So true! I think Walt would be speechless if he could see what he created when he built DL. Go up on a high point someplace near WDW and look around at the expanse of Orlando and Kissimmee and let yourself realize that all that exists today because of one lone man who had ideas that were huge. That doesn't mean that he was so stuck on process that he couldn't flex and do what was needed. And it wasn't always pretty.
Sure it's visible at times, but I've found they try to keep it out of the way as much as possible. PhotoPass also does a good job avoiding it when possible. All our complaining just proves why an HM NBC overlay can't happen in WDW!
All that means is that when you were there they needed it to be where it was in full view. That doesn't mean that it always is, but, for the most part the boom will be visible from most everywhere. Doesn't matter, we want the castle to be beautiful and that doesn't happen with Pixie Dust as much as we would like to think it is. Trust me you do not want to be trying to match paint at night with just artificial lights and 180 feet in the air.
I don't have a problem with the crane per say. I have an issue when the crane is brought out during the day and normal park hours. It is a distraction and bad show to have workers on the crane working on the castle during The stage show. It's bad show period and runis the illusion of scale on the scale.
Well, that would depend on how you look at it. If that were a real live castle it would be having repairs in the middle of the day. I'm not going to ever advocate that the crews work at those heights at night. When the dangers are higher and the need to see what they are doing is vital. It's not bad show. If it were happening all the time, sure, but, it is being done to keep the show going with no problems. The more they stop to let a show happen it is that much longer that they are going to be there, not to mention the fact that no one is forcing you or anyone else to look up and watch what they are doing. They are working for a living, we are on vacation and are free to look anyplace we want. Watch the show and you will never even see those hard working people trying to keep the magic alive for everyone.
I agree completely. When the park is open from 8-9:00 am and usually closes at 11:00-1:00, there aren't enough non-park hours to get this done safely and efficiently. We can debate whether the end product is worth it, and of course some who visit in August or January never get to enjoy how great it does look during the holidays, but I think they do a good job with it. Even in the above picture, I don't find it that distracting and I could still enjoy the show. The alternative could be to throw up scrims around the entire castle and not have shows during installation. I believe what they're doing now is far better, but to each his/her own!
I was referring to Disneylands castle, which to my knowledge doesn't have a moat around it.
Hey! My son and I are in your photo!
Really? It's in the neighbourhood of 200,000 lights to make the ice palace effect. You don't think 200,000 holes in the castle wouldn't be noticed and wouldn't cause deterioration due weather. Not to mention running all the cable behind the scene even if it was possible to get at done areas. Then, you add to that how difficult it becomes to put in a new show, there's very little flexibility to change the show. How about maintenance when the lights themselves deteriorate or become obsolete.
200,000 grey circles the size of a quarter?
Briliant! You're in the Olaf costume, right?
It's not about money in this case, because most of it is done at night. However, repairs that require high up work are done in the daytime for the safety of the workers and the ability to be able to see what they are doing at 180 ft in the air. If it is more important that we don't have the crane then the well being of the workers then what can I say. I'm afraid that Walt also had to deal with construction equipment when repairing or building new attractions. The idea that no one ever saw a piece of machinery in Disneyland is pure fantasy. Even Walt had to operate within the abilities of time and space. Just because he got upset because CM's were having to cross other lands, he looked at as something that he should have considered and that upset him. That was controllable or should have been. Safety and accuracy cannot be compromised for the show. It is temporary and the good old show will return.
I would bet that you are incorrect on that. The crane is only there for a relatively short time unless they are doing extensive repairs to the castle at the same time and since the castle has been sitting out there in the Florida sun for 43 years now, I'd guess that there is much to maintain.
He may not have wanted too, but he knew that he needed a base to build his City of Tomorrow around and they had been talking about another Disneyland on that side of the country. I don't think he was against it as much as he was just uninterested in it because his focus was on EPCOT. I think it was always a part of the plan though. All those people that were going to live in his utopian community needed a place to work. That would have been MK.
