Last June I was disappointed that the storyline had changed as there was no warning or mention not to look into the idols eyes. Several other effects were not there for one ride trip and there on the next.
I almost guarantee anyone complaining about the falling ceiling effect or that the Hall of Promise scrim shift has been shut down only knows about it because of youtube videos…this ride may be showing it’s age, but no more so than any other large scale attraction
Nah. I grew at disneyland and it always bothered me they didnt fix the ceiling. After covid I was finally able to take my kids there for the first time. Barely got my son to pass the height requirments and was a little disappointed many of the special effects seemed lacking. The fire and breaking break being one of them. This ride is in huge need of refurbishment and I am happy they are mentioning it.
Been missing the broken parts of this ride for a very long time. Also it is always shutdown for a few hours or an entire day during every visit. Be glad if they could bring it back to its original glory.
I personally think this ride is 100% less scary than it was 10 years ago because most of the effects don’t happen anymore. This is coming from someone who has gone to Disneyland regularly for 27 years, and not youtube info.
I haven’t been on it recently. As I age, the ride has become too rough to handle any more. I was there opening day and was one of the only “thrill rides” I could ride (I don’t do roller coasters). I’m sad to hear that it really needs refurbishment. Maybe after the Splash Mountain redo they can get back to it.
Yes I was there last week and the worst part is the ball scene. You don’t appear to back up right now. The ball just appears and you drop under it. It needs work for sure.
I was there on Sept 8th. I was disappointed that the ball didn’t roll. We had a kid in our party who was riding it for the first time. The giant snake hasn’t pitched forward in a really long time.
I recently went after the summer break and it’s in desperate need of TLC. The person in the article is correct. Having been on it when I was much younger, you miss out on the effects. Not to Look into the eye, the snake moving, the projection effects like the mice on the wall right midway through the ride. Now it’s a dark room with sounds of mice. Or the moving boulder. It’d be nice if they returned it to its former glory.
I was just there over a month ago. All I can say is that so many rides at Disneyland need a major overhaul. Even after they closed pirates ride & reopened it. It still had issues. If they plan on redoing Splash mountain get on with it. That poor ride has fallen apart & you just sit there. To those who wtd Splash Mountain closed, don’t have the right to still call it that, because now the 2 words by your standards is tied Racism.
As a former Indy CM, I feel that most negative comments are given by guests who act like they are entitled and think they know the full inner workings of both the attraction and Disney parks. What’s the biggest issue with the attraction? GUESTS! Indy doesn’t get the proper love an attention needed for maintenance because people complain too much when it’s down. This is why many effects don’t work anymore, because proper fixes would require some demolition to fully access and guests don’t want to allow enough time for that. Why doesn’t the queue falling ceiling effect happen? Tall guests hitting their head on it. So you miss a lot of the lava effects? Blame the fire marshal for not allowing it, he also mandated a sensor system for the safety of quests that is so sensitive smoke and steam easily set it off. This was the #2 reason I hated working the control room, the sensor monitor would go off so much I was worried I’d accidentally hit the emergency disconnect button, cause a full scale evac of the building and a 2 hour power reset.
Upset about so many breakdowns? Most are actually because of stupid guests….like a woman who hid her newborn in her jacket and got on the ride, got past seatbelt check but the baby started crying before making the turn out of the station…or the guy who jumped out of the vehicle to get his wallet… idiots who refuse to turn off infrared night vision on cameras and cause security camera issues…
Don’t be so quick to always blame the attraction, park, or company…in general all issues come down to guests expecting too much. If CMs followed all the policies and procedures dictating the show standards, most attractions would be go down by lunchtime. So make up your mind, either everything fixed or as many rides open as possible….because you can’t have both in a park open 365 days a year.
As a cast member as well. Disney doesn’t have enough engineers in staff. No one wants to work for a company that hates and abuses it’s staff on a daily bases. All the problems can be fixed. The staff could be at full swing working at the closing hours. But that cost money and the CEOS need another couple million collar raise during the pandemic. The purchased slaves aren’t worth anything to the board of directors.
