EPIC Schindler 5500 Glass Elevators at the Charlotte Airport

[@DieselDucy]

UPDATE: Based on some research the double beep of the button is normal. It is some type of call acknowledgment.

[@BrandondHasty]

Happy new year

[@EWPA14]

The 1st beep is the beep that happens anytime you press any of the buttons. The 2nd is the acknowledgement beep. Although some installs only have the acknowledgement beep.

[@Bombiedude.]

I actually found a really nice brand new one in a small apartment building that just got built not too long ago near where I live and it was still new at the time I saw it, It still had the protective fabric on it

[@DieselDucy]

Awesome

[@Barrel8615]

I love Schindler 5500 I really want to ride them when I visit America one day Nice Video!

[@DieselDucy]

They are a great elevator

[@MatthewLindstrom-p7l]

i love the elevators here but do they have a skytram

[@DieselDucy]

They do

[@NathanDavisVideos]

First video of 2024 from the legend himself; LET'S GO!!!

[@DieselDucy]

Thanks

[@kylebroussard6826]

Happy New year Andrew 🎉🎉

[@DieselDucy]

Happy new year!🎊

[@User-UCKJxZ-UVayPlp0q22AswE6g]

Awesome. I wish we had Schindlers in Manitoba.

[@DieselDucy]

That would be cool!

[@AwesomeElevators]

👍 Definitely my favorite Schindler 👍 :)

[@DieselDucy]

I love them

[@AriR-c1n]

Happy New Year Dieselducy

[@DieselDucy]

You too!

[@SreyashRoy-c2x]

I love elevators so much. I have been to North Point Mall, Perimeter Mall, Phipps Plaza, Lenox Square, Cumberland Mall, Town Center At Cobb, and Mall Of Georgia. I went to the GA Aquarium and the World Of Coke, National Center for Civil and Human Rights, and Westin Peachtree plaza and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. I love traveling so much all around the world I even use elevators in the airports and I go on different airlines when I travel. This is Sreyash Roy. I go to Johns Creek High School the 2 elevators are ThyssenKrupp.

[@DieselDucy]

Awesome

[@SamSitar]

good that they have scenic elevators.

[@DieselDucy]

They were great.

[@AndrewWuvlogs]

Happy 2024, Dieselducy! 🎉🎉🎉

[@DieselDucy]

You too!

[@AndrewWuvlogs]

@@DieselDucy Hope 2024 is going to be an even more impressive year

[@elevatorsincity]

The ones at the Charleston airport parking deck in North Charleston SC. The buttons are fine but few buttons are burned out and some of the brailles are ripped out.

[@elevatorsincity]

The 5500 ones are in the new parking deck and the other with 330As are in the old parking deck which there not that great.

[@DieselDucy]

If i go there I will check them out.

[@Elevatorelectricgate]

Try to come back here when the other two elevators are working.

[@DieselDucy]

I need to. These elevators are epic but the buttons are not holding up.

[@Pug1537]

Hey DieselDucy, Have you ever seen an elevator with the C.O.P. ripped off the car? Because Jowevator3219 has seen one in the Las Vegas McDonald’s

[@DieselDucy]

I have in West Virginia

[@Pug1537]

Did you record it?

[@DieselDucy]

@@Pug1537 Look up West Virginias Finest elevator experience and you will see it.

[@Elevatingaroundtown]

Happy new year to all

[@DieselDucy]

You too!

[@otiselevator2]

Unfortunately I’m only got one pair of the elevator when I was there which is across the B Gate while across the C Gate was still under construction so I wasn’t able to get them and I forgot to ride the one across the A Gate. I have a feeling if the two existing elevator before the massive renovations will be kept or rip off. I would have get the modded Westinghouse but was super busy when I went. The airport now have a contract with Schindler as Otis was previously.

[@DieselDucy]

Yeah, there were 2 other elevators that were either being installed or repaired as they had barricades up.

[@otiselevator2]

@@DieselDucy So there will be 7 new elevators all together? Where is the other two new pair will be located that not in service yet?

[@DJSpinSter2004]

Nice elevators to start off the New Year. Happy New Year!

[@DieselDucy]

Happy new year!🎆

[@prodigygamer1418]

3:14 3 looked 4:47 7:09

[@DieselDucy]

Yep

[@asphaltandtacos]

I have yet to ride a 5500 model. They are faster than the 3300 model elevator which takes too long to level.

[@DieselDucy]

5500 is amazing

[@benwintfeld2983]

I never been to that airport but JetBlue flys there anyway. I am fly JetBlue anyway to Florida in 3 weeks.

[@DieselDucy]

Awesome. Safe travels

[@ishanjani9885]

Wow this is fancy shindler only shindler that door close button works

[@DieselDucy]

Yep very nice

[@EWPA14]

Sadly I've seen a few occasions on 5500s where the buttons don't light. I know on 1 install (actually that garage in Pittsburgh) on 1 of the cars the buttons on the right half of the COP don't light.

[@DieselDucy]

Yeah. The fixtures while nice looking are not suited for high traffic areas.

[@pafl_elevators]

The Lancaster Marriott in Lancaster PA has 5500's at the East Tower and one only works and it's 11 floors! I wonder if the other one is used as a shuttle to go up to The Exchange Rooftop Bar on the 12th floor!

