Epic 72 floor OTIS Glass Elevator at the Marriott Renaissance Center Detroit MI with unplanned race!

[@evana6425]

I definitely love love the shape of this elevator and it’s glass and the building itself. Love how this thing operates too. I give it a million thumbs up 👍

[@SamSitar]

it has a fun shape.

[@evana6425]

It definitely does I love anything that is circular looking

[@DieselDucy]

It was nice

[@AlbertRoh07_1]

Amazing Sunset going by and nighttime

[@DieselDucy]

It was nice

[@Elevatorelectricgate]

This is a creative way to show us the background music you use in your videos!

[@NWIndianaElevators]

Detroit view > Atlanta view That's Windsor (Canada) across the Detroit River, and the casino has glass elevators in one of their towers!

[@DieselDucy]

Thanks for watching Jay!

[@sarahedwards2]

I live about 3 hours away from Detroit once you cross into Canada.

[@timroberts3139]

Is it still free to ride to the top in the elevator?

[@BuildingToursForLife1660-4]

Amazing and Epic elevator!

[@DieselDucy]

Thanks

[@carselevators930]

Epic! Especially the view!

[@DieselDucy]

It was

[@talongordon1424]

Amazing Elevator! :)

[@DieselDucy]

Thanks

[@BrytonJones6063]

Wow, these are so epic just like the ones in Atlanta Georgia like I’m going to go next week I’m going to Atlanta Georgia to film all the elevators dedicated out to you for all this time for us 😊❤

[@DieselDucy]

Sadly some are key carded

[@BrytonJones6063]

@@DieselDucy I know I seen those older videos. I’m feeling bad for them that they couldn’t keep them going with going up to the top anymore but my mom is gonna see what we can do about how I will get to the top on that hotel Westin Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta Georgia

[@conrad1478]

In the elevator community, the Westin Peachtree Plaza’s long lost twin sister and you finally made it🥹

[@jeffreygadson]

They’re both connected by I-75!

[@DieselDucy]

It was awesome.

[@bradbest4418]

It's the Party Elevator..........Awesome music selection............that bar at the top looked epic

[@DieselDucy]

The bar was great

[@210MichiganRails]

Every elevators in renaissance center is Otis! No kidding! Otis is the best!

[@DieselDucy]

They were good

[@210MichiganRails]

@@DieselDucy yeah Ik

[@statecollegewx4060]

Wow, this is epic!

[@DieselDucy]

It was

[@GabeGarrett-t7s]

Great video Andrew! I do remember an amazing elevator somewhere in Tazewell, Virginia but idk if it's still there, but when you have a chance, check out some of the elevators in Tazewell

[@DieselDucy]

Thanks so much. And I’ll have to go check

[@GabeGarrett-t7s]

@@DieselDucy have you heard of tazewell

[@rogerr.7228]

I never visited Downtown Detroit. Only went through there while crossing the border into Canada, heading to Downtown Toronto. Though I did a couple nights at the Courtyard by Marriott hotel in the Detroit suburb town of Dearborn. Toured the Henry Ford Museum, Henry Ford Mansion, and had dinner in the restaurant on the Mansion's property. This trip was a deluxe motorcoach vacation tour. Visited the CN and Skylon Towers in Toronto and Nigeria Falls on the same trip in late June 2014.

[@DieselDucy]

Awesome!

[@rogerr.7228]

@DieselDucy Haven't been on any big long-distance vacations since then, though. On the kidney transplant waiting list currently; so I won't be going on any at anytime soon. Although, It was a very fun trip, through big charter bus company in Wisconsin.

[@TransitUSA]

What a view!

[@DieselDucy]

Totally!

[@Elevatingaroundtown]

Visited The Westin Peachtree Plaza down in Atlanta. Very Fun Elevators. I’ll have to check out these if i ever head towards this area since these also are going to be fun to ride

[@DieselDucy]

The one in ATL is better in my opinion, but the view from these is better.

[@Jamestube8439]

Our tallest pair of elevators in Michigan! These things are so cool with a beautiful view of Windsor Ontario across the Detroit River. One of the many reasons I love living in Metro Detroit

[@DieselDucy]

I love Detroit.

[@Jamestube8439]

@@DieselDucy I’m really glad to here!

[@wereswdfgrdesd]

@@DieselDucy it would be scary riding these during a thunderstorm

[@TalentedEarth44]

I also remember this as a child back in 2006

[@DieselDucy]

Awesome

[@theelevatorenthousiast-452]

What a awesome view! But you've made a little mistake, you misspelled Detroit😜

[@DieselDucy]

Thanks :) fixed it :)

[@jacobisworld9516]

That’s Just Like The One In Atlanta.

