I never said the delay had anything to do with Disney being greedy and evil. The fire was less than two months ago. I don’t think it’s unreasonable at all for it to take this long. It takes times to investigate, determine what needs to be done, plan and schedule the work, procure materials, and actually do it.
Disney didn’t work with the company impacted by the warehouse fire.
I think you’re misunderstanding who would be responsible for rebuilding this barge and what expertise they would need. The people who load Harmonious and other fireworks at WDW every night would not be doing, the people who work at warehouses storing and distributing pyro would not be doing it.
I do not think he meant you specifically we're calling Disney, greedy and evil.
It may have been even more directed at myself since I did speculate that perhaps this was a budget cut. Only because they are using one barge that could clearly launch more fireworks than it is currently doing. I'd rather have the full firepower launching off of one barge creating a slightly lopsided show, then the lopsided show that is only half the fire power they are currently offering.
Someone else speculated that this is all about how they treat their pyro techs and it perhaps if they treated their pyrotech better they would have this fixed by now.
@Touchdown was likely referring to these types of posts when he said "evil and greedy".
Having said all that, you are 100% correct.
The additional holiday demand in central Florida for fireworks during December has no impact on Disney.
Disney's pyro techs, maintenance and infrastructure, and inventory are all handled in-house. They do not third party that out.
It could still be a $$$$ decision to make do with a single barge without any additional firepower added to that barge.
It could also be as you say, investigations take time. Disney still had an incident and they're going to investigate it thoroughly before they build a new barge and or repair the existing one. And finally it could also be a supply chain issue with getting the parts needed to make the repairs needed.
The actuality is probably a mix of all of the above.
