Recent content by spacemt09

Are the control booth windows completely blacked out, or can you see in some of it?

Ah soft openings... I better join the rush to Guest Relations to complain that Space Mountain shut down during a soft opening!!!! (lol...) Anyways, I'm sure it is something minor and I'm guessing here but to prevent it from happening in the future they are kicking everyone out of line...

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Someone take a picture of the control tower. I want to see if it has changed any.

The main reason Splash is closed every year is the water. Water is not nice to metal components, especially those such as lift hill chains that have large stresses put on them and the integrity of the metal needs to be maintained. Research and testing is probably being done to switch out metal...

I'm going to hazard a boring guess here... The remnants of the building will be used for... wait for it... OFFICE/BREAK ROOM SPACE!!! Keeping the restrooms below of course.

Those are in fact 12.5 million LEDs. That version of the Fremont Street Experience was installed in 2004. Why LEDs instead of a (cheaper) projection system? Compare jumbotrons at outdoor stadiums to say a drive-in movie theater. Jumbotrons are visible, the movie projection not so much. Not...

Was that a generator or a transformer? Generator = boring and temporary, transformer = new and permanent for some of the new controls stuff presumably.

Yes it is. The road leading back to the landfill/where the subs are buried is secured because of the firework storage facility. The new fire station is at the intersection of Maple Rd. and Floridian Way. To confirm, there are no longer security booths at the "boneyard", mainly because of Pluto...

That diagram was posted here originally. http://forums.wdwmagic.com/showpost.php?p=3390918&postcount=41 Here is the diagram:

That would be correct for the most part, albeit a simple way of putting it. I can say from experience (and thinking) it is not possible to start moving SSE by hand... heh. Lots of motors moving in the same direction (some of them at different speeds!) add together and get that long, slow moving...

Tonight I decided to pop Monsters, Inc. into the DVD player for some night time entertainment. Not even five minutes into watching I noticed something oddly familiar sitting in the background. Pay close attention to the next two pictures... 1. "Bridge" at DHS at the current "end" of Pixar Place...

Cast members that need to use the roads that get shut down due to the perimeter fireworks probably would though. ;)

While some of the stuff mentioned in the article I find a hard time believing, I think there are some contingency plans in existence. From what I understand there are a few (backstage, office type) departments that are on a hiring freeze for the remainder of the fiscal year, possibly longer. I...

I really don't want to do this, but the engineer in me is making me... You stated that wire transporting the electricity from the powerstation is the cause of a significant loss of energy, when in fact it really isn't. True, some power loss is unavoidable, but power companies minimize this...