Carousel of Progress Closed 5/9/18

[NeonNinja]

probably post hurricane damage unseen. It was a rough year last year for disney in terms of hurricanes.

 

[Horizons78]

When I was there last week, CoP was having serious problems. "Temporarily Closed" several times during the week and when we were in it - it made grinding noises and came to a stop between stages before finishing the rotation about 10-15s later (with the spiel already in progress). My guess is the rotational mechanism is now kaput.

If the rotating mechanism is broken, I can see Disney putting a door in the partition walls and you have to get up and walk from one scene to the next

UPDATE 5/10/18: Carousel of Progress has also been down all day (5/10/18), as well. The attraction did have extended closures last week as well. This is the second full day the attraction has been down unscheduled.

Yeah, she’s a grand old lady with some older tech. It’ll get worked out though.

Here we see a maintence worker from the last refurb cleaning up the face of the bearing upon which COP sits:

 

[BoarderPhreak]

Yeah, she’s a grand old lady with some older tech. It’ll get worked out though.

Here we see a maintence worker from the last refurb cleaning up the face of the bearing upon which COP sits...

 

[Scuttle]

When I rode it last week (5/2/2018), the theater I was in had the most number of people in it I remember seeing in a long time. Our theater was probably about 40-50% full. It was a pleasant surprise to walk into that!

Also, something about one of the father's pupils in the first scene didn't seem quite right.

Had the same experience a few weeks back. It was more like 65-75 percent full. It was nice for a change to have a little audience reaction.

 

[JoeCamel]

probably post hurricane damage unseen. It was a rough year last year for disney in terms of hurricanes.

Really?

 

[TheGuyThatMakesSwords]

hmmmmm - weight load issues?

I see folks reporting theater sections UP in Human load.... 40%-50% of capacity.
What happens when older equipment starts seeing a vast increase in weight?

 

[BoarderPhreak]

Had the same experience a few weeks back. It was more like 65-75 percent full. It was nice for a change to have a little audience reaction.

Must be the new paint job.

 

[wishiwere@wdw]

Couldn’t go through and check if it was already posted but just as an FYI, it is open right now on 10-11 .

 

[WondersOfLife]

Was there ever any info behind this?

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Anyone for pizza???

 

[peter11435]

Was there ever any info behind this?

Not publically

 

[JoeCamel]

Anyone for pizza???

yeah - I'm pro pizza..

 

[spectromagic04]

Yesterday I noticed while riding that one of the seating sections was completely closed with a black tarp covering all the seats.

 

[GlacierGlacier]

Yesterday I noticed while riding that one of the seating sections was completely closed with a black tarp covering all the seats.

Probably a mess or broken chair. Large protein spills (or other substances) can be cleaned up simply, but the stain left afterwards could render a seat disgusting. They may cover over seats until after park close, when maintenance/janitorial can get in there with heavy-duty carpet/upholstery cleaners.

Unless you mean an entire theater of chairs, which would definitely be drastic.

 

[spectromagic04]

Probably a mess or broken chair. Large protein spills (or other substances) can be cleaned up simply, but the stain left afterwards could render a seat disgusting. They may cover over seats until after park close, when maintenance/janitorial can get in there with heavy-duty carpet/upholstery cleaners.

Unless you mean an entire theater of chairs, which would definitely be drastic.

The entire theater of chairs was covered up

 

[WondersOfLife]

The entire theater of chairs was covered up

Good lord...

 

[gmajew]

They were working on one fo the theaters when I was in town last week. It was renovations based on how it was screened off.

 

[Disneyrailfan1996]

Anyone for pizza???

Oh.... another Christmas turkey ruined.....

 

[twilight mitsuk]

They were working on one fo the theaters when I was in town last week. It was renovations based on how it was screened off.

Do the workers ride round and round with their tools