The Blue Paint on the Tomorrowland Rock is Starting to Come Off Already

[Butter]

I've been asking myself that for years. Like that one crevice in the Splash Mountain queue that has like ten years worth of dust caked into it. It's opened from the past few refurbs with it still being there! It would take 20 seconds to run a duster through it!

You were clearly right there, would it have killed you to just like rub your shirt in there and get most of it off?

 

[Goofyernmost]

You were clearly right there, would it have killed you to just like rub your shirt in there and get most of it off?

Exactly, in the time it took him to write about it, they could have solved the problem. Remember the old saying.... "If you're not part of the solution.. you must be part of the problem"!

 

[George]

View attachment 215076 View attachment 215077 The aforementioned dusty crevice at SM

On the blueprints it clearly says, "Dusty Queue Crevice". Themeing is lost on everyone nowadays.

 

[KBLovedDisney]

They would never build anything like that........

Did these really exist in Tomorrowland at Disney World?

 

[Yert3]

Did these really exist in Tomorrowland at Disney World?

Yup. Up until the 90's.

 

[KBLovedDisney]

Yup. Up until the 90's.

Those are so beautiful and very tomorrowlandy! Why on earth did they remove those??

 

[Yert3]

Those are so beautiful and very tomorrowlandy! Why on earth did they remove those??

Tomorrowland went through an image transformation in 1994

1971-1994

1994-present

 

[Yert3]

You were clearly right there, would it have killed you to just like rub your shirt in there and get most of it off?

Exactly, in the time it took him to write about it, they could have solved the problem. Remember the old saying.... "If you're not part of the solution.. you must be part of the problem"!

Not sure how that would be possible, since its taller than I am

 

[ppete1975]

such a shame............ the spires were timeless, awe inspiring, and unique

 

[Seabasealpha1]

such a shame............ the spires were timeless, awe inspiring, and unique

I was going to say...just remove the damned rocks and get with it TDO!

 

[Smiley/OCD]

I think it's kind of ironic that I was just reading the new comments since I posted about the Krylon, and at the top of the page was an ad for 40% off paint at Sherwin Williams...they now make Krylon...coincidence???

 

[lazyboy97o]

It's a spaceport on a distant planet... most planets have some type of rocks on them. I don't love it, but it works with the TL94 story.

They are definitely part of a “futuristic rock” phase as similar rocks show up in Discoveryland and Tomorrowland 98.

 

[epcotisbest]

I think it's kind of ironic that I was just reading the new comments since I posted about the Krylon, and at the top of the page was an ad for 40% off paint at Sherwin Williams...they now make Krylon...coincidence???

Not a coincidence at all, it is targeted marketing. The Internet is watching you. Try it. Do a search for just about anything. Then watch the ads pop up for whatever you were searching for. For instance, I might do a search for Toyota Camry. Let's see if any ads show up.

 

[epcotisbest]

Did not even have to do a search...went to Yahoo to do the search and the Toyota Camry ads were already on the page. Here is a screen shot.

 

[ford91exploder]

I was just foolin.

Although it would be nice to know why so soon its doing that. I wish we had someone around here who had some background in commercial or industrial painting/finishing.

No mystery here poor quality surface preparation causes poor paint adhesion, Once again the iron law of economics kicks in 'you get what you pay for'

 

[ford91exploder]

Bad show.

Who cares they are only tourists what do they know....

Um peeling paint when they see it, goes nicely with the whole 'going out of business' vibe the place exudes recently

 

[epcotisbest]

I think it's kind of ironic that I was just reading the new comments since I posted about the Krylon, and at the top of the page was an ad for 40% off paint at Sherwin Williams...they now make Krylon...coincidence???

FYI after I mentioned the Toyota Camry:

 

[Yert3]

The rocks that had the most damage have been repainted.

 

[KBLovedDisney]

Didn't realize how awkward the rocks look...like they said, oh, put rocks here! Honestly it starting to look a lot less spacey, and more grand canyony.

 

[Magicart87]

The rocks that had the most damage have been repainted.

Now they just need little alien plantlife and outerspace spores popping up through "cracks" in the concrete and around the base of the rocks to tie it together. Make the rocks look like they grew up from the ground or crashed there falling from space. Plop down a little sign that reads: Danger: Keep Off Meteorites! Surface scans indicate rocks may contain toxic microbial alien lifeforms. Scheduled for Class-D Quarantine by Xandar Waste Management. Nova Inspector # 534

Didn't realize how awkward the rocks look...like they said, oh, put rocks here! Honestly it starting to look a lot less spacey, and more grand canyony.

Agreed.