Wonderful video! I was hoping to see the actual Omnimover concept of the actual bended rail that controlled the rotation of the omnimover at each moment of the attraction. That concept was eventually transferred to the X2 Roller Coaster at Magic Mountain which introduced the “third rail” concept to rotate the cars in a 180º pattern through the ride. It was a wonderfully elegant solution to adding another axis of control to a standard track design. I understand it’s difficult to show the actual method on legos but it’s T\the intrinsic method of the actual omnimover rotation .
Thanks. The third rail is quite the next evolutionary step. That’s cool. As you saw, I was having a hard time making the legos do what I wanted. So in a way I oversimplified it to make it work. But…I’m still playing with it (in what passes for free time) and may have an update at some point.
Good video. One note: Magic Skyway was never a chain driven system. Magic Skyway was the forerunner of the People Mover, with hundreds of wheels on motors, pushing each car forward.
Hi Dave - great program! I love how you took the time and effort to make your own Lego Omnimover! Quick question: would the carts in Spaceship Earth also be considered an Omnimover? Or at least a "near cousin" of the Omnimover? The Omnimover, while mechanically "basic," is also brilliant. It's both simple and sophisticated at the same time. Like a shark or an alligator in nature, the Omnimover is something that was "built right the first time" and has needed little essential modification over time. Thank you for your wonderful videos!
Spaceship earths ride vehicle is an entirely new design. It is most definitely NOT an omnimover - something Bob Gurr talked at length about with me. When the design meetings were ongoing for the ride, he encouraged them to use the omnimover, but he was outvoted as the team wanted to be innovative in a design. The cars are all connected and can turn a little to see the set designs, but the mechanics are different. He contends that’s why this one breaks down often (where the omnimover doesn’t). And it’s one of the reasons he wound up leaving imagineering. They didn’t want to go with what worked.
@@lostfoundwdw8953 Oh wow - thanks! That's very interesting. I'm in Bob Gurr's camp...if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Change purely for change's sake is not a great design goal.
@@lostfoundwdw8953 Really interesting, thanks for sharing. I was also thinking Spaceship Earth seemed like an omnimover so was surprised that you didn't include it in the listing. I would be very interested to learn more about how the Spaceship Earth vehicles work if you know. Thanks again for the videos, I'm a big fan.
I'll have to delve into that in another episode. As I noted above, Spaceship Earth's vehicle is an entirely new design. I know the basic mechanics, but it will be fun to do the research and learn what's so different. I kind of assume that the imagineers of that era wanted to create their own legacy.
I see the Omnimover as a device for telling stories not in words, but in rooms, swiveling carts, and canned performances.
That is probably the best short summary I’ve seen!
Great stuff as usual, Dave! I love the use of Legos from the Galaxy Explorer - the LL924 brick!
Good eye on the legos!😁
Wonderful video! I was hoping to see the actual Omnimover concept of the actual bended rail that controlled the rotation of the omnimover at each moment of the attraction. That concept was eventually transferred to the X2 Roller Coaster at Magic Mountain which introduced the “third rail” concept to rotate the cars in a 180º pattern through the ride. It was a wonderfully elegant solution to adding another axis of control to a standard track design. I understand it’s difficult to show the actual method on legos but it’s T\the intrinsic method of the actual omnimover rotation .
Thanks.
The third rail is quite the next evolutionary step. That’s cool.
As you saw, I was having a hard time making the legos do what I wanted. So in a way I oversimplified it to make it work.
But…I’m still playing with it (in what passes for free time) and may have an update at some point.
Good video.
One note: Magic Skyway was never a chain driven system.
Magic Skyway was the forerunner of the People Mover, with hundreds of wheels on motors, pushing each car forward.
I thought I remembered reading that it was a chain drive. But I’ll accept that you are correct. Thanks!
Hi Dave - great program! I love how you took the time and effort to make your own Lego Omnimover! Quick question: would the carts in Spaceship Earth also be considered an Omnimover? Or at least a "near cousin" of the Omnimover? The Omnimover, while mechanically "basic," is also brilliant. It's both simple and sophisticated at the same time. Like a shark or an alligator in nature, the Omnimover is something that was "built right the first time" and has needed little essential modification over time. Thank you for your wonderful videos!
Spaceship earths ride vehicle is an entirely new design. It is most definitely NOT an omnimover - something Bob Gurr talked at length about with me.
When the design meetings were ongoing for the ride, he encouraged them to use the omnimover, but he was outvoted as the team wanted to be innovative in a design. The cars are all connected and can turn a little to see the set designs, but the mechanics are different. He contends that’s why this one breaks down often (where the omnimover doesn’t). And it’s one of the reasons he wound up leaving imagineering. They didn’t want to go with what worked.
And thanks for the kind words. I enjoy doing these videos.
@@lostfoundwdw8953 Oh wow - thanks! That's very interesting. I'm in Bob Gurr's camp...if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Change purely for change's sake is not a great design goal.
@@lostfoundwdw8953 Really interesting, thanks for sharing. I was also thinking Spaceship Earth seemed like an omnimover so was surprised that you didn't include it in the listing. I would be very interested to learn more about how the Spaceship Earth vehicles work if you know.
Thanks again for the videos, I'm a big fan.
I'll have to delve into that in another episode. As I noted above, Spaceship Earth's vehicle is an entirely new design.
I know the basic mechanics, but it will be fun to do the research and learn what's so different.
I kind of assume that the imagineers of that era wanted to create their own legacy.
Hey Dave random non-Disney question- where did you get those awesome glasses?
🤓 thanks. They are from a Belgian company called Theo. I found a local place that carries a selection of European frames.