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[ToTBellHop]

How many of these brave test pilots perished?

Only 3. As long as half of the guests make it, this is deemed acceptable. Note that the ADR policy is being revised to make it clear than death-by-gondola will not get you out of the $10/person fee for missing your reservation at Akershus.

 

[Squishy]

Disney Imagineers Ride the Disney Skyliner Gondola System at Walt Disney World

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"Man, we should have added AC to these things. Oh well, too late"

 

[Incomudro]

7 adult men seem to fit comfortably. As others have speculated, I don’t think we’ll see 10 per cabin very often.

I wouldn't want to be that "comfortable" with people I don't know.

 

[MisterPenguin]

I wouldn't want to be that "comfortable" with people I don't know.

We know. You keep saying that in this thread over and over.

Do you think that none of us have any long term memory?

 

[JenniferS]

I wouldn't want to be that "comfortable" with people I don't know.

Have you never ridden the buses, ferries, or monorails?

I don’t think people will be allowed to stand in the gondolas, so they will be far less packed than the other modes of transportation at the end of the night.

 

[Andrew C]

Have you never ridden the buses, ferries, or monorails?

I don’t think people will be allowed to stand in the gondolas, so they will be far less packed than the other modes of transportation at the end of the night.

I have gotten awfully close to people on the disney buses...

Spoiler

 

[JenniferS]

I have gotten awfully close to people on the disney buses...

Spoiler

I don’t like people. I rent a car.

 

[ToTBellHop]

I have terrible news. They did a test with 5 Imagineers on the gondola during a thunderstorm. I can exclusively share the test photo:

 

[larryz]

Only 3. As long as half of the guests make it, this is deemed acceptable. Note that the ADR policy is being revised to make it clear than death-by-gondola will not get you out of the $10/person fee for missing your reservation at Akershus.

Wait... I thought the new standard of WDW Guest Service was "...well, at least nobody died"?

 

[nickys]

Wait... I thought the new standard of WDW Guest Service was "...well, at least nobody died"?

They’re cutting corners now, hadn’t you heard?

 

[larryz]

They’re cutting corners now, hadn’t you heard?

So, now it's "...well, at least not everybody died"...

 

[ToTBellHop]

So, now it's "...well, at least not everybody died"...

“At least they bought a Mickey Pretzel first.”

 

[LAKid53]

I wouldn't want to be that "comfortable" with people I don't know.

Yet you ride a Disney transportation bus.

 

[danlb_2000]

I wouldn't want to be that "comfortable" with people I don't know.

So I guess you don't use the monorail buses or boats either? There have been times in all three of those that I have been in direct physical contact with another guest.

 

[ImperfectPixie]

I wouldn't want to be that "comfortable" with people I don't know.

Have you never ridden the buses, ferries, or monorails?

I don’t think people will be allowed to stand in the gondolas, so they will be far less packed than the other modes of transportation at the end of the night.

Yet you ride a Disney transportation bus.

So I guess you don't use the monorail buses or boats either? There have been times in all three of those that I have been in direct physical contact with another guest.

My guess is that because a gondola is so similar in size to a car, that the expectation is there for it to feel like a more private mode of transportation? I mean, yes, you've got Uber, Lyft, and taxis, but generally it's accepted that chit-chatting with the driver isn't necessary as they are providing a service, so those situations tend to lack awkwardness as there are pre-established roles. I would think sharing a gondola with strangers would feel similar to sharing a cab with a stranger - which is not something everyone would be comfortable with.

 

[LAKid53]

My guess is that because a gondola is so similar in size to a car, that the expectation is there for it to feel like a more private mode of transportation? I mean, yes, you've got Uber, Lyft, and taxis, but generally it's accepted that chit-chatting with the driver isn't necessary as they are providing a service, so those situations tend to lack awkwardness as there are pre-established roles. I would think sharing a gondola with strangers would feel similar to sharing a cab with a stranger - which is not something everyone would be comfortable with.

I talk to my Uber driver all the time. And my Minnie Van driver. And the bus driver when I'm the only passenger.

 

[ImperfectPixie]

I talk to my Uber driver all the time. And my Minnie Van driver. And the bus driver when I'm the only passenger.

I'm a talker too...but not everyone is.

 

[MisterPenguin]

My guess is that because a gondola is so similar in size to a car, that the expectation is there for it to feel like a more private mode of transportation?

You don't have to guess, just search, @Incomudro has belabored this point before in this thread.

 

[note2001]

Will parents be expected to fold up strollers? I'd think no, but then again I have been the victim of many parents who have no clue how to control their open stroller and I can see these same folk having trouble exiting a moving gondola, even if it is creeping.

"Stop the line... we have another one."

Maybe they should use the ECV line.

 

[JohnD]

I have terrible news. They did a test with 5 Imagineers on the gondola during a thunderstorm. I can exclusively share the test photo:

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That's 4. Did one fall out?