[@DieselDucy]

That sounds like a cool place

[@dmvelevatorsandmore]

You might be talking about a different Marriott hotel in Lancaster. The one downtown has 3 400as and travels 19 floors

[@pafl_elevators]

@@dmvelevatorsandmore there's 2 towers. The one Tower is the west Tower where the 400as are located and the East Tower is what I was mentioning that has the 5500s. It opened back in 2019 as part of the hotels expansion

[@dmvelevatorsandmore]

@@pafl_elevators I never knew it got an expansion

[@LiftEnthusiast2020OFFTOPIC]

Schindler 5500 is one of my favourite MRLs along with the Gen2 and the Kone EcoDisc. Schindler 5500 has nicer looking buttons in other parts of the world. As you said, the vandal resistant option would've been better suited for an airport. And also just so you know, the 5500 has now been discontinued and succeeded by the 5000 which is literally the same thing. Awesome lift!

[@dmvelevatorsandmore]

It is still called the 5500 in the North American market as an FYI.

[@evcaselev]

5500 wasn't discontinued, it is still produced, but market name is now 5000 (same case with 3300/3000)

[@DieselDucy]

cool! I will have to look it up! These are far better than the 3300.

[@ukraineball953]

@@DieselDucyyeah 3300 has very little supporting metalwork

[@officialSgtPepperArc360]

What if modern-day luxury hotels had this sort of cab design? It doesn't get much cooler than that!

[@DieselDucy]

The design and aesthetics of these elevators is amazing.

[@serbianelevators]

Unusual buttons for a 5500

[@DieselDucy]

These were cool but they don't hold up well in a high traffic area such as this.

[@LiftEnthusiast2020OFFTOPIC]

They’re the American buttons for 5500s

[@mszafran51]

Finally! They are making almost the same elevators as here in Europe. I like how they are more glass, modern, and fast.

[@DieselDucy]

I love them.

[@Elevatingaroundtown]

Vandal resistant should have been done here. Very fast for a two story building which surprises me. I love this elevator, and I feel like these are rare. I have been on only one Schindler 5500

[@DieselDucy]

They run AMAZING.

[@STUAA2024]

I have been on two Schindler 5500 elevators that have vandal resistant, both of them are in the infamous Scottsdale Fashion Square Mall. There is also a Otis Gen3 inside the mall that replaced a Dover Impluse glass elevator not too long ago.

[@evana6425]

Very cool but I wish it was a Schindler 330a at least because I’m an old lover Schindler myself Andrew. But still cool though although it could’ve been Schindler 330a at least. You were in North Carolina I believed because charlotte is In that state

[@evana6425]

And I wish you a super happy healthy and full of joy. Happy 2024 Andrew and god bless you for everything you helped me become

[@DieselDucy]

These are very nice

[@Lifts_QWERTY]

Australia’s version of Schindler 5500 is a little bit different than this Schindler 5500

[@DieselDucy]

Cool

[@DylanLTindall]

These are really cool elevators.

[@DieselDucy]

They are :)

[@TechNerdNolan]

Honestly I still think the 5500 near the E Gates is still the best in the airport. I love how these are glass though

[@DieselDucy]

It actually has the vandal resistant buttons. These should have used the same.

[@jf1480]

@@DieselDucy2024 was the fourth year I’m been making in my notes on my iPhone 11, the first year being 2021, the second year being 2022, and the third year being 2023.

[@evcaselev]

for America it is epic, for Europe this would be a typical installation..

[@DieselDucy]

Totally. I to like these. Fixtures are fragile though.

[@BuildingToursForLife1660-4]

Brand/Company: Schindler Buttons: 5500 Door type: Center Opening Number of elevators: 5 Number of floors: 2 for first elevator and 4 for the others

[@DieselDucy]

They were very nice

[@ECFE]

As good as 5500's ride quality is, they break down all the time. And these Linea or whatever these buttons are shouldn't even exist, they are very flimsy as you saw and fall apart, or stop working

[@DieselDucy]

I agree with the part about the buttons especially. As far as the ride quality on these specific elevators it was great.

[@stfplumbingelevatorsandmore]

These are so much better than the Concourse E 5500

[@DieselDucy]

These are amazing. The buttons though. They should have gone with vandal resistant. I TOTALLY agree! These are amazing compared to the one in E gates.

[@ΝΙΚΟΣΠΟΔΑΣ-δ4σ]

@@DieselDucy epic

[@LGCT]

Completely EPIC and it's similar to the ones found in Europe.

[@DieselDucy]

They feel very European

[@statecollegewx4060]

That’s cool. I didn’t even though they had 5500s.

[@DieselDucy]

They are in the public area of the airport near the baggage claim.

[@AriR-c1n]

I went to Charlotte Airport to go to New York

[@DieselDucy]

Awesome!

[@DieselDucy]

Cool

[@747sooner]

On July 3 & July 4, 2019, I filmed my very first ever elevator videos! I was staying at the Omni Berkshire Place in NYC where they have the cool Otis elevators. I have the video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2Wol4Gdj9elg5o

[@BrandondHasty]

Schindler 5500 elevator with a view of the steps door close doesn't work buttons doesn't light up B gates door close works buttons sticky C gates 3 doesn't work door close works

[@Jack-zd7rv]

Please stop

[@LiftEnthusiast2020OFFTOPIC]

PLEASE STOP STATING OBVIOUS Just stop fans are getting annoyed

[@officialSgtPepperArc360]

We are *SO* done with you, Brandon.

[@DieselDucy]

The buttons dont hold up well.

[@BrandondHasty]

@@DieselDucy that sucks

[@dmvelevatorsandmore]

You should probably block Mikey Veschi as he is making spam comments on this and another video on your channel

[@DieselDucy]

If there is any spam I will block it. This channel is actively monitored by several people.

[@officialSgtPepperArc360]

@@MikeyVeschi-s2x *WE ARE GOING TO REPORT YOU.*

[@Elevatingtransportation678]

@@MikeyVeschi-s2x shut up

[@DieselDucy]

It is done.

[@Elevatingtransportation678]

@@DieselDucy wdym