Garden Grill restaurant permanently immobile? No.

[BrianV]

The changing views was always pretty cool. Was my youngest daughters favorite restaurant too, thanks to Chip and Dale. I suspect they will fix it.

 

[Tom Morrow]

Couldn't care less about the characters. I'd rather they just leave me alone so I can enjoy the peaceful Living With the Land scenes.

However, IIRC, some of the tables on the "inside" don't really face the outside walls well and that's where you notice the rotation. I think it's entirely possible for people seated at some tables to not realize that the restaurant moves.

They still pass some doors and whatnot. Basically you'd have to be really, really oblivious to make it through the entire meal and not notice that it was rotating.

 

[Tom]

There is no way you dont notice the rotation. Ive watched it turn while waiting to be seated. Very noticeable while observing from the outside. And the changing scenery while you eat! Hope they fix it!

However, IIRC, some of the tables on the "inside" don't really face the outside walls well and that's where you notice the rotation. I think it's entirely possible for people seated at some tables to not realize that the restaurant moves.

To clarify, when I said you didn't notice it, I was referring only to the zero nausea factor. Of course you should notice if it's rotating. If someone doesn't notice, it's probably not safe for them to get out of bed in the morning.

But it doesn't "spin" to the point where it can cause any sort of nausea, which is what someone implied earlier.

 

[stevehousse]

That's heartbreaking. Are people still eating there and just staring at the same thing? Specifically, what about all the tables that face the wall or the front entrance? Who the heck would want to eat with that static view? [/QUOTE

I guess u never eat out at any restaurants or in your own home seeing as how u don't enjoy the "static view" LOL

It'll be working soon enough...making parts for old mechanics can be a timely issue...give it time and the restaraunt will be rotating again soon enough...this isn't a 1 day kind of fix...

 

[marni1971]

The dining area will rotate again soon.. It didn't 'break down', so much as a unique component had to be removed (original parts) so that it can be replicated to replace.. Stop panicking.

It'll also spin a a slightly higher rate when it reopens.. (the speed that it originally spun when it opened originally)

Really hope you're right. On both counts...

 

[gsimpson]

A Hyatt that I routinely stayed at several years ago had a rotating restaurant that had a mechanical failure and it took them almost 4 months to get it repaired, and i don't think Hyatt was trying to save a buck. Since I stayed there a lot I got to know the people and they let me into the "drive" room and I was really fairly surprised the motors were really pretty small. I was expecting something rather mammoth since the whole place with the tables, people, dishes, not to mention the building had to be quite a few tons but I guess with proper balance and gear reduction it doesn't really take that much.

 

[Castle Cake Apologist]

That's heartbreaking. Are people still eating there and just staring at the same thing? Specifically, what about all the tables that face the wall or the front entrance? Who the heck would want to eat with that static view?

I mean, most of my dining experiences in life have had a "static view", oftentimes facing a wall or an entrance. I envy your ability to only eat at places that rotate lol.

That said, I certainly hope they get it fixed soon. The Garden Grill is one of my favorite eateries on property, and it ain't because I get to see Farmer Mickey.

 

[eblaz37]

A Hyatt that I routinely stayed at several years ago had a rotating restaurant that had a mechanical failure and it took them almost 4 months to get it repaired, and i don't think Hyatt was trying to save a buck. Since I stayed there a lot I got to know the people and they let me into the "drive" room and I was really fairly surprised the motors were really pretty small. I was expecting something rather mammoth since the whole place with the tables, people, dishes, not to mention the building had to be quite a few tons but I guess with proper balance and gear reduction it doesn't really take that much.

Was this in Milwaukee, by chance?

 

[Castle Cake Apologist]

I would like to lend some credence to the fact that some guests don't realize the restaurant is moving. One of my former roommates was a server at GG a few years back and he would tell us stories of the occasional guest who would notice it at a certain point in the meal and have a momentary freak out when they were no longer in the same place they were seated.

Never underestimate the strange workings of the average guest.

 

[Prince-1]

Instead of fixing the rotating mechanism, they will just now seat diners on office chairs and a cast member will stop by every 5 minutes and rotate you. The bigger the tip...the faster you go!!

 

[jakeman]

To clarify, when I said you didn't notice it, I was referring only to the zero nausea factor. Of course you should notice if it's rotating. If someone doesn't notice, it's probably not safe for them to get out of bed in the morning.

But it doesn't "spin" to the point where it can cause any sort of nausea, which is what someone implied earlier.

Like this?

 

[BaconPancakes]

Wow, this is disgusting.

 

[PolynesianPrincess]

I really hope it starts rotating again soon! GG was one of our favorite places to dine and mostly because of the rotation. We ate there for the first time in 2000 when it was a character breakfast. We loved looking into the bedroom in the farmhouse scene. That scene is still one of my favorites in all of WDW to this day. I think if it stops rotating for good, we will stop dining there for good.

 

[Nmoody1]

As long as the revolving dance floor at Mannequins doesn't stop moving..... Oh....

 

[Communicore]

So are they going to upcharge for premium views if this does not rotate any more?

 

[Tom]

A Hyatt that I routinely stayed at several years ago had a rotating restaurant that had a mechanical failure and it took them almost 4 months to get it repaired, and i don't think Hyatt was trying to save a buck. Since I stayed there a lot I got to know the people and they let me into the "drive" room and I was really fairly surprised the motors were really pretty small. I was expecting something rather mammoth since the whole place with the tables, people, dishes, not to mention the building had to be quite a few tons but I guess with proper balance and gear reduction it doesn't really take that much.

We have one on the top of the Hyatt here in Indy, called The Eagle's Nest.

 

[Slowjack]

A Hyatt that I routinely stayed at several years ago had a rotating restaurant that had a mechanical failure and it took them almost 4 months to get it repaired, and i don't think Hyatt was trying to save a buck. Since I stayed there a lot I got to know the people and they let me into the "drive" room and I was really fairly surprised the motors were really pretty small. I was expecting something rather mammoth since the whole place with the tables, people, dishes, not to mention the building had to be quite a few tons but I guess with proper balance and gear reduction it doesn't really take that much.

The motors for the Universe of Energy turntables are surprisingly small, too, although in that case they ride on an air cushion that only inflates when rotating. Supposedly when the air cushion is on, you could rotate the turntables by hand.

 

[ABQ]

The motors for the Universe of Energy turntables are surprisingly small, too, although in that case they ride on an air cushion that only inflates when rotating. Supposedly when the air cushion in on, you could rotate the turntables by hand.

Yup, it's like a big old air hockey puck.

 

[gmajew]

It was down when I ate their the the week of March 20th. I missed the rotation and so did my kids and they both talked about it during our meal. I know it is not a major thing but it was something that made this experience unique and I hope that it is fixed and I am sure the fix is not a small fix and will need a special part being produced.

 

[WondersOfLife]

That really makes me upset... When I was little in like 2nd grade, I would always beg my parents to let us eat at the "turning restaurant" ... it was so cool..