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Eiffel Tower
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Maintenance is currently working on it at the moment.
Edit: Its back up
Edit: Its back up
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I'm not sure on the exact time. But it looked like they went ahead and closed the elevators before park close. I made notice of this around 9pm.
Yeah, apparently there were notable elevator issues tonight. Hopefully it's not a sign of more issues to come. I get that they're really tall, but I feel like, generally speaking, we have solved elevators in the year 2025...?
I went up on it today which I was so grateful for. I waited in line while maintenance had to fix it with some downtime before finally going up. While I was waiting to go back down, there was a lot of loud banging noises which sounded a bit unsettling if I'm being honest. A maintenance guy once again had to come back up and ride down with us.
It was so special to ride it tonight. Definitely a long time coming. So perfect.
Eiffel tower did not run yesterday and did yet open today. The elevator is currently testing and is filled with water dummies.
Eiffel Tower is closed today. One of the elevators seems to be having work done.
I saw maintenance guys standing by the base of the tower but I didn't see it operate at all. Queue Times is pretty good for the most part but it can be inaccurate. It still keeps saying Pantherian is open...
Thanks for the info. I just read on the KD subreddit that they were apparently testing it on Saturday as well. Hopefully they're coming close to resolving whatever problem they're having with it.
Yes, it was open today.
Should have mentioned that it wasn't open very long.
Should have mentioned that it wasn't open very long.
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Apparently they had to evac using the stairs today.
I remember about 7sh years ago, they almost had to evac using the stairs. My memory is foggy on the specifics, but the park experienced a power outage. Only the west elevator is connected to the backup generator. While trying to get the west elevator operational via generator - it was struggling badly. Again, I'm foggy on details, but I believe the power came back and they were fortunately able to come down normally.
For those that also may be unaware, if the elevator is stopped in the center of the tower - they can perform an "elevator transfer". Basically maintenance hops on top of the working elevator and aligns the two elevators. There is a glass door that opens up inside of the elevator that can unlock and open. They put down a bridge (plank) and net across and guests can transfer to the operational elevator. For the guests at the top, they will do a platform transfer via a small set of stairs to the opposite platform.
I know the elevators are unreliable, but both elevators must be operational for them to open the tower for the day. But it makes me curious what happened that both failed at the same time considering the other elevator was only in standby mode for evac purposes.
For those that also may be unaware, if the elevator is stopped in the center of the tower - they can perform an "elevator transfer". Basically maintenance hops on top of the working elevator and aligns the two elevators. There is a glass door that opens up inside of the elevator that can unlock and open. They put down a bridge (plank) and net across and guests can transfer to the operational elevator. For the guests at the top, they will do a platform transfer via a small set of stairs to the opposite platform.
I know the elevators are unreliable, but both elevators must be operational for them to open the tower for the day. But it makes me curious what happened that both failed at the same time considering the other elevator was only in standby mode for evac purposes.