nickys
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Today studios. More poles than I remember last week
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What do you mean remember? Are you telling us you haven't been counting them? Pffft - amateur!
Today studios. More poles than I remember last week
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All moot as it is not happening.Since we're talking about capacitors and not batteries, practicality would depend entirely on the system as designed.
So....
Mr. Jim Hill (yada, yada, grain of yada, yada) said on the most recent Disney Dish podcast that TDO is concerned about the crush of guests leaving International Gateway after Illuminations is over. What used to be a convenient way to walk out of EPCOT for the Beach, Yatch, Boardwalk, Dolphin and Swan guests is now having that number doubled at least by hooking the Skyliner up with the Caribbean, Rivera, Pop and Animation resorts.
There may be a need to tear down and expand the IG turnstiles area, but that wasn't included in the Skyliner budget (sez Hill).
So....
Mr. Jim Hill (yada, yada, grain of yada, yada) said on the most recent Disney Dish podcast that TDO is concerned about the crush of guests leaving International Gateway after Illuminations is over. What used to be a convenient way to walk out of EPCOT for the Beach, Yatch, Boardwalk, Dolphin and Swan guests is now having that number doubled at least by hooking the Skyliner up with the Caribbean, Rivera, Pop and Animation resorts.
There may be a need to tear down and expand the IG turnstiles area, but that wasn't included in the Skyliner budget (sez Hill).
Hmm... I wonder if this has anything to do with Coco & Poppins' budget?
So....
Mr. Jim Hill (yada, yada, grain of yada, yada) said on the most recent Disney Dish podcast that TDO is concerned about the crush of guests leaving International Gateway after Illuminations is over. What used to be a convenient way to walk out of EPCOT for the Beach, Yatch, Boardwalk, Dolphin and Swan guests is now having that number doubled at least by hooking the Skyliner up with the Caribbean, Rivera, Pop and Animation resorts.
There may be a need to tear down and expand the IG turnstiles area, but that wasn't included in the Skyliner budget (sez Hill).
Hmm... I wonder if this has anything to do with Coco & Poppins' budget?
If he had said they were worried about lines at park open, then I could see it being a concern. You're putting 4 more resorts worth of people in line to go through the tapstyles.
But it won't be an issue at close. No stopping, everyone just walks through. Line at the actual load for the Skyliner, sure, but that won't interfere with Boardwalk area guests walking to their resorts.
The issue is bottlenecking the IG turnstiles with twice the number it was intended to handle. The line for the skyliner is a separate headache.
Its an open enough area to not be a problem at close. Since we're talking about tapstyles and not actual old turnstyles, it won't be an issue.
So....
Mr. Jim Hill (yada, yada, grain of yada, yada) said on the most recent Disney Dish podcast that TDO is concerned about the crush of guests leaving International Gateway after Illuminations is over. What used to be a convenient way to walk out of EPCOT for the Beach, Yatch, Boardwalk, Dolphin and Swan guests is now having that number doubled at least by hooking the Skyliner up with the Caribbean, Rivera, Pop and Animation resorts.
There may be a need to tear down and expand the IG turnstiles area, but that wasn't included in the Skyliner budget (sez Hill).
Hmm... I wonder if this has anything to do with Coco & Poppins' budget?
Well, I hope you’re right!
That only makes sense until you consider that a cabin with guests who need time to unload must displace a cabin from the orange track. If you just set the system to operate with a fixed buffer on the orange track (say, 30 seconds, or every 4 cabins) then everyone always knows what's going on.I could see where there is always 2 or 3 cabins sitting stationary on the orange curve to be loaded with guests who need extra time. When you have one of the cabins on the orange curve ready to go you could hit a button that would pull a cabin off the main line onto the orange curve and when the gap from that cabin makes the turn, the cabin ready to go from the orange curve would get pulled into that gap. This way you keep the load and spacing on the main line consistent by pulling an empty cabin off the main line and replacing it with a loaded one from the orange loading curve.
Wonder when the last time JH saw the IG entrance. It's a small-time operation with three detectors and three tapstiles (or is it two)? Let's say that WDW never even thought about expanding the gate capacity until now (highly unlikely), it really wouldn't be a huge deal to do an expansive overhaul. There's plenty of space in the area. Installing more tapstiles, detectors, and queue lines shouldn't be an issue.
And as @britain mentioned, heading out isn't an issue. Heck, even for the main gates of Epcot and MK they push you down to two exit lanes anyway. And the walkway from the bridge to the exit also constricts the crowd flow.
Well, I think Hill knows there is sufficient space. I think Hill was saying they weren't planning on doing any tapstile expansion.
You said he thought they would be tearing them down!
I am guessing that you do not have an engineering background. Making and breaking electrical contacts as the gondolas move along would most likely produce quite noticeable arcing. Maybe that is what the are going to use for a new night time show? I can imagine the enjoyment of the riders as they see sparking over their gondola...Since we're talking about capacitors and not batteries, practicality would depend entirely on the system as designed.
Will these load/unload platforms have a stationary floor or a conveyor floor like a lot of attractions at WDW? No matter how slow those things are moving I'd think disney'd want to minimize any chance of a fall risk.
Gondola on wheels...
I am guessing that you do not have an engineering background. Making and breaking electrical contacts as the gondolas move along would most likely produce quite noticeable arcing. Maybe that is what the are going to use for a new night time show? I can imagine the enjoyment of the riders as they see sparking over their gondola...
Wonder when the last time JH saw the IG entrance. It's a small-time operation with three detectors and three tapstiles (or is it two)? Let's say that WDW never even thought about expanding the gate capacity until now (highly unlikely), it really wouldn't be a huge deal to do an expansive overhaul. There's plenty of space in the area. Installing more tapstiles, detectors, and queue lines shouldn't be an issue.
And as @britain mentioned, heading out isn't an issue. Heck, even for the main gates of Epcot and MK they push you down to two exit lanes anyway. And the walkway from the bridge to the exit also constricts the crowd flow.
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