Elevator clarification

[jasra]

Just to clarify, the problem with the elevators last year has to do with the doors.

If you hold the door open with anything other than the "door open" butotn, then it mucks with the elevator mechanisms and can bump the door out of its track.

If you lean against the doors, it mucks with the elevator mechanisms and can bump the door out of its track.

So, don't touch the doors. Ever. Use the "door open" button.

We'll be posting signs at the con, but if you start spreading the word, that'll help too.

Comments

[perspicuity.livejournal.com]

i would argue that in most cases, in most hotels with more than a few floors, typical guests do NOT use the stairs, particularly to get into their rooms from the lobby. most hotel staircases are for fire use, and lead down and out but not back in. smallish motels and things probably rely on stairs a lot more.

point of note, many hotels, for whatever reason, don't even have obvious stairsways at the ground level, especially not allowing you to go up. yes, the park plaza has several leading the mezz, and from there, if you know where to go, there are some stairs going up (the set nearest the ballroom are usually one way only). the park plaza also has a maze of internal staircases at higher levels, but most guests never go floor to floor typically (that vertical hallway thing).

i would even go so far as to argue that at the current arisia hotel, most typical guests would never go near the stairs. elevator only.

which really makes you wonder why the elevators aren't in better shape.

doors going off tracks aside, can someone (arisia or hotel staff) who knows for sure, talk about the weight limits? it has been mentioned by several people that the elevators themselves juddered and shuddered and wiggled when loaded with people. scary.

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