Yes there are systems where gondola vehicles can be added or removed from a line without stopping or slowing down the rest of the vehicles. It requires a more complicated and expensive system but it does exist. Here is an article that gives some more detail.
With a station setup like the photos attached, groups with mobility scooters and strollers could be directed to one platform and all other guest to a separate platform similar to security checks where there are separate lines for individuals with bags and those without. The platform without strollers and scooters will obviously load faster and keep the capacity higher per hour.
You are correct about the impact on rides, I assume that's due to the necessity for the accessibility device user to transfer. Crossing fingers that the gondola will be more like the monorail and just simply drive on with little issue.
But this also assumes that both boarding loops will be sufficient to address the demands of incoming/outgoing passenger vehicles, because if it isn't, the main line will necessarily have to be halted until the backlog is cleared, IF the backlog is cleared. Continuing with Small World as an example, the delays at load are almost always such that boats waiting to unload are backed up clear across the final two rooms. Granted, the total number of vehicles in circulation on the loop is also a factor of this condition.
Two weeks? Good, maybe we will see some movement on this and the thread can get back to the project rather than blue sky armchair guesses about future projects real or imagined
Swamp boats.
Very neat paper you posted. I thought this intermediary station was interesting as it could serve some purposes shown in previous conversation.
I agree with that but a two platform system would at least decrease that disruption in service. I don't think a gondola should replace the monorail I just wanted to show what Gondolas could do in a specific situation.
