As the days of summer go by, the Tron Lightcycle/Run continues to cover in mildew and mold. They have yet to clean this canopy, so it’ll be interesting to see the plan that they devise to clean it. The marks on the canopy look slightly more black in person.
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Tron Is Looking Dirty
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Poseidon Quest
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I think a lot can be said about poor maintenance and cleanliness at the parks, but this was an inevitability. I'm not sure if frequent cleaning would be practical, so I actually don't blame them for it not looking great.
Yea, it was known this was going to happen since they built it. It’s all white, so everything pops even more…
Still sad because it’s a new ride, but it was inevitable and there isn’t a great solution.
What baffles me is: they had this same canopy in Shanghai for over 5 years...and I don't see pictures posted of the same "dirty" marks there. Is it a different material? Do China guests not care about such things? Of course, I seem to remember the Shanghai version cycling through (lots of) colors also.
JoeCamel
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It is different material but I doubt that is the difference, in Florida if it isn't moving it is growing mold.
Saharan dust for months gives the mold a place to grow and all the construction in the area contributes.
Maybe a flock of drones with tiny buckets to clean it?
Our canopy can do the full range of RGB colors as well, but we only get the orange blue and white sequences. I hope they eventually add more colors, because I think the green pulses would be neat to see, but our lights are capable of doing any color. Don’t know if their canopy is synchronized to music like ours is though…
GhostHost1000
Premium Member
Cleaning budget cut. They’ll do it when they change it to Tiana’s motorbike ride
lazyboy97o
Well-Known Member
It is not a different material, just a different color. Both canopies use ETFE, a derivative of PTFE mostly commonly known by the brand name Teflon. It’s also not likely to be mold as mold it’s an area exposed to significant sunlight, hardly the sort of dark, damp place with a food source that mold like.
some other guy
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yeah, there's no possible way for a multijillion dollar company to pressure wash a building every few months
"Show" seems to have been forgotten because apparently keeping it up costs too much money. This should be cleaned regularly and shouldn't take longer than what an overnight crew can accomplish. But apparently my standards are too high.
RobbinsDad
Well-Known Member
I'm sure at Disney speed it would require a 2 month shutdown.yeah, there's no possible way for a multijillion dollar company to pressure wash a building every few months
GhostHost1000
Premium Member
They just need some wet and forget it at Lowe’s and a really long water hose.
Florida is very unforgiving in terms of weather conditions causing mold. No excuses, it should be cleaned, but its going to be an ongoing issue due to the environment.
some other guy
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yeah I will be fair that it is hard to undersell the miracles of mold in Florida, despite us being "The Sunshine State", but still, The Mouse has had crud on buildings since Space Mountain and the Contemporary went up, I think that was at least a week or two ago, so they should anticipate having to handle this
Ayla
Well-Known Member
If only they knew that when they picked that particular fabric...
This happened in the climate yet the clone supposedly took so long because of years of research to custom design it.
We all knew this was likely because modern Disney upkeep is null to the former company standards.
Its not the most outrageously sized structure as it is awkward. But at the end of the day some good people lifts and pressure washers would do wonders, it is just they do not care to do this as a priority.
Much like the broken facade in Hollywood Studios. It is not a priority.
We all knew this was likely because modern Disney upkeep is null to the former company standards.
Its not the most outrageously sized structure as it is awkward. But at the end of the day some good people lifts and pressure washers would do wonders, it is just they do not care to do this as a priority.
Much like the broken facade in Hollywood Studios. It is not a priority.
vikescaper
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At least Space Mountain has been repainted, right!
Soap it down with a high reach then let FL daily rain storms wash it away.