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[larryz]

Miserable and oppressive with a breeze.

Wasn't that a Disney Channel show starring Demi Lovato?

 

[Movielover]

Then feel free to rent a car or take an UBER. The AC discussion was pages ago and pages ago before that and pages ago before that again. They will NOT have AC - accept and move on!

But... but... I wanna argue some more cause dang it I'm an American and apparently we all have copious amounts of free time to do that!

 

[brb1006]

Did you ever visit WDW in the 70's? If you did (as I did - first visit in '76), you might think about what happened to all of the empty land, the beautiful topiaries along World Drive, and the fact that WDW was miles from anything resembling a city. Same would be true if you visited the original Disneyland when it was still surrounded by orange groves.

OTOH, can you imagine someone who has only known the mega-resort that WDW is today, and wondering why in the world any of us would have visited when there was only ONE park with so few rides?

 

[brb1006]

My guess is that the stations will probably all be themed to match the area in which they are going to be located.

I hope the stations will have good theming and won't look like the current design of the Ticket and Transportation Center.

 

[brb1006]

Wonder if the gondolas will have audio such as music or a narrator telling you about things at the park.

"Fall 13 stories at the Tower of Terror!"

"Next stop, Caribbean Beach Resort"

Do we have any good narrator that is close to Jack Wagner's?

 

[MisterPenguin]

I hope the stations will have good theming and won't look like the current design of the Ticket and Transportation Center.

You're just wasting money if you don't use all the colors.

 

[prfctlyximprct]

Here's a fly through of the gondola stations and upcoming building projects, confirmed and unconfirmed:



Click on the gear to speed it up if it's moving too slowly for y'all.

This is amazing!!!!!!

 

[JoeCamel]

Do we have any good narrator that is close to Jack Wagner's?

No narration = no power to the cabins

 

[CanadianGordon]

I think everyone is forgetting there HAS to be a Princess themed aspect to this... Maybe a station?

 

[Thebolt]

What I would hate to see is the cabins covered in that metal grille many of the bus windows suffer.
The prospect of seeing the site from up high would be great if there is a view across WDW property - but being enclosed in a hot mesh basket you can't clearly look out from would be an awful option.

 

[truecoat]

What I would hate to see is the cabins covered in that metal grille many of the bus windows suffer.
The prospect of seeing the site from up high would be great if there is a view across WDW property - but being enclosed in a hot mesh basket you can't clearly look out from would be an awful option.

Is it really metal? I'm wondering if it isn't the vinyl wrapped buses. The vinyl is perforated so people can see out but might look like the way you describe on the inside.

Outside...

Inside...

 

[TiggerDad]

This is amazing!!!!!!

And they say penguins can't fly....

 

[danlb_2000]

No narration = no power to the cabins

Solar panels on the roof would probably provide enough power to run an audio system.

 

[marni1971]

I think everyone is forgetting there HAS to be a Princess themed aspect to this... Maybe a station?

Thankfully not. Unless it is on a cabin wrap.

 

[HauntedPirate]

I have been a New Yorker for 51 of my 53 - soon to be 54 years.
I've ridden the SI Ferry for 30 of those years.
Coworkers of mine who never rode the Ferry used to say to me; "It must be nice in the summer..."
No.
95 degrees, hazy hot and humid - is 95 degrees hazy, hot and humid with a breeze.
Miserable and oppressive with a breeze.

That reminds me of something that was said when I visited NYC about 11 years ago, for a training class. Riding an escalator down to the subway platform, in the middle of July, and it was 95 degrees and humid, a sweaty guy turns and says - "It's the escalator ride into hell...". He wasn't far from the truth, it was brutal down there.

 

[MisterPenguin]

That reminds me of something that was said when I visited NYC about 11 years ago, for a training class. Riding an escalator down to the subway platform, in the middle of July, and it was 95 degrees and humid, a sweaty guy turns and says - "It's the escalator ride into hell...". He wasn't far from the truth, it was brutal down there.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Here's a fly through of the gondola stations and upcoming building projects, confirmed and unconfirmed:



Click on the gear to speed it up if it's moving too slowly for y'all.

Updated version with Brazil added at the end. Increased fly speed.

 

[brb1006]

I hope the stations will have good theming and won't look like the current design of the Ticket and Transportation Center.

But seriously the Ticket and Transportation needs a redesign or makeover before MK turns 50.

 

[Thebolt]

Is it really metal? I'm wondering if it isn't the vinyl wrapped buses. The vinyl is perforated so people can see out but might look like the way you describe on the inside.

You are correct about it being vinyl... it just wrecks the view. A few characters, lines and words covering parts of the window would be OK; but not the whole window. Dark windows to keep the sun out, with minimal vinyls please, even if it means I might see something backstage.

 

[Goofyernmost]

But seriously the Ticket and Transportation needs a redesign or makeover before MK turns 50.

I'm not saying it does or it doesn't, but, I do not mind the way TTC looks now. What is the big fuss about? I think it looks fine. It's fun, upbeat and bright. Should things be funeral home colors?