In another attempt to keep the original gondola thread focused on construction upates, I thought I'd create a separate thread for folks to use to complain about aspects of the gondola that the moderators have requested that we keep out of the main thread. In addition, people should feel free to create additional complaints or talk about their anxieties here as well.
I'll keep an index here in the first post.
Complaints that have only been rationalized, but not eliminated:
* Lack of air conditioning
- only one gondola system in the world has AC - Mar 10 2017
- two, actually, London and Macau
- Giant Buddha and Ocean Park gondolas in Hong Kong don't have AC and seem ok
- ventilation options provided by CWA
- yes, Macau gondola at Wynn Palace has AC - April 6 2017
- how are they going to tackle AC? - May 2-3
- analogy to elevator with no AC - June 28-30
- summarizes complaints so far - July 2
- gondola without AC and the 1984 Mississippi World's Fair was ok - July 17
- sarcastic comment about lack of AC triggers another discussion - July 17-20
- AC would be hard to retrofit - November 23
- 3 wire gondola with AC - Feb 16 2018
- it's going to be hot - Mar 5
- sarcastically: will the skyliner have AC? - Apr 1
- assumption that gondolas will be air conditioned - Apr 13
- in denial about AC - Apr 19
- summary of concerns, will be too hot - May 5
- air conditioned versions exist elsewhere - June 2
- this wacko speculated that one could cool the cabins with dry ice or liquid nitrogen - June 4
- AC comes up in interview with Poma CEO - June 17
- let's discuss AC some more - June 22-24
- maybe it will be cooler higher up? - July 12
- has anyone heard about the Emirates gondola in London? - Aug 15-16
- Jim Hill says the Skyliner will have AC - Sep 3
- Hey, didn't Jim Hill mention that the gondolas would have AC? - Oct 9
- If the gondola doesn't have AC, how will the guests not overheat? - Nov 17
- I can't believe the Skyliner cars don't have AC - Nov 20-21
- Has anyone ridden in it yet to see if it's too hot, despite the fact that they won't open for another several months? - June 5-7 2019
- again, though I think I have the OP on ignore so I can't trace the beginning of this
- https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads...as-already-been-discussed.924477/post-8784419
- https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads...-been-discussed.924477/page-1001#post-8783793
- more references to come!
* Ugly towers
* Sightlines
* Crowding due to forced sharing
- brought up again in the main thread
* Acrophobia - It may not be that far off the ground, but if it's still a problem, you may have to use alternate transportation. There may or may not be a direct bus from your resort, but you can always transfer at Disney Springs or another park.
* Social awkwardness when sharing a cabin -
Complaints that have been addressed:
* Lightning
* Noise
Vanishingly low probability complaints:
* Drowning
* Falling due to truck hitting a support pole
* Falling for unspecified reasons
Fun complaints created in jest:
* Sinkholes
* Alligators
* Amoeba - here
* Gondola babies - I put this here because I'm not exactly sure what the complaint aspect is.
* Starvation
* Killer bees
* Low flying birds
* Cheap jokes about the lack of air conditioning
- Easy bake oven - hammer came down on this one, thankfully
* farting - here
Other
* Too many people are overly fascinated by the gondola
* Reedy Creek Fire Department thinks it is overstretched - here
* Can't take pictures through the character wraps - here
Edited to add: As part of this, those offended by the complaining should not read the thread. The whole point is to free you from having to read this in the main gondola thread!
Edited to add: If you're mad about the negativity and don't know what a honeypot is, read this article on honeypots in wikipedia:
en.wikipedia.org
I'll keep an index here in the first post.
Complaints that have only been rationalized, but not eliminated:
* Lack of air conditioning
- only one gondola system in the world has AC - Mar 10 2017
- two, actually, London and Macau
- Giant Buddha and Ocean Park gondolas in Hong Kong don't have AC and seem ok
- ventilation options provided by CWA
- yes, Macau gondola at Wynn Palace has AC - April 6 2017
- how are they going to tackle AC? - May 2-3
- analogy to elevator with no AC - June 28-30
- summarizes complaints so far - July 2
- gondola without AC and the 1984 Mississippi World's Fair was ok - July 17
- sarcastic comment about lack of AC triggers another discussion - July 17-20
- AC would be hard to retrofit - November 23
- 3 wire gondola with AC - Feb 16 2018
- it's going to be hot - Mar 5
- sarcastically: will the skyliner have AC? - Apr 1
- assumption that gondolas will be air conditioned - Apr 13
- in denial about AC - Apr 19
- summary of concerns, will be too hot - May 5
- air conditioned versions exist elsewhere - June 2
- this wacko speculated that one could cool the cabins with dry ice or liquid nitrogen - June 4
- AC comes up in interview with Poma CEO - June 17
- let's discuss AC some more - June 22-24
- maybe it will be cooler higher up? - July 12
- has anyone heard about the Emirates gondola in London? - Aug 15-16
- Jim Hill says the Skyliner will have AC - Sep 3
- Hey, didn't Jim Hill mention that the gondolas would have AC? - Oct 9
- If the gondola doesn't have AC, how will the guests not overheat? - Nov 17
- I can't believe the Skyliner cars don't have AC - Nov 20-21
- Has anyone ridden in it yet to see if it's too hot, despite the fact that they won't open for another several months? - June 5-7 2019
- again, though I think I have the OP on ignore so I can't trace the beginning of this
- https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads...as-already-been-discussed.924477/post-8784419
- https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads...-been-discussed.924477/page-1001#post-8783793
- more references to come!
* Ugly towers
* Sightlines
* Crowding due to forced sharing
- brought up again in the main thread
* Acrophobia - It may not be that far off the ground, but if it's still a problem, you may have to use alternate transportation. There may or may not be a direct bus from your resort, but you can always transfer at Disney Springs or another park.
* Social awkwardness when sharing a cabin -
Complaints that have been addressed:
* Lightning
* Noise
Vanishingly low probability complaints:
* Drowning
* Falling due to truck hitting a support pole
* Falling for unspecified reasons
Fun complaints created in jest:
* Sinkholes
* Alligators
* Amoeba - here
* Gondola babies - I put this here because I'm not exactly sure what the complaint aspect is.
* Starvation
* Killer bees
* Low flying birds
* Cheap jokes about the lack of air conditioning
- Easy bake oven - hammer came down on this one, thankfully
* farting - here
Other
* Too many people are overly fascinated by the gondola
* Reedy Creek Fire Department thinks it is overstretched - here
* Can't take pictures through the character wraps - here
Edited to add: As part of this, those offended by the complaining should not read the thread. The whole point is to free you from having to read this in the main gondola thread!
Edited to add: If you're mad about the negativity and don't know what a honeypot is, read this article on honeypots in wikipedia:
Honeypot (computing) - Wikipedia
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