Slinky Dog’s Tail has been Docked/Cropped! (Update Fixed 2/27)

[hiroMYhero]

Blog Mickey is reporting tails have been removed from Slinky Dog. Those in the park, at least for today, will experience riding a tailless Slinky.

Photos here:
http://blogmickey.com/2019/01/break...cles-in-toy-story-land-for-safety-inspection/

 

[Wubar]

Will these cutbacks (pun intended) never end?

 

[lugnut33]

It's a tail as old as time.

 

[AngiTN]

That's a hoot. Poor Slinky.
Wondered what occurred to require an inspection? I'm sure it wasn't just something they decided out of the blue.

 

[DisDreaming4116]

It's too bad but it surely beats taking the attraction down for a day/week/whatever length of time it will take to get a tail that doesn't have the same issue(s).

 

[hiroMYhero]

That's a hoot. Poor Slinky.
Wondered what occurred to require an inspection? I'm sure it wasn't just something they decided out of the blue.

Not sure what happened with the tails but the decorative coils between the seats began splitting apart and/or breaking and were covered in mid-December. That probably set in motion closer inspections of the vehicles.

 

[rteetz]

Not sure what happened with the tails but the decorative coils between the seats began splitting apart and/or breaking and were covered in mid-December. That probably set in motion closer inspections of the vehicles.

They were covered at least some of them not all in November while I was there.

 

[hiroMYhero]

They were covered at least some of them not all in November while I was there.

But did you report it in your Blog? I first saw it reported Blog-wise in mid-December.

 

[Disneylover99]

We’re heading there now. I don’t think I would have noticed.

 

[AngiTN]

Guess there are lots of folks who are so put out by it they dropped their FP. I just picked one up for tonight and there were quite a few too. Not just for Slinky either. For all rides in the park. Before that there were none except for mermaid and Muppets

 

[hiroMYhero]

Guess there are lots of folks who are so put out by it they dropped their FP.

Funny. With the little fix-its in place, Frankenweenie seems more fitting.

 

[Wubar]

Funny. With the little fix-its in place, Frankenweenie seems more fitting.

I second the notion. More Tim Burton!

 

[Meglen]

I mean it's a slinky I'm surprised it lasted this long.

 

[TiggerBouncy]

We will have to bring him to the re-tail store.

 

[Boski]

Slinky was obviously being played with in the caterpillar room.

 

[BebopBaloo]

Poor Slink. Hopefully, it's not the garage sale box for him.

 

[Ben E N]

At least the ride itself is super smooth, but the lack of money put into that land is insulting. In the line for Alien Saucers, there's an oversized viewfinder with a wheel. Everyone I saw tried to spin the wheel to change the pictures, but of course it didn't work. The picture didn't even cover the whole window, you could see where it cut off. Something like that probably would have cost $5000 to complete, but cheapness won.
Let's hope bad press like this helps Disney learn from their mess ups. They were more than happy to charge $129 for a one day ticket to HS yesterday, but are cutting us short on their end.

 

[QueenElinor]

Poor Slink. Hopefully, it's not the garage sale box for him.

Or Sid's room. Well.... maybe Slink's tail is already there.

 

[AngiTN]

At least the ride itself is super smooth, but the lack of money put into that land is insulting. In the line for Alien Saucers, there's an oversized viewfinder with a wheel. Everyone I saw tried to spin the wheel to change the pictures, but of course it didn't work. The picture didn't even cover the whole window, you could see where it cut off. Something like that probably would have cost $5000 to complete, but cheapness won.
Let's hope bad press like this helps Disney learn from their mess ups. They were more than happy to charge $129 for a one day ticket to HS yesterday, but are cutting us short on their end.

Yeah they cut things in TSL. But if they had put in a working one some guest works have already broken it. That is likely why there are guys as much as anything. They are getting fed up with people trashing things. Why make it nice when it will get torn up?

 

[Wubar]

At least the ride itself is super smooth, but the lack of money put into that land is insulting. In the line for Alien Saucers, there's an oversized viewfinder with a wheel. Everyone I saw tried to spin the wheel to change the pictures, but of course it didn't work. The picture didn't even cover the whole window, you could see where it cut off. Something like that probably would have cost $5000 to complete, but cheapness won.
Let's hope bad press like this helps Disney learn from their mess ups. They were more than happy to charge $129 for a one day ticket to HS yesterday, but are cutting us short on their end.

Yes, I'm sure TSL will fail because the oversized viewfinder wasn't functional. I'm sure those people trying to spin it weren't even there for the the Alien Saucers, they just wanted to play with that particular piece of set dressing, and now they are going up the chain to voice their concerns. Iger better watch out.