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News New Gondola Transportation - Disney Skyliner -
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Gatorboy
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And we're back again, see ya in another 150 pages
It could as early as April 2019. Desire is June/July. October is deadline.
Bartattack
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But will it have music and a nice "We now arrive at.... " spiel?
Kamikaze
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Bender123
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As stated earlier, this will not be the solution used, but the cabs detatch from the cable at the load platform and move at a very slow pace for loading, before being launched back onto the main cable. For the vast majority of handicap users, it will be slow enough that they will have plenty of time to load.
ABQ
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Excuse my ignorance if it's already been discussed, but will security screening be moved out to the Friendship boat dock? Or perhaps back to the resorts? Just trying to envision the Studios screening process once the Skyliner is in as those passengers are already inside the secure area.
Movielover
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I imagine the whole plaza area there will see some sort of rearranging of security and guest flow due to the gondolas, But I don't think anything's been revealed yet besides the already seen bus lanes and fences. I doubt the Friendship boats are going to become part of the screened area.
ABQ
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Yes, that part I knew, just looking at the boat dock at both Epcot and the Studios, I'm curious if they'll change anything. They don't dock very often, so I suppose it's no big deal to leave them outside the security bubble and just have a small screening area dedicated to them.
Grimley1968
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I'm not basing what I say in anything known about the construction, but I'd bet that there will be separate security for the boats at DHS. It's a fairly narrow path and would be easy to have a small setup blocking that path with security screening.
Don't look at just the literal Gondola parts, but include the rest of it. And, add in that they're doing all of it while keeping services mostly open and unaffected next to the active construction.
For instance:
- Boat ramp at POP/AOA and parking lot changes.
- Bus loop remodel at DHS. While still active, in multiple stages getting out of the way then to a final configuration later.
- IG work to reconfigure plaza security and other impacts.
The work at CBR and Riviera are probably the easiest to compare to other things, since they're farther from active services.
It's the same reason that it's way more expensive to fix an active road than to simply shut it down for the duration of repairs. All those extra costs to divert traffic or limit work times, and keep active traffic possible.
A ski resort doesn't have any of these issues. They basically shutdown an entire area and give the gondola construction exclusive access to the area.
It wouldn't surprise me if all the ancillary stuff surrounding the system including the temporary moves and then final moves as stuff is reconfigured is a third or half of the total cost compared to the straight up gondola parts. In the budget numbers, all that stuff would be included in the project costs, since you wouldn't do it if you were not doing the entire project.
DisneyJeff
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I think the largest expense for this project are these see-through construction fences. Very impressive!! I almost looks like there is nothing there!!
The gondolas do indeed slow down at a station for everyone. They move at a crawl. More than enough time for vehicles....
Gondola on wheels...
po1998
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I would believe you. I'd be hit hard by sticker shock, but I would believe it.
BEARSHOUSE4
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JoeCamel
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Interesting that they would use an Italian company. What happened to German pride? price?