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I'd imagine its no different if you were on a bus or other enclosed mode of transportationOh my, Imagine if someone (or their kid) throws up in one of those while it's packed 10 full.
(not mentioned in over 915 pages)
flynnibus
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The thing is.. those are custom jobs. The Disney Gondolas would be the type of job where you pre-cut printed panels that are pre-made for this specific simple panel application. The bow in the cabin is small enough they may even be able to get away with pre-fit panels that don't need overlap and trimming. A car wrap is a custom job done from bulk material where everything needs to be shrink fitted, much more advanced panels, wraps around edges, under pieces, trimming, etc.
They would knock these types of jobs out super quick. Clean, wet, apply vinyl, position, squeege... move onto the new panel. These aren't complex vinyl jobs. Each gondola is probably a 30min job tops.. depending on how many separated pieces are needed. So far the images I saw looked like just a partial body panel and maybe one window panel on each of the long sides.
ImperfectPixie
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If you look at some of my other posts, yes, the labor is the most intensive. There are different adhesives for temporary vs. long-term use, but even still, even if the wraps are farmed out, a large contract like this would wind up with individual wraps costing less than if they only had 3 that needed to be wrapped, so replacing the gondolas would be ridiculous.
That would make the most sense, but then again, this is Disney, and we've seen some pretty nonsensical things from them.
Keep in mind though that there are still areas that need to be trimmed and wrapped around or the decals will start to peel/crack around the edges and their life-span will be much less (not to mention that it wouldn't look very professional). From what I've seen, they're likely one big print that's laid on wet, then trimmed and wrapped just barely around edges as needed (you don't need to wrap around much to make a body seam look nice). They'll probably need to use heat to get the vinyl to conform to the vents along the bottom, at the very least, and that can suck up some time. HOWEVER...the more often you do the same application, the faster you get. So while the first gondola may take let's say 1-2 hours, the last one will take somewhat less than that.
I'm also wondering if Disney has taken into account how likely people are to try to peel the graphics...if there are any edges accessible to people, they WILL get picked at.
mikesteffen
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mikesteffen
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The "around the clock" comment was probably a reactionary response to the suits worry that people think they are taking too long to get the thing up and running.
DisDadWoz
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Earl Shieb can do it for $199.99!
Phil12
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Precisely! The average hardtop automobile is an excellent Faraday cage and will protect all occupants from lightning strikes. Lightning ranges in frequency from 3 kHz to 30 kHz and needs a path to ground. Both automobile bodies and gondolas provide protection from the low frequency energy while supplying an excellent path to ground to dissipate the energy.
Phil12
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Earl Scheib used to say, "I'm Earl Scheib, and I'll paint any car, any color for $89.95. No ups, no extras.".Earl Shieb can do it for $199.99!
JayKZ
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Once upon a time, Earl said, "I'll paint any car, any color for Twenny niiiine... niiinety five." I guess that dates me.
flynnibus
Premium Member
But the cabins are already body color and it's just a graphics overlay... not a paint replacement. The vents at bottom don't need covering. You have the large side panel... which is the singular plexi panel. The window panels which are fixed size and no edge. The lower panel on the front back could even be an overlay... if they don't replace the full bottom.
ImperfectPixie
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Yeah, if they're not covering the entire side, it becomes a much easier animal.
Notes from Neverland
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If that 22 number is true, it could refer to number of unique designs - not the total number of cabins that will feature designs.
Goofyernmost
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22 different scenes, not just 22 out of 300 with the decals. The most logical reason I have heard so far, is that they left some plain so they could add future scenes (i.e. new characters) without having to tear off the old ones. The only problem with that thought is that it is way, way to logical to have been thought of by Disney these days. But, if they did... kudos!
surfsupdon
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I think the road will reconnect. The current CBR bus route is a darn mess.
I also think CBR and Riviera could be sharing busses on most routes with the connected route.
Riviera is a 300 room location. Caribbean lost 576 rooms to make way for this DVC. If Caribbean were able to make it work before with its original 2112 rooms, the busses can certainly hold the addition of Riviera rooms with the remainder of Caribbean.
Think the routes will be separate or connected?
ImperfectPixie
Well-Known Member
That's what I think, too. There's no way they'd only put graphics on 22 gondolas, lol.
note2001
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Flight recorder for when a gondola goes missing and is eventually retrieved.
Patcheslee
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Waterproof?