danlb_2000
Premium Member
They are getting ready for the paddlewheel...
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Fulton's Crab House Closing for Six Months to become Paddlefish
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Slowjack
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Seriously, it's this level of attention that makes me love our little community here. Satellite reconnaissance teams don't have the kind of diligence I see among our members.
Also: Woo-hoo! Paddlewheel a-comin'!
danlb_2000
Premium Member
Smokestacks..
toolsnspools
Well-Known Member
Doesn't look good for the paddle-wheel moving. It would need some sort of greased bearings holding it in place if it were to move.
The Empress Lilly
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Kman101
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It's still a work in progress, no?
I saw it for the first time in person yesterday since the conversion started and while I think what it looks like now is really nice and modern, I have to admit I missed what it used to look like
I loved everything else about the new Disney Springs (it's seriously THE nicest mall I've been to so far in my life) but that part just really made me sad for some reason. To me it took me right out of what they were going for with the theming.
I saw it for the first time in person yesterday since the conversion started and while I think what it looks like now is really nice and modern, I have to admit I missed what it used to look like
I loved everything else about the new Disney Springs (it's seriously THE nicest mall I've been to so far in my life) but that part just really made me sad for some reason. To me it took me right out of what they were going for with the theming.
Slowjack
Well-Known Member
No, it doesn't. That's a shame. The kinetics of a spinning paddlewheel would multiply the appeal of the whole area many times.
Rteetz
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The Empress Lilly
Well-Known Member
Twenty years. The Fulton Crap House contract ran for twenty years.
You know what saddens me? When I see those pictures of the paddle wheel they currently install. It's not a moving one as before, just a few planks. Surely for $20k - $30 you can get a few wooden planks sawed, painted and installed? How could the world's biggest themed environment not get that pocket change together in twenty years to install at least this b-mode version such an integral element of one of its biggest show pieces?
(Actually, I do know why, because Levy Restaurants and TWDC both held the other party legally responsible for the boat's upkeep. And couldn't work something out, deciding instead to just look at each other with a stupid look on their face for two decades...)
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DrewmanS
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The "boat" is docked. A paddle wheel would not turn while it is tied to the dock, especially now that the dock is a U-shaped slip.
roj2323
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The U shaped Dock will likely be going away. It was installed to support the scaffolding and ease construction.
The Empress Lilly
Well-Known Member
The wheel has turned for decades. This will be the first time the Empress Lilly will have a non-moving wheel.
The engine of the Liberty Belle too is kept running while docked.
KCL
Active Member
Looks cool, although I've never seen a "modern" steam paddleboat before.
