News New Gondola Transportation - Disney Skyliner -

[MisterPenguin]

My apologies if this has already been answered, but when is this projected to be finished? Thank you in advance.....

Rumor tracker...

Operational early May 2019. Guests on it within 2-3 months of that timeframe. [here]

 

[Jambo Joe]

The monorail beams look anything but clean nowadays.

I have made that same comment before. We are all used to the monorail - if you really look at them they are mottled - different colors of concrete in spots, dirt, and plenty of tire marks.

I think in their own way - the Skyliner towers are interesting technical structures, especially the mechanism at the top.

 

[Creathir]

I have made that same comment before. We are all used to the monorail - if you really look at them they are mottled - different colors of concrete in spots, dirt, and plenty of tire marks.

I think in their own way - the Skyliner towers are interesting technical structures, especially the mechanism at the top.

The problem: all of the blood stains and entrails staining the towers... and Disney’s track record for cleaning stuff like this will leave things fairly macabre...

 

[NormC]

The problem: all of the blood stains and entrails staining the towers... and Disney’s track record for cleaning stuff like this will leave things fairly macabre...

There shouldn't be any blood or entrails. No one is going to ride these death traps in the skies. LOL

 

[CanadianGordon]

Can't wait for this.

 

[Jambo Joe]

There shouldn't be any blood or entrails. No one is going to ride these death traps in the skies. LOL

Could be a new extension of Haunted Mansion

 

[Walt d]

That would be an interesting idea. Based on the fact that it crosses over the parking lots for both BW and DHS I have to assume it's something elevated so a standard light rail system would be out. Could it be a peoplemover system? That would have to be cheaper than a monorail I would think.

Who will be the first” to ride the lightning rod.. or should it be the zapper, shocking for shure.

 

[void**petey]

For all the people concerned about lightning: you're actually very safe inside the gondola during a storm thanks to the skin effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_effect

In the event of a lightning strike, the current travels along the outside of the metal structure. Even if your skin is touching the side, current will not pass through you.

 

[OG Runner]

Yeah we have been filling a lot of space with a lot of speculation, with all kinds of catastrophe situations,
only to find there are logical reasons not to be concerned. Of course, if any of them ever do come true,
there will be a lot of people here wagging their fingers with a big, "I told you so!"

 

[cosmicgirl]

Yeah we have been filling a lot of space with a lot of speculation, with all kinds of catastrophe situations,
only to find there are logical reasons not to be concerned. Of course, if any of them ever do come true,
there will be a lot of people here wagging their fingers with a big, "I told you so!"

Meh... we'll all be dead then anyway so we won't have to listen to it.

 

[rle4lunch]

Maybe they should hang skeletons off of different areas of the ride lines, something like POTC, except the skeletons have tourist clothes on. That'd be awesome.

 

[HauntedPirate]

Maybe they should hang skeletons off of different areas of the ride lines, something like POTC, except the skeletons have tourist clothes on. That'd be awesome.

HA!!! I love that idea. Gets rid of some old inventory of unsold T-shirts and unclaimed lost-and-found items. Have them holding a tattered shopping bag to complete the look.

 

[OG Runner]

Based on the previous comments in this discussion, I think it is safe to say, we all have a bit of a sick, dark side.
It just reminds me of a say, "We are all going to Hell, but we are probably going to be laughing all the way."

 

[rle4lunch]

HA!!! I love that idea. Gets rid of some old inventory of unsold T-shirts and unclaimed lost-and-found items. Have them holding a tattered shopping bag to complete the look.

Perfect.

 

[HauntedPirate]

Based on the previous comments in this discussion, I think it is safe to say, we all have a bit of a sick, dark side.
It just reminds me of a say, "We are all going to Hell, but we are probably going to be laughing all the way."

Before that happens, we'll all be eaten by alligators after the gondola is blown off the cable while we are being cooked to death in the Florida heat and fried by lightning whilst riding during a thunderstorm. So I don't know what you're talking about.

 

[WDWtraveler]

Photo update as of Wednesday, August 8, 2018. The Skyliner station progress at Epcot's International Gateway. A new construction fence has been installed in front of the Friendship boat loading queue, perhaps to build a shorter gondola pylon in front of the Skyliner station.

 

[pdude81]

I expect that they'll pull back security for walk ins and boat passengers, so perhaps they are going to start testing the traffic flow.

 

[wdwmagic]

Please stay on topic guys - people do come here for updates and are expecting to find useful info. Thanks

 

[Amused to Death]

You could remove the 11,000 posts having to do with air-conditioning, lightning strikes, alligators, and persons who are afraid of heights but don't mind being 65 feet off the ground on the monorail, and you'd be down to about eight pages.

 

[tissandtully]

Photo update as of Wednesday, August 8, 2018. The Skyliner station progress at Epcot's International Gateway. A new construction fence has been installed in front of the Friendship boat loading queue, perhaps to build a shorter gondola pylon in front of the Skyliner station.

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Wow, that's quite the change in view of the IG, crazy stuff, but still can't wait for these to open.