News New Gondola Transportation - Disney Skyliner -

[joelkfla]

CWA launched its next generation gondola cabin today. I doubt Disney is getting the new version but the below link gives a great overview of ventilation options. You can configure your own however you like!

https://www.cwa.ch/fileadmin/Configurator/index.html

I like the "flip-out" windows and the ventilated "tropical" seats.

 

[ParksAndPixels]

Don't you go bringing logic and common sense in here when people want to be outraged about being cooked in the new Disney Cooking Box of Dooooom

Indiana Jones and the Cooking Box of Doom... Probably just as bad a crystal skull...

 

[Beacon Joe]

Didn't Jim Hill emphatically declare a month or two ago that the gondolas would have air conditioning?

 

[Smooth]

 

[rocketraccoon]

So they're going to have to order new ones in about 10 years.... Interesting... Cheaper than new monorails?

I imagine the cost of even a single monorail loop direct from IG to HS would be notably more expensive than the entire gondola system, even if they replace the cabins in 10-15 years.

 

[Lift Blog]

I didn't say Disney would replace the cabins after 10-15 years. Rather the product cycle when a new model comes out is typically 12 years. Disney is getting the outgoing model and can keep gondolas in service as long as it chooses. CWA continues supporting older models with spare parts and will even build new copies of retired cabins for the right price.

 

[GlacierGlacier]

I didn't say Disney would replace the cabins after 10-15 years. Rather the product cycle when a new model comes out is typically 12 years. Disney is getting the outgoing model and can keep gondolas in service as long as it chooses. CWA continues supporting older models with spare parts and will even build new copies of retired cabins for the right price.

Do you think the cabins are able to be manufactured by Disney on-property? Obviously they're not doing the first batch, but repair and rebuilds have to be done in Central Shops, right?

 

[TOCPE82]

People in the US have trouble realizing the rest of the world works in the metric system. Why the US doesn't convert to metric I will never know?

The Metric system is a tool of the devil. My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead and that's the way I likes it.

 

[danlb_2000]

Didn't Jim Hill emphatically declare a month or two ago that the gondolas would have air conditioning?

Yes, but in a recent show admitted that he has incorrect about it.

 

[joelkfla]

Do you think the cabins are able to be manufactured by Disney on-property? Obviously they're not doing the first batch, but repair and rebuilds have to be done in Central Shops, right?

Now, that's scary. It's one thing to travel 50' above the ground in a vehicle made by companies that have decades of experience building them; it's something else to be in a vehicle built one-off by a company renowned for cost-cutting.

 

[meyeet]

Now, that's scary. It's one thing to travel 50' above the ground in a vehicle made by companies that have decades of experience building them; it's something else to be in a vehicle built one-off by a company renowned for cost-cutting.

Ever ride any of the rides at Disney? They do the maintenance on all the ride vehicles including repairs and replacements of key parts.

 

[danlb_2000]

Ever ride any of the rides at Disney? They do the maintenance on all the ride vehicles including repairs and replacements of key parts.

How many of Disney's ride vehicles are actually built by Disney anymore?

 

[meyeet]

How many of Disney's ride vehicles are actually built by Disney anymore?

I would guess none, but Disney is doing the maintenance on them. Do they hire the vendor to do refurbs on vehicles?

 

[danlb_2000]

I would guess none, but Disney is doing the maintenance on them. Do they hire the vendor to do refurbs on vehicles?

There is a big difference between manufacturing from scratch and maintaining something.

 

[peter11435]

There is a big difference between manufacturing from scratch and maintaining something.

They are capable of manufacturing nearly anything from scratch. See friendship boats. But In most cases it’s more economical these days to find a vendor.

 

[meyeet]

There is a big difference between manufacturing from scratch and maintaining something.

My point was that Disney does a lot on the ride vehicles where they can cut costs and fortunately they do not appear to be.

 

[eddie104]

They are capable of manufacturing nearly anything from scratch. See friendship boats. But In most cases it’s more economical these days to find a vendor.

I saw a video on the Central shops and it is pretty amazing what their able to do. I’m thinking a lot of the new animatronics you see actually come from them.

 

[danlb_2000]

I saw a video on the Central shops and it is pretty amazing what their able to do. I’m thinking a lot of the new animatronics you see actually come from them.

I thought Disney had pretty much stopped making their own animatronics ?

 

[eddie104]

I thought Disney had pretty much stopped making their own animatronics ?

To be honest I was just guessing because when I go to look for that information it is no where to be found since Disney likes to keep some vendors secret. I read they used this one particular company back in the day but I don't think it exists anymore so with the Central Shops being able to build things why not take advantage of the workers talents.

 

[peter11435]

I thought Disney had pretty much stopped making their own animatronics ?

They still make some. And central shops handles refurbishments for nearly all.