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[The real rescueranger]

"Fantasy in the Sky"

 

[monothingie]

"Intermodal transit alternative 6"

"Lowest cost option 2"

 

[G00fyDad]

Are they really coming up with a name for the system? I thought we just called the transportation system what it is like Disney's monorail or ferry boats. Disney's gondola.

 

[GoofGoof]

Why not just call it the Skyway. It's simple and a throwback to the old attraction. They love selling nostalgia.

 

[Doug Means]

Good lord do some of you people have any concept of statistics? It's like the people who won't get on a plane but have no problem driving to work, when the you're quite literally a thousand times safer on the plane.

You're at least a hundred times safer on that gondola than you are on a Disney bus traversing public WDW roads.

82% of all stats are made up, 6 out of 7 dwarfs aren't Happy.

 

[zakattack99]

Rediculusly long complex names are "in" at Disney right now I an thinking something along the lines of:

"The Walt Disney World Resort Gondola Skyway People Mover"

 

[Seabasealpha1]

"Monorail Expansion Contingency Plan F"

 

[Grimley1968]

Taking a cue from MLB stadiums these days:

"The Disney Gondolas at Walt Disney World Resort"

 

[DisneyJeff]

Taking a cue from MLB stadiums these days:

"The Disney Gondolas at Walt Disney World Resort"

I thought you were going to say "The Geico Insurance Company Gondola Transportation System at Walt Disney World Resort - Sponsored by GoDaddy.com"

 

[Kamikaze]

Why not just call it the Skyway. It's simple and a throwback to the old attraction. They love selling nostalgia.

Martin said thats not the name.

 

[jt04]

WEDWay's Aerial Lift Transport System (W.A.L.T.S.)

This is what I do.

 

[Kamikaze]

Are they really coming up with a name for the system? I thought we just called the transportation system what it is like Disney's monorail or ferry boats. Disney's gondola.

Well, the boats have names. And the monorail is officially the Walt Disney World Monorail System.

 

[G00fyDad]

Well, the boats have names. And the monorail is officially the Walt Disney World Monorail System.

I see your point, but... the individual boats have names yes. The ferry system as a whole is not really named. To make a fair comparison you would have to name each gondola pod. And Walt Disney World Monorail System is pretty generic. You could say Walt Disney World Monorail System, Walt Disney World Ferry System, and Walt Disney World Gondola System.

 

[RSoxNo1]

A salute to all transportation, but mostly Gondolas.

 

[flynnibus]

Naming is pretty obvious why it has value..

Now if it's 'The Skyway presented by Delta Airlines' - then I'm gonna cringe

 

[Obobru]

This is what I do.

I don't think there is a person on these forums who doesn't know what you "do".

 

[BEARSHOUSE4]

The accident report for that one is an interesting read. Cause was found to be "ice-jacking," where the tower filled with water, froze and cracked in spectacular fashion while the gondola was operating. Thankfully, no one died. Now every lift tower is required to have a hole drilled near the bottom for water to escape. Even in Florida!

Thanks for that. I was curious but not enough to research it. Seems so obvious a problem, amazing.

 

[Cesar R M]

82% of all stats are made up, 6 out of 7 dwarfs aren't Happy.

 

[Cesar R M]

"Monorail Expansion Contingency Plan F"

Thats one hell of a salty burn to a decades old burn.

Naming is pretty obvious why it has value..

Now if it's 'The Skyway presented by Delta Airlines' - then I'm gonna cringe

Could be worse.. sponsored by United.. where you have to punch your way in.

 

[MichWolv]

Don't these same people ride the monorail?

Some do. Some don't. The fear is illogical in the first place. I have found that expecting people to apply illogical fears logically is illogical. One of my partners will ride the elevated portion of the Chicago L system, and the street level portion, but not the underground portion. Even though she's in the same train in the same seat either way. I just smile and nod.