Is the clock ticking on the Sorcerer Mickey Hat icon at the Studios? YES!

PirateFrank

PirateFrank

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MaxW said:
for what reason? i am in a nj high school and the "jersey week" for Disney is the the teachers conventions week in November. Nothing comes to mind in terms of February holidays
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Here in NY, the week surrounding Presidents' Day, is a vacation week for public schools. Since the schools shut down, most private and parochial schools also shut down.
 
DinoInstitute

DinoInstitute

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Goofyernmost said:
Haven't seem much of David around lately either. Do you suppose... Hmmm!
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Lately...
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:p:D;)
 
vonpluto

vonpluto

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Goofyernmost said:
Is anyone besides me curious as to the meaning of that picture? The hand gesture along with the smirk on Davids face... Anyhoo, that is apparently where he showed up after he disappeared. Those things are never permanent. :joyfull:
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Looks like the gesture Sonny Corleone's wife makes during the wedding party in The Godfather.:confused:
 
Rob562

Rob562

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Cesar R M said:
signed your life as in .. never tell any kind of secret or details..e ver?
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If you poke around online you can find explanations of most of his illusions. Years ago I used to be active on a USENET newsgroup that dealt with figuring out various illusions. The Orient Express train car was one of them.
You don't necessarily need an insider. ;-)

Though I'll admit while I can often figure out the large-scale illusions, it's the smaller sleight-of-hand tricks that usually get me.

-Rob
 
flynnibus

flynnibus

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G00fyDad said:
It depends on what their plans are. If it is a deconstruction for moving purposes then it may take longer. However, if it is a destruction plan then it could be shredded and pulled apart somewhat quickly.
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Since the job site is fragile... It's deconstruction will be roughly the same either way. You go up with cutting torches and cut it into pieces top down and drop them down with a crane.

You can't knock it over... You can't crush it... You acant drop pieces weighing 500+lbs into you finished courtyard or around your workers. You cut it up and take it apart in pieces.

Saving it or not is just a matter of how sloppy or not you are with cutting things and where you cut. That's the great thing about steel... You can cut it up and weld it back together
 
G00fyDad

G00fyDad

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flynnibus said:
Since the job site is fragile... It's deconstruction will be roughly the same either way. You go up with cutting torches and cut it into pieces top down and drop them down with a crane.

You can't knock it over... You can't crush it... You acant drop pieces weighing 500+lbs into you finished courtyard or around your workers. You cut it up and take it apart in pieces.

Saving it or not is just a matter of how sloppy or not you are with cutting things and where you cut. That's the great thing about steel... You can cut it up and weld it back together
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I meant more about the ease with which they handle to removal. If they want to keep it then they will do as little damage as possible and they will take longer. If they are scrapping it then they will cut it apart and junk it which is faster. Of course they aren't going to "knock it over". :rolleyes: Why would you think I was dumb enough to think they are going to knock it over?

Deconstruction = removing rivets and welds and taking it apart slowly and carefully.
Destruction = cutting that thing into tiny pieces and hauling it out.
 
flynnibus

flynnibus

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G00fyDad said:
I meant more about the ease with which they handle to removal. If they want to keep it then they will do as little damage as possible and they will take longer
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Not really... you remove stubborn steel the same ... torches and repair afterwards. The speed difference is really about what they do on the ground... after the fact.. off-stage. But I think you'll be surprised at how quickly this comes down.
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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G00fyDad said:
Probably. I'd like to see them actually set a faster pace with this than they usually do with projects.
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Historically, getting rid of an attraction it becomes beneficial for them to get it out of there as quickly as possible. You know... out of sight, out of mind. The sooner it is gone the sooner people will forget it ever was there.
 
Tom

Tom

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Cesar R M said:
signed your life as in .. never tell any kind of secret or details..e ver?
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Right. I was attending Purdue, and worked at the huge theater. I got called in as Local Crew for most touring shows. I was initially just there to load in the show, but was asked if I could stay all day and work the show. Had to sign a confidentiality doc, and then rehearse the show. Saw how every illusion worked, and helped assemble and disassemble all of them. I was actually on stage a few times. It was the highlight of my limited theatrical career.

Rob562 said:
If you poke around online you can find explanations of most of his illusions. Years ago I used to be active on a USENET newsgroup that dealt with figuring out various illusions. The Orient Express train car was one of them.
You don't necessarily need an insider. ;-)

Though I'll admit while I can often figure out the large-scale illusions, it's the smaller sleight-of-hand tricks that usually get me.

-Rob
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Good slight of hand magicians are the best, but I do admire a clever adaptation to a classic illusion, which is what DC is known for. And you're right, many of his illusions are explained online. A few still aren't though....or the few I've seen of some are flat out wrong assumptions.
 

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