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[peter11435]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Disney have their own sign shop?

Yes

 

[ImperfectPixie]

Or, if you're a rich corporation with lots of money to throw at a transportation solution, you can just buy 22 new gondolas and have your subs wrap them for you.

Yes

I thought so. Sorry, but replacing even 22 gondola cars in lieu of spending maybe a grand or so to strip and re-wrap existing ones in your on-site sign shop is a flagrant waste of resources, and if I were an investor, I'd be more than a little bothered by that.

 

[Bender123]

Am I the only one that likes the plain ones better?

 

[ImperfectPixie]

Am I the only one that likes the plain ones better?

Nope.

 

[danlb_2000]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Disney have their own sign shop?

Disney can produce a lot of things in their own shops, but they don't always do that. They have a couple outside companies that do signs.

 

[nickys]

If someone vomits in a cabin, you don't have to stop everything and pull it. Just put a sticky note on it and pass it by.

A seven year, three month, six days, three hours and twenty-eight minute year-old child will vomit after eating seven corn dogs in Gondola 261 on the twelfth of may, 2020. This car will be out of operation for approximately two hours. Plan accordingly.

Oh my, Imagine if someone (or their kid) throws up in one of those while it's packed 10 full.

(not mentioned in over 915 pages)

Sure about that?

 

[Club Cooloholic]

Am I the only one that likes the plain ones better?

I wonder if these will stay plain or if they will get temp applications from time to time, hyping movies...new attractions, DVC....its ad space.

 

[ImperfectPixie]

Disney can produce a lot of things in their own shops, but they don't always do that. They have a couple outside companies that do signs.

Even still...to pay an outside shop to strip and re-wrap a gondola shouldn't cost more than a couple grand or so. Most of the cost is labor.

 

[bcoachable]

Looks like five to a side are seated comfortably although the one on the left isn't too happy, probably not with the group of four.

It is difficult, sometimes, to please everyone....

 

[Patcheslee]

(PS: will the Riviera completion see the road at CBR become a loop again? The current bus u-turn and 4 terminuses at the dead ends is inefficient and looks a pain for the drivers to traverse).

Looking at the released resort map for Riviera looks like they would be able to reconnect the route, possibly for busses only? Walking path looks to reconnect though.

 

[mm121]

I believe what they meant was 22 character designs and they will just repeat.

They should at least repeat one per line so that would push the 22 to 66.

 

[joelkfla]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Disney have their own sign shop?

The bus wraps are outsourced.

 

[joelkfla]

… but the current testing isn't happening "around the clock".

I wouldn't take that statement by the suit literally.

But the DHS line has run overnight several times, and leaving the cabins on line overnight could be considered part of the testing process.

Sometimes Disney tests things in the wee hours of the morning so they're less visible to Guests, so they might do some testing with cm's overnight. They typically put out a notice on the Hub asking for volunteers to participate in a "special experience" or such, and usually get plenty of takers among the younger cm's.

 

[Luxe]

Most people actually stopped posting 6 months ago, a machine learning algorithm now generates most of the posts in this thread.

I thought it was a machine un-learning algorithm based on some of the posts in here.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Am I the only one that likes the plain ones better?

No. Slapping characters on something shouldn’t make it “more Disney.”

 

[Luxe]

I would assume the lack of a wrap on every cabin leaves room for future promotional wraps, possibly more temporary wraps that can be rotated out with different content. Think Lion King wraps or maybe a Black Widow wrap to promote the films.

 

[larryz]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Disney have their own sign shop?

The sign/wrap isn't the issue... it's the labor involved in peeling the old wrap off, getting all the old adhesive off, prepping the surface for the new wrap, then applying the new wrap.

Sounds like it might be just as cheap to buy a new gondola. Anyone have a gondola cost figure they can share?

 

[Luxe]

The sign/wrap isn't the issue... it's the labor involved in peeling the old wrap off, getting all the old adhesive off, prepping the surface for the new wrap, then applying the new wrap.

Sounds like it might be just as cheap to buy a new gondola. Anyone have a gondola cost figure they can share?

Just a guess but I would assume the character wraps are a more permanent style of wrap with stronger adhesive designed to stay on for a long time. If they add more wraps that are in fact short term, it's probably safe to assume they will be much easier to remove with a weaker adhesive.

 

[HiJe]

The sign/wrap isn't the issue... it's the labor involved in peeling the old wrap off, getting all the old adhesive off, prepping the surface for the new wrap, then applying the new wrap.

Sounds like it might be just as cheap to buy a new gondola. Anyone have a gondola cost figure they can share?

Not sure of the Gondola cost, but just googling how much it costs for a car wrap, I found this. I would assume it would be similar for a Gondola maybe?

 

[Texas84]

Will loading be a free-for-all or will CMs be managing the count?