KONE Traction Elevators (Scenic & Internal) at The Hotel Kinetic (former Crowne Plaza), Orlando, FL

Filmed In November 2022 with ‎@AirplaneElevatorfan8150 .
I know many of you guys have been wanting me to film these elevators for YEARS and for some reason I haven't gotten to them.... Well, that is, until now!
And I gotta say, these elevators are a lot more fun and a lot more interesting than I thought they were gonna be!
I don't enjoy them as much as the elevators at the Gaylord Palms, but these are still very nice and a lot of fun! Especially the Scenic Elevators!
What's interesting about these elevators however is that from what I can find online, this hotel was built in 2002, but the Glass Elevators have the MontgomeryKONE style indicators and they also appear to be a mod, while the Internal cars have the KONE Indicators and look to be new original installations. I can't find any evidence that suggests what could potentially be the cause of this, I'm guessing this hotel was actually built significantly prior to 2002, but in 2002, the hotel was heavily renovated and expanded and by that point the Glass Elevators were modernized. I'm not 100% sure, I can't confirm this, this is just a solid guess. Either that or the Old MK Indicators were made longer than most in the community think. No idea for certain.
Aside from that though, these are pretty basic looking but at the same time very nice and fun elevators!
As I'm sure many of you know, this place was originally the Crowne Plaza, and as of Earlier this year, this place is now operating as "The Hotel Kinetic" and is being flagged as a Marriott property. It isn't listed to be a part of a certain chain however, I'm wondering if the new name is only temporary while the hotel gets renovated into something else. That being said however, if this place is going to operate as a Marriott property, hopefully it gets some MUCH needed renovations as it looks quite dated in its current condition.
I just hope it doesn't include pointlessly modernizing these elevators! We've had enough of that already in Orlando, we don't need more!
Installed in 2002. (According to the internet)
Speed: 400-500 FPM.

[@Skivator]

I have a feeling MontgomeryKONE was originally contracted, and they finished the scenic ones before the internal, and KONE took over

[@FloridianElevators]

From what I can find online, this whole place was built in 2002, although the Scenic Elevators do look like a mod. It's possible that the hotel was heavily expanded and renovated in 2002 and the Scenic Elevators were already modded by then or KONE kept using the MK Indicators longer than we think. Idk for sure though

[@BrytonJones6063]

Awesome hotel elevators

[@francoisruel2056]

Salut sa doit faire une sansation en monté où en descente avec cette ascenseur écrit moi en français 🇨🇵 car je suis français 🇨🇵 je te souhaite une bonne journée à toi

[@BrytonJones6063]

@@francoisruel2056no but I heard of it, but never went there

[@DynamoDucy]

awesome :)

[@mariokart8715]

This feels like an Embassy Suites.

[@tjstepper3994]

Jim has filmed here before back in 2014!

[@ChrisNicholas1]

Hey, this is where JimLiElevators filmed these before.

[@MDAviationGamer0604]

Nice

[@mjloveselevators]

That carpet is not kinetic, it's frenetic 😅. The elevators are cool, though.

[@FloridianElevators]

Lol as I stated, this place used to be a Crowne Plaza and it still was at the time this video was recorded. I'd suspect the frenetic carpet will be going away very very soon....