Gravity Wheel Not Turning at Mission: SPACE

Tom Morrow

Tom Morrow

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The gravity wheel is just a movie prop from the 2001 Mission to Mars movie anyway. I have an extremely hard time believing it's all that difficult to fix.
 
Tom Morrow

Tom Morrow

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drnilescrane said:
Have you used one of the new Touch to Pay readers with your credit card? They are poorly made, barely read cards without multiple attempts and easily fall over from the force of swiping your card.
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"let's use this design, its the cheapest possible one."
"shouldn't we test it in some shops first to see if its a functional design before ordering thousands and thousands of them?"
"nope."
 
Unplugged

Unplugged

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hpyhnt 1000 said:
Oy. Between this, the Garden Grill and the curtains in UoE, is there anything working properly at Epcot?
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The exits...and if they keep up the trend of letting maintenance and attraction count fall wayside, those exits will get a lot more use a lot earlier in the day. Perhaps this is why the Food & Win fest keeps getting longer and more food & alcohol stands appear for other events, "If you can't keep'em entertained, keep 'em drunk. They'll pay for that!"
 
articos

articos

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Pumbas Nakasak said:
Perhaps Disney have run out of gravity?
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Not "run out". Refurbishing gravity for your future enjoyment. ;)

Tom Morrow said:
The gravity wheel is just a movie prop from the 2001 Mission to Mars movie anyway. I have an extremely hard time believing it's all that difficult to fix.
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It shouldn't be difficult to fix, it's just a matter of getting access, as well as having the parts. It's likely not a one person job, though, meaning they need to schedule multiple techs to get to it.

aladdin2007 said:
articos what about the strong rumor over in the garden grill thread that it will remain dormant and not be fixed, never to revolve again according to some.
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'71 had it. It is only temporary, and will be back to what it should be from the original spec, finally.
*Edit: '71's info wasn't completely correct, but the end result was the same.
 
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JohnCarmean

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Not sure why it stuck in my mind. But last week at Food and Wine I noticed the broken gravity wheel in the cue of Mission Space. That slow turning set piece is mesmerizing when it works. Its scale combined with the movement and lighting design set the story up in such a striking way. The rest of the scenic design in this portion of the cue is secondary to the gravity wheel. It’s a dramatic beat that creates the suspension of disbelief as the rest of the story unfolds. And, it wonderfully alludes to the base physical mechanics of the ride, centrifugal force. It’s not just that it’s broken. It’s not just budget or attention to detail. It’s about the story.
 
Brad Bishop

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Rinx said:
Seeing as how long it has been inoperable I'm assuming it's considered very low priority to get fixed. In my opinion, reason being is that probably half, if not most people, who ride M:S do not know what a gravity wheel even is or what it does so whether it's spinning or not it gives the same affect.
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You could say the same things about the Astro Orbiter planets or the Garden Grill (first I've heard of that not spinning).

The problem still remains:

I think Disney management sees things things as: They're not going to affect ticket sales.

Any one feature not working really won't affect ticket sales. All of those little features do add up into people wanting to go down there (for the details). They can go to their local Six Flags to see props not working or just statues of characters. They go to Disney to be immerse in the details.

Still, individually, none of this matters. It also didn't matter when they didn't update their parks for 20years... Until it did. It also didn't matter when they didn't update the Monorails for 20 years... until it did.

I think that, eventually, all of these little things not working will add up to an overall bad experience or, at least, not a "magical" one and the nostalgia being passed down from generation to generation will wane. If you can't fix things when times are good, how will you ever fix them when times are bad?

It's a management paradox all built to avoid just keeping things up: "Times are good so there's no justification in fixing things - people will still pay," and then, "Times are bad. We simply don't have the ticket sales to warrant fixing things."
 
ToTBellHop

ToTBellHop

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Brad Bishop said:
You could say the same things about the Astro Orbiter planets or the Garden Grill (first I've heard of that not spinning).

The problem still remains:

I think Disney management sees things things as: They're not going to affect ticket sales.

Any one feature not working really won't affect ticket sales. All of those little features do add up into people wanting to go down there (for the details). They can go to their local Six Flags to see props not working or just statues of characters. They go to Disney to be immerse in the details.

Still, individually, none of this matters. It also didn't matter when they didn't update their parks for 20years... Until it did. It also didn't matter when they didn't update the Monorails for 20 years... until it did.

I think that, eventually, all of these little things not working will add up to an overall bad experience or, at least, not a "magical" one and the nostalgia being passed down from generation to generation will wane. If you can't fix things when times are good, how will you ever fix them when times are bad?

It's a management paradox all built to avoid just keeping things up: "Times are good so there's no justification in fixing things - people will still pay," and then, "Times are bad. We simply don't have the ticket sales to warrant fixing things."
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The Garden Grill spins. This thread is four years old. The gravity wheel will never spin again.
 
danheaton

danheaton

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Scuttle said:
I also highly doubt the printing press wheel in SSE will ever run again. It’s been years now that it has been down.
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Thankfully, at least the TV at Spaceship Earth is working. That was embarrassing to have that TV shut off for so long. It's the little things like this and even the gravity wheel that make the difference in really making an attraction click.
 
Scuttle

Scuttle

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danheaton said:
Thankfully, at least the TV at Spaceship Earth is working. That was embarrassing to have that TV shut off for so long. It's the little things like this and even the gravity wheel that make the difference in really making an attraction click.
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Worst part was the Neil Armstrong Audio was still working. That was terrible agreed.
 

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