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[Bocabear]

Did those fins used to move?

much like the mechanical palm trees, the fins do not move...they were just meant to look like they could move...but do not and cannot.

 

[azox]

much like the mechanical palm trees, the fins do not move...they were just meant to look like they could move...but do not and cannot.

It would have been very cool if the mechanical palm trees adjusted during the daytime.

 

[ToTBellHop]

It would have been very cool if the mechanical palm trees adjusted during the daytime.

They used to.

 

[999th Happy Haunt]

They used to.

They never did. One is permanently folded to make it look like they can adjust.

 

[ToTBellHop]

They never did. One is permanently folded to make it look like they can adjust.

Well that’s just lazy!

 

[ChrisFL]

you mean the palm trees from Sonic the Hedgehog? I love those

 

[KBLovedDisney]

Wait. Wait. Wait.

Are we losing the Tomorrowland Trees??

 

[Timothy_Q]

If it were up to me, the only 94 elements I'd save would be the palm trees and Sonny Eclipse.

Or better yet, design new ones to replace them that fit the 70s aesthetic

 

[General Mayhem]

They never did. One is permanently folded to make it look like they can adjust.

That's not what the WDW 1996/1998 cd-rom games said. They did move in their first few years.

 

[Rich Brownn]

That's not what the WDW 1996/1998 cd-rom games said. They did move in their first few years.

Nope. they never did. They're not designed to move (They aren't even connected to any power source)

 

[mikejs78]

To remind you of the 90s

The dream of the 90s is alive in Tomorrowland

 

[Timothy_Q]

That's not what the WDW 1996/1998 cd-rom games said. They did move in their first few years.

They move in the storyline of the land. Just like how Cinderella lives in the castle

But not really

 

[MisterPenguin]

I must say, it's a great feat of imagineering there to give the illusion to so many people that those fins and palm branches move when no one ever saw them actually move.

 

[tirian]

That's not what the WDW 1996/1998 cd-rom games said. They did move in their first few years.

They move in the storyline of the land. Just like how Cinderella lives in the castle

But not really

I must say, it's a great feat of imagineering there to give the illusion to so many people that those fins and palm branches move when no one ever saw them actually move.

The original plan was for them to open and close in response to the time of day, like tree clocks. @marni1971 did this ever actually happen?

 

[Bocabear]

They have never moved...

 

[marni1971]

The original plan was for them to open and close in response to the time of day, like tree clocks. @marni1971 did this ever actually happen?

Not that I know of. Which of course isn’t everything.

 

[ToTBellHop]

The original plan was for them to open and close in response to the time of day, like tree clocks. @marni1971 did this ever actually happen?

Imagine an actually "futuristic" Tomorrowland that uses fancy new technology called "solar power" to make the trees move.

 

[tirian]

Imagine an actually "futuristic" Tomorrowland that uses fancy new technology called "solar power" to make the trees move.

That sounds like EPCOT Center, c.1982.

 

[Monorail_Red_77]

Nope. they never did. They're not designed to move (They aren't even connected to any power source)

Correct. This is why one is folded up "offline" and the "Power Coconuts" have been removed to harvest the power. It is just a static simulation. While the rest of the Palms are waiting to have their power harvested.

 

[MisterPenguin]

The original plan was for them to open and close in response to the time of day, like tree clocks. @marni1971 did this ever actually happen?

They didn't make them with any working gears to actually move as far as I could tell when I looked.