-
Welcome to the WDWMAGIC.COM Forums!
Please take a look around, and feel free to sign up and join the community.
Garden Grill restaurant permanently immobile? No.
- Thread starter asianway
- Start date
unkadug
Follower of "Saget"The Cult
He meant "off the shelf" ...perhaps not Radio Shack, but more along the lines of Grainger.
oops...I didn't see his reply...
BrianV
Well-Known Member
I assume they will either fix this OR renovate the space such that it is not on a rotating platform--maybe a tiered restaurant looking over the scenes below. I would prefer the former, but I have no issues with the decision if it is the latter. Comparing this to a broken yeti is not exactly fair. The spinning is crucial to this venue.
unkadug
Follower of "Saget"The Cult
The yeti is crucial to the story of Everest.
Perhaps they can mount handles on the tables and cut holes in the floor, that way they can periodically ring a bell and everyone can help turn it a bit - like something from the Flintstones....
BrianV
Well-Known Member
Perhaps. But do you think anyone ever said "I'll skip Everest on my vacation because the Yeti doesn't work"? By reports here, people are doing just that at the garden grill because it doesn't rotate. So I guess people are voting with their feet.
ninjaprincesst
Well-Known Member
It is not like this is the first
When I was younger I was a waitress at Reunion Tower in Dallas, it broke and would not rotate, it was no simple fix of just call Grainger, or whoever, they had to have specific parts manufactured and shipped from China, it took forever and we eventually had to close waiting for the part, that is when I left because I could not afford to wait for reopening. You would think with the number of these places parts would be available, but apparently that is not the case as they were told the same thing here as we were in Dallas years ago.
ABQ
Well-Known Member
If this is the first time this particular piece within the entire turntable mechanism has broken, I can certainly understand why the part may only be available overseas. I'm not sure when this restaurant opened, if it was with the park's grand opening, it's entirely possible the original manufacturer doesn't exist any longer, or that manufacturer was/is always based overseas and no parts were ever manufactured state side.
ninjaprincesst
Well-Known Member
It is not the first tine the Garden Grill has broken, but it is very old it opened back in the early eighties.
ToTBellHop
Well-Known Member
And as we all know, it is unreasonable to expect 1980s machinery to still work.
If they were aware that certain parts would be difficult to get why not be pro-active and have the parts on deck for anything that could go wrong? Did they think it would never malfunction? Even if the parts had to be special made, all the more reason to get them before something goes wrong.
I have an older (1995) Volkswagen that my father and I like to work on and keep in good shape. When we buy certain parts for it we always buy several in the event that the part becomes more difficult to find the next time it breaks. We have a decent surplus of parts built up over the years. It has paid off many times having the extra parts. Its a no-brainer. Why cant TWDC do this?
I have an older (1995) Volkswagen that my father and I like to work on and keep in good shape. When we buy certain parts for it we always buy several in the event that the part becomes more difficult to find the next time it breaks. We have a decent surplus of parts built up over the years. It has paid off many times having the extra parts. Its a no-brainer. Why cant TWDC do this?
G8rchamps
Well-Known Member
If they were aware that certain parts would be difficult to get why not be pro-active and have the parts on deck for anything that could go wrong? Did they think it would never malfunction? Even if the parts had to be special made, all the more reason to get them before something goes wrong.QUOTE]
Bah HA HA HA, spare parts - OOHH that a good one....ROFLMAO!!
Let me tell you how that meeting could go...
Manager: So you want to spend $X on a part for the Garden Grill?
Engineer: Yes.
Manager: Is it broken.
Engineer: No, but it could break.
Manager:When?
Engineer: I don't know, maybe never.
Manager: Will someone get hurt if it does break?
Engineer: No.
Manager: What is the worst case scenario if it breaks?
Engineer: The restaurant will not spin for a month or two while we get/make the part.
Manager: Will the restaurant be able to function as a restaurant?
Engineer: Yes.
Manager: Will we save money by buying the part now?
Engineer: Not likely.
Manager: Wait until it breaks.
orky8
Well-Known Member
Regardless, the "overseas" part is irrelevant. It doesn't take months to get things just because they are coming from overseas. The more important thing, and for which we are all speculating, is why it is taking so long for the part to be manufactured, assuming Disney has even ordered a part in the first place.
Ever make something "simple" like a gear from scratch, by hand before? It is an insanely time consuming, labor intensive process that can take a considerable amount of time especially if there is not an existing blueprint for said part.
If we knew exactly what part had failed, we might be able to complain about how long it is taking. Without that knowledge, we are just chest thumping.
Last edited:
morningstar
Well-Known Member
Even if the restaurant might be powered by an off-the-shelf electric motor, I imagine there are lots of parts that are not off-the-shelf, like bearings. Do you think a bearing for a rotating restaurant is a mass-produced item? No one has given any hint of what part is broken. It could be one of many.
Lord_Vader
Join me, together we can rule the galaxy.
They cannot capitalize anything that is not installed but simply sitting in inventory, items in inventory at the end of the year are taxed as if they are for sale which is not a good way to effectively use your $$$. Same reason car dealerships, furniture, appliance and mattress stores have end of year sales on a large scale, to eliminate as much inventory as possible to avoid paying taxes as much as possible on standing inventory.