MissingDisney
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We’re not talking born on a gondola .....
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Honeypot: Complaints about the Skyliner/Gondola; also worries and insecurities
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GhostlyGoofy
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Oh?We’re not talking born on a gondola .....
OOOOOOHHHH.
Hey if you wanna risk making that thing swing... go for it.
J. D.
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If the gondola is swingin', don't come a ringin'.Oh?
OOOOOOHHHH.
Hey if you wanna risk making that thing swing... go for it.
Brad Bishop
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I find it a bit odd how closely the gondolas are followed. On the scale of 1-10 in neatness it registers about a 5. Yeah, they're building gondolas. It'll be mildly more interesting than buses.
Expanding the Monorail to more resorts and parks? Yep, I'd get the excitement there.
Really what it feels like is that because Disney hasn't done much of anything in this department (other than add buses), ANYTHING more than a bus suddenly becomes an exciting topic. You have the same thing in the Tomorrowland thread. Disney is painting things and that is now exciting.
It's a bit like having a wife deny a man sex for 10 years and then, one day, she holds he's hand and can't get enough of it, all the while not realizing, "Yeah, but you should have been having sex for the last decade!" To him, though, the hand holding is exciting!
That's where it feels like we are with Disney. If you want YouTube videos on Disney you get up to the minute bits on them putting another nut on a bolt.
When I look at it I think:
- It doesn't connect any two things I'll likely be wanting to travel between.
- If I were at one of these things and wanted to get to one of the destinations on the gondola, I'd be a bit concerned about multi-point travel - having to get out, and then get back into another line to board another gondola to continue my journey.
- It would have made more sense to put the gondola station at the entrance to Epcot to connect with the Monorail - at least then it starts becoming part of the overall system. (granted, a stop over by Crescent Lake is kind of nice if you want to get out)
- For the most part, what you're going to see while riding it is going to be a whole lot of boring. The trip on the Monorail between the TTC and Epcot is boring. The trip on the gondolas slightly above woods, ditches, and the backlot or parking lot isn't going to be much better.
- The Monorail was about the future of transportation. The gondolas are about Disney looking for a cheaper way to do things.
They're not "bad".. They're actually kind of good. I just don't think they deserve the hype they're getting and the only reason they're getting that is: Disney is building something new!
Expanding the Monorail to more resorts and parks? Yep, I'd get the excitement there.
Really what it feels like is that because Disney hasn't done much of anything in this department (other than add buses), ANYTHING more than a bus suddenly becomes an exciting topic. You have the same thing in the Tomorrowland thread. Disney is painting things and that is now exciting.
It's a bit like having a wife deny a man sex for 10 years and then, one day, she holds he's hand and can't get enough of it, all the while not realizing, "Yeah, but you should have been having sex for the last decade!" To him, though, the hand holding is exciting!
That's where it feels like we are with Disney. If you want YouTube videos on Disney you get up to the minute bits on them putting another nut on a bolt.
When I look at it I think:
- It doesn't connect any two things I'll likely be wanting to travel between.
- If I were at one of these things and wanted to get to one of the destinations on the gondola, I'd be a bit concerned about multi-point travel - having to get out, and then get back into another line to board another gondola to continue my journey.
- It would have made more sense to put the gondola station at the entrance to Epcot to connect with the Monorail - at least then it starts becoming part of the overall system. (granted, a stop over by Crescent Lake is kind of nice if you want to get out)
- For the most part, what you're going to see while riding it is going to be a whole lot of boring. The trip on the Monorail between the TTC and Epcot is boring. The trip on the gondolas slightly above woods, ditches, and the backlot or parking lot isn't going to be much better.
- The Monorail was about the future of transportation. The gondolas are about Disney looking for a cheaper way to do things.
They're not "bad".. They're actually kind of good. I just don't think they deserve the hype they're getting and the only reason they're getting that is: Disney is building something new!
TrainsOfDisney
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Agreeed. I think they are fun, and I look forward to using them. But they are not as practical as large people mover systems (monorails included in that category).
World_Showcase_Lover007
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I shall complain in both threads.
I love the smell of negativity in the morning.
I love the smell of negativity in the morning.
Creathir
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It’s all fun and games until it’s the couple you were forced to ride with making their best attempt at joining the 40’ high club...
You make one false assumption. You assume that people who ride the Gondolas are actually going to live through it and be able to complain about it. Dead men tell no tales
Pretty sure that at least 43 out of every 109 gondola riders will be injured by low flying birds. Those things are obviously flying deathtraps!!!
eliza61nyc
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Actually I enjoy the complaints. First, I admire some of the creativity, no way would I even remotely thought of being cooked to death or plunging to my death in some of the fashions mentioned from a ride Lol.
I always to sing the Train song "50 ways to say goodbye "
I always to sing the Train song "50 ways to say goodbye "
Tom Morrow
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Is there a chance the track could bend?
What track ?1
Brad Bishop
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Not on your life, my Hindu friend.
Disney Gondolas. Day 1
Kingoglow
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So where do all the farts go?
Seriously though, there are a lot of... unfamiliar... smells coming from guests of WDW. Being stuck in a tin box, heated by the sun with someone who... say wears perfume (in 2019 no less!), or doesn't regularly bath, eats a lot of onions, ate too much sausage in the Germany pavilion, gassy or whatever... the gondolas will quickly lose that new box smell.
Seriously though, there are a lot of... unfamiliar... smells coming from guests of WDW. Being stuck in a tin box, heated by the sun with someone who... say wears perfume (in 2019 no less!), or doesn't regularly bath, eats a lot of onions, ate too much sausage in the Germany pavilion, gassy or whatever... the gondolas will quickly lose that new box smell.
ImperfectPixie
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Disney needs to install signs on the resort doors so you see them on the way out of your room: "DID YOU SHOWER THIS MORNING? Please remember to keep all bodily odors away from attractions."
eliza61nyc
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Sorry to answer your question with a question but how long is the ride going to be from say the Riveria resort to Epcot?? I mean you have all those same considerations on the monorails, which IMO are not the greatest with the a/c or removing smells. unfortunately the gondolas are not a cure for what all that ails us. lol, standing behind someone in a pack lined for 60 minutes is way worse than the 10 minutes it will take (I'm guessing, I thought I read the ride will take between 5-15 mins) to get to International gateway.
Now of course I know there are folks with serious sensitivity issues but really I do think if someone is going to have a possible respiratory event from perfume (which I know happens) they will probably skip the gondolas all together. I've mentioned it before but I find that folks who have limited abilities are often the ones who complain the least because they are very proactive.
deeevo
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Oh... see I was thinking something completely different when referring to "Gondola Babies". I need to get my mind out of the gutter.
