Lights of Winter arches - shrink wrapped

[ptaylor]

The Lights of Winter are still sitting at the back of the Epcot parking lot, but as you can see from the photos, they are now shrink wrapped. So is this to preserve them for use again, or are they going to be disposed of?

 

[LucyintheSky]

Oh wow. Thanks for the pics... I have no idea what going to happen to them, but I'm eager to see if anyone else has heard anything.

It makes me sad to see them like that... I really missed them this past Christmas season.

 

[Rob562]

I take this as a good sign that they at least want to keep the arches, and at least keep them stable in their current condition. The shrink-wrap looks to be the same kind they use to winterize boats here in the northeast. If they were going to scrap them, they wouldn't have gone to the expense, they would've just cut them up and carted them off ala The Wand.

-Rob

 

[EpcotServo]

 

[jakeman]

They were shrink wrap as early as the marathon. We walked past them on our way to the starting line.

 

[tizzo]

They actually kind of look like they're being prepared for transport...

 

[wdwmagic]

I take this as a good sign that they at least want to keep the arches, and at least keep them stable in their current condition. The shrink-wrap looks to be the same kind they use to winterize boats here in the northeast. If they were going to scrap them, they wouldn't have gone to the expense, they would've just cut them up and carted them off ala The Wand.

-Rob

Yep I think there is certainly some hope that they are being preserved. As we have seen before, when they don't want something around, they scrap it.

 

[EPCOT Explorer]

Hopefully on their way to be made un-obsolete by now.


As they should be.

 

[Andrew54]

hmm.. Looks like they are going to preserve them for next year and possibly update them to LED?

 

[Mr.EPCOT]

It would actually be slightly disappointing to me if they were preserving them, my hope was that they'd be starting from scratch with something entirely new for the Lights of Winter. However, better the old ones back than nothing at all.

 

[s8film40]

It would actually be slightly disappointing to me if they were preserving them, my hope was that they'd be starting from scratch with something entirely new for the Lights of Winter. However, better the old ones back than nothing at all.

While that would seem like a good idea, EPCOT doesn't exactly have a very good track record for re-imagining it's attractions.

 

[EpcotServo]

It'll reopen as "The Lights of Winter Tribute"

 

[Mr.EPCOT]

While that would seem like a good idea, EPCOT doesn't exactly have a very good track record for re-imagining it's attractions.

:brick: :fork:

It'll reopen as "The Lights of Winter Tribute"

:lol:

 

[Victoria]

Well it's a start. If they truly had no intention of ever using them again they would not have gone through the trouble of shrink wrapping them. This also goes along with the theory that they were just damaged when being removed from storage this year and that they lied to us about the whole "obsolete" thing.

 

[WDW Vacationer]

Maybe they are being shipped to CA to be worked on? As Rob said that appears to be what the cover boats up here in during winter. Definately a sign of preservation.

 

[wm49rs]

They actually kind of look like they're being prepared for transport...

That's what they look like to me as well. I've see wrapping very similar to that on boats and large pieces of machinery being transported by truck.

 

[Buried20KLeague]

That's what they look like to me as well. I've see wrapping very similar to that on boats and large pieces of machinery being transported by truck.

Maybe another park/venue bought them and they're being prepared for shipment.

 

[DMC-12]

The Lights of Winter are still sitting at the back of the Epcot parking lot, but as you can see from the photos, they are now shrink wrapped. So is this to preserve them for use again, or are they going to be disposed of?

They are "obsolete" right? :veryconfu I mean... c'mon... Disney deemed them as so. :lol: My bet is they are going in that dumpster right there in pic 2. :king: :lol::lookaroun

 

[EPCOT Explorer]

Maybe another park/venue bought them and they're being prepared for shipment.

They'll be outside the Adventurer's Club in Hong Kong, hadn't you heard? :xmas:



:lookaroun

 

[WDWExplorer]

Maybe they are being shipped to CA to be worked on? As Rob said that appears to be what the cover boats up here in during winter. Definately a sign of preservation.

ding ding ding... we have a winner... They are going to glendale for LED and control system replacement...

they are SUPPOSED to be back in october in time to have them set up for the holidays.