I have also generally lost faith in the work they are doing in WDW but that said, if they understand what they did wrong and they understand what people want, then things can be fixed.
It isn't related to power washing. The issue is that the plastic covers are deforming in high temps and direct sunlight.
Huge success.... in pushing around dirt and never achieving the goal... It all looks so completely value-engineered.....
We all know its garbage, but Disney is very happy with what they did.
While it has been unusually hot in recent weeks, they should have picked materials that work in Florida heat. This is the same company that produced Joe Rohde who "invented" pavement for Dino-Rama that would look like asphalt but not melt in the Florida sun.
Yep, this is what happens when you sub out a part of a project and hope for the best. The crazy thing is they seem to keep replacing parts with the same, and suddenly expecting it to work.
It's embarrassing that it still hasn't been fixed after all this time. I gave them the benefit of the doubt in December 2023 but the center of the park looking like this almost a year and a half later is unacceptable. I'd expect better from Six Flags.
They had plenty of time to test this back stage while they were moving dirt around on stage.
Well the vendor likely specified performance, which does not appear to have been delivered.
Disney is at fault for not testing back stage in my option. As for time, they were working in the dirt pit for 5 years, that's plenty of time to test back stage.
Why and when would it have not been subbed out? Disney never produced and manufactured everything in house. Even Buena Vista Construction is a general contractor who uses subcontractors.
Specifications are defined by Disney and their design partners, not the product vendor.
I am sure the vendor supplied some sort of specs, Disney should have tested this back stage.
As far as I know it's an off-the-shelf system, which the manufacturer created the specifications for.
Well it isn't really difficult. These systems are absolutely everywhere. I would never have expected this to be an issue at EPCOT.
I imagine backstage testing is generally limited to unknowns, e.g. how a specific finish will weather, how something not rated for outdoor use will hold up, etc. They’re not going to just throw every fixture in a pile backstage for a year to see if anything doesn’t meet the (supposedly) already-tested specs.
Too bad they didn't test this. shoulda, coulda, woulda.