Honeypot: Complaints about the Skyliner/Gondola; also worries and insecurities

[LAKid53]

My complain in general is that WDW is getting to be/is like the original Disneyland in CA that Walt Hated and bought land in Fl to avoid. I actually with this addition think it is much worse. Ugly poles running thru resort area, 4 lane highways, huge tall ugly hotels. Crowded parks barely able to walk in. Dirty unkeep up areas in parks and less Disney stuff.

Walt didn't hate Disneyland - he hated what sprung up around it.

Watch what he said when announcing EPCOT. He talked about one of his reasons for selecting Central Florida - proximity to major highways (I-4, Turnpike, I-95) and a major airport, i.e., easy for people to get to.

Anaheim in 1955 was nothing like Anaheim in 2019. No airport in the area, other than LAX. No special district or transportation to serve the Anaheim Resort District.

 

[nickys]

Sorry but when I read no air conditioning, I began perspiring. Riding in a tin can (or reasonable facsimile)in Florida in the summertime with 90 degree temps and 100% humidity surrounded by sweaty people and uncomfortable children? Someone at Disney corp. has their mind.

Well clearly you haven’t read about passive ventilation then. And how air conditioning on existing gondola systems don’t actually work.

But you go ahead and think this if you want. More room for everyone else I guess.

 

[J_Carioca]

Do you know the applicable provisions of Prop 64 out in Cali? I ask because of your misplaced admonishment.



Yes, we all should understand this by now(but countless do not). But anyway all you did was reaffirm what I said earlier: pot possession and use is a crime in all 50 states, irrespective of state initiative, legislative action or court decision.

I wasn't admonishing, I was pointing out that you mistakenly referred to decriminalization when it is actually legalization. Again, they are very different. What has happened in California is legalization, not decriminalization.

And I did more than simply restate what you said. I pointed out that cannabis use and possession is a crime at the federal level and only federal law enforcement can charge a person with those crimes. It's unlikely that that would happen unless a federal law enforcement officer really wanted to get you for something, probably something much bigger than simply smoking cannabis. It is technically incorrect to say that possession or use is a crime in all 50 states. It is a crime in the country.

 

[cosmicgirl]

I have a complaint: I'm 3.5 months behind on the gondola thread and I just can't catch up. Whenever I think I'm getting somehwere the page counter just goes up again. It's exhausting but I miss it!

 

[MisterPenguin]

I have a complaint: I'm 3.5 months behind on the gondola thread and I just can't catch up. Whenever I think I'm getting somehwere the page counter just goes up again. It's exhausting but I miss it!

Catching you up from three months ago.

• Testing on all three lines. They're going as fast as @marni1971 said, i.e., 11.2 mph (5 meter/sec).
• Gondolas unwrapped and about a third have Disney characters.
• No more definite word on when they'll be open. WDW still says "Fall.' But this is a company that starts Halloween in mid-August.
• And that's it.

 

[cosmicgirl]

Catching you up from three months ago.

• Testing on all three lines. They're going as fast as @marni1971 said, i.e., 11.2 mph (5 meter/sec).
• Gondolas unwrapped and about a third have Disney characters.
• No more definite word on when they'll be open. WDW still says "Fall.' But this is a company that starts Halloween in mid-August.
• And that's it.

Sorry, I should've been more clear: I've kept up with Bio and Passport to the Parks so I'm up to date on the Skyliner, just not on the thread. And the thread is what I miss. Where else am I going to find 101 more ways to die?
Thank you for the summary, though!

 

[LAKid53]

Sorry, I should've been more clear: I've kept up with Bio and Passport to the Parks so I'm up to date on the Skyliner, just not on the thread. And the thread is what I miss. Where else am I going to find 101 more ways to die?
Thank you for the summary, though!

Give it time. Someone will come up with #102.....

 

[Whippet Mom]

What if these things attack again ? They already attacked a woman giving her brain damage. Disney has no control over wildlife...

 

[danlb_2000]

That is what the tower is going to look like. I don't have a problem with it.

I have a serious problem with that tower....

They should become coming out of the ground vertically, not laying on their sides. They are not going to work very well that way.

 

[Tick Tock]

I saw a discussion on another forum where someone was seriously concerned about sharing a gondola car with someone using foul language.

