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mm121

mm121

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Kamikaze said:
They should all be able to be stored off the system. Some places leave some in the stations as storage as well as off the line.

I would figure the only time these are being stored is major weather events. Excluding spares and units under maintenance. Overnight they are going to leave them on the lines. Wouldn't make sense to cycle everything off every night and back on every morning.
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i would think that they would indeed need to take them off the cable whenever the system is not operating, as you wouldnt want cabins hanging on the cables and then a storm to come up in the middle of the night when no one would be monitoring if the system needed to be shut down then having to scramble out and take them off the cables.
 
Kamikaze

Kamikaze

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mm121 said:
i would think that they would indeed need to take them off the cable whenever the system is not operating, as you wouldnt want cabins hanging on the cables and then a storm to come up in the middle of the night when no one would be monitoring if the system needed to be shut down then having to scramble out and take them off the cables.
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They are left on the cables in absolutely terrible weather at ski resorts. They won't take them off the line due to weather for anything less than a hurricane, which they will have adequate knowledge of. A thunderstorm in the middle of the night (or day) is not going to be an issue.
 
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OG Runner

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I know I am a bit late to this particular party, and I have not read every one of the 401 pages of comments,
but I have to say, I am not looking forward to this at all. I imagine the fun of hanging over some area of
swamp land or resort for a few hours, with the temperatures in the 90s. I understand it is a new system, but
I live in the Northeast and know of at least three ski lift breakdowns that they had to have rescue crews
come in to get people off the lifts. I think I will probably stick to the buses.
 
TiggerDad

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Edward Jackson said:
I know I am a bit late to this particular party, and I have not read every one of the 401 pages of comments,
but I have to say, I am not looking forward to this at all. I imagine the fun of hanging over some area of
swamp land or resort for a few hours, with the temperatures in the 90s. I understand it is a new system, but
I live in the Northeast and know of at least three ski lift breakdowns that they had to have rescue crews
come in to get people off the lifts. I think I will probably stick to the buses.
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thanks for sharing
 
mm121

mm121

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Edward Jackson said:
I know I am a bit late to this particular party, and I have not read every one of the 401 pages of comments,
but I have to say, I am not looking forward to this at all. I imagine the fun of hanging over some area of
swamp land or resort for a few hours, with the temperatures in the 90s. I understand it is a new system, but
I live in the Northeast and know of at least three ski lift breakdowns that they had to have rescue crews
come in to get people off the lifts. I think I will probably stick to the buses.
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one would hope that they've thought about this and will take steps to prevent it from happening

as the task of unloading cabins hanging from the cable high up in the air holding up to 8 people each would be quite an arduous one that i'm sure they'd prefer to avoid at all costs

at least with the way the system is designed hopefully the different legs are able to run independently with independent back ups so if anything did happen it would only affect one section instead of the entire system.

is as much in their best interest to keep this up and running without issues as it is yours.
 
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...it's a yungle

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Edward Jackson said:
I know I am a bit late to this particular party, and I have not read every one of the 401 pages of comments,
but I have to say, I am not looking forward to this at all. I imagine the fun of hanging over some area of
swamp land or resort for a few hours, with the temperatures in the 90s. I understand it is a new system, but
I live in the Northeast and know of at least three ski lift breakdowns that they had to have rescue crews
come in to get people off the lifts. I think I will probably stick to the buses.
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Understood sir, no worries!
This way to the Shyliner...😉
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GeneralKnowledge

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mm121 said:
i would think that they would indeed need to take them off the cable whenever the system is not operating, as you wouldnt want cabins hanging on the cables and then a storm to come up in the middle of the night when no one would be monitoring if the system needed to be shut down then having to scramble out and take them off the cables.
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I’m guessing Doppelmayr’s stance would be something along the lines of “Bring it on Florida”.
 
Goofyernmost

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GeneralKnowledge said:


I’m guessing Doppelmayr’s stance would be something along the lines of “Bring it on Florida”.
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I've seen them doing the same thing at the base in Stowe, Vermont. However, they weren't running them and that would be considered almost hurricane type wind. It's not like those just show up with no warning. They have plenty of warning of high winds and if they consider it a hazard will empty it and shut it down. If there is a hurricane in Florida they pretty much know when it is going to hit and even then the parks might be closed and people are asked to stay in the hotel. There is almost zero chance that what is seen in the video would involve any humans in the gondola's. I think that the solution to the problem is to have the 5% of people that are worried enough to invent problems should probably stay off them and then those of us that are looking forward to riding on them will have less of a wait. Deal?
 
