Murphy just collapsed

[mycroft16]

Do they still have Bucky in storage somewhere? Better to have Bucky then no dragon at all

Nope. Bucky be gone.

[mickeyfan42]

well at least we know that it really is a serious problem, otherwise it wouldn't take 4-6 months to fix

[mycroft16]

well at least we know that it really is a serious problem, otherwise it wouldn't take 4-6 months to fix

It may not take 4 - 6 months. As Al stated this is most likely just a placeholder number while they get in and investigate things.

[SS77]

Lol. I haven't wanted to see a video this much of Murphy since she premiered.

[OogieBoogie]

There's a Murphy / Union / Hijab joke in here somewhere....

[FormerDiz]

Screws fall out all the time, it's an imperfect world.

[FrankAZ]

Was present for the collapse show, I didn't take a video unfortanitly, but, have some early morning photos.

[ttrocc7007]

Looking back, I wonder about other signs of trouble along the river earlier in the day. A few times duriing the afternoon, all river traffic had been halted as a couple of suited management looking types along with a maintenance CM cruised the river aboard one of the rafts spraying an unidentified liquid on the water's surface. The Mark Twain was even docked early in the Columbia slip at Fowler's Harbor, leaving only the Columbia to cruise a few times before it too was docked for the day well before 5 PM.

[The Forbidden Eye]

Was present for the collapse show, I didn't take a video unfortanitly, but, have some early morning photos.

Looks like someone had beheaded Murphy and sliced off one of it's hands.

Good to see that they are doing what they can to get it back in the show soon. Even if it does take 4-6 months.

[sediment]

I still like to assume that poor designs and malfunctioning AAs are just a result of low budgets. If you throw enough money at a problem, it can fix itself, right?

Pitching money to a precise location is a better idea than mere throwing.

Also, it would help to have that money. Needs to come from someplace and the current admission revenues are far lower than they should be. (Not the PRICE as solicited -- that's too high. No, I'm referring to ADMISSION REVENUE. Some of you know about what I'm talking.)

[Grinning Ghost]

Why do they not have spare parts ready just in case? And 4-6 months to repair?!?!? They could build a whole new one in that amount of time!

[DisneyFan86]

Looks like the Queen Of Hearts was so disappointed that she ordered Murphy's head to be taken off.

All jokes aside, I really hope Murphy is fixed sooner than expected. I would like s/he to be up again by October.

[Coolspike9]

Ok wait... so if it was a problem with the lift, (Which it looked like, but what do i know,) Why did they remove the head and hands? Storage? Just wondering...

[DisneyFan86]

Ok wait... so if it was a problem with the lift, (Which it looked like, but what do i know,) Why did they remove the head and hands? Storage? Just wondering...

They're probably removing all the weight off the lift to fix it.

[mycroft16]

They're probably removing all the weight off the lift to fix it.

If it was the lift, and considering that in those photos Murphy is sitting in show position, I'm feeling pretty confidant that it was the lift, then this is exactly correct. They'll want to get as much weight off the lift as possible. The fact that Murphy is able to be put into fully upright position and locked there is a good sign that the AA itself isn't damaged (or at least very badly), especially as it was tipping pretty far forward in the images from the other night. More and more this points the lift being the problem.

Now, depending on what exactly is happening down there with the lift it could be something that takes a week or two, or something that really does take a couple months.

Regardless of how long the repairs take, I'm wondering how long they will take to retest everything before allowing Murphy back into the show.