Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Lotion-View-872.asp" target="_blank"><b>LP Lotion: Characters in Flight Officially Opens</b></a> Video and pictures of the April 21st Grand Opening of Characters in Flight at Downtown Disney Westside.
Originally Posted By dshyates I like that at the "Grand Opening" it was too windy to actually open the attraction. And it wasn't even that windy yesterday.
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 I hope that it works out well, and doesn't have to down a lot due to the winds.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 I guess I didn't really want to watch the silly videos anyway. (I couldn't get the treehouse video either) At least with these I can see pictures.
Originally Posted By A Happy Haunt ^^^operator error? I'll help you tomorrow morning! Sorry for the "Family Time" folks! Now back to your regularly scheduled thread!!
Originally Posted By dshyates It was closed tonight because of "High Winds". Here is a shot of the wind sock indicating "High Winds". <a href="http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/4412/dsc0117j.jpg" target="_blank">http://img19.imageshack.us/img...117j.jpg</a> Good luck with this project.
Originally Posted By dshyates "What a bunch of cupcakes worried about a little wind." And the operative words there are "a little wind". I would have called it a light breeze. And was stunned that it was closed.
Originally Posted By sjhym33 We could see the balloon high over the trees while on the monorail heading into EPCOT. It looked neat.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 They are probably worried about lawsuits if someone gets blown an inch off course.
Originally Posted By CarolinaDisneyDad I would imagine that since it is tethered to a single point that a small amount of wind would probably make the platform that everyone stands on tilt and a small tilt would be dangerous on a loaded platform.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss What's sad to me is the gondola, where, unlike a normal hot-air balloon, you have to look at the World through a mesh screen.
Originally Posted By CarolinaDisneyDad I think once again this is because it is tethered to a central point and has to be designed for a worse case tipping scenario. Too bad there wasn't a way to tie it down in a way that the "basket" hangs free and allows the balloon to drift a little in light wind.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I believe that the basket it allowed to drift a little. From the looks of it, the basket is donut shaped, and the teather goes right up through the middle of it to the balloon. The basket then hangs off the balloon and is completely seperate from the teather. I think the wind problem is similar to that with DL's Remember fireworks, where the wind at higher altitudes is often much higher than on ground level. While it might not seem that bad on the ground, there could very easily be large gusts at 400 ft that could cause a pretty scary ride.
