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La Tanière du Dragon

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Timbo

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Re: La Tanière du Dragon
« Reply #45 on: August 28, 2008, 06:09:58 PM »
I recall the fire effect only ran for a short time just after the park opening,before it was stopped ! It is mentioned in the first Eurodisney guide book that was published !
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Re: La Tanière du Dragon
« Reply #46 on: September 12, 2008, 07:01:10 PM »
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Timbo

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Re: La Tanière du Dragon
« Reply #47 on: September 18, 2008, 01:13:45 PM »
I have just received an email from Terri Jackson ,the Imagineer who designed the Dragon.She confirmed that the Dragon did breathe fire for a short time,but the effect was withdrawn for safety reasons. There were concerns that if the Animatronics failed and the Dragon did not lift its head to a safe position ,that the fire effect would still operate and if you were stood in the wrong place ..... !!!
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Re: La Tanière du Dragon
« Reply #48 on: September 18, 2008, 01:36:01 PM »
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I have just received an email from Terri Jackson ,the Imagineer who designed the Dragon.She confirmed that the Dragon did breathe fire for a short time,but the effect was withdrawn for safety reasons. There were concerns that if the Animatronics failed and the Dragon did not lift its head to a safe position ,that the fire effect would still operate and if you were stood in the wrong place ..... !!!

Oh, that's a shame! I wonder if there is a video of the effect available somewhere.

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Re: La Tanière du Dragon
« Reply #49 on: September 19, 2008, 08:28:59 PM »
Quote from: "Timbo"
I have just received an email from Terri Jackson ,the Imagineer who designed the Dragon.She confirmed that the Dragon did breathe fire for a short time,but the effect was withdrawn for safety reasons. There were concerns that if the Animatronics failed and the Dragon did not lift its head to a safe position ,that the fire effect would still operate and if you were stood in the wrong place ..... !!!

Very interesting!
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Re: La Tanière du Dragon
« Reply #50 on: September 20, 2008, 02:03:10 AM »
wow! i can see why they stopped it then!- would have made the dragon just a touch too scary to say the least. its a shame they couldnt work out some sort of safety switch to deactivate the flames should the animatoranics break
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