Well…You Nailed it!…..Common folk don’t realize these things…it Only took me once to ride this attraction to know ( my understanding safety requirements through filmmaking) that this ride, with its’ emersiveness…and technical status..would have a future involving a lot of changes..or become Extinct.
Well…You Nailed it!…..Common folk don’t realize these things…it Only took me once to ride this attraction to know ( my understanding safety requirements through filmmaking) that this ride, with its’ emersiveness…and technical status..would have a future involving a lot of changes..or become Extinct.
Haven’t been on the ride, or at Disneyland, in about a decade. Went daily back when Indy opened, and went to the Passholder preview before it opened (basically a tour through the line area only). The falling ceiling effect in the line broke constantly (it was not working more often than it was), including within the first week of the ride being open. (I have a photo of it from the preview, uncovered and without spikes somewhere (spray-painted red dots instead), but it’s pre-digital camera so I don’t know if I can find the photo.)
The projection one poster mentions as being “mice” was of the car’s headlights over bugs. If I remember right, it was projected onto a thin wall of fog. This also stopped working within the first few years of the ride being opened.
I used to log which of the three “doors” that we went through (purple, gold, or green/blue) at the start of the ride, but that portion also stopped working years ago. I can’t remember if the mirrors that showed the cars before you going through the other doors also stopped working.
The translation cards that were handed out lasted a few years with a few different sponsors, but I think they became too much of a hassle and definitely generated a lot of trash.
Big thank you to the cast members posting to explain some of the effects missing. Not surprised at all that bad apple guests are to blame for some of it.
Comments for “Gone Downhill,” Iconic Disney Attraction Could Be Closing Soon
Jefé
Last June I was disappointed that the storyline had changed as there was no warning or mention not to look into the idols eyes. Several other effects were not there for one ride trip and there on the next.
Skip
I almost guarantee anyone complaining about the falling ceiling effect or that the Hall of Promise scrim shift has been shut down only knows about it because of youtube videos…this ride may be showing it’s age, but no more so than any other large scale attraction
Jessie
Nah. I grew at disneyland and it always bothered me they didnt fix the ceiling. After covid I was finally able to take my kids there for the first time. Barely got my son to pass the height requirments and was a little disappointed many of the special effects seemed lacking. The fire and breaking break being one of them. This ride is in huge need of refurbishment and I am happy they are mentioning it.
DADesigns59
Been missing the broken parts of this ride for a very long time. Also it is always shutdown for a few hours or an entire day during every visit. Be glad if they could bring it back to its original glory.
Suzie
I personally think this ride is 100% less scary than it was 10 years ago because most of the effects don’t happen anymore. This is coming from someone who has gone to Disneyland regularly for 27 years, and not youtube info.
Shelley
I haven’t been on it recently. As I age, the ride has become too rough to handle any more. I was there opening day and was one of the only “thrill rides” I could ride (I don’t do roller coasters). I’m sad to hear that it really needs refurbishment. Maybe after the Splash Mountain redo they can get back to it.
Lawrence Lewis
I haven’t been there in so long I wouldn’t have noticed, but it is one of my faves.
Rachel
Yes I was there last week and the worst part is the ball scene. You don’t appear to back up right now. The ball just appears and you drop under it. It needs work for sure.
Powdbyrice
I was there on Sept 8th. I was disappointed that the ball didn’t roll. We had a kid in our party who was riding it for the first time. The giant snake hasn’t pitched forward in a really long time.
Jayne1955
The Indiana Jones ride in Paris is amazing.
PassholdernotMagicKey
I recently went after the summer break and it’s in desperate need of TLC. The person in the article is correct. Having been on it when I was much younger, you miss out on the effects. Not to Look into the eye, the snake moving, the projection effects like the mice on the wall right midway through the ride. Now it’s a dark room with sounds of mice. Or the moving boulder. It’d be nice if they returned it to its former glory.