[@DieselDucy]

Similar

[@mariokart8715]

Is the right glass elevator still out of service at Westin Peachtree Plaza? Both of the Marriott at the Renaissance Center ones are working.

[@DieselDucy]

Not sure but both working here

[@AadyaPratapsingh]

And guess what, that also reminds me about the right glass elevator in the Marriott Marquis in Atlanta in the 42-47 bank that was out of service for a long time, but it is fixed now!

[@AadyaPratapsingh]

And this reminds us about the same thing also, this comment is from Aadya's friends!

[@mjloveselevators]

Awesome! 🎉🎉

[@DieselDucy]

Thanks! 😁. It was neat! As a channel member you can see the version with no music overlay.

[@ElevatorGuy9192]

@@DieselDucyhey Andrew

[@jonathangarcia9617]

This reminds me of my June 15 memory with my friends David Pino, Chris Olvera and Josh Zepeda . Sadly, we cannot retrieve those memories that Take all of us on an elevator ride to floor 102 (1250 feet or 381 m above sea level.❤🎉😢. And by the way, nice video of the day. 1:16 .

[@DieselDucy]

Thanks

[@747sooner]

Just like the Sundial glass elevators at the Westin Peachtree Plaza Atlanta.

[@DieselDucy]

Similar

[@JoeysBear]

I didn't know you were in the D im such a huge fan

[@DieselDucy]

Thanks 🙏

[@floppproductions7967]

That hotel is memories

[@DieselDucy]

Awesome

[@EASsirenVids01]

I was there recently but I was never able to ride the glass elevator sadly

[@elevcarwashsirensandmore21]

Darn. That is sad.

[@DieselDucy]

They are awesome but play loud music :(

[@mariokart8715]

That are copyrighted.

[@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398]

@@DieselDucy Technically it's fair use but the lines between fair use and copyright infringement are blurred so it's better to error on the side of being careful. I have a bunch of videos with copyright music but I don't intend to monetize my channel and don't care if the owners monetize the videos for their own profit.

[@elevcarwashsirensandmore21]

@@mariokart8715 Are they really?

[@StephenPhillips]

Am I crazy or does the layout of this hotel look EXACTLY like the Westin Peachtree in Atlanta?

[@DieselDucy]

Similar

[@michaelwalterselevatorsrob5009]

Detroit’s Sundial

[@AadyaPratapsingh]

We're Aadya's friends again, commenting on this video, we have been on these, but not Aadya, we also did elevator races there, we always do elevator races whenever we go on trips!

[@DieselDucy]

Cool.

[@jimfaust6342]

Too cool 😎

[@AlbertRoh07_2]

But very nice elevators during an evening

[@DieselDucy]

Thanks

[@camthekidd21]

Andrew you got to come back to Oklahoma City. Would love to show you more elevators!

[@DieselDucy]

Awesome

[@Samuelselevatorchannel]

Music kind of makes it cool 😎

[@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398]

I kept thinking the video was over every time it started up. I didn't realize the video was over 15 minutes until halfway. It was still fun. If I had been there as a kid, I would have rode the hell outta that elevator.

[@TonyVRailfanning]

I’m actually surprised it’s not faster than that. Cool nonetheless the less

[@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398]

The Fairmont in San Francisco goes like.... a mile an hour.

[@jacobisworld9516]

Why Are There 5 Buildings

[@DieselDucy]

No idea

[@jacobisworld9516]

This Is A Hotel.

[@DieselDucy]

Ummm. Yeah.

[@sarahedwards2]

I live about 3 hours from here, once you get across the border (going south, may I add!)

[@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398]

South of the Border...............

[@sarahedwards2]

@@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398 People in Windsor, ON, Canada DO live south of the border from a country that is south of them!

[@SamuelElevatorFan]

I Like Those Otis Elevators In The Marriott Differe Than Westin Peachtree Plaza!

[@DieselDucy]

They are nice

[@wasteoff9840]

You filmed this before right?

[@DieselDucy]

Negative

[@Bombiedude.]

Its actually quite a slow elevator for how high it goes.

[@DieselDucy]

It is

[@AriR-c1n]

It reminds me and it looks like this is located in Atlanta, GA.

[@BuildingToursForLife1660-4]

But it's not it's located in Detroit Michigan

[@AriR-c1n]

@@BuildingToursForLife1660-4 But it reminds me in Atlanta

[@BuildingToursForLife1660-4]

@@AriR-c1n gotcha it does kinda look like in Atlanta

[@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398]

I was thinking of that too. The Peachtree. Those elevators are the shizznick!