Kamikaze

Kamikaze

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Edward Jackson said:
I know I am a bit late to this particular party, and I have not read every one of the 401 pages of comments,
but I have to say, I am not looking forward to this at all. I imagine the fun of hanging over some area of
swamp land or resort for a few hours, with the temperatures in the 90s. I understand it is a new system, but
I live in the Northeast and know of at least three ski lift breakdowns that they had to have rescue crews
come in to get people off the lifts. I think I will probably stick to the buses.
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So you've heard of at least 3 breakdowns? What you're saying is that these systems are extremely reliable, then? Because 3 breakdowns spread amongst the hundreds of ski resorts over however many years you've been 'hearing' about these issues is a very low number.

Also, if you stay at one of the Skyliner resorts, buses will NOT be an option for going to DHS and Epcot.

Finally, you don't hit enter just because you get to the edge of the text box.
 
GeneralKnowledge

GeneralKnowledge

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Goofyernmost said:
I've seen them doing the same thing at the base in Stowe, Vermont. However, they weren't running them and that would be considered almost hurricane type wind. It's not like those just show up with no warning. They have plenty of warning of high winds and if they consider it a hazard will empty it and shut it down. If there is a hurricane in Florida they pretty much know when it is going to hit and even then the parks might be closed and people are asked to stay in the hotel. There is almost zero chance that what is seen in the video would involve any humans in the gondola's. I think that the solution to the problem is to have the 5% of people that are worried enough to invent problems should probably stay off them and then those of us that are looking forward to riding on them will have less of a wait. Deal?
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Not sure why we need to make a deal. I was simply pointing out that if gondolas can handle the high winds seen daily in the mountainous terrain they normally operate in, Disney isn’t going to need to spend hours detaching the cars every night in case a Florida pop up thunderstorm rolls through.
 
OG Runner

OG Runner

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Kamikaze said:
So you've heard of at least 3 breakdowns? What you're saying is that these systems are extremely reliable, then? Because 3 breakdowns spread amongst the hundreds of ski resorts over however many years you've been 'hearing' about these issues is a very low number.

Also, if you stay at one of the Skyliner resorts, buses will NOT be an option for going to DHS and Epcot.

Finally, you don't hit enter just because you get to the edge of the text box.
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Sorry, if I was not clear, but that was 3 breakdowns this year, serious enough to require rescue to come out in order to
get the people off of the lifts.

I guess I won't be staying at one of the Skyliner resorts.

Thank you for the advise, really don't care.
 
Kamikaze

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Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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GeneralKnowledge said:
Not sure why we need to make a deal. I was simply pointing out that if gondolas can handle the high winds seen daily in the mountainous terrain they normally operate in, Disney isn’t going to need to spend hours detaching the cars every night in case a Florida pop up thunderstorm rolls through.
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Well, sorry but that was a given. Why would anyone even think that was going to happen. The thing is that so many have spend inordinate amounts of time trying to point out disastrous problems that they think could happen that explaination was required. My comment wasn't specifically at you, but, since you posted that without any discussion about what point you were trying to make that I could see, then I just wanted to point out to those that are all panicked about something like that happening to either realize that it isn't going to or just don't go on them... no one is forced to do so. Other then that there was no connection. Key to remember that just because you posted doesn't mean that you are the only one that any comment might be directed towards. So, I guess you don't need to make a deal. Others do!:)
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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Kamikaze said:
So you've heard of at least 3 breakdowns? What you're saying is that these systems are extremely reliable, then? Because 3 breakdowns spread amongst the hundreds of ski resorts over however many years you've been 'hearing' about these issues is a very low number.

Also, if you stay at one of the Skyliner resorts, buses will NOT be an option for going to DHS and Epcot.

Finally, you don't hit enter just because you get to the edge of the text box.
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Not to mention they are not running up the side of a mountain either. Apples to apples.
 

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