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The Miscellaneous Thought Thread
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Californian Elitist
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I pretty much agree with what others said. I do feel sorry about the choices that were made for this…expedition, I guess. I feel sorry for the loss of lives (I’m assuming this won’t end well), especially the 19-year-old. But there’s just no way in hell I would ever do something as ridiculous and arguably as disrespectful as getting into a small, seatless pod that is locked from the outside and controlled with a PS4 remote control (or whatever it is) to travel thousands and thousands of miles through the dark depths of the ocean to see the underwater graveyard and wreck that is the Titanic. The thought alone is terrifying and nightmare-inducing.
Animaniac93-98
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IMO it was a mistake for Disney to get rid of this, especially in light of how popular Instagram became after the decision was made.
Consumer
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The situation reminds me a lot of Floyd Collins, a fella in the 1920's who got himself trapped in an underground cave in Kentucky, garnering national news. Much like Collins, those onboard were certainly foolish to ever undertake such an expedition. Naturally I hope these men are found alive, but logic has me expecting otherwise.
truecoat
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Yep, a refugee boat sinks killing 300 but they're just refugees so let's talk about the rich people at the bottom of the ocean.
Sharon&Susan
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The thought seems to have been that they wouldn't have made sense after removing the postmodern postcard theme (that no one really understood anyway). It's really a shame that they didn't find a way to integrate them anyway, the borrowed DHS entrance is in my opinion DCA 2.0's biggest mistake.
Consumer
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I was just thinking earlier today how beautiful the park entrance would be with the California letters and two planters full of poppies on either side of the gates.
I don't even do the subs anymore, just the Outpost.
Disney Analyst
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ParkPeeker
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Aw man, too bad it was gloomy when you visited!
Regardless, battery spencer might be my favorite view of the bridge, pictures don’t do it justice!
Californian Elitist
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Wow. Well, I’m assuming they’re goners. I could be wrong, but I doubt it.
Very tragic. Leave the Titanic alone, folks.
Disney Analyst
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Company is now saying they believe all have perished.
Live now with Coast Guard:
Disney Analyst
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The debris found is “consistent with catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber,” the U.S. Coast Guard says.
Imploded. Macabre question is whether that's better than slowly being deprived of oxygen.
Disney Analyst
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From everything I've read, yes. It would have been so fast at that level of pressure, they would not have been able to register anything.
It's the kindest way for them to go, well apart from having successfully completed their mission.
Californian Elitist
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ABC News was interviewing James Cameron and Bob Ballard. Interesting from the technical angle. Carbon fiber composite hull delaminated, most likely knew it was starting to happen, they had dropped the weights but had no safety redundancies. There was knowledge that it might not be rigid enough and wasn't the solid continuous material used in other submersibles. Carbon fiber hulls fatigue like a balloon being inflated and deflated with every dive so to some it wasn't a surprise that it eventually failed.
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Californian Elitist
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The fired engineer from a few years ago tried to warn the CEO that the submersible was not safe.