I:RoE globe was down

[Phonedave]

Last Sunday (June 22) the Illuminations globe was non-functioning. There were a few sporadic bursts of LED action and then nothing - it remained dark the entire show. (spinning, opening, and fire all worked, just no LEDs).

I looked, but don't see any other threads on the subject - anybody know what happened?


-dave

 

[ToTBellHop]

Last Sunday (June 22) the Illuminations globe was non-functioning. There were a few sporadic bursts of LED action and then nothing - it remained dark the entire show. (spinning, opening, and fire all worked, just no LEDs).

I looked, but don't see any other threads on the subject - anybody know what happened?


-dave

Is there still no Inferno Barge, too? That'd be a pretty lame show...

 

[ABQ]

Is there still no Inferno Barge, too? That'd be a pretty lame show...

No, was confirmed the barge was back after some maintenance.
http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/illuminations-inferno-barge.884469/page-3#post-6137377

 

[wilkeliza]

Last Sunday (June 22) the Illuminations globe was non-functioning. There were a few sporadic bursts of LED action and then nothing - it remained dark the entire show. (spinning, opening, and fire all worked, just no LEDs).

I looked, but don't see any other threads on the subject - anybody know what happened?


-dave

Haven't heard anything but also know on the 20th it has serious issues. My friends and I who are very familiar with the show were joking that Russia just wasn't allowed on the globe any more because the whole night the Russia part of the globe was black.

 

[stuart]

I was there that night, posted about it in another thread. The screeb was scrambled before the show and half expected it to be dark during the show.

Ive seen it a few times since and it has been working fine.

 

[Phonedave]

Is there still no Inferno Barge, too? That'd be a pretty lame show...

As others said, the inferno barge was working. Still, it was a very lame show. The whole middle portion of the show was basicly music and fountains.


I wonder what excatly went down.


-dave

 

[Father Robinson]

As others said, the inferno barge was working. Still, it was a very lame show. The whole middle portion of the show was basicly music and fountains.


I wonder what excatly went down.


-dave

We saw the same thing happen in 2008. Globe came out on cue, worked fine for a while, then started getting scrambled. The art segment started playing during the cave segment, then two continents went dark, followed by the wrong video playing in the wrong continents. After about 30 seconds of that they shut the video off for the rest of the show. Globe still spun, opened, lit the torch and all, but was obviously pretty sick. Ironically all that happened right after the big 2008 refurb of the globe. Saw it the next night and thr globe was perfect. Just sounds like a glitch.

 

[wdisney9000]

As much as I love RoE, that globe just seems lame by todays standards of technology as far as the screen goes. Spinning around and shooting out fire will ALWAYS be cool, but the screen seems more "jumbo-tronish" and less cutting edge. Get some 4K HBR up in that bad boy!

 

[alissafalco]

Yes it definitely could use some updates.

 

[Goofnut1980]

I think the images are sometimes really hard to depict.

 

[GiveMeTheMusic]

Just a reminder that ROE will be 15 years old this fall. That is longer than the MSEP's original run at MK.

It's stale, and it's a miracle the globe works at all. I saw it when it was new-ish and couldn't figure out what the blobs on the screen were most of the time. It's just embarrassingly low tech now.

 

[donaldfan]

The globe screens were upgraded a few years ago. The show is perfect for EPCOT and I for one hope it never goes away. We go on!!

 

[Father Robinson]

The globe screens were upgraded a few years ago. The show is perfect for EPCOT and I for one hope it never goes away. We go on!!

SAME HERE!!!! Such an amazing show! The Earth Globe is still and will always be an amazing piece of technology. EPCOT doesn't need a World of color Fantasmic! style show. It needs THIS show. The greatest story ever told.

 

[SoupBone]

The globe screens were upgraded a few years ago. The show is perfect for EPCOT and I for one hope it never goes away. We go on!!

I never would have guessed that they were upgraded. The images have always been difficult to decipher.

 

[donaldfan]

I have no problem seeing the images? Maybe try a different viewing location?

 

[RedtoGray]

I think covering the entire globe with LEDs and simulating the rotation using video would be a great update to the show. I guess this wasn't an option 15 years ago. Expanding the screen would also provide for more versatility with the video and it would be brighter. It would probably cut down on mechanical failures too since the globe would only be opening and not rotating.

 

[Alektronic]

Last Sunday (June 22) the Illuminations globe was non-functioning. There were a few sporadic bursts of LED action and then nothing - it remained dark the entire show. (spinning, opening, and fire all worked, just no LEDs).

I looked, but don't see any other threads on the subject - anybody know what happened?



-dave

It was just a glitch in the video play back system

 

[Alektronic]

The globe screens were upgraded a few years ago. The show is perfect for EPCOT and I for one hope it never goes away. We go on!!

Actually, it's been upgraded several times, the last big refurb the whole video system and components were replaced and just a couple of years ago they upgraded all the individual LED modules again.

 

[stuart]

Arrived at 4 today and it was sat in the middle of the lagoon instead of the usual starting position.

 

[Donald96]

It was like that last night as well; they moved it back by AA before the show began however.

Arrived at 4 today and it was sat in the middle of the lagoon instead of the usual starting position.