Cheshire Figment wrote:According to everything, and I do remember seeing an official Disney video of this, the rooms were built about a mile from the Contemporary and slid into place by cranes. The expectation was that on an as-needed basis complete rooms would be removed and replacements put in place. However, they did not take into account the Florida humidity's effects on the concrete or the building settling.
You are correct about the off-site construction and assembly (for the Contemporary tower, garden wings, and the Polynesian). However, I have never seen anything from the Company or builder US Steel about removing the rooms (though I've read plenty about this on various web sites).
If you think about it a moment, it doesn't make much sense. To remove a room you'd have to take down and remove all the wiring, plumbing, and ductwork for half a floor, and then you'd still need big cranes to move the rooms in and out -- and doing so would require removing all the paving and planters on that side of the tower. Not to mention effectively closing the building for the duration!
It's a whole lot simpler to just repaint, rewire, and replace the furnishings when it's time for a rehab -- exactly as has been done for every rehab to date.
Sorry, it sounds like a neat idea, but the rooms aren't on drawer slides. It was just a way to get the place built *fast*.
Mythos trumps memory again. :notallthe