Cuyo
I made a report list to G&S so they can fix everything. I hope they fix what I mentioned.
Mike
I was just there over a month ago. All I can say is that so many rides at Disneyland need a major overhaul. Even after they closed pirates ride & reopened it. It still had issues. If they plan on redoing Splash mountain get on with it. That poor ride has fallen apart & you just sit there. To those who wtd Splash Mountain closed, don’t have the right to still call it that, because now the 2 words by your standards is tied Racism.
Evan
As a former Indy CM, I feel that most negative comments are given by guests who act like they are entitled and think they know the full inner workings of both the attraction and Disney parks. What’s the biggest issue with the attraction? GUESTS! Indy doesn’t get the proper love an attention needed for maintenance because people complain too much when it’s down. This is why many effects don’t work anymore, because proper fixes would require some demolition to fully access and guests don’t want to allow enough time for that. Why doesn’t the queue falling ceiling effect happen? Tall guests hitting their head on it. So you miss a lot of the lava effects? Blame the fire marshal for not allowing it, he also mandated a sensor system for the safety of quests that is so sensitive smoke and steam easily set it off. This was the #2 reason I hated working the control room, the sensor monitor would go off so much I was worried I’d accidentally hit the emergency disconnect button, cause a full scale evac of the building and a 2 hour power reset.
Upset about so many breakdowns? Most are actually because of stupid guests….like a woman who hid her newborn in her jacket and got on the ride, got past seatbelt check but the baby started crying before making the turn out of the station…or the guy who jumped out of the vehicle to get his wallet… idiots who refuse to turn off infrared night vision on cameras and cause security camera issues…
Don’t be so quick to always blame the attraction, park, or company…in general all issues come down to guests expecting too much. If CMs followed all the policies and procedures dictating the show standards, most attractions would be go down by lunchtime. So make up your mind, either everything fixed or as many rides open as possible….because you can’t have both in a park open 365 days a year.
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Jen
As a cast member as well. Disney doesn’t have enough engineers in staff. No one wants to work for a company that hates and abuses it’s staff on a daily bases. All the problems can be fixed. The staff could be at full swing working at the closing hours. But that cost money and the CEOS need another couple million collar raise during the pandemic. The purchased slaves aren’t worth anything to the board of directors.
Patrick Hausenfleck
Well…You Nailed it!…..Common folk don’t realize these things…it Only took me once to ride this attraction to know ( my understanding safety requirements through filmmaking) that this ride, with its’ emersiveness…and technical status..would have a future involving a lot of changes..or become Extinct.
Patrick Hausenfleck
Well…You Nailed it!…..Common folk don’t realize these things…it Only took me once to ride this attraction to know ( my understanding safety requirements through filmmaking) that this ride, with its’ emersiveness…and technical status..would have a future involving a lot of changes..or become Extinct.
JC
Haven’t been on the ride, or at Disneyland, in about a decade. Went daily back when Indy opened, and went to the Passholder preview before it opened (basically a tour through the line area only). The falling ceiling effect in the line broke constantly (it was not working more often than it was), including within the first week of the ride being open. (I have a photo of it from the preview, uncovered and without spikes somewhere (spray-painted red dots instead), but it’s pre-digital camera so I don’t know if I can find the photo.)
The projection one poster mentions as being “mice” was of the car’s headlights over bugs. If I remember right, it was projected onto a thin wall of fog. This also stopped working within the first few years of the ride being opened.
I used to log which of the three “doors” that we went through (purple, gold, or green/blue) at the start of the ride, but that portion also stopped working years ago. I can’t remember if the mirrors that showed the cars before you going through the other doors also stopped working.
The translation cards that were handed out lasted a few years with a few different sponsors, but I think they became too much of a hassle and definitely generated a lot of trash.
Big thank you to the cast members posting to explain some of the effects missing. Not surprised at all that bad apple guests are to blame for some of it.
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