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[cosmicgirl]

I think there was just a mistake, I doesn't say this anymore and I don't see gondolas in the picture. If they needed to stage them I would think they would use the staging are in the POP/AOA parking lot.

I'm still seeing the tweet on my feed. I think there's one cabin covered in blue tarp in the little fenced off area but unless the trailers are full of cabins that's all I'm seeing.

 

[larryz]

Any costume speculation or mentions since my design post?

Well, they still have all those SkyRide CM costumes in storage somewhere, right...

 

[Lift Blog]

Wasn’t 325 the number of gondolas that was mentioned for the system a while back?

Highest number I’ve seen on an actual cabin so far is 322. That’s a ton of gondolas for a system with relatively short stage lengths.

 

[Creathir]

I'm still seeing the tweet on my feed. I think there's one cabin covered in blue tarp in the little fenced off area but unless the trailers are full of cabins that's all I'm seeing.

Maybe the single cabin is meant for the Guardians ride.
Buzzy missing, a gondola being included...
Perhaps it IS based on the collector...

 

[Creathir]

Highest number I’ve seen on an actual cabin so far is 322. That’s a ton of gondolas for a system with relatively short stage lengths.

How many does the Big Sky system have?

 

[danlb_2000]

I'm still seeing the tweet on my feed. I think there's one cabin covered in blue tarp in the little fenced off area but unless the trailers are full of cabins that's all I'm seeing.

I see that now. Might be the early test car we saw last year.

 

[mitchk]

Epcot

 

[Lift Blog]

How many does the Big Sky system have?

65

 

[Lift Blog]

It appears the doors may be electrically actuated rather than purely mechanical. Would be the first gondola in the US with electric doors.

 

[iowamomof4]

It appears the doors may be electrically actuated rather than purely mechanical. Would be the first gondola in the US with electric doors.

Is that the type of thing that would allow them to keep the doors closed while the gondolas pass through Riviera station?

 

[Lift Blog]

Is that the type of thing that would allow them to keep the doors closed while the gondolas pass through Riviera station?

That could be done regardless of whether the doors are electric or the more traditional style.

 

["El Gran Magnifico"]

It appears the doors may be electrically actuated rather than purely mechanical. Would be the first gondola in the US with electric doors.

Hope the doors work better than they do on the monorail......

 

[Goofyernmost]

Hope the doors work better than they do on the monorail......

Yea, those 4 or 5 incidents on the monorails over 47 years is absolutely shameful.

 

["El Gran Magnifico"]

Yea, those 4 or 5 incidents on the monorails over 47 years is absolutely shameful.

So you're saying...there's a chance...

 

[danlb_2000]

It appears the doors may be electrically actuated rather than purely mechanical. Would be the first gondola in the US with electric doors.

What's the advantage of electric doors over mechanical ones?

 

[mergatroid]

What's the advantage of electric doors over mechanical ones?

More to complain about on here if there's an accident?

 

[GlacierGlacier]

@Lift Blog BioReconstruct on Twitter posted a close-up of a cabin arm.

I'm sharing it here in case there's anything different you notice about it.

 

[Rteetz]

From Bioreconstruct

 

[wiredforflight]

Highest number I’ve seen on an actual cabin so far is 322. That’s a ton of gondolas for a system with relatively short stage lengths.

Bioreconstruct just took a photo of 322 today.

 

[Lift Blog]

@Lift Blog BioReconstruct on Twitter posted a close-up of a cabin arm.View attachment 344579 I'm sharing it here in case there's anything different you notice about it.

See the 4 small holes in the curved hangar arm? Normally that is where the top part of the mechanical door mechanism attaches. Unclear whether it just hasn’t been put on yet or there will be a different system.