Volcano Bay Construction & Preview Discussion
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Seems bad, but when you remember these are more or less molded plastic they should be replaced pretty quickly
The newsguy was guessing somehow the dead grass caught fire beneath the slides, perhaps due to the heat today. And the slides melted, releasing the black smoke in the air.
And he said not to breathe it in, since plastic fumes are dangerous. So nobody breathe in the area for a little while.
I was worried at first until I remembered this. The only major delay I see coming from this would be if some of the burnt pieces are needed to finish the build out of the volcano.
They have been baking in the sun all day, though. We don't know if this was an accident or someone doing it intentionally, though. If someone wanted to do it intentionally, i'm sure with a proper plan, it wouldn't take much (seeing as they're just sitting there).
I mean... That's what they are designed to do. Sit and bake in the sun all day.
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I suspect deliberate if no one was about, thats just my guess though.
On to a more positive note, the volcano grows!
On to a more positive note, the volcano grows!
Damn was gonna blame it some pixie duster jealous of all the cool stuff uni is buildingNo.
Construction workers set fire to port o potties on a fairly regular basis when Epcot was being built. Maybe it's along those lines.
It was definitely arson. Disney hired a few guys to come over and douse some slide pieces in gasoline and set them ablaze. They were worried Volcano Bay was going to take much of their business, and knowing their expansion plans to BB and TL were going to take too long, they knew this was the only possible action to take!
(Okay, I jest...but it does suck this happened. I was actually going to Wet N Wild today until this happened...now a change of plans for the afternoon.)
(Okay, I jest...but it does suck this happened. I was actually going to Wet N Wild today until this happened...now a change of plans for the afternoon.)
I can't see it being arson for the sole reason that if it was me doing it, I wouldn't do it in plain sight in the middle of the day next to a busy water park.
Unfortunately they brought the Volcano Lava a little bit ahead of schedule and this happened...
But see, nobody would expect that!
No, I highly doubt it was arson. More than likely just what others were saying about the dried up dead grass. It's been VERY hot this past week, and things like this can happen.
Well that is a pisser! Depending on the value, I would think that Universal's insurance would pay for it. I look forward to the suspected cause!
I'm gonna go with discarded cigarette and flammable lubricants from the manufacture process soaking the pallets underneath the pieces. That's my theory.
Testing for lava flows in the volcano. The slides obviously failed the test. Back to the drawing board. There's goes the real lava flow idea.
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