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[LieutLaww]

First time out in the sun it will ignite everything and we will be BBQ for Flame Tree !!!

 

[MisterPenguin]

First time out in the sun it will ignite everything and we will be BBQ for Flame Tree !!!

It's a little known fact: Flame Tree's rotisserie is miniature gondolas.

 

[Lensman]

One small photo update from bioreconstruct:

 

[danlb_2000]

Permit filed today for the installation of the boat dock that will be used if the have to do evacs of the gondola cars over the water.

10/1/2018 - Art of Animation Resort - Pcl Construction Services Inc
2020 Animation Way - Installation of Boat Dock at Hour Glass Lake

 

[bhg469]

Permit filed today for the installation of the boat dock that will be used if the have to do evacs of the gondola cars over the water.

10/1/2018 - Art of Animation Resort - Pcl Construction Services Inc
2020 Animation Way - Installation of Boat Dock at Hour Glass Lake

Well you could skip the boats and cool off.

 

[Goofyernmost]

Permit filed today for the installation of the boat dock that will be used if the have to do evacs of the gondola cars over the water.

10/1/2018 - Art of Animation Resort - Pcl Construction Services Inc
2020 Animation Way - Installation of Boat Dock at Hour Glass Lake

At last they found a use for these again.

 

[Cesar R M]

way too fancy for disney

Perhaps this will be the "upcharge" with cupcake dinner included?

 

[Lift Blog]

Just to demonstrate what a different world the ski industry is, the first US D-Line lift saw its first steel today. It will carry passengers in ~75 days.

https://liftblog.com/2018/10/01/pioneering-ramcharger-8-takes-flight/

Look familiar?

 

[MisterPenguin]

Just to demonstrate what a different world the ski industry is, the first US D-Line lift saw its first steel today. It will carry passengers in ~75 days.

https://liftblog.com/2018/10/01/pioneering-ramcharger-8-takes-flight/

Well, if we asked all the guests to vacate Hollywood Studios, Epcot, and all the surrounding resorts for three months, I'm sure WDW could get it built just as fast!

 

[Ripken10]

Just to demonstrate what a different world the ski industry is, the first US D-Line lift saw its first steel today. It will carry passengers in ~75 days.

https://liftblog.com/2018/10/01/pioneering-ramcharger-8-takes-flight/

Look familiar?

I think those pics are amazing of them putting up the towers.

 

[joelkfla]

Just to demonstrate what a different world the ski industry is, the first US D-Line lift saw its first steel today. It will carry passengers in ~75 days.

https://liftblog.com/2018/10/01/pioneering-ramcharger-8-takes-flight/

Look familiar?

All the "firsts" and "onlys" : Why are American resorts so far behind Europe in lift technologies?

 

[Lift Blog]

All the "firsts" and "onlys" : Why are American resorts so far behind Europe in lift technologies?

American ski resorts are notoriously cheap and sometimes low- or no-margin businesses. So far Big Sky is the only one out of 472 U.S. resorts to spring for D-Line. I've heard it's around 15-20 percent more expensive than the standard Doppelmayr option. In Europe, Doppelmayr is selling a lot of D-Lines.

 

[Minthorne]

All the "firsts" and "onlys" : Why are American resorts so far behind Europe in lift technologies?

Clearly, ancient aliens fault.

 

[JoeCamel]

American ski resorts are notoriously cheap and sometimes low- or no-margin businesses. So far Big Sky is the only one out of 472 U.S. resorts to spring for D-Line. I've heard it's around 15-20 percent more expensive than the standard Doppelmayr option. In Europe, Doppelmayr is selling a lot of D-Lines.

There is the part where most (not all now) resorts are hurting for profits that they can put into improvements. Many are losing money and skiing is an expensive sport so like a theme park they may be experiencing a decline.

 

[Lensman]

There is the part where most (not all now) resorts are hurting for profits that they can put into improvements. Many are losing money and skiing is an expensive sport so like a theme park they may be experiencing a decline.

How accurate is this doom & gloom article from 2015? https://www.curbed.com/2015/1/29/9997450/ski-industry-expert-says-31-of-todays-ski-areas-are-dying

 

[JoeCamel]

How accurate is this doom & gloom article from 2015? https://www.curbed.com/2015/1/29/9997450/ski-industry-expert-says-31-of-todays-ski-areas-are-dying

I have seen others like it and just saw what Vail Resorts did for the year. It isn't pretty.

 

[Lift Blog]

Was just reading through the new American National Standards Institute standard for Passenger Ropeways. John Harrison, Walt Disney World Co. is now listed as an observer member of the ANSI committee.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Was just reading through the new American National Standards Institute standard for Passenger Ropeways. John Harrison, Walt Disney World Co. is now listed as an observer member of the ANSI committee.

Could you help us to understand what the significance of that is?

 

[MisterPenguin]

The barge and other floating thingamabobs keep getting moved to the bases of where the gondola towers will be in Hourglass Lake (Pop/AoA) and then moved away and then back. Looks like prep for the towers any day now...

 

[MisterPenguin]

The Pop/AoA gondola station. The structure next to the station looks like the beginning work to build the queue, which, according to the artist's concept, will have a swooping wave shape...