Otis High-Speed Elevator at Intercontinental Hotel Miami

[TheZamacueca]

stupid video!!

[TheElevatorPlanet]

Is that Indicator originaly for Westinghouse?

[B7571]

OMG there was a floor 13

[hyvahyva]

The floor indicator is an incandescent projection display here. There is a light bulb, a lens, and a small slide for each possible digit. In effect, it works as a small slide projector, projecting from behind onto a piece of ground glass.

[ANDREWWALLFORD123]

34Th FLOORS! What so higher tower of the building to use it elevator!!! Amazing!

[EvanToTheFutureDude]

Awesome elevator! :D

Nice to see it in good condition for that kind of age. :D

[cannycart]

No 4 but 13?

[clarkloveselevators]

strange, is'nt it???

[revo8778]

Amazing floor indicator. I love pre-Series 1 Otises. I think the round blue turquoise indicator was designed to be a retrofit replacement to this indicator.

[elevatorgeek762]

@ revo8778: The buttons might be modernized.

[revo8778]

Yes, but OTIS didn't modernize them! I believe those are MAD fixtures. I guess the hotel wanted to update their image with new buttons in the cabs but was, fortunately, cheap enough to leave in the old Rotodial.

[Arxiuz2]

If you go to Intercontinental Hotel in South Korea, there is

one particular elevator (im sure its OTIS, anyway,)

if you start from 1 and press 46?7?

The numbers go like:

2..4..6..8..10..14..18..23..27­..34..44..46

ITS FREAKIN CREEPY

[miamibeach1791]

I bought a T-Shirt at this hotel, Miami is da bomb!

[rdavi828]

The disappearing indicator is actually called a "rotodial" indicator.  It was an Otis invention, but, somehow, pre-Schindler Westinghouse managed to eek out a similar design.... I won't go into a full explanation of how they work here unless someone says they want to know. :-)

[Firestar120]

I'd like to know...

[strobenstuff]

I'd like to know...

[Superfrenzy24]

I'd like to know...

[Screwschom]

I could really care less...

[GVike]

I remember ones that were similar, but you could tell the numbers were in a circle because you could see the numbers move sideways before the light turned off and back on.

[eastcoasttraveler]

what is an inclinator?

[musicfreakcc]

Go to google, and find out.

[escalatorgeek881]

Is another name for Hotel Intercontinental the Four Seasons Hotel. If so, is it that same place with the high-speed KONE elevators.

[ELTIGREROCKS10NEW]

Why do they call that the dissapering indacatior?

[musicfreakcc]

Because the numbers "disappear" while changing.

[bearchoirfan]

The floor number '4' is skipped, probably because it's a restricted level.

P.S. The Google ad panel here shows an ad about a special type of elevator which only the really wealthy have access to -- an inclinator. There's one, and only one, of such in Hong Kong. That's the 'Ten Thousand Buddha Monastery' on the hill next to Sha Tin Station. But I can't find a video of it, sorry.

[musicfreakcc]

Inclinators are rare in the US. A famous example is the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas, which has inclinators made by Otis - v=qXguIgLqOHY

[pete5668]

13th floor

[ElevatorMan2012]

Yeah that disappearing indicator is cool.

I would think it would've gone at least a little faster seeing as it serves 34 floors.

[suiteliferocks9]

This video is good. I love Miami.

[musicfreakcc]

Meh - Atlanta is better.

[thyssenelevator95]

If there is a wheel in the indicator with numbers, it must spin very fast since you can't tell that it spins in the video. Maybe there is a bulb attatched to each number.

[bearchoirfan]

This practice is also used in old elevators manuafactured in the U.K.

[msqr00]

I wonder how those scrolling floor indicators work.. is there a rotary piece inside or something>

[musicfreakcc]

Yes.

[rndprndp]

They work of the shaft information, this could be a tapehead, or selector, which suplies the controller with information.

[Baytrail]

What happened when you pressed P?

[musicfreakcc]

???

[Baytrail]

There's a button next to 3 marked P.

[dea41396]

sounds like montgomery, even though it said OTIS.

[starbucks95905]

Very nice elevator.

[mschafe132]

When I stayed here a couple years ago, they still had the original 1970's buttons and no floor chime. Looks like they did a bit of work since then!

[lumix14]

There is no 4th floor.

[Baytrail]

4=P. And what in the world is it? I dunno.

[NEXPAR]

Pool?

[Neuroth52489]

very nice stainless stell brails

[MajorAnimalFreak]

How fast does it go?

[musicfreakcc]

About 750 FPM.

[CaptainElevator42189]

Or more exactly, 700-800 FPM.

[CaptainElevator42189]

Very nice, and very fast. I really like the green buttons, and those floor indicators are like the UT Tower elevators.