IMFearless
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Catapult?
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Catapult?
peter11435
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not exactly
TimeTrip
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It might but nobody has managed to dig up an example yet. The most complex thing we've seen is inline station loading/unloading on the same line.
I'd love to see an innovative transfer system, but it would have to be made extremely well. It would also mean in high times (park opening) that throughput on downstream transfers would need to be lowered so the busy line (hub point to park) wouldn't get overloaded. It wouldn't change the travel time, because in a separate line situation you'd be waiting again at the transfer point. It would just reduce the transfer need.
We're talking DIA level of complexity probably. Not as large scale yes, but dealing with people instead of luggage so a screw up is much worse
. And they never did get the DIA luggage system working....
twilight mitsuk
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wonkavator
Label the CBR north as DVC station.
rfc0001
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GhostHost1000
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that is both good and bad... if they don't have one to Disney Springs but do to Saratoga Springs though, just like some of the bus issues, most people will route there and then walk.
Kamikaze
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No, the person he quoted is incorrect. Coronado isn't being upgraded to a deluxe resort. Its adding more upscale rooms which will be more business oriented, but its not going to be a deluxe. Caribbean is adding DVC which will make it a mix of DVC and moderate.
rfc0001
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This is Disney's press release, not Tom's article, which I think you are referring to. According to Disney's own words, it will feature "suites and concierge level services". That said, they may create a new category and/or call it something other than Deluxe (e.g. "Business Deluxe"). Also, this is a new hotel in addition the existing Moderate Resort Hotel, so it will be a mix, similar to CBR, which will likely be a Deluxe Villa (DVC) Resort along with the existing Moderate Resort Hotel. The context is something similar could happen at AoA and/or Pop Century, especially if they want to subsidize a Gondola development and operation with a DVC conversion at those resorts.
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RobbinsDad
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My guess is that it will be a Deluxe-level rate for the general public, but conventioneers will have significant rate discount codes similar to other hotels that offer block discounts to conventions held onsite.
CaptainAmerica
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Coronado already has concierge services. Art of Animation has suites. Neither of those things makes it a deluxe resort.
G00fyDad
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LOL That's probably it.
We stay there and I am by no means poor. We can afford the GF but choose not to waste the money. To us the room/resort is inconsequential and we just need a decent place to sleep. Our only requirement has been to stay on property.
rfc0001
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I knew AoA and All Star Music had family suites, but was thinking all other suites were at Deluxe. A quick check of Coronado rooms tells me that is wrong
. Thanks .
G00fyDad
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It will not matter. We still label attractions as A, B, C, D, and E ticket. They will always be Value, Moderate, and Deluxe to us.
Heck, some people still say Disney-MGM Studios.
A hub-and-spoke system isn't necessarily inefficient. If a GL system is expanded to everywhere, you're not going to get a lot of traffic of people traveling from Caribbean to Coronado, e.g. The big trunks of the system will be the legs that go to and from the parks. That sets up a hub system for better efficiency as long as you have well-placed hubs.
A system where each Gondola can be directed on and off different tracks has the potential to cause gondolas to congregate and back up on the much-used destinations.
@marni1971 has said that Marriott is considering building a Swolphin tower there on the parking lot, tennis courts, and cabanas (but keeping the mini golf).
Caribbean is adding a new section which will be DVC. It's been intimated that the DVC to be added may not be under the "Caribbean umbrella," and instead, a separate resort area. This will keep what is left of Caribbean as "Moderate", and the DVC as "deluxe."
Maybeeee... More than likely the new tower of Coronado will be deluxe, the press release has said as much. But it is in the air whether the room refurbs will be enough to call them deluxe, or if they'll stay at a more Moderate price point.
Apparently there's this thing people have, which I don't understand, that having your room open to the outdoors or to a hallway is a huge determiner of the room's luxe-ness. Thus, it may be a hard sell to pitch the old CSR rooms as deluxe.
NearTheEars
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But in actual actuality you were actually talking about canal boats.
DrewmanS
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Could it be 2 line systems with Trinidad being a turn/unload/load for the Epcot/HS line and a terminus for the Pop to CBR line?
3 lines makes sense from a cost and propulsion standpoint (seperate smaller drive motors for each line all located in same building) but 2 lines would be simpler for guests.
That said, having shorter runs and requiring disembarking for transfers can help with guest behavior. Less time to engage in inappropriate behavior and prevents people from joy riding.