Magic Smokestack?

[CaliforniaDreaming]

Has the Magic's smokestack been repaired yet? It seems like it has been taking a lot of time for them to replace it.

Thanks.

 

[mmouse37]

I think they are probably waiting until the Magic goes into dry dock this September. It is repainted, but still has missing pieces at the top.

MJ

 

[trobert]

What happened to the smokestack--evidently I haven't been on the board often enough!

 

[plutospup]

There was a fire last March. According to Capt. Hans the fire was in the funnel and set off alarms on every deck. Everyone was told to evacuate their rooms, and put on their life jackets. It was quite a sight and feeling to see everyone on deck at 5 a.m. with their life vests on. It was an experience to say the least.

 

[Hopkins]

It's been over a year and the top railings on the aft smoke stack haven't been replaced. What's the deal? Disney is the company that put the second smoke stack in for balance (forward ESPN Zone). If you look at the pictures with the railings and the current Magic pictures, she really does look funny with the missing railings.

Magic with the aft funnel railings:
http://www.dreamsunlimitedtravel.com/cruise/clmultimedia/phototour/sthom_shipext2.jpg

http://www.dcltribute.com/gallery/p121.htm

Magic currently missing the aft funnel railings:
http://www.dcltribute.com/wallpaper/castawaycay_sailboat_1024.jpg

Tina

 

[mmouse37]

She does not look balanced without the railing.

Here are some pics from Barb's site of what the smoke stack looked like after the fire.

http://members.fortunecity.com/panduitest/fire.htm

MJ

 

[tecdavidt]

Go to our web site at tecenv.com/thompson chose the cruise button upper right corner. Open up the March '02 cruise and then open the line that says Funnel Fire Damage. We have pictures of it since we were the first cruise after the fire. We left port late that day. I too was disappointed it wasn't fixed by our cruise last week, it has been a year. Kathy

 

[Hopkins]

Kathy,

I went to your site and viewed your pictures. It's amazing after one year that it isn't repaired completely. We were on the Magic in January and we were disappointed by the missing railings. It makes the pictures you take of the beautiful Magic less beautiful. The funnel really looks silly and unfinished. It's just aesthetics, but isn't that part of what Disney does.

Here's a direct link to fire damage:
http://www.tecenv.com/thompson/Disney/funnel_fire_damage.htm

When will it be fixed?
Tina

 

[MarkRG]

It's not that simple, they can't repair it in port. The funnel they just repaired the cosmetic damage from the outside of the stack and gave it a fresh coat of paint.

They have to make those railings to fit the stack, they really need drydock facilities to do the fittings and such. They'd also have to shut the engines off to get down into the stack where those railings attach.

There simply isn't time in half a day they're in port to do the work needed, unless you'd like them to cancel a cruise to fix it.

That's their logic in waiting till she's in dock.

 

[Hopkins]

So, that's great news! It will finally be fixed. I guess from what you are saying, the first dry dock after the fire is Sept/Oct 2003 after the March 2001 fire. How did they fix the large smoke stacks that were on fire and also the big red fiberglass funnel area? The short time at Port Canaveral?

It really does look very silly this way especially from this angle.

http://www.dcltribute.com/wallpaper/castawaycay_sailboat_1024.jpg


Tina

 

[MarkRG]

From what I remember it took a good number of times in port to clean up the mess to the point you see it in Dave's picture.

They had to do it in steps.

First time back in port after, look it over and get from the coast guard approval to go back out on the next cruise. They actually flew people out to CC to give it an immediate inspection, but a more thorough one was done at port. At this point they removed the damaged fiberglass insulation from the working stacks. The actual exhaust stacks are stainless steel and were undamaged.

Then they brought a crane in for a few port visits to remove the damaged railing. They also replaced the insulation on the stacks.

Then they setup and repaired the damage to the red part of the funnel, which they did during a cruise, not just in port. they blocked off part of deck 10 and setup a scaffold as seen in one of Barb's pics.

The red part of the funnel is not fiberglass, it is steel. They simply restraightened the metal and gave it a fresh coat of paint.

Most of that I remember from reading different reports from cruisers on here and watching them do the work on the port cam.

That's the main reason the exterior of ships are painted in very basic colors- so they can do repairs later (usually from rust) and you won't be able to tell what's fresh paint and what isn't.

Oh yes, it really looks uneven without the railing, and if it was something they could accomplish without disturbing the cruise rotation, they would have right when they fixed the funnel. unfortunately, it's more complicated than that.

 

[Hopkins]

As long as it gets fixed.

We are the first cruise after the dry dock, so I can't wait. I think every element of her is special and designed for a purpose even though simply for asthetics.

Have a great time on your cruise in 40+ days. We are just over 200 days. Yikes!

I just love DCL.
Tina