Floridian Elevators's video: NEW Otis GEN3 MRL Traction Elevators at The Drury Plaza Hotel Palms Tower in Lake Buena Vista FL

Filmed on September 5th, 2023. Welcome to the Disney Spring's area's NEWEST Hotel! The Drury Plaza! This hotel just OPENED in December of 2022, and upon visiting this hotel, I have to say that it is a very nice property! For those of you who didn't know, this hotel was previously a Best Western property that was built in 1972, and the elevators were US originally and later modernized into Montgomery Elevators with Monitor fixtures. Unfortunately I never made it on the previous elevators here, fast forward to 2020, this hotel closed for 2 years of renovations as well as the expansion adding a whole new tower to the hotel, and during the renovations, the existing hotel was COMPLETELY GUTTED and the original hotel elevators were either converted into service elevators or just Flat Out removed, and now this hotel has 2 New Banks of Otis Elevators! These elevators are located in the Palm Tower of the Hotel, the EXTENSIVELY Renovated Original 19 story tower, and these elevators are my 2ND EVER Otis Gen3 Elevators EVER! As far as I know, these are ALSO the VERY FIRST Otis Gen3 Elevators to ever be installed in the Orlando area, which getting to ride these when I did was definitely pretty cool since while they may not be common yet, I know these will SOON be EVERYWHERE in the Orlando area (as a matter of fact with Epic Universe opening next year, we're gonna have a bunch of them in the new hotels in just a few months from now) and I'll get to where I find these to be absolutely boring, just like how I have with Newer Otis Gen2s. With that being said though, excitement/boring factor aside, Otis did a EXCELLENT Job on this installation, and these elevators are EASILY some of the SMOOTHEST MRL Traction Elevators I've EVER been on rivaling Mitsubishi DiamondTrac's! The New Gen3 MRL Traction Motors also make a very nice noise too! Fixture wise these are rather generic, but I do love the chimes! And interestingly, despite being Otis Gen3 and having the Gen3 Lanterns inside the cars, on the outside, they have the regular Otis Lanterns with the Gen2/Series 5-"7" chime. I have no idea why these elevators were installed like this with two different chimes like this, but it does definitely add some uniqueness to what is otherwise a reliable and solid feeling but basic set of elevators. And with that, I hope you enjoy the video, this one being of The Orlando Area's VERY FIRST Set of Otis Gen3's and my 2nd Otis Gen3's EVER located at this VERY NICE BRAND NEW Hotel! Installed in 2022. Camera details: Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra Mic: Built In (c) 2024 Floridian Elevators Productions