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The Daily Schedule

Wednesday 3rd September
Dawn The creature appears suspended on the side of Concourse Tower (by Lime Street Station).
10.00h A Research Base is set up at the Echo Arena (Kings Dock) at the ACC.
16.00h Scientists arrive at Concourse Tower to set up searchlights to light the creature.
20.30h Scientists switch on searchlights, which stay lit overnight.

Thursday 4th September
11.30h The creature is craned off Concourse Tower.
12.30h The convoy carries the creature and sets off for the Research base at ACC.
13.00h The convoy arrives at the Research Base.

Friday 5th September
11.30h The scientists perform experiments on the creature using different special
effects to see how it responds to different stimuli. The creature wakes up.
18.00h The creature wakes and parades to Salthouse Dock.
19.30h The creature arrives at the Dock.
20.30h The creature sets off for Cunard Building.
21.00h The creature arrives at Cunard Building.

Saturday 6th September
11.30h The creature wakes up.
12.30h The creature goes to sleep again.
14.45h The creature leaves Cunard Building and walks up Water Street.
15.30h The creature arrives at Town Hall – smoke effect.
15.40h The creature walks towards Derby Square along Castle Street.
16.00h Water ballet at Derby Square.
16.15h The creature walks down Lord Street to Holy Corner.
17.00h The creature sleeps.
18.30h The creature wakes and walks down Parker Street, serenaded on the way.
20.00h A tempest rages at Ranelagh Place.
20.30h The creature arrives at Concourse Tower.

Sunday 7th September
15.00h The creature wakes up and is prepared for the evening’s entertainment.
16.00h The creature goes back to sleep.
19.30h Musicians arrive.
20.30h The creature leaves the tower and parades to Queensway Tunnel entrance.
21.30h Finale at Queensway tunnel.

In the press kit I linked up this morning it gives you most techie info but I can't see how many operators there are on this. Check out the you tube link of the elephant in London in 2006 in my first posting (up there ^ ^ ^)and you can see all the operators working the puppet strings.

i seen it today its awesone! just have to see it to belive?

Now there's a web somewhere!

Theres 4 seats on one side for the controls



Not sure about the other side though, but there was a fella who got ontop of it too, so I think there may be another set of controls there?

The spider is made out of steel and poplar wood and will be operated by 12 people strapped to its frame, Ms Marriage said.

must be 2 on top then and 4 either side

That must look better on the job description than in reality!

wont it smash the windows with its lanky legs?

wheels

12 drivers !!!!!!!

Theyre going to switch on the search lights in 40 mins

I think its quite tactile - 'It has 50 axes of movement so all of it moves as you would expect an insect to move.'

thats so cool dude nice PICS man deffo going over