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joelkfla

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pdude81 said:
Being stranded in a bad lightning storm is just a regular failure of Disney planning and not unique to the skyliner. On my last trip they kicked everybody out of the monorail at Polynesian and told them they could go take buses from the front of the resort to MK for transfer elsewhere. So when no more people fit under the awning, there were plenty of geniuses standing nearby with their umbrellas out.

Nobody knew how or when they would get anywhere.
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If Disney really cared about Guest service, they should have escorted those Guests to the porte cochere and picked them up under cover.

Disney earned it's reputation for taking care of their Guests in the mid 20th century. Unfortunately, they haven't lived up to that reputation in years. (I might add the same with respect to taking care of cast members.)
 
ToTBellHop

ToTBellHop

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Captain Barbossa said:
At least half a million.
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There actually is no public record. Disney only has to report on guests who die on Disney property, not above it. With that caveat, during a Second Breakfast meeting with Chapek, I learned that the mortality rate for the Skyliner is better than expected--145 per 1,000 guests. WDI tests suggested as high as 300 per 1,000 guests, so they immediately greenlit the Paradise Pier Hotel to Disneyland gondola route.
 
marni1971

marni1971

Park History nut
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wdwmagic said:
Disney Skyliner quickly reaches 1 millionth guest milestone
www.wdwmagic.com

Disney Skyliner News

In less than a month of flights, more than 1 million guests have ridden the Skyliner at Walt Disney World.
www.wdwmagic.com
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That’s actually quite a disappointment in how long it took. Park attendance is certainly down if that’s the case.

Not a moan. Just a truth.
 
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flynnibus

flynnibus

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marni1971 said:
That’s actually quite a disappointment in how long it took. Park attendance is certainly down if that’s the case.
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Is it? Unlike it an attraction, it's demand is not steady throughout the day. It's been officially open about 21 days.. If we generalize and say there are about 5hrs a day of peak usage... that's still an aggregate of 9500/hr. Obviously a huge simplification of usage... but those numbers don't sound extremely low?
 
fngoofy

fngoofy

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HauntedPirate said:
Figuring 24 days of operation, 14 hours per day, it's just shy of 2900 guests/hour. Isn't that about 2/3 of expected capacity/hour?
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Which seems
marni1971 said:
That’s actually quite a disappointment in how long it took. Park attendance is certainly down if that’s the case.

Not a moan. Just a truth.
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Is it really that disappointing? If they are utilizing at 70% of capacity with one of the resorts on the line not open yet, it seems about right.
 
Sirwalterraleigh

Sirwalterraleigh

Premium Member
marni1971 said:
That’s actually quite a disappointment in how long it took. Park attendance is certainly down if that’s the case.

Not a moan. Just a truth.
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Please leave

(Kidding)
HauntedPirate said:
Figuring 24 days of operation, 14 hours per day, it's just shy of 2900 guests/hour. Isn't that about 2/3 of expected capacity/hour?
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Hmmm...but didn’t they open like a new land or something?
marni1971 said:
For park attendance yes. Had the parks been busy and SWL been achieving its targets this number should have been reached a week ago if not slightly earlier.
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And there it is.

Underwhelming is the story on both coasts now...we can safely say.

Hmmm...its not like the IP is struggling, is it?
 
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joelkfla

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HauntedPirate said:
Figuring 24 days of operation, 14 hours per day, it's just shy of 2900 guests/hour. Isn't that about 2/3 of expected capacity/hour?
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They're probably counting each boarding as a trip. So each Guest taking a round-trip joyride from DHS to Epcot would count as 4. Guests doing the full system tour would count as 6. And the capacity was stated per line per direction, so to put it on the same basis as the passenger count, it would need to be multiplied by 6.

I didn't see any obvious counting devices at the stations. So unless there's some hidden means of counting, or some cm is recording the number of Guests boarding each cabin, it's just an estimate.
 
HauntedPirate

HauntedPirate

Park nostalgist
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joelkfla said:
They're probably counting each boarding as a trip. So each Guest taking a round-trip joyride from DHS to Epcot would count as 4. Guests doing the full system tour would count as 6. And the capacity was stated per line per direction, so to put it on the same basis as the passenger count, it would need to be multiplied by 6.

I didn't see any obvious counting devices at the stations. So unless there's some hidden means of counting, or some cm is recording the number of Guests boarding each cabin, it's just an estimate.
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Ohhh, I never even thought of that. Anyone know how they are measuring the number of people riding the Skyliner? As I suspected, this smells like a "we need positive PR" stunt.

Fun With Numbers, Disney Edition. :cool:
 

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