Journey of Water featuring Moana coming to Epcot

retr0gate

retr0gate

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Disstevefan1 said:
I don’t know what this means, but the mounds of cement the designers chose as lamp post bases in World Malformation in EPCOT was a tripping hazard and they looked ugly.

It makes you wonder, did they run out of time and/or money and the cement mounds was just a cost cutting mistake?

Maybe a CFTOD inspection flagged it and made them fix it? LOL!

Whatever the reason, they are ending up spending even more money to correct it.
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I could be completely wrong here, but I find it hard to believe the mounds were an intentional part of the design. It seems far more likely that there was an issue with the grading and they decided to just leave it as is / improvise something during construction. I've worked on similar projects (albeit, not in theme parks) and what we draw does not always reflect what's actually built on site. You can usually expect to see a lot of small discrepancies like this, especially when it comes to site work like pavement, lighting fixtures, etc., usually because something was overlooked during installation, not the design process.
 
Bocabear

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but then again, it should have been instantly corrected before people started tripping over them...Anyone can see it would be a problem... That is the biggest problem when we do installations...people tripping over our stuff as we are working...and even if they are beyond the barricades we installed, they will still blame us... So we have become hyper aware of this issue...I am shocked someone at Disney did not see this and flag it .... and come up with something for it... Tiny bench surround, etc.
 
Disgruntled Walt

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monothingie said:
So more of this is broken?

I hope they bought the extended warranty.

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Impressive Finale Effect Now Sits Behind Construction Walls at Journey of Water - Inspired by Moana in EPCOT

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The article mentions that the finale had been neutered in some way prior to being blocked by walls. Did anyone see what was neutered about it?
 
Disstevefan1

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monothingie said:
So more of this is broken?

I hope they bought the extended warranty.

blogmickey.com

Impressive Finale Effect Now Sits Behind Construction Walls at Journey of Water - Inspired by Moana in EPCOT

Walt Disney World news, photos, and reviews! We provide you with daily news from the Walt Disney World theme parks and beyond
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We knew this attraction would have failures intermittently from the look of the complex, massive water treatment plant/pump station, next to this attraction, on stage, hidden by shrubs.
 
lazyboy97o

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Disstevefan1 said:
We knew this attraction would have failures intermittently from the look of the complex, massive water treatment plant/pump station, next to this attraction, on stage, hidden by shrubs.
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No, your weird obsession with a standard sanitary requirement of any water recreation facility says nothing about the complexity or reliability of the interactive show elements.
 
monothingie

monothingie

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lazyboy97o said:
No, your weird obsession with a standard sanitary requirement of any water recreation facility says nothing about the complexity or reliability of the interactive show elements.
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I don't think this should distract from the fact that it is broken...already. I believe there are other parts that are also already broken and disabled. It's not the first thing in the new Epcot that has quickly broken.

But why would it be ok for complexity and reliability to mutually exclusive? Has WDI gotten so bad that they can't produce anything complicated that won't fail after only a couple of months of routine use?
 
Disstevefan1

Disstevefan1

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MisterPenguin said:
Indeed. Other things which stopped working are already fixed.

It's easy to hear about things when they break, but getting fixed rarely gets the same attention. Then people think everything about it is broken.
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Let's look on the bright side, its job security for the maintenance workers......... Until Disney decides its costing too much to keep going ;)
 
monothingie

monothingie

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eddie104 said:
They are fixing it and that is all that matters. 🙄
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MisterPenguin said:
Indeed. Other things which stopped working are already fixed.

It's easy to hear about things when they break, but getting fixed rarely gets the same attention. Then people think everything about it is broken.
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The problem is Disney has a HORRIBLE track record on this. If they didn't no one would really care that it was down for maintenance.
 
tparris

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monothingie said:
The problem is Disney has a HORRIBLE track record on this. If they didn't no one would really care that it was down for maintenance.
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Especially because many new things at EPCOT are breaking and have been broken for some time now, with absolutely no clear intention to fix
 

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