News New Gondola Transportation - Disney Skyliner

[Chef idea Mickey`=]

Probably the best way to go .

If they can paint the Guardian's building blue, they can easily paint few of these beams blue.

 

[Incomudro]

I think the kinetics of the Skyliner and what it adds to the area outweighs the objectively obtrusive support towers. And honestly the towers as is really don't bother me

Yeah, I certainly agree that themeing the towers would make them more obvious, and just plane odd.
Having some painted however, say the color blue at Caribbean Beach might be nice.

 

[JoeCamel]

Yeah, I certainly agree that themeing the towers would make them more obvious, and just plane odd.
Having some painted however, say the color blue at Caribbean Beach might be nice.

How about multi pastels like the houses in the islands? Turn them into a feature rather than try to hide them?

 

[dmc493]

If they can paint the Guardian's building blue, they can easily paint few of these beams blue.

I'm not against some level of theming, but doing just a blue column I think would stick out in a weird way. Go away green and blending blue work on big buildings because you're never right up against the building. If you're next to it, it needs a theme other than "pretend this looks like the sky and isn't here"

 

[Creathir]

I'm not against some level of theming, but doing just a blue column I think would stick out in a weird way. Go away green and blending blue work on big buildings because you're never right up against the building. If you're next to it, it needs a theme other than "pretend this looks like the sky and isn't here"

What you’re all missing is that this would cost money for “theming” which also means additional maintenance costs for upkeep.

It just doesn’t help the bottom line…

Maybe they could have AT&T install some 5G towers on the top to offset the cost? Better yet, maybe do that anyway and skip the paint. Pure profit…

 

[TheMaxRebo]

whats a meter

I don't know, what's a meter with you?

 

[Vegas Disney Fan]

What’s crazy is this actually exists in Aruba…
It’s nearly the exact shape as the columns, just paint them to look like this and they’d be 100% authentic theming.

 

[plutofan15]

What’s crazy is this actually exists in Aruba…
It’s nearly the exact shape as the columns, just paint them to look like this and they’d be 100% authentic theming.

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But this doesn’t have a gondola superstructure rising 30 feet out of the top of it.

 

[lazyboy97o]

If they can paint the Guardian's building blue, they can easily paint few of these beams blue.

That building was painted in pieces in a factory.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

I wonder why they didn’t build Caribbean beach to Epcot and riviera to Caribbean beach as a seperate spur? Seems like it would have been a win all around.

To take the cheap way out and kill two birds with one stone...

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I wonder why they didn’t build Caribbean beach to Epcot and riviera to Caribbean beach as a seperate spur? Seems like it would have been a win all around.

Do you mean like a triangle so Riviera would have direct to Epcot and to CBR and then a separate line for straight from CBR to Epcot ... Or do you mean Riviera would have to got to CBR to change to the Epcot line for the the CBR hub?

If the former that would create extra cost and just seem duplicative for not that much benefit (other than Riviera really feeling special) the later would be a lesser selling point for Riviera if guests have to go away from Epcot to then change lines to get to Epcot

I do wonder if they now wish they made the Riviera a full stop/transfer instead of the passthrough as seems to really result in a lot of slow downs but I think layout wise what they did makes sense

 

[Goofyernmost]

whats a meter

nothing! whats a meter with you? Seriously, it is a unit of measurement that the USA, being a backwater country should have gone to decades ago. A meter is 3 feet 3 3/8 inches. I have to wonder why we can possibly think that we are ahead of the world in everything. We are inflexible and old fashioned and unwilling to do anything different than we did in the 50's.

 

[Goofyernmost]

How about multi pastels like the houses in the islands? Turn them into a feature rather than try to hide them?

Or forest green up to the tree heights in the area and then the sky blue the rest of the way Maybe get an artist to make the bottom part look like trees. Then we would have the joy, or perhaps, the horror of invisibility. I suspect people would run into them when walking around and those into drone flying would be crashing into the upper part of the poles. It would be quite interesting to see the gondolas looking like they were flying overhead. Nope, wait a minute then they would be thought of as an alien invasion and those with the need to carry guns would start trying to shoot them down.

Second thought... let's leave them they the way they are as a necessary utility needed for easy transport and gray or grey (depending on where you are from)

 

[JD80]

nothing! whats a meter with you? Seriously, it is a unit of measurement that the USA, being a backwater country should have gone to decades ago. A meter is 3 feet 3 3/8 inches. I have to wonder why we can possibly think that we are ahead of the world in everything. We are inflexible and old fashioned and unwilling to do anything different than we did in the 50's.

I know what a meter is.

 

[Goofyernmost]

I know what a meter is.

So you knew but asked the question anyway? A punch line is no good without the setup. That said, I'm glad that you are aware.

 

[Chef idea Mickey`=]

Do you mean like a triangle so Riviera would have direct to Epcot and to CBR and then a separate line for straight from CBR to Epcot ... Or do you mean Riviera would have to got to CBR to change to the Epcot line for the the CBR hub?

If the former that would create extra cost and just seem duplicative for not that much benefit (other than Riviera really feeling special) the later would be a lesser selling point for Riviera if guests have to go away from Epcot to then change lines to get to Epcot

I do wonder if they now wish they made the Riviera a full stop/transfer instead of the passthrough as seems to really result in a lot of slow downs but I think layout wise what they did makes sense

If Riviera had it's own line it would be the most empty because anyone who's trying to go to anywhere else would simply board the CBR to Epcot. For me who loves visiting Riviera I would love it and there wouldn't be that slow down and delay of Riviera guests waiting for a cabin yet have one to their own a challenge except during afternoon time.

 

[JD80]

So you knew but asked the question anyway? A punch line is no good without the setup. That said, I'm glad that you are aware.

No setup? Other's knew the assignment.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Or do you mean Riviera would have to got to CBR to change to the Epcot line for the the CBR hub?

Yes - “Epcot line” from Caribbean Beach to Epcot. Riviera line from Caribbean beach to riviera.

 

[Incomudro]

How about multi pastels like the houses in the islands? Turn them into a feature rather than try to hide them?

I don't agree with that personally.

 

[JD80]

Any painted steel is going to require maintenance and more painting every year. I wouldn't design a system that on top of the usual annual maintenance you have to get large lifts to repaint everything.