[@AriR-c1n]

@@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398 I know

[@elevcarwashsirensandmore21]

These remind me of the Westin in Atlanta

[@DieselDucy]

Similar.

[@747sooner]

I think the Marriott RenCen and the Highlands Restaurant need to remove the music from the glass elevators in case of copyright because elevator enthusiasts filming these glass elevators may get a copyright claim.

[@DieselDucy]

they dont' care.

[@appledude1221]

The songs that played in the elevator were come on get higher by Matt Nathanson and higher by the score

[@DieselDucy]

yep. i have heard them before. wish they weren't blasting music in the elevator.

[@gparyani]

Speaking of dirty mattresses in hotels (which you always check): another KZbinr I watch, Karl Rock, just published a video of a hotel in Budapest retaliating against him for reporting an unclean mattress: the hotel staff deliberately soiled the bathroom then charged him a cleaning fee. It was only reversed after he started to make calls to the corporate office, and probably only because they realized he was a KZbinr with significant audience.

[@DieselDucy]

Wow crazy. Bennys take note.

[@tristanberecz8024]

did u do the stair climb to

[@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398]

That would have been pushing it but I think GeorgeF551 did a total of 70 floors worth of stairs but it was the total of both directions.

[@DieselDucy]

No

[@Elevatingaroundtown]

I wonder how long it would take if Andrew actually did that

[@NathanDavisVideos]

I believe that's Canada over there!

[@DieselDucy]

Correct

[@LividCruiser]

This building is literally a clone of the Westin peachtree plaza lol

[@DieselDucy]

It really is

[@TSNY18-Animations]

This hotel is really the Westin Peachtree Plaza wannabe from that!

[@DieselDucy]

It is.

[@cameraking1237]

Love those views

[@DieselDucy]

Thanks

[@cubsfan5734]

are these public or do you have to be a guest

[@DieselDucy]

You can go up to the bar.

[@elevatorfromthestatesofmic782]

This is just the normal recen building actually, the Marriott is next door on the right to this place though.

[@DieselDucy]

This elevator is part of the Marriott Hotel.

[@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398]

@@DieselDucy The thumbnail reminded me of the Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles. I rode those back in 1985. They were completely outside, now that I think about it.

[@elevatorfromthestatesofmic782]

@@DieselDucyWell I thought these be considered a part of the renaissance center and the restaurant. I guess not…

[@QEElevators]

There is no way these are on their original controllers, especially because the main ones have an SCR drive sound, and it doesn't make sense to only mod one bank of elevators. If you heard a DC generator sound at the top foor, then they are, but it you heard a hum or nothing then they aren't.

[@DieselDucy]

I just noticed the original selector tape.

[@QEElevators]

@DieselDucy that doesn't necessarily mean it's original. The Westin Peachtree Plaza has Selector tape but uses E411M controllers. In fact, Selector tape was standard on E411 controllers.

[@SamSitar]

what does the selector tape do?

[@DieselDucy]

Moves the selector in the motor room

[@MatthewLindstrom-p7l]

is this the only best elevator in detroit unlike atlanta where you have all the cool elevators

[@DieselDucy]

It was nice.

[@MatthewLindstrom-tb9zt]

This is the westin peachtree plaza

[@DieselDucy]

No

[@BJMediaTransit8516]

The Westin Peachtree’s cousin.

[@DieselDucy]

Pretty much.

[@benwintfeld2983]

My aunt lives near Detroit.

[@DieselDucy]

Awesome

[@benwintfeld2983]

Maybe someday Andrew do you want to meet my aunt?

[@BrandondHasty]

Otis elevator 72 doesn’t work door close works

[@DieselDucy]

Yep

[@AscensoresSevilla]

I thought they were otis compass😅

[@DieselDucy]

It would be neat if they were

[@AscensoresSevilla]

Totally

[@marcs_vector]

WOW! otis is a very good company in america but in europe... It isnt very good and its getting worse. There are some elevators that are very bad and even one has a 10+ door open delay

[@TheBro-w8z]

Actually kind of slow for a tall elevator.

[@DieselDucy]

It was

[@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398]

Hey. This music goes perfectly with the video. Especially the Circus music. 5:53 Ah yeah there we go. There we go. And the EDM music goes perfectly. 7:59, I'm getting Pyongyang vibes with this. Is 9:56 A.I. music? What is on 72? It would really have been great if the elevators were completely outside like your very first ones from '93. Too bad they don't make them like that anymore. But at least there is not lots of thick cross beams like some glass elevator hoist ways where it affects your camera's focus. All the backing music kept making me think the video was finishing every time it started.

[@DieselDucy]

Thanks