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[marni1971]

One of my original armchair projects lives then. The script would practically write itself.

Now you're being silly.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

Now you're being silly.

 

[wm49rs]

Now you're being silly.

You Brits have always been too polite....

 

[LieutLaww]

And we queue politely too

 

[Irie]

Now you're being silly.

Now?

 

[Laketravis]

Can't legitimately rule this out

 

[larryz]

Can't legitimately rule this out

Had to make sure it's not April 1st...

 

[Kamikaze]

Can't legitimately rule this out

Yes, yes you can.

 

[roodlesnouter]

Here's a very very very very rough idea of what to expect, from Alton Towers theme park here in the U.K. It's a transit system to get around 3 places in the park. At 3:30 you'll see a mid course turn station where you can also alight and board.



This isn't meant to give an example of height of cable, length of runs, amount of gondolas, style of gondolas (though I believe it's pretty close) or choice of lightbulb in the station roof. The valley crossing isn't really happening either.

Great post, this was pretty much my view of things when I first heard the announcement, Albeit it on a grander scale.

Alton Towers always has been a testing ground for bigger and grander versions overseas, seems this time it's the gondolas and not a coaster .

 

[Laketravis]

Yes, yes you can.

I suppose you're right. Disney would never allow us to pedal our own pods.

 

[Kamikaze]

I suppose you're right. Disney would never allow us to pedal our own pods.

Thats the least of the issues with that system in a practical usage scenario.

 

[Laketravis]

Had to make sure it's not April 1st...

It is hard to determine whether or not it's a parody.........thus my reason for choosing it.

 

[truecoat]

Can't legitimately rule this out

Does Shweeb make the Plumbus?

 

[Progress.City]

In the small city I'm living at, they are linking new buildings that are under construction together using an elevated fixed track system that is definitely more high tech and higher capacity than this proposed gondola system. If it's cost-effective here to build such a system, I can't understand way a big company like Disney can't do it. I took these pictures of the system under construction yesterday to give an idea what I'm talking about...

 

[TimeTrip]

In the small city I'm living at, they are linking new buildings that are under construction together using an elevated fixed track system that is definitely more high tech and higher capacity than this proposed gondola system. If it's cost-effective here to build such a system, I can't understand way a big company like Disney can't do it. I took these pictures of the system under construction yesterday to give an idea what I'm talking about...

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Any other info available for this system? How long? How many stops? Cost?

 

[tissandtully]

One of my original armchair projects lives then. The script would practically write itself.

Is this not Bob Iger's account? I thought it was...

 

[GoofGoof]

In the small city I'm living at, they are linking new buildings that are under construction together using an elevated fixed track system that is definitely more high tech and higher capacity than this proposed gondola system. If it's cost-effective here to build such a system, I can't understand way a big company like Disney can't do it. I took these pictures of the system under construction yesterday to give an idea what I'm talking about...

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Looks kinda expensive to me. The beauty of the gondola system is that you only need to build a few support towers and connect them with cables. The stations can also be ground level instead of elevated which saves majorly on costs like elevators and infrastructure.

I think they went with a cheaper and more flexible option with the gondolas.

 

[NoTime42]

In the small city I'm living at, they are linking new buildings that are under construction together using an elevated fixed track system that is definitely more high tech and higher capacity than this proposed gondola system. If it's cost-effective here to build such a system, I can't understand way a big company like Disney can't do it. I took these pictures of the system under construction yesterday to give an idea what I'm talking about...

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Very cool.

But the problem in WDW is the $$$ required to build solid foundations in swamp land. In WDW, every support column requires an expensive foundation.

 

[GoofGoof]

Very cool.

But the problem in WDW is the $$$ required to build solid foundations in swamp land. In WDW, every support column requires an expensive foundation.

Yep. The more weight supported the more expensive the support columns too. Concrete and metal are a whole lot heavier than cables.

 

[jt04]

In the small city I'm living at, they are linking new buildings that are under construction together using an elevated fixed track system that is definitely more high tech and higher capacity than this proposed gondola system. If it's cost-effective here to build such a system, I can't understand way a big company like Disney can't do it. I took these pictures of the system under construction yesterday to give an idea what I'm talking about...

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What city or what is the name of the system?