In-Person Component
Plans for Atlantic City, Cherokee & the two high rise hotels in Connecticut are out of the question & have been scrapped for the itinerary. A replacement itinerary will serve as the graduation celebration trip from KU from July 20-25, 2023 as well as June 1-6 to celebrate 30 years of the lift community.
August 3: North Avenue Academic Building followed by Watt Rahway [Random virtual alternative available if the in-person plans flop]
Anytime between August 5 & 9: Any of the following below:
Plan A: New York City
Marriott Marquis followed by W Times Square - August 6 ONLY
Premieres as a showdown adventure on August 27 at 9:30 PM (part 1) & 11:00 PM (part 2)
Plan B: New York Malls
Roosevelt Field followed by The Westchester & Palisades Mall Roosevelt Field on August 5 ONLY
The Westchester & Palisades Mall on August 8 ONLY
Premieres as a showdown adventure on August 27 at 9:30 AM (part 1) & 12:30 PM (part 2)
Plan C: Connecticut Malls
SoNo, SoNo Corporate & Stamford Town Center - August 8 ONLY Premieres as a showdown adventure on August 27 at 12:30 PM (part 1), 3:30 PM (part 2) & 6:30 PM (part 3)
Plan D: Parsippany
4 random office buildings throughout Parsippany & Troy Hills + Sheraton hotel Parsippany - August 5 ONLY
Premieres as a lift adventure on August 26 at 5:00 PM
Plan E: Random (Most likely)
Random lifts filmed throughout our unknown road trip - Anytime between August 5 & 9
Premieres as either a standalone lift video, lift galore, lift adventure, showdown or showdown adventure at various times between August 27 & 28
Virtual Component
Will be filmed all on either August 7 or August 8 between 5:00 PM & 11:00 PM with a private exclusive LIVE component in one or more of the Discord servers. If the in-person lift filming plans flop, then the entire August showdown will be virtual based on what is filmed below. All buildings were created using the first generation of Skyscrapersim since the third generation was not available at the time of production.
3 office complexes & one apartment complex with multiple buildings, & multiple sets of European-style Otis Gen2 & Elevonic 411 lifts serving 5-30 floors.
How the showdown adventure will be set up
Due to the expected size of the showdown adventure, multiple parts are expected to air at different times. I have decided to spread the showdown adventure over two weekends: the first weekend for the virtual component & the second weekend for the in-person component.
The virtual component itself will be divided into four parts & will be shown the first two parts on August 20 & second two parts on August 21 if the in-person plans are successful, one part for each building complex. The first two building complexes will air on August 20, 3 hours apart from each other starting at 6:30 PM with trailers 3 hours apart starting at 12:30 PM. The same will apply for August 21.
The in-person component will be discussed after I return from the in-person lift filming trip itself if all goes well.