a nice system overall, if they designed it with good show in mind, that I have in mind.

I've always thought there should be a reader board in the passenger compartment that says whatever is on the outside of the bus, so everyone's on the same page.

If they would add some show quality to it, I would never complain.

But now, I don't have a right to complain about it. I don't work there anymore.

Do they give you silhouettes of the animals? Kinda like the ones they give pilots so they know who to shoot down.

Uh... yeah. They're... training me... to hunt... the animals...



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[Shorty82]

Oh, hhsrat, I love that puck out in the Safari truck parking lot at VM. :D: Too bad they didn't have that on Disney Transport!

What's this puck you're talking about?

I do hope they do not get rid of the automatic spiels that are visual. Being hard of hearing I can never understand what the drivers are spieling from the front of the bus when I am strapped in the wheelchair spot. With the visual spiel I know where I am and where we are going. I don't have to hope that I am going where I want to.

IMO that is one of the very few good qualities of MiMs. The captioning and dispatching aspects of the system are good and will hopefully improve Disney Transportation. Essentially (if not outright) banning drivers from spieling and making it impossible to do so by locking out the microphone does nothing but reduce the buses from being an attraction of their own to being just a city bus. Locking out the microphone is also a hazard as it makes it where the driver can't warn the passengers in case of an emergency, as BW, at least I think it was him, talked about the other day. He had to make emergency maneuvers to avoid an accident and couldn't warn his passengers to hang on. He didn't say anybody was hurt in the maneuver but one of his passengers easily could have been.

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Do they give you silhouettes of the animals? Kinda like the ones they give pilots so they know who to shoot down.

I think he got those from the roadkill cafe!! (on the back is the yeild ratio and price per pound for a "bus" hit!!)

[Cranbiz]

I also happen to know they have been getting a LOT of guest feedback on the automated spiels on the buses, and most of it not good. To the credit of the transportation managers, they're starting to take heed.

I do hope they do not get rid of the automatic spiels that are visual. Being hard of hearing I can never understand what the drivers are spieling from the front of the bus when I am strapped in the wheelchair spot. With the visual spiel I know where I am and where we are going. I don't have to hope that I am going where I want to.

Lisbeth,

I agree with you too. I was one of the few that thought, if done right, that this system would be a show enhancer. Alas, I was wrong. The improvements are lacking, the guests hate it, the system works part time and drivers like me and BW get reprimanded for talking to our guests. Not to mention the safety issues. When management took away the override for drivers who actually did the job, they kidded it for those of us who were optimistic for it's success.

Yes, keep the reader board. That part is good guest service. Let the drivers talk, those who are hearing impaired don't get our show but they get information that is helpful to them.

[Big Wallaby]

That's the nice thing about the new buses. I can do my thing, and you still get the reader board info. A win/win situation!

[hhsrat]

Oh, hhsrat, I love that puck out in the Safari truck parking lot at VM. :D: Too bad they didn't have that on Disney Transport!

Which one? If I remember right, there's 7 different pucks inside the parking lot, and one right near the parking lot on perimeter road

- 1 over near the fuel pump that, in theory, will remind you to turn off your audio system (by making it make a high pitched tone until you turn it off.

- 2 sets (2 pucks each) of Dual-Speed pucks (one for Row 1, one for Rows 2 & 3 ... have to drive over both pucks to get dual-speed)

- 2 sets (1 puck each) of "Magic Bus" pucks. (Tests your audio system ... if you drive over it, it'll play the Who song "Magic Bus")


I also like, if they haven't changed it, the spiel test button on the driver console.

[BRWombat]

I updated my spiel notes so now I have everything I need ready at any time. The only real thing I have to work on now is getting to where I can visually identify the animals, and I think there are only a few I don't know by sight.

Eh, just make stuff up if you don't know.

"On the right side of the vehicle is a, um, magnificent, uh,... striped hongsworn. Very rare. They grow to over thirty feet tall and are able to leap over small cities and low-flying airplanes. Keep your distance, though -- one bite from them and you'll develop a taste for eating cardboard and listening to Barry Manilow." :)

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Eh, just make stuff up if you don't know.

"On the right side of the vehicle is a, um, magnificent, uh,... striped hongsworn. Very rare. They grow to over thirty feet tall and are able to leap over small cities and low-flying airplanes. Keep your distance, though -- one bite from them and you'll develop a taste for eating cardboard and listening to Barry Manilow." :)

Now WHY would WDW subject guests to that type of danger!!! No wonder guests feel the need for guns!! hehehehe

[ktulu]

Eh, just make stuff up if you don't know.

What we have sitting on the tree there is the African yellow-bellied horn-billed sap sucker. It's odd because it has neither a yellow chest, horn bill and oh wait, that's just a branch. Nevermind.