ToTBellHop
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Just the one. Wonder if Mission: SPACE will need it back in June?just a ladder shortage.
Just the one. Wonder if Mission: SPACE will need it back in June?just a ladder shortage.
If my memory of a number of pages back serves me (and often times it doesn't), the location of the crane was quite close to the border between TSL and SWL. Could they be thinking to use it for the "far" elevated section of coaster track, and then rotate it 180 degrees and use it for a portion of SWL, adding a second crane for the other side?Larger structures for SWL should largely be in by the time TSL opens.
Couldn't they just go to Lowes, Menards or a simple hardware store to get another ladder? Seems silly.just a ladder shortage.
UnionsCouldn't they just go to Lowes, Menards or a simple hardware store to get another ladder? Seems silly.
If my memory of a number of pages back serves me (and often times it doesn't), the location of the crane was quite close to the border between TSL and SWL. Could they be thinking to use it for the "far" elevated section of coaster track, and then rotate it 180 degrees and use it for a portion of SWL, adding a second crane for the other side?
Why is part the streets still there?
Not this time. The tower crane is on the opposite side from SWL. It's basically between the TSL entrance and the coaster building.If my memory of a number of pages back serves me (and often times it doesn't), the location of the crane was quite close to the border between TSL and SWL. Could they be thinking to use it for the "far" elevated section of coaster track, and then rotate it 180 degrees and use it for a portion of SWL, adding a second crane for the other side?
That happens a lot, and honestly very few people know the difference between a tower crane and a movable one. I can think of nothing that they are building there that will go high enough to need a tower crane. That doesn't mean that they won't use one, but, it seems to be to be a huge waste of money, those things do not come cheap. Didn't that last time it was mentioned turn out to be a regular one along with a pile driving rig?There was no information about where the crane was going to be located. We initially thought we saw it in one of the aerials but after closed inspection it turned out to be a normal crane.
That happens a lot, and honestly very few people know the difference between a tower crane and a movable one. I can think of nothing that they are building there that will go high enough to need a tower crane. That doesn't mean that they won't use one, but, it seems to be to be a huge waste of money, those things do not come cheap. Didn't that last time it was mentioned turn out to be a regular one along with a pile driving rig?
EDIT: Based on this picture appearing in the SWL thread, I stand corrected. That is indeed a tower crane. Hard to imagine why it is needed, but, there it is. Sorry of the misinformation.
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To me it just makes very little sense to have a stationary crane over that expanse. A mobile crane can be anywhere and quickly. If they get something that the tower won't reach (which is possible after things get bigger, not the height... the breadth) and bulkier then they will have to bring in a smaller crane anyway. I will concede that whoever is doing this construction more then likely has a much better idea about what they need then I do, but, it just seemed cumbersome and inflexible to me. As I said, apparently I am wrong and have apologized for my misinformation. Other then that I have no excuses.Not sure why you didn't think this would happen, we have had a permit for months that said tower cranes were being setup in TSL.
It is a pretty short tower crane so they must want it for it's reach and not for it's height. Where it's position it looks like it could pick up track pieces from back stage and place them over about half of the coaster.
To me it just makes very little sense to have a stationary crane over that expanse. A mobile crane can be anywhere and quickly. If they get something that the tower won't reach (which is possible after things get bigger, not the height... the breadth) and bulkier then they will have to bring in a smaller crane anyway. I will concede that whoever is doing this construction more then likely has a much better idea about what they need then I do, but, it just seemed cumbersome and inflexible to me. As I said, apparently I am wrong and have apologized for my misinformation. Other then that I have no excuses.
It is remaining to become part of a transition area up to the SWL entrance.
@marni1971 information regarding your question
Thanks for the pictures ! Too bad the remaining SOA building didn't match up to the clean, crisp look of the Muppets area. A work in progress.
It is. Expect the MV building and the remaining facade to get some cosmetic work.
How do you transition from old New York to Star Wars?
Let's hope they can do better than Fantasyland into Tomorrowland.The same way you transition between any two lands in a park.
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