Static equilibrium doesn’t mean the concrete isn’t under immense stress. A house, a skyscraper, and a tank of propane are all in static equilibrium, and its constituent materials and structure are working hard to keep it that way
Stresses are differential - for example, due to differences in the settlement of a concrete pad or the foundation of a building - which is why the relevant measures are the 5 PSI applied load due to the water and the ~10^3 PSI compressive strength of concrete. That means that the water effectively applies zero load to the concrete pad it sits on. Differential settlement of the ground underneath is much more significant.
Typical shear strengths for concrete are still about a factor of 100-200x larger than the loading.
Well you are doing 2 different types of calculation there.
It is more efficient.
Why would anyone assume it's half that capacity?
No. You’re the one doing 2 different calculations
Depending on queue length, those 1500 will not necessarily occupy the miniland continuously during the full hour (particularly with Lightning Lane), whereas those on TSI generally will because they’re actively doing things. Something like TSI, theoretically at capacity, has less total throughput but potentially takes people out of the pool that is stressing the broader park facilities for more total time.
I was being generous to the argument ROA / TSI has anywhere near as much capacity or space efficiency as this Cars proposal. Which isnt possible. In reality, I expect this ride to be much more comparable to RSR than half, and the queue will be able to hold much more than 60 minutes worth of guests waiting (probably double). Think this ride and it’s queue would already 3x capacity over ROA / TSI at a given moment; and we have yet added the second ride, it’s queue, a likely store, and walkways
I think that's a guarantee it won't. I mean, has any land they've built come even remotely close? I can't think of any. Sure it's concept art, but they are pretty good at over promising and under delivering. I'd say Pandora is probably the closest they've come.
They’re on a ride or in line for the ride. They’re fully occupying those two spaces for at least the 60 minute duration of the line; which is a low ball. And we haven’t added those doing the same for the second ride, a potential store, and walkways
By far the closest they’ve gotten in recent years is Pandora and Cars Land - not only did they have 2 of the best imagineers leading those projects (Kevin and Joe) - but more importantly they the films Producers heavily involved - neither producer was scared of Bob Iger and both demanded that the lands be done right and not budget cut.
The point is that the instantaneous capacity of the miniland is totally different from the hourly capacity of its attractions, particularly when you have so many people zooming in and out in 10 minutes with a Lightning Lane. TSI, by contrast, is a pretty captive commitment for a significant chunk of time.
I guess that's a positive way to look at it. But we're probably all going to be old geezers by the time they finally use that stuff now.
“But it was one of the first attractions to let us drive!” “But it’s the perfect transition from Fantasyland to Tomorrowland!” But it’s what Walt wanted for us!” “But it was such a calm retreat from the hustle and bustle of the fast paced rides!” “But why didn’t it go somewhere else!”
