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[Mainahman]

I'm cool with the concept as we stay at pop mostly and would try it at least once, but what stops this becoming the same as it was in the parks and get slightly phased out over years and years

 

[jt04]

What is a kip?

A bundle of animal hides?

You tell me.

 

[jt04]

I'm cool with the concept as we stay at pop mostly and would try it at least once, but what stops this becoming the same as it was in the parks and get slightly phased out over years and years

You would see monorail phased out first. In other words, not anytime soon.

 

[danlb_2000]

There was talk for a few years of having a gondola across the Potomac River connecting DC and Arlington, VA. they even did a feasibility study. It's stalled though.

Philadelphia got this far with one over the Delaware River.

 

[GCTales]

Philadelphia got this far with one over the Delaware River.

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Is that what that was for..... Lived in Philly area for 30 years... Never knew that.

 

[the.dreamfinder]

Philadelphia got this far with one over the Delaware River.

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Lol at every attempt to redevelop Penn’s Landing. More info at 6:05

 

[Miss.Queenie]

My family and I are going to be staying at the Pop Century, January 2019. Does anyone think it'll be open by then?

 

[HauntedPirate]

I'm cool with the concept as we stay at pop mostly and would try it at least once, but what stops this becoming the same as it was in the parks and get slightly phased out over years and years

This will be your only transportation option from Pop/AoA to the Studios and Epcot once complete.

 

[Mainahman]

This will be your only transportation option from Pop/AoA to the Studios and Epcot once complete.

Really? I guessed I missed that. So they would phase out busses to Studios, and epcot at that point? I'm assuming they would leave AK, and MK bus service, as there doesn't seem to be another good way to get to AK, and short of going all the way to epcot, and then to MK via monorail...

 

[nickys]

My family and I are going to be staying at the Pop Century, January 2019. Does anyone think it'll be open by then?

I doubt it. I think summer/fall 2019 has been suggested. @marni1971 , any update on likely timeframe for it being operational?

 

[marni1971]

My family and I are going to be staying at the Pop Century, January 2019. Does anyone think it'll be open by then?

I doubt it. I think summer/fall 2019 has been suggested. @marni1971 , any update on likely timeframe for it being operational?

Earliest I’d think it could be carrying anyone is late spring next year. Realistically summer.

 

[flynnibus]

I can't believe you all still let this clown consume your time. Just say no to stupidity

 

[Mainahman]

I've got some fears to get over hah! I can do rollercoasters, but the darn idea of a gondola scares the piglet poop out of me.

 

[truecoat]

I'm sure Disney will maintain these pretty well. Usually ski resorts do most of their maintenance during the summer. Since these will be in operation year round, it will have to go down for 'rehab' at some point just like any other attraction.

Modern lifts are very safe and have plenty of sensors and fail safes, very similar to what a roller coaster has. The system knows the exact position of all cabins, the spacing between the cabins etc. and will stop if anything out of the norm occurs. At which point to operators have to contact maintenance to inspect and clear any faults before it can resume operation.

(Our gondola wasn't nearly this fancy, pretty jealous of that dude. Would have been happy with a chair.)

At times though maintenance can be reactionary, because sometimes things just break. The gondola I operated once had a bunch of cabins out of commission for a while for various reasons (windows missing, broken door cables, etc.) and they were out of parts to fix them, so the capacity went down for a bit. We didn't have that much space to store cabins when in operation, so we had a stream of like 5 busted cabins with cones inside we would have to wait for before we could continue loading guests.

Since this is going to be in constant operation it would make sense for Disney to have some spare cabins and a larger maintenance bay for swapping out broken cabins.

For a second, I thought this was a painting.

 

[raymusiccity]

Really? I guessed I missed that. So they would phase out busses to Studios, and epcot at that point? I'm assuming they would leave AK, and MK bus service, as there doesn't seem to be another good way to get to AK, and short of going all the way to epcot, and then to MK via monorail...

Cutting bus service isn't far fetched at all. Much like not having any bus service from EPCOT to Boardwalk, or no bus service to Bay Lake Tower.

 

[Magic Feather]

Current security plan is for all stations & lines to be in the security zone. What that means for AoA and PoP, I am not positive. Most likely, the plan is to make one security station in the center, but could easily be two on the bridge entrances.

 

[larryz]

Great, we'll be Gondola buddies. View attachment 256735

If that's who I think it is in the photo, the rest of that sign should say "to yourself."

 

[Creathir]

I've got some fears to get over hah! I can do rollercoasters, but the darn idea of a gondola scares the piglet poop out of me.

Shhh... you’re not allowed to have an opinion contrary to absolute supremacy of gondola travel around these parts... how dare you express yourself...

 

[allgiggles]

Current security plan is for all stations & lines to be in the security zone. What that means for AoA and PoP, I am not positive. Most likely, the plan is to make one security station in the center, but could easily be two on the bridge entrances.

I sure hope they just have the security check at the entrance to the gondola station. I would find it a bit annoying to have to go through security every time I want to go from AoA to Pop (or vice versa) on that bridge.

 

[DisAl]

Don’t forget that there is more gravity when you are lower. That’s more engineering work they have to do.

Thanks for letting me know about the gravity. That explains why I weigh more after a week at WDW on the dining plan.