News New Gondola Transportation - Disney Skyliner -

Patcheslee

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That’s actually not bad. With enough shrubs around it they could essentially hide the base from direct view...just don’t look up. :)
Thanks, I got bored after work, the whole waiting for January ADRs is killin me lol.
you guys just don't know... Disney is going to offer a Augmented reality game on the Disney app on your phone where you go buzz lightyear on the passing gondolas ;)
Or pipe in racecar sounds, and a little Lighning McQueen. Course don't know of any park that would be crazy enough to make a slow moving "ride" about fast cars. 😇
 

Flalex72

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I think the photo makes the tower look worse than it is in reality. When Skiing next to Gondola towers, they don't seem as big as that picture makes it look. I get that when Skiing, the background is a mountain but when you are literally going right next to it, the perspective should be pretty accurate.

These towers are significantly larger in diameter than what I would consider a typical gondola/chairlift tower. In the range of 3 times bigger around.
 

MisterPenguin

President of Animal Kingdom
Premium Member
Think finally got it lol
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Plant some kudzu.

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DisneyCane

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These towers are significantly larger in diameter than what I would consider a typical gondola/chairlift tower. In the range of 3 times bigger around.
Just this particular tower or all of them? I don't know why they'd need to be if they aren't taller and the gondola cabins are normal sized and not carrying additional weight for A/C (please don't start that discussion again).
 

larryz

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Lensman

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For the 50th, they'll be covered in a birthday candle overlay.
I want to be clear that I liked this post because it made me laugh, not because I didn't get the irony.

Or worse. A cake. I never saw that monstrosity but I’ve seen pictures. And now I can’t get it out of my mind.

Thanks for that! :banghead:
This is 100% what happened to me. It reminded me that I still need to figure out whether to give away my WDW 25th Anniversary t-shirt. I don't know what I was thinking in buying it as I am now too embarrassed to wear it and it brings back bad memories.

Re: Kudzu
It's actually the kind of thing that might work well to hide showbuildings, but the negatives of invasiveness and (probably) surface damage probably make it a bad idea.
 

jmuboy

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I think you are missing the point. The gondolas themselves are transportation but the towers are right in the middle of a resort. The resort is themed. It’s not just a room to sleep in. I’m not sure what they could do to “theme” the towers, but that picture posted looks pretty bad being that close to the hotel rooms.

I hope the plant some needle palm trees around the base of the CBR towers

Having the towers grow outta thick foliage would look better in this resort
 

bcoachable

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This is a snap shot as I was hiking today of the town of Telluride- and if you look closely, you will see the free gondola that transports to and from their Mountain village area. Works beautifully as a means of transporting numbers to and from activities. I believe (lift blog, please correct me if I’m mistaken) that this system is pretty similar to the system going in at wdw.
I don’t have anything else to add- truth is, I am boasting that I am in telluride, hiking! Y’all go out now
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and have a great day!
 

ABQ

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This is a snap shot as I was hiking today of the town of Telluride- and if you look closely, you will see the free gondola that transports to and from their Mountain village area. Works beautifully as a means of transporting numbers to and from activities. I believe (lift blog, please correct me if I’m mistaken) that this system is pretty similar to the system going in at wdw.
I don’t have anything else to add- truth is, I am boasting that I am in telluride, hiking! Y’all go out now View attachment 298891and have a great day!
It's a wonderful village, lucky for them the 416 fire between Silverton and Durango didn't smoke the area out.
 

MisterPenguin

President of Animal Kingdom
Premium Member
This is a snap shot as I was hiking today of the town of Telluride- and if you look closely, you will see the free gondola that transports to and from their Mountain village area. Works beautifully as a means of transporting numbers to and from activities. I believe (lift blog, please correct me if I’m mistaken) that this system is pretty similar to the system going in at wdw.
I don’t have anything else to add- truth is, I am boasting that I am in telluride, hiking! Y’all go out now and have a great day!

Look closely? It's invisible even blowing up the image!

Had to go to Google Earth to see the route. :)

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