News New Gondola Transportation - Disney Skyliner

[Tom P.]

I guess I am just stupid. While this article appears to be in English I do not understand one word of it!

That's because it doesn't use the word "portmanteau." Everyone knows that no Wikipedia article is authoritative unless the lead paragraph uses "portmanteau."

 

[geekza]

I guess I am just stupid. While this article appears to be in English I do not understand one word of it!

Occam's Razor, in simplest terms, means that the simplest explanation is usually the correct one.

 

[ChrisFL]

Isn't the total travel time for the gondolas pretty short? I mean if it's a 30 minute journey I can see where A/C would be a big deal, but just a few short minutes, and they'll have some kind of vents for air to go through I'm guessing.

 

[durangojim]

Isn't the total travel time for the gondolas pretty short? I mean if it's a 30 minute journey I can see where A/C would be a big deal, but just a few short minutes, and they'll have some kind of vents for air to go through I'm guessing.

i think youre looking at at least 30 mins from Epcot to DHS

 

[lazyboy97o]

I don't think the covering is being used to hide anything, it's probably to protect the car since they are still doing work all around it.

This. You can see similar wrapping protecting the track for the new Wizarding World coaster.

 

[geekza]

i think youre looking at at least 30 mins from Epcot to DHS

No way. You can walk between the two parks in 30 minutes and these will be traveling faster than most people walk.

 

[ChrisFL]

i think youre looking at at least 30 mins from Epcot to DHS

you realize how short the distance is from the International Gateway and DHS is right?

EDIT: I didn't realize there was no direct route between them, nevermind!

 

[danlb_2000]

i think youre looking at at least 30 mins from Epcot to DHS

I think it will be less then that. Should be 5 to 10 minutes actually in the car per leg, and then whatever the transfer time is at CBR. Unless the lines are long you should be able to do the Epcot to DHS trip in less then 20 minutes.

 

[durangojim]

No way. You can walk between the two parks in 30 minutes and these will be traveling faster than most people walk.

you realize how short the distance is from the International Gateway and DHS is right?

EDIT: I didn't realize there was no direct route between them, nevermind!

It's not a direct connection between the two parks and you stop at the Riviera and Carribean Beach.

 

[durangojim]

I think it will be less then that. Should be 5 to 10 minutes actually in the car per leg, and then whatever the transfer time is at CBR. Unless the lines are long you should be able to do the Epcot to DHS trip in less then 20 minutes.

I hope you're right but I'm still betting 30 mins

 

[geekza]

It's not a direct connection between the two parks and you stop at the Riviera and Carribean Beach.

Oh, good lord. I didn't know it was so skygoggled, either. I'm wondering if the plan is that guests would have to disembark at the Caribbean Beach stop and then transfer to an Epcot gondola. If the gondolas are crowded, which they will be if buses aren't running from those resorts to Epcot or DHS any longer, that will definitely increase the time it takes to get from one park to another.

 

[danlb_2000]

Oh, good lord. I didn't know it was so skygoggled, either. I'm wondering if the plan is that guests would have to disembark at the Caribbean Beach stop and then transfer to an Epcot gondola. If the gondolas are crowded, which they will be if buses aren't running from those resorts to Epcot or DHS any longer, that will definitely increase the time it takes to get from one park to another.

Yes, you will have to transfer at CBR, but not at Riveira. This system has a huge capacity so there shouldn't be much of a line expect during the busiest times, like at park closing.

 

[durangojim]

Oh, good lord. I didn't know it was so skygoggled, either. I'm wondering if the plan is that guests would have to disembark at the Caribbean Beach stop and then transfer to an Epcot gondola. If the gondolas are crowded, which they will be if buses aren't running from those resorts to Epcot or DHS any longer, that will definitely increase the time it takes to get from one park to another.

Cough, cough. Told you so

 

[NormC]

It will be a lot less than 30 minutes ride time. 7 m/s is 15.6 mph. That is the top speed of the D-line.

 

[Magic Feather]

Guests traveling between DHS and Epcot will still be encouraged to use the Friendships.

 

[ABQ]

Guests traveling between DHS and Epcot will still be encouraged to use the Friendships.

Could you provide any insight into what the security bubble will encompass at the International Gateway?

 

[peter11435]

Guests traveling between DHS and Epcot will still be encouraged to use the Friendships.

Which in 2018 are currently hotter inside than the interior of the ventilated gondolas will be. And a much longer ride.

 

[Flalex72]

That gondola shape reminds me a lot of the 8 person Poma gondola at Killington, VT.

Those are also CWA Omega cabins, albeit older ones. I don't know the numbers, but I think it's a safe bet that the Omega is the most common monocable gondola cabin on the planet.

 

[Magic Feather]

Could you provide any insight into what the security bubble will encompass at the International Gateway?

I have heard everything from No Gondola or Friendships, Just Gondola, or both. Personally betting on neither being included, with security pushed in front of ticketing and expanded, and an extra row or two of tapstiles added.

 

[joelkfla]

It will be a lot less than 30 minutes ride time. 7 m/s is 15.6 mph. That is the top speed of the D-line.

Actual distance from IG to DHS along the Skyliner route is 2.1 mi. At 15.6 mph, that works out to 8 minutes traveling at full speed. Gondolas won't stop at Riviera, just slow down, which might take 2-3 minutes to pass thru the station. So adding a few minutes for acceleration and deceleration at each station, I think the time spent in the cabins from IG to DHS should be around 15 minutes, not including time spent walking and queueing for the transfer at CBR.