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MK Country Bear Jamboree is getting new songs and acts

Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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HauntedPirate said:
So why was a Tuesday so busy? It's not a weekend, in the middle of the week... Maybe it wasn't post-EMH for MK? It was also rather chilly on Tuesday. Not trying to be argumentative, genuinely curious why someone would say MK was "crazy" on a cold, random Tuesday but two days later, in the absence of a holiday or other event, posted wait times suggest it's rather slow. Was it the fact that multiple rides were reported to be down throughout the course of the day (including Country Bears)? The wait time stats thread has overall MK waits averaging less than 30 minutes throughout the day.
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Maybe more people feel that Monday is a busy day for MK historically, they wait and go on Tuesday. Making Tuesday the busy day. For every action there is some form of reaction.
 
Charlie The Chatbox Ghost

Charlie The Chatbox Ghost

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WondersOfLife

WondersOfLife

Blink, blink. Breathe, breathe. Day in, day out.
Kinda like modern clothes washing machines... The more bells and whistles you add (the more complicated you make your figures), the more problems you're going to have.

The bears have never looked in better shape... But I'm sure the mix of pairing the old hydraulics tech with new tech to make them a bit more lifelike probably wears them out more than if they had just upgraded them to electric AAs... That is my best guess.
 
FigmentsBrightIdeas

FigmentsBrightIdeas

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WondersOfLife said:
Kinda like modern clothes washing machines... The more bells and whistles you add (the more complicated you make your figures), the more problems you're going to have.

The bears have never looked in better shape... But I'm sure the mix of pairing the old hydraulics tech with new tech to make them a bit more lifelike probably wears them out more than if they had just upgraded them to electric AAs... That is my best guess.
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The root of the problem (as I’ve come to understand it) is that as opposed to replacing the parts that used heavier usage with servos, they ended up replacing the parts w low usage with servos, while keeping the parts that used heavy usage hydraulic. Basically, the part replacements should’ve been done in reverse. (Heavy usage to Electric Servos, Lower usage keep Hydraulic)
Surprised no one realized what issues would be caused by doing this the way they did. One instance that happened was with Bunny. The fluid looks to be coming from one of her arms.. meaning, they kept the arms hydraulic powered for some reason as opposed to electric, despite knowing (or in this case, they didn’t know it seems) those parts were going to have much heavier usage in movement, thus be more prone to springing a hydraulic leak in the hoses. Sad.:
 
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Charlie The Chatbox Ghost

Charlie The Chatbox Ghost

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FigmentsBrightIdeas said:
The root of the problem (as I’ve come to understand it) is that as opposed to replacing the parts that used heavier usage with servos, they ended up replacing the parts w low usage with servos, while keeping the parts that used heavy usage hydraulic. Basically, the part replacements should’ve been done in reverse. (Heavy usage to Electric Servos, Lower usage keep Hydraulic)
Surprised no one realized what issues would be caused by doing this the way they did. One instance that happened was with Bubbles. The fluid looks to be coming from one of her arms.. meaning, they kept the arms hydraulic powered for some reason as opposed to electric, despite knowing (or in this case, they didn’t know it seems) those parts were going to have much heavier usage in movement, thus be more prone to springing a hydraulic leak in the hoses. Sad.:
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Gonna be that guy and point out that’s actually Bunny who’s leaking haha
 
Charlie The Chatbox Ghost

Charlie The Chatbox Ghost

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TrainsOfDisney said:
They could also do some sort of projection of her on the curtain.

Of course… they really just need to fix her when she has a problem.
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I feel like her disappearing this much when she never did before is a sign she’s still Henry’s girlfriend, not Wendell’s lmao 😂

(plus isn’t Wendell canonically married with a kid? His vacation slides show them and the queue of the new show establishes that all shows are canon)
 
Charlie The Chatbox Ghost

Charlie The Chatbox Ghost

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Question- were the Country Bears ever considered for Disneyland Paris? I just saw a "Behind the Music" parody about the Country Bears, and there's a line where they mention they played in "Orlando, Anaheim, and Tokyo; but not Paris- they wanted people to walk through our show." I'd think the line was just a joke about them not being in Paris, but the specificity of "they wanted guests to walk through our show" sounds like they're referring to an idea for making the show a walk-through? I can't find any evidence of this online, but the people who made the parody short have connections with Imagineers who worked on DLP and generally know their stuff, so that's why I feel like this tidbit is coming from somewhere. Can anyone verify?

(Given how much Paris loves westerns and country music, even today, I'm surprised they never tried bringing the show over to Paris. The park has zero animatronic shows and frankly could use something like that)
 
Mr. Engagement

Mr. Engagement

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Charlie The Chatbox Ghost said:
Honestly it’s probably more like maintenance has been slashed and institutional knowledge on repairing attractions has been lost. They’ve definitely been cheaping out on maintenance, look how long the Small World boats were filthy before they did anything (and only after it was talked about on social media)
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I think it’s silly to suggest Disney somehow forgot how to maintain or repair audio animatronics.
FigmentsBrightIdeas said:
The root of the problem (as I’ve come to understand it) is that as opposed to replacing the parts that used heavier usage with servos, they ended up replacing the parts w low usage with servos, while keeping the parts that used heavy usage hydraulic. Basically, the part replacements should’ve been done in reverse. (Heavy usage to Electric Servos, Lower usage keep Hydraulic)
Surprised no one realized what issues would be caused by doing this the way they did. One instance that happened was with Bunny. The fluid looks to be coming from one of her arms.. meaning, they kept the arms hydraulic powered for some reason as opposed to electric, despite knowing (or in this case, they didn’t know it seems) those parts were going to have much heavier usage in movement, thus be more prone to springing a hydraulic leak in the hoses. Sad.:
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Hydraulic fluid leaking at the wrist doesn’t necessarily indicate that the arms are hydraulically animated.

Hydraulics and electrics are used for different weights, speeds, paths, and ranges of motion. I don’t believe the claim that WDI accidentally mixed these up in CBJ.
 
FigmentsBrightIdeas

FigmentsBrightIdeas

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_caleb said:
I think it’s silly to suggest Disney somehow forgot how to maintain or repair audio animatronics.

Hydraulic fluid leaking at the wrist doesn’t necessarily indicate that the arms are hydraulically animated.

Hydraulics and electrics are used for different weights, speeds, paths, and ranges of motion. I don’t believe the claim that WDI accidentally mixed these up in CBJ.
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Fair enough, that makes sense. I hope someday we could see how exactly they updated these AAs so we could see what they did. Not even discussing any malfunctions, I think it’d certainly be fascinating to see how it was all updated & created, yeah? It’s technically a bit of a history making moment, combining hydraulics & servos together. Surely something like that ought to be covered.
 

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