That was me. It's been a lifelong phobia of mine to encounter swears in public places. And it's not the "hardcore" words that set me off into a tailspin. But when I hear words like: "Rubbish" and "Poppycock", I've been known to breakdown into some terrible yet memorable fits.

 

[Raineman]

I agree with not complaining about something you haven't even experienced yet. However, I did experience this walking into HS. I know this complaint has been brought up, so I guess I'm just beating a dead horse here. If that's what the towers will look like, that's pretty disappointing. Disney generally does a good job of decorating and themes and such. This is ugly.View attachment 377321

Can you explain to me how you theme a cable car tower? Not everything on WDW property can be themed-there's still gotta be a bit of real life in the Disney fantasy bubble. If these towers ran through the middle of the parks, then I would have a problem, ie the Skyway which ran right through the middle of MK for the first 28 years of operation.

 

[MisterPenguin]

That was me. It's been a lifelong phobia of mine to encounter swears in public places. And it's not the "hardcore" words that set me off into a tailspin. But when I hear words like: "Rubbish" and "Poppycock", I've been known to breakdown into some terrible yet memorable fits.

Poppycock... Poppycock... a very woodsy word. Rubbish.. guttersnipe... very tinny.

 

[Lensman]

Sorry, I should've been more clear: I've kept up with Bio and Passport to the Parks so I'm up to date on the Skyliner, just not on the thread. And the thread is what I miss. Where else am I going to find 101 more ways to die?
Thank you for the summary, though!

This thread here should serve as the main thread for new and creative speculation on Skyliner morbidity. We already have enough for a whole season of Midsomer Murders and I am confident that we'll have more.

Speaking of which, i plan to add links from the first post in this thread to the various complaints in the original thread over the next few months, so eventually you'll be able to follow everything here, both new and old!

 

[FettFan]

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What if these things attack again ? They already attacked a woman giving her brain damage. Disney has no control over wildlife...

That's more of a....Universal problem.

 

[Brad Bishop]

I agree with not complaining about something you haven't even experienced yet. However, I did experience this walking into HS. I know this complaint has been brought up, so I guess I'm just beating a dead horse here. If that's what the towers will look like, that's pretty disappointing. Disney generally does a good job of decorating and themes and such. This is ugly.

If they had put shrouds over the wheels on the tower then it may have helped or it may have just looked like a shroud floating up in the sky and then they would have had to do something else. I bet it'll be like cell towers. Originally all you saw was cell towers everywhere and they were pretty ugly. Now, they're so ubiquitous that you don't even notice them.

Once you get used to these towers, I think that they'll just fade into the background. I tend to think that doing just about anything to them would make them stand out more than anything.

 

[LAKid53]

This thread here should serve as the main thread for new and creative speculation on Skyliner morbidity. We already have enough for a whole season of Midsomer Murders and I am confident that we'll have more.

Speaking of which, i plan to add links from the first post in this thread to the various complaints in the original thread over the next few months, so eventually you'll be able to follow everything here, both new and old!

Few will get your reference. Me - one of my favorite shows (yes, I know it's a tad cheesy at times).

 

[Santa Raccoon 77]

Few will get your reference. Me - one of my favorite shows (yes, I know it's a tad cheesy at times).

I got the reference. But have never watched an episode.

 

[JustAFan]

Can you explain to me how you theme a cable car tower? Not everything on WDW property can be themed-there's still gotta be a bit of real life in the Disney fantasy bubble. If these towers ran through the middle of the parks, then I would have a problem, ie the Skyway which ran right through the middle of MK for the first 28 years of operation.

Is that an honest question? My answer - I don't know. I would never have thought of most of how Disney themes stuff. That's one of the draws of a Disney park though. You feel like you're in another world. Imagineers do a fantastic job at that. My opinion is those towers are too industrial. I think they could've done better.

 

[Jedi Stitch]

If we are going to make up complaints before it is operational, then why cant I get from Tomorrow land to Fantasy Land thru the Matterhorn like I used too?

 

[nickys]

I got the reference. But have never watched an episode.

It’s a hard choice between Midsomer Murders and Bergerac. But Bergerac is why I started watching MM. That amazing scenery!