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[Cesar R M]

Too creepy for me especially when a storm on the way in

Imagine a young teenager who just seen the movie IT.. thats a huge NOPE.

 

[Cesar R M]

100%natural and organic ac.

So, this means the gondolas will cost twice? I bet Hipsters will be delighted.

calorie free Air!

 

[Cesar R M]

lightning strikes, obviously

Does this means we will see Doc Brown making experiments at Disney?
Would Universal sue?

 

[Cesar R M]

no matter what anyone says, they will be hot...a bit of a warm motion breeze is not going to cool them down....Ever been on the monorail with the AC not running on a warm day? (Disneyland Monorail) it is often horribly warm and not so pleasant.

Or they could use double insulation layer. aka a small "umbrella" of insulation above the top areas of the monorail, thus blocking most of the direct light.

 

[TiggerDad]

Ok, I’m at BCV right now. It’s 5 mins walk to international gateway. What’s the best guess right now on travel time to HS which I think involves a switch?

It certainly seems more appealing to me than walking to the boat and waiting. I love the continual loading aspect.

If you are at BCV now, and you're asking about travel time to HS via the Skyway, I'm going to say it will take more than a year. I'd start walking.

 

[MisterPenguin]

The below article is about expanded production at CWA's gondola cabin manufacturing base in Switzerland. The yellow cabins shown in photo number two could be bound for Florida. They have double window frames up top which is not typical for ski resorts. The company will produce about 2,400 cabins this year and a few hundred of those will go to WDW.
https://www.oltnertagblatt.ch/solot...-platz-cwa-baut-standort-olten-aus-132370671#

Danke, das macht alles klar.

Hat es eine Klimaanlage? Wat über Blitz?

 

[DisAl]

I know you can't walk there. And I don't expect them to do create a path under the gondola route. I was making the point that it would be nice to be able to walk to parks sometimes.

AKL to AK just needs a couple of crossing lights installed really. There's a perfectly good vergeway you could use most of the way. Disney are just so scared of any kind of incident occurring that they won't consider sidewalks. I know why and all that, it's just a shame.

We already walk an average of 6.5 miles a day at the parks. I sure wouldn't want to add another 3 miles....

 

[SLUSHIE]

Better tell all the ski resorts with gondolas through the woods!

In general, there is a vast difference in security between Disney resorts and ski resorts. I'm not aware of any ski resort that cares what's in your bag, and many of them operate on national forest land (or just a gun friendly state in general) which could mean it would be perfectly legal to carry a firearm.

The gondola passes over other accessible areas, but I still wouldn't be surprised if they fenced off the other areas under the gondola.

The below article is about expanded production at CWA's gondola cabin manufacturing base in Switzerland. The yellow cabins shown in photo number two could be bound for Florida. They have double window frames up top which is not typical for ski resorts. The company will produce about 2,400 cabins this year and a few hundred of those will go to WDW.
https://www.oltnertagblatt.ch/solot...-platz-cwa-baut-standort-olten-aus-132370671#

What do you think the significance of the double window is? I think it could be because its a smaller gap and people wouldn't be able to fit larger object through there, but I've seen a number of cabins that have another piece of plastic with small holes in it that would prevent that even if the window was fully open (like in the picture below).

 

[Lift Blog]

What do you think the significance of the double window is? I think it could be because its a smaller gap and people wouldn't be able to fit larger object through there, but I've seen a number of cabins that have another piece of plastic with small holes in it that would prevent that even if the window was fully open (like in the picture below).

The second window is for ventilation. Unfortunately I suspect all Disney windows will be blocked so people cannot reach out or throw things. At ski resorts, they are generally not blocked which is great for picture taking. Polycarbonate windows are terrible on that front.

Since the Boardwalk turning point isn't a loading station, could the cabins transit it at a faster speed than the load/unload crawl speed to shorten the overall transit time to/from Epcot?

Not likely. Regardless of whether the cabin doors are set to open or not, the gondolas will still detach, turn and reattach to the haul rope at both Boardwalk and Riviera. The corners are simply too sharp to be taken at line speed. Boardwalk might be a slightly shorter station however. We'll know soon when we see the concrete foundations for it.

 

[Creathir]

The way the ropes cross canals and roadways, I'm sure there will be sections gated off to prevent people from walking from the BoardWalk Inn's backstage to the IG station and from the CBR Hub to DHS. Other than that, most of the line you can get under because of parking lots and parallel sidewalks.

But you know, it'd be great is WDW did create a walking path with bridges and road crossings for those few times the gondola isn't working. I would have loved to walk to DHS from Pop rather than use the bus.

Honestly they SHOULD do this... I’d bet a fair number of folks would take advantage of it, though they may not want the pedestrian traffic on Victory Way

 

[Creathir]

The below article is about expanded production at CWA's gondola cabin manufacturing base in Switzerland. The yellow cabins shown in photo number two could be bound for Florida. They have double window frames up top which is not typical for ski resorts. The company will produce about 2,400 cabins this year and a few hundred of those will go to WDW.
https://www.oltnertagblatt.ch/solot...-platz-cwa-baut-standort-olten-aus-132370671#

Is it just the perspective in the photo, or do they look significantly narrower than the assembled cabin in the foreground of the photo?

 

[Minthorne]

I am still questioning what this will be like without AC

The walkways?

 

[Lift Blog]

Is it just the perspective in the photo, or do they look significantly narrower than the assembled cabin in the foreground of the photo?

There are two sizes of cabins in the factory photos. The dark ones that say Yellowstone Club (bound for Montana) are 8 passenger Omegas. The silver, purple and yellow ones are 10 passenger and therefore wider. I'm still not solid on which ones Disney is getting.

 

[Creathir]

There are two sizes of cabins in the factory photos. The dark ones that say Yellowstone Club (bound for Montana) are 8 passenger Omegas. The silver, purple and yellow ones are 10 passenger and therefore wider. I'm still not solid on which ones Disney is getting.

Ah okay, that makes sense.
I’m sure Disney is thinking overall PPH with this, I can’t imagine they don’t move forward with the larger gondolas.

 

[Lift Blog]

Ah okay, that makes sense.
I’m sure Disney is thinking overall PPH with this, I can’t imagine they don’t move forward with the larger gondolas.

As we've discussed previously, cabin capacity sometimes correlates inversely with system capacity. Presumably Disney had a number and there were ways to get there using size 8 or size 10.

 

[marni1971]

I feel like Disney will have these lines open in six months. No reason why they shouldn't be.

12-15.

 

[davis_unoxx]

12-15.

Yah I agree, Disney takes way too long to build. Crazy that Universal builds an attraction quicker than it takes Disney to build five gondola stations, and towers in between.

 

[Horizons '83]

Yah I agree, Disney takes way too long to build. Crazy that Universal builds an attraction quicker than it takes Disney to build five gondola stations, and towers in between.

I think we will need @MisterPenguin charts for this commentary.

 

[danlb_2000]

I think we will need @MisterPenguin charts for this commentary.

I think we should not have this commentary here.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Yah I agree, Disney takes way too long to build. Crazy that Universal builds an attraction quicker than it takes Disney to build five gondola stations, and towers in between.

They're just waiting for the ski season to open it. Pretty normal.