Disney Skyliner shutdown and evacuation - October 6 2019

[BromBones]

Lol I guess you’ll never ride in an airplane???

Why wouldn't I?

 

[flynnibus]

I saw photos of the boat that sails under the cabins with a high platform that can pull up to them.
That seems far more logical and expedient.

That is used where the cabins are only like 10ft above the water. At IG... they are much much higher. You cant have tall, but skinny boats on water and be stable. Thats why they use ropes there

 

[tissandtully]

Why wouldn't I?

You don’t have confidence on how you’d be evacuated?

 

[BromBones]

You don’t have confidence on how you’d be evacuated?

When you fly in airplanes you take an accepted risk. But airplanes have an incredibly safe track record.
There have been crashes, but compared to the number of flights the percentage per flight is very small.
The Skyliners had been open for a week and already had a crash..and they aren't flying, moving at hundreds of miles per hour and don't have to contend with wind shear, turbulence, storms or other atmospheric disturbances.

If I fly the odds are in my favor.

 

[lazyboy97o]

When you fly in airplanes you take an accepted risk. But airplanes have an incredibly safe track record.
There have been crashes, but compared to the number of flights the percentage per flight is very small.
The Skyliners had been open for a week and already had a crash..and they aren't flying, moving at hundreds of miles per hour and don't have to contend with wind shear, turbulence, storms or other atmospheric disturbances.

If I fly the odds are in my favor.

All those other gondolas don’t exist?

 

[tissandtully]

When you fly in airplanes you take an accepted risk. But airplanes have an incredibly safe track record.
There have been crashes, but compared to the number of flights the percentage per flight is very small.
The Skyliners had been open for a week and already had a crash..and they aren't flying, moving at hundreds of miles per hour and don't have to contend with wind shear, turbulence, storms or other atmospheric disturbances.

If I fly the odds are in my favor.

Lol ok bro

 

[WDWTrojan]

When you fly in airplanes you take an accepted risk. But airplanes have an incredibly safe track record.
There have been crashes, but compared to the number of flights the percentage per flight is very small.
The Skyliners had been open for a week and already had a crash..and they aren't flying, moving at hundreds of miles per hour and don't have to contend with wind shear, turbulence, storms or other atmospheric disturbances.

If I fly the odds are in my favor.

There are thousands of operating chair lifts and gondola systems in the world. It is a safe, reliable system with very few incidents. Someone having to be ziplined down would be so rare that you might as well play the lotto on the way down. Do you know how many times more likely you are to die in the car on the way to the airport than you are to get hurt in a gondola or to even have to zipline down from one?

Stop with this paranoia. It's not conducive to an actual discussion.

 

[Tanna Eros]

Well that's good to know, but know that is an option sure doesn't fill me with confidence.

Actually, Brom; I, too, thought people were zip lining from the real evacuation. I even asked about small children and babies getting down the zip line. I was worried. It wasn't until later that I found out the zip line scenario was just a drill. Some news articles put the zip drill pic along with the actual photos of the evacuation, I was confused.

 

[WDWFREAK53]

When you fly in airplanes you take an accepted risk. But airplanes have an incredibly safe track record.
There have been crashes, but compared to the number of flights the percentage per flight is very small.
The Skyliners had been open for a week and already had a crash..and they aren't flying, moving at hundreds of miles per hour and don't have to contend with wind shear, turbulence, storms or other atmospheric disturbances.

If I fly the odds are in my favor.

Psst. Nobody died on the Skyliner. The odds of you surviving are in your favor!

To be honest, some had an inconvenient 3-hour delay. The odds of that not happening at an airport aren’t in your favor.

 

[MrPromey]

Yes, confirmed both by bus drivers and Skyliner hosts. Don't know about the Friendship Boats, but Sassagoula boats are also under Transportation.

You know, this might be the one time where you can trust something a bus driver tells you.

 

[MrPromey]

Check out the Chit Chat Thread... 10094 pages and still counting. This one has a ways to go before it get into the World Book of Records.

I forgot about that one. I haven't been there in like... over a decade!

 

[Nubs70]

Pretty sure they climb a tower and move down the line to the cabin in question. WDW's system is low enough they might use launches to get feeder lines over the cable and climb up those too. I don't have specifics on how WDW would do it.

You are correct.

 

[Lilofan]

Psst. Nobody died on the Skyliner. The odds of you surviving are in your favor!

To be honest, some had an inconvenient 3-hour delay. The odds of that not happening at an airport aren’t in your favor.

And got free park hopper tickets and gift cards to help cope.... ,

 

[HongKongFu]

Psst........ The odds of you surviving are in your favor!

Tell that to Rue, Fox Face and Kato

 

[Santa Raccoon 77]

Tell that to Rue, Fox Face and Kato

 

[Sparksfly]

So is this reopened yet or not? If not is there a possible date expected for it to reopened?

 

[drizgirl]

So is this reopened yet or not? If not is there a possible date expected for it to reopened?

You won't have to dig to find out when it reopens. It will be very clear in the most recent posts.

 

[The Mom]

This thread is so far off topic that it may be hopeless to get back there, but please try. Thank you.

 

[bubbles1812]

This thread is so far off topic that it may be hopeless to get back there, but please try. Thank you.

Are you trying to say this thread has gone off the rails?


Bad puns aside, I can’t even tell what people are arguing about anymore.

 

[wdwmagic]

So is this reopened yet or not? If not is there a possible date expected for it to reopened?

Disney Skyliner operating status - October 2019