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Had a lot of fun in Secaucus today

Fujitec glass lifts at the Embassy Suites

The Embassy Suites had three extremely amazing & fun Fujitec traction scenic lifts. This was one of three known buildings throughout Secaucus to have glass lifts though, so you guessed it, I just had to take more rides in the lift.

Not to mention this was the third time I have filmed these lifts since last December. All three times I was impressed by the way they were running. It's not the average boring generic 7-10 story traction lift you see in New York City, in fact, it is a heck lot better. These have lots of character that you can't see by video; only from personal experience.

On the first trip up, the pre-start really did catch me, big time. This is one of the things that made these lifts my favorite to film in Secaucus (Secaucus best lifts). Because of the slight pre-start, I wanted to ride these lifts again & again.

On the way down, when I got the lift by myself, I filmed it & it felt like I was freefalling straight 'til terminal velocity.

To conclude, the Fujitec glass lifts at the Embassy Suites were easy winners today, as thrill & character were combined to make it a super fun glass lift experience unlike any other, besides the Marriott Marquis.

Fujitec lifts at the Hyatt Place

While the Embassy Suites had extremely epic glass lifts, the Hyatt Place had enclosed Fujitec lifts, except this time, they went 40 meters per minute faster, at a speed of around 150 meters per minute, which is a rocket for the height of the hotel (9 floors).

Not to mention, I got good reactions out of every single time I filmed the lifts. Some of them were embarrassing, so I muted those parts of the reactions during the movie you see above. There was even a point where I yelled "OH MY GOODNESS CHARLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTTE [name of the best U.S. city to film lifts]".

Like the Embassy Suites, these lifts had the jolt start where they would just jolt to full acceleration mode. Decelerating was even more epic because they wouldn't just decelerate smoothly like a normal modern-day traction lift. Oh, no! They just harshly decelerated with big chunks, adding to the scare factor. I will admit, these are Secaucus scariest lifts, as they are pretty unpredictable. Since this was the first time I was able to experience the lifts personally, I will admit I was scared when I was filming these lifts. 

Awesome Schindler lifts at the Holiday Inn

After riding & filming the extremely epic & scary Fujitec lifts at the Hyatt Place, we decided to head down to the Holiday Inn, which had some really awesome Euro-style Schindler (former Dover traditional) lifts. These ones traveled at a speed of around 120 meters per minute (2 meters per second) & they had a seriously quick A/D time.

On the first ride up to the top of the hotel, I was so impressed with the concave buttons & the way the lift was running that I just had to ride it up & down multiple times, filming & not filming. Sadly, there were no reactions this time.

Three things I liked about the lift (not speed-related):

  • FULL intelligent leveling (doors opened while still leveling with the floors)
  • Extremely quick A/D time
  • Concave buttons
The concave buttons earned the crown here because they just added to the awesomeness of the lift. The buttons were MAD BS Moon with the Julius mount. Just in case you were wondering, the MAD BS Moon is my #1 favorite generic lift button, because not only does it bring character to the design of the lift, but it makes the lift more fun to ride in general. I will say this though, if NYC would start using MAD buttons instead of Monitor buttons on there generic lifts, then I would consider moving New York City to one of the best cities for filming lifts instead of being the number one worst.

What's the verdict?

Out of the three hotels I visited to film lifts, the Embassy Suites was the winner. The Holiday Inn's new Schindler lifts were a close second.
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Location: Secaucus, NJ, USA

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