I finally got walked off a ride....

[blueerica]

Originally Posted by Alex

I suspect that it was worse than being stuck in Small World with the music on would be.

No, getting stuck on IASW would be worse in my opinion, simply because the song is essentially the same throughout the ride. At least with the caterwauling cats, it's typically just a few seconds and you're past the sound when riding PotC.

The IASW incident happened to me probably five-or-six years ago, sitting next to BTD for about 15+ minutes while the ride was backed up. We were stuck at one of the loudest spots in the ride. No one came to save us. The ride was effectively ruined for me, and I shudder to consider riding that again. I've ridden it only three times (that I remember) since getting stuck... one of which was at the recent LoT swanking, and only because everyone else wanted to say goodbye before rehab. /puke

It was, thankfully, made enjoyable by the ever-awesome Mousepod.

[libraryvixen]

Originally Posted by blueerica

No, getting stuck on IASW would be worse in my opinion, simply because the song is essentially the same throughout the ride. .

It's horrible. I was stuck at a place where they couldn't walk us off..... for about 30 minutes. I've blacked out in my mind where it was, but there were big dropoffs to the left and right of the boat. No flat area to walk out on.

The first 15-20 minutes of the music was torture. Then, thankfully, they turned off the music. It was just creepy with the dolls clicking, clacking and moving. When the ride started up again, they left the music off.

At the end of the ride, there were cast members apologizing like crazy and handing out "Admit 4" Fastpasses.

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by blueerica

The IASW incident happened to me probably five-or-six years ago, sitting next to BTD for about 15+ minutes while the ride was backed up. We were stuck at one of the loudest spots in the ride. No one came to save us. The ride was effectively ruined for me, and I shudder to consider riding that again.

Add to that we only ended up on the ride after a bunch of "what do you want to do, I don't know, what do you want to do"s. The suggestion was made in jest (never was a fan of the ride), we ended up on the ride and it backed up at the end - the load/unload area was beyond full. I don't think the ride went 101, it was just backed up.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by blueerica

No, getting stuck on IASW would be worse in my opinion, simply because the song is essentially the same throughout the ride. At least with the caterwauling cats, it's typically just a few seconds and you're past the sound when riding PotC.

Yes, but at least the IASW song is intelligible noise. It is already intended to be listened to for 17 minutes (if with variations). There's a reason you're generally only exposed to the wailing cats for a few seconds: because being exposed to it for 20 minutes straight is simple cruelty.