Stories about guest behavior in theme parks.
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I liked the tower of terror movie the best.TiggerHappy wrote:http://www.ocregister.com/entertainment ... -ride.html
Is it too much to hope this will give them the incentive to put back the earthquake effect on DL's ride?
Yeah, the queue doesn't really do much to convey that story. And that last line was just weird; why would you set up a possessed train as a tourist destination? Makes more sense if travelers just happened to stumble upon the town and tried to escape via the train, but found out too late that the train is haunted.Although the details of the backstory vary from park to park, all follow the same general story arcs. Some time in the late 1800s, gold was discovered on Big Thunder Mountain in the American southwest. Overnight, the small mining town of Rainbow Ridges (at Disneyland) ... became a thriving mining town. Mining was prosperous, and an extensive line of mine trains was set up to transport the ore. Unknown to the settlers, the Mountain was a sacred spot to local Native Americans and was cursed.
Before long, the settlers' desecration of the mountain caused a great tragedy, which, depending on the park, is usually depicted to be an earthquake (Disneyland Paris, Disneyland) ..., which befell the mines and town, and the town was abandoned. Some time later, the locomotives were found to be racing around the mountain on their own, without engineers or a crew. The Big Thunder Mountain Railroad was founded in the old mining camp to allow tourists to take rides on the possessed trains.
I have had that happen. Had a family of five sit down in the front row, and I began to check lap bars. At that moment, the dad looked up at me and asked which stop was the front of the park. Only time I have ever asked a guest if they were joking. Turns out he wasn't. A 50 minute wait to ride the railroad to the front of the park.TiggerHappy wrote:Makes more sense if travelers just happened to stumble upon the town and tried to escape via the train, but found out too late that the train is haunted.
Wow. It's hard to believe people can be that unaware at times. I have lapses, but I can't imagine spending 50 minutes in line and not figuring out what was going on. Of course, I wouldn't spend much time in line for transport to the front of the park to begin with. I'd just walk. I ride the steam trains regularly for the love of trains, but not when the line is long. :D:Big Wallaby wrote:I have had that happen. Had a family of five sit down in the front row, and I began to check lap bars. At that moment, the dad looked up at me and asked which stop was the front of the park. Only time I have ever asked a guest if they were joking. Turns out he wasn't. A 50 minute wait to ride the railroad to the front of the park.
The group was all adults, and I was kind enough to let them go before the train departed. After all, a panicking passenger on a lap bar roller coaster is not a fun thing to deal with. I let them go before the ride left the station.WEDFan wrote:So, what happened with the family? Did they get off before the start? If they rode, did you see the Dad when he disembarked? Maybe the kids misled him. :twisted:
All Adults, hmmmm, well, maybe the other adults misled him. I can imagine that a flipped out person on a roller coaster doesn't do anybody any good. It was good that you were able to get him off the train before it departed.Big Wallaby wrote:The group was all adults, and I was kind enough to let them go before the train departed. After all, a panicking passenger on a lap bar roller coaster is not a fun thing to deal with. I let them go before the ride left the station.
Imagine if they hadn't asked... or asked as the train was leaving... nothing like an unplanned roller coaster ride!Big Wallaby wrote:The group was all adults, and I was kind enough to let them go before the train departed. After all, a panicking passenger on a lap bar roller coaster is not a fun thing to deal with. I let them go before the ride left the station.