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[cindy_k]

"Daddy, what are those boats for?"

"Oh those are just in case the gondola stops working and we are stuck over the water and Mickey has to rescue us before lightning strikes the cabin and ignites the propane powered AC unit and it explodes."

... and then we get eaten by alligators.

 

[po1998]

Is there a way to block everything in this thread going forward except for those with actual gondola info(@Lift Blog , @danlb_2000 , @marni1971 , etc...). The nonsense is never ending.

@The Mom

 

[meyeet]

Is there a way to block everything in this thread going forward except for those with actual gondola info(@Lift Blog , @danlb_2000 , @marni1971 , etc...). The nonsense is never ending.

@The Mom

Just scroll quickly, hoping they don't change their avatars.

 

[note2001]

I think it's interesting they are using a floating dock design, even tho hourglass is a stand-alone lake.

Most of the lakes/ponds in this area of florida are ancient sink holes. No telling how deep they are. Floating docks make sense if the water is too deep or the ground beneath could become unstable.

 

[larryz]

The nonsense is never ending.

If all we wanted was facts, we could just monitor the Disney blog.

 

[Flalex72]

Most of the lakes/ponds in this area of florida are ancient sink holes. No telling how deep they are. Floating docks make sense if the water is too deep or the ground beneath could become unstable.

Understandable, but the dock and more importantly the gondola towers are supported by piles, which we hope were driven into something more than an endless void.

 

[mmascari]

Most of the lakes/ponds in this area of florida are ancient sink holes. No telling how deep they are. Floating docks make sense if the water is too deep or the ground beneath could become unstable.

Understandable, but the dock and more importantly the gondola towers are supported by piles, which we hope were driven into something more than an endless void.

Different requirements.

The station and the towers have stability requirements. However, as long as they are far enough above the high water mark, the distance from them to the top of the water doesn't really matter. It could shift by several feet and still be fine.

The dock doesn't have the same stability requirements, if it bobs and rocks as the water level changes and people walk on it, that's not an issue. However, the top of the dock to the top of the water needs to be a relatively stable distance. It cannot shift by several feet without creating an issue. It's really the boarding height of the boat vs the top of the dock, but the boat moves up and down with the water level.

Water level may not change by that much, but even a stand alone lake has some changes in water level. Different solutions for different requirements.

 

[peter11435]

Most of the lakes/ponds in this area of florida are ancient sink holes. No telling how deep they are. Floating docks make sense if the water is too deep or the ground beneath could become unstable.

It’s a man made lake. Created by Disney decades ago and modified for the original Pop Century project.

 

[flynnibus]

Most of the lakes/ponds in this area of florida are ancient sink holes. No telling how deep they are. Floating docks make sense if the water is too deep or the ground beneath could become unstable.

No... the floating dock is secured with pilings just like any other dock.. you can see them in the drawing along with the mooring piles. The platform is simply built to be able to adjust to the water height vs being at a fixed height. Useful when you have large tide swings... or I guess in this situation, where droughts or rain change the water level.

 

[Goofyernmost]

Center the lake, making access equal in any direction makes sense to me. And the floating dock might mean that the boat is not going to be permanently docked there. Hard to tell. I'm sure they will test it regularly, so they might just keep it docked there to be ready in case of need. I guess, it is yet another thing that we may have to wait to find out about. It's far more important that they have a plan then that we know the details about it.

 

[lazyboy97o]

or I guess in this situation, where droughts or rain change the water level.

This is really the big reason. It’s amazing how much lakes can change between a dry winter and a wet summer.

 

[larryz]

This is really the big reason. It’s amazing how much lakes can change between a dry winter and a wet summer.

Indeed. I've seen lakes vary by as much as 3 people.

 

[Bender123]

Is there a way to block everything in this thread going forward except for those with actual gondola info(@Lift Blog , @danlb_2000 , @marni1971 , etc...). The nonsense is never ending.

@The Mom

What type of non-sense would you like?

 

[JoeCamel]

What type of non-sense would you like?

Well the good kind of course! 9 more months to go til this baby is born. Plenty of time for nonsense.

 

[raymusiccity]

"...sends us into the Twilight Zone."

Since Disney is controlling the 'horizontal' and the 'vertical'.....it's more like the Outer Limits!

 

[Clyde Birdbrain]

This was the station on Hourglass Lake on Sunday. I was impressed by the progress.

 

[KBLovedDisney]

Since Disney is controlling the 'horizontal' and the 'vertical'.....it's more like the Outer Limits!

I had to Google that

 

[bpiper]

I'm interested in what kind of boat will be used. Will it be basically a barge with a tall, maybe retractable structure on it to reach up to the gondolas or will it be more like a giant flat open barge so that rescuers have a place to lower people from the gondola in a harness? @Lift Blog, do you know how other gondola operators handle evac's over water?

 

[Kamikaze]

I'm interested in what kind of boat will be used. Will it be basically a barge with a tall, maybe retractable structure on it to reach up to the gondolas or will it be more like a giant flat open barge so that rescuers have a place to lower people from the gondola in a harness? @Lift Blog, do you know how other gondola operators handle evac's over water?

Small boat with a scissor lift on it, basically.

 

[ABQ]

Small boat with a scissor lift on it, basically.

Now we know where Sammy Duvall's moved to.