JoeCamel
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Martin has said there are no more plans at this time.
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News New Gondola Transportation - Disney Skyliner
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Yeah, the bull wheels aren't very exciting, but all the other stuff: the tires decelerating and accelerating the cabins thru the station, the transfer off and onto the cable, the motors powering the system -- that's pretty cool to a tech geek.Perhaps they will do like they do at some of the attractions and have TV monitors to show you how the thing works while you are approaching the boarding area. To help with the vision, it is just a big red thing that doesn't go anywhere, but, continues to go around in a circle and has a cable making a 180 degree turn. Sort of like the wheels on a bus that just go round and round.
christine7257
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Reports on a couple of other boards that the International Gateway will be closed from after Thanksgiving through mid-December for work on the cables. Has anyone here heard anything similar?
GoofGoof
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I hear what you are saying and it sometimes happens on busses too. The one thing the gondolas have going for them is it’s a bunch of smaller cars that aren’t connected. Depending on how crowded it is I think there’s a good shot that if you are a family of 4 or more you will get your own gondola and not be in with strangers. At busy times they will need to fill them mostly to capacity but even then it’s not as many different strangers crammed in as a bus or the monorail. Better odds of being smell free.
Now if the problem is that you or the people you are with are the ones that smell...well then you are out of luck
Wow... that's going to tick-off some Epcot-area resort guests!
GoofGoof
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At least they waited until after F&W.
But now, this is proof that Disney hates Christmas!!
What's the nature of the source? CM? Bus Driver? Doppelmayr employee?
None of the usual blogs have picked up on it.
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christine7257
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Haha. I know. I'm trying to be skeptical myself. Full disclosure I have a reservation during this period so I am personally invested. I believe the sources thus far are a CM and an unnamed source (but two independent reports on different media). I know..... That's why I was reaching out here to the voices of reason to see what y'all had heard.
I'm hoping it's just rumor but am also conscious that that PizzeRizzo closure rumor was largely panned as silly until confirmed. Again, personally invested with a weekend visit for Candlelight Processional and the holiday storytellers, so not really objective. Appreciate any info anyone can provide and certainly not trying to spread "fake news."
nickys
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Haha. I know. I'm trying to be skeptical myself. Full disclosure I have a reservation during this period so I am personally invested. I believe the sources thus far are a CM and an unnamed source (but two independent reports on different media). I know..... That's why I was reaching out here to the voices of reason to see what y'all had heard.
Has PizzeRizzo closure been confirmed? Just did a search on the dining news section here, and there’s nothing.
I doubt you will see any more gondola lines open for the 50th. It has been said that additional lines are contingent on how well this first system works out, so I would say they would wait for at least a year into the operation of the first system before considering an expansion.
The Swan and Dolphin web site says that their will be no Friendship boat service during that time, some people have suggested that this would be because of the cables being run. It doesn't say anything about the IG being closed, and I would think we would have seen notifications to guests at other area resorts by now.
The cables will be run during this time. There should be some unusual photo opportunities from the showcase promenade bridge.
nickys
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Do you know if the IG will be completely shut? Or is it just the boats that are affected?
MickeyMinnieMom
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JoeCamel
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Should be all done by the 18th. They wouldn't leave the window that long and not plan to move at the beginning using the rest for contingency. It does not take a long time to string the rope. A few days at most per line.I should be there Dec 18... will have my camera out...
I'll be there the first week of December, too, to witness the spectacular Festival of the Rope!
Luckily/unluckily, I've been priced out of the Swolphin, so, I won't be affected (my condolences Crescent Lake folk!). But, I'll wander to the IG and see what I can see!
At Pop, I usually ask for fourth floor facing the lake, so maybe I'll get good pics of the roping there.
Luckily/unluckily, I've been priced out of the Swolphin, so, I won't be affected (my condolences Crescent Lake folk!). But, I'll wander to the IG and see what I can see!
At Pop, I usually ask for fourth floor facing the lake, so maybe I'll get good pics of the roping there.
GoofGoof
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I would assume the rooms directly below the line will not be occupied. The hotel is probably not at 100% capacity that time of year anyway so they just move around the rooms out of service. Any paths or walkways under the line will probably also be closed off and/or periodically detoured. It may be a temporary inconvenience for guests but I imagine it won’t be much worse than the past year has been with all the construction going on.
They also have to go over Buena Vista Dr which I can't see them closing for a long period of time.