News Big changes coming to EPCOT's Future World?

[Ayla]

God, that looks like ish.

 

[Bocabear]

So.... time for the sparkly analog fiberoptic lighting in the channels...that operated for decades with no problems... Seems like the new lighting stopped working in sections within a few days.... This lighting was supposed to be the kinetic replacement for the fountain we didn't get....

 

[MisterPenguin]

So.... time for the sparkly analog fiberoptic lighting in the channels...that operated for decades with no problems... Seems like the new lighting stopped working in sections within a few days.... This lighting was supposed to be the kinetic replacement for the fountain we didn't get....

There's no reason for LED lights to not work when wet. Check out every outdoor string of LED lights at Christmas time. A few scattered lights are still working tho waterlogged.

I'm guessing the water shorted out controllers which should have been hardened v. water.

 

[Bocabear]

There's no reason for LED lights to not work when wet. Check out every outdoor string of LED lights at Christmas time. A few scattered lights are still working tho waterlogged.

I'm guessing the water shorted out controllers which should have been hardened v. water.

there is no reason this should have failed in it's first week of operation and still waiting for repair half a year later...the trip hazards have been repaired but not the lighting issues... When the central planter ended up as lackluster as it is, it really needed something to make it special...unfortunately the something special was to be this lighting....which has failed... They need to re-think this whole central planter and area and make it the spectacle it should be....

 

[Disstevefan1]

there is no reason this should have failed in it's first week of operation and still waiting for repair half a year later...the trip hazards have been repaired but not the lighting issues... When the central planter ended up as lackluster as it is, it really needed something to make it special...unfortunately the something special was to be this lighting....which has failed... They need to re-think this whole central planter and area and make it the spectacle it should be....

This stupid planter (obviously an attempt as cost savings) and the embarrassing broken lighting is such an absolute failure that I would welcome another 5 years of walls if we could get a big beautiful state of the art fountain built there.

 

[Bocabear]

They honestly should rip that whole circle out and start over.... A show fountain that follows the lighting and music for Spaceship Earth...... THe sound, the movement...the color would add so much to that now dry dead heart of Communicore....

 

[tparris]

These new panels don’t seem see-through… and I lifted an old panel up near the new ones and they didn’t clean the mildew out of the lights or replace anything before installing the new panels… I think the ground lights aren’t coming back.

 

[UNCgolf]

These new panels don’t seem see-through… and I lifted an old panel up near the new ones and they didn’t clean the mildew out of the lights or replace anything before installing the new panels… I think the ground lights aren’t coming back.View attachment 824527

That was my impression from the earlier photo -- that they were just covering them up.