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| OTIS lower third set of lifts at the South Tower of the Borgata hotel in Atlantic City, NJ |
Introduction
It was Friday night, at 6:00 in the evening, when I arrived at this magnificent hotel called the Borgata (my 2nd favorite hotel in America). From the Dubai-style architecture to the amazing, epic fast OTIS Elevonic 411 lifts, I absolutely loved my stay at the Borgata hotel very, very much! The Borgata is unlike any other traditional hotel I have ever been to!
Sadly, I did not get to film any OTIS Elevonic 411 lifts at the Waterclub tower, but it's not that big of a loss since I was able to film most of the lifts at my tower (Borgata tower). Additionally, another lift photographer has recently filmed the Waterclub tower lifts, so refer to his video for those lifts.
Things I liked about the Borgata:
- 5 swimming pools
- 5 sets of OTIS Elevonic 411 lifts
- Many, MANY hidden OTIS hydraulic lifts throughout the casino floor
- Rooftop hydraulic lifts
First lift I filmed
The first lift I filmed was just a standard OTIS 211H hydraulic lift which went from the casino floor to the valet carpark floor in the basement one floor below. The lift had one heck of epic motor on the way up, so I had to take 2 round trips on the lift in order to satisfy the film.
Second lift I filmed
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| OTIS 211H lift at Waterclub tower to valet carpark |
The second lift I filmed was another standard OTIS 211H hydraulic lift (this time at Waterclub). These lifts went down from the lobby floor to the valet carpark floor as well & the motors weren't as amazing as the first lift, so I only took one round trip while filming the lift. I will admit, it was a nice lift though.
Third lift I filmed
The third lift I filmed was at the TOP of the Waterclub tower (floor 32). Floor 32 was double height so that lift served a mezzanine floor between floors 32 & 33 along with floor 32. It was another standard OTIS 211H hydraulic lift, but what made it so epic was its unique cab design & the fact that it was literally placed 300+ FT high. That lift had a motor loud enough to drown the fan when going up. It was actually pretty fast for the amount of space there were between floors.
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| OTIS rooftop 211H lift from front |
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| OTIS rooftop 211H lift viewing lantern |
Next lifts I filmed
The fourth lift I filmed was the first traction lift I filmed. This one was at the Borgata tower & it was the middle third set of lifts. These ones went VERY FAST at a speed of over 1,200 FT per minute & they had a 200 foot blind shaft!
- A blind shaft is defined as a large gap between one floor & the other. This involves the skipping of many floors. For example, the distance from floors S to 20 is a blind shaft. Therefore, there are no floor buttons from 3 to 19.
It got a pretty funny reaction out of me the first time I rode that lift down to the concourse level. I ended up screaming "OH [expletive] OH CHARLOOOOOOOOOOOOTTE" at a very loud volume & then quietly whispering the name of my FRIRND on the way down.
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| Dropping off a FRIRND on the way to floor 43 |
Then I transferred to the set of lifts which served floors 32 to 43. Those lifts were extremely fast & said to travel at the same speed as the Empire State Building's observatory lifts. These lifts had a THREE HUNDRED FOOT blind shaft & it just zipped through it in no time! I was absolutely impressed! When I went to film the lifts that morning, I decided to take two round trips on these lifts. The speed of those lifts were 1,400 FT per minute.
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| Dropping off 3 FRIRNDS on the way to the top floor |
I then went to my set of lifts which only went as high as floor 18. Despite only going 18 floors, they were VERY FAST at a speed of around 800 FT per minute, a speed you'd experience on a typical 30-story hotel lift. I absolutely loved the lifts so much that I decided to film them multiple times. I got many great pictures of the buttons!
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| Borgata's tallest hydraulic lift |
At the casino floor, there was a 3-story hydraulic lift with 1 pseudo-floor right down the hall from the dinner I went to both mornings for breakfast with my family. This is the Borgata's tallest hydraulic lift, at 3 floors. It kept bouncing on the way up & down, which made me love that lift, but unfortunately, I was only able to film this epic lift for one round trip because I was going to go shopping in a mall which I didn't even know was going to have the most epic lifts I filmed on the trip!
The last lift I was able to film was a six-story OTIS Gen2 lift original from 2000 & it was very, very fast for six floors! It had Series 4 buttons from 2000 as well!
In conclusion, I had a very epic time filming the lifts at the Borgata hotel. They had some very epic OTIS lifts! These are the lifts that I DID ride but DIDN'T get to film this time:
- OTIS 211H pool lift (Borgata tower)
- Both sets of OTIS Elevonic 411 lifts at the Waterclub tower
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