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[msteel]

@Lift Blog I expect that (presumably numbered) cabins eventually get our of order on the line, so I wondered, do gondolas ever use automated technology like bar codes or RFID to identify and/or track a cabin's position for maintenance, etc?

 

[GCTales]

Kenny the Pirate is claiming that Doppelmayer confirmed at European IAAPA that the gondolas will NOT have A/C.

https://www.kennythepirate.com/2018...rld-gondolas-will-not-offer-air-conditioning/

Kind of surprised that they would talk about it.

 

[KrazyKat]

Bioreconstruct posted these “possible” trip times on the gondola system.

 

[NormC]

A D-line can go 15.6 MPH max speed so that table is slow.

 

[peter11435]

@Lift Blog I expect that (presumably numbered) cabins eventually get our of order on the line, so I wondered, do gondolas ever use automated technology like bar codes or RFID to identify and/or track a cabin's position for maintenance, etc?

Can’t speak for other gondola installations, but that is a standard practice for many ride vehicles across the Disney parks. I would not be surprised to see it used here.

Ride systems use this for tracking laps among other things.

 

[winstongator]

Bioreconstruct posted these “possible” trip times on the gondola system.
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This seems significantly faster than a bus, and even much faster than taking your own car.

 

[ABQ]

Bioreconstruct posted these “possible” trip times on the gondola system.
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As long as the trip is just long enough to pop my Skyliner brand Gondola Cooked Popcorn. Though a couple of those routes look like they may go too long and the popping will exceed 5 seconds between pops. No one likes burnt popcorn aroma.

 

[trainplane3]

Here's the tweet in a not ant size jpeg:

A D-line can go 15.6 MPH max speed so that table is slow.

Just because it can go that fast doesn't mean they'll run it that fast. I'm sure that even at 10mph it'll be faster then a bus.

 

[peter11435]

Here's the tweet in a not ant size jpeg:


Just because it can go that fast doesn't mean they'll run it that fast. I'm sure that even at 10mph it'll be fast then a bus.

No reason to think they won’t run the line as fast as it is capable.

 

[KrazyKat]

Here's the tweet in a not ant size jpeg:


Just because it can go that fast doesn't mean they'll run it that fast. I'm sure that even at 10mph it'll be fast then a bus.

Sorry I was posting this while very busy at work but wanted to get it out there.

 

[trainplane3]

Sorry I was posting this while very busy at work but wanted to get it out there.

It's all good! I just figured it wouldn't hurt to have the tweet here.

No reason to think they won’t run the line as fast as it is capable.

Oh I agree. I'm sure it'll come down to how fast operations feels they can handle.

 

[peter11435]

Oh I agree. I'm sure it'll come down to how fast operations feels they can handle.

Yeah.

Remember the speed of the line is not the speed in the station.

 

[trainplane3]

Apparently Bio was spot on with the speeds?

 

[Minthorne]

I think it will be much faster than any other option. Some of the legs of the journey will take less time then a red light on a bus.

 

[Lift Blog]

@Lift Blog I expect that (presumably numbered) cabins eventually get our of order on the line, so I wondered, do gondolas ever use automated technology like bar codes or RFID to identify and/or track a cabin's position for maintenance, etc?

I've never heard of anything other than numbers to keep track of cabins. Ski areas are generally quite old school.

 

[JoeCamel]

Kenny the Pirate is claiming that Doppelmayer confirmed at European IAAPA that the gondolas will NOT have A/C.

https://www.kennythepirate.com/2018...rld-gondolas-will-not-offer-air-conditioning/

Kind of surprised that they would talk about it.

Well Kenny does steal as he is a pirate but this is really old news . Go upthread about 6 months and you will see it spelled out here. He confirms nothing but does steal what he reads here.

 

[danlb_2000]

Well Kenny does steal as he is a pirate but this is really old news . Go upthread about 6 months and you will see it spelled out here. He confirms nothing but does steal what he reads here.

He claims to have gotten the info from the Europe IAAPA conference, and since there are people who still refuse to believe there will be no AC, it's always good to have another source of corroboration, especially since Jim Hill recently claimed otherwise.

 

[SLUSHIE]

@Lift Blog I expect that (presumably numbered) cabins eventually get our of order on the line, so I wondered, do gondolas ever use automated technology like bar codes or RFID to identify and/or track a cabin's position for maintenance, etc?

The system keeps track of all the cabins in the terminal, but it doesn't know which number cabin it is. Newer systems allow you to mark a chair, so that a 'signal' alarm will go off when it reaches the other station but I'm pretty sure that's just done by counting and nothing more complex.

The gondola I worked had no signal, and even if it did you would still call the number ahead and mention what is it, like a wheelchair, bag of trash etc. so the operator knew what to do once it got there. Yes on a gondola the cabins are usually in completely random order, but once you work a lift for a while it becomes completely second nature. You will be standing there and then suddenly think 'oh yeah I was supposed to be looking for cabin 16' and then it just happens to be the very next one.

I could see how they could bar code or whatever just to make it easier to keep track of maintenance of a cabin itself, but the system doesn't use anything like that.

 

[GCTales]

Well Kenny does steal as he is a pirate but this is really old news . Go upthread about 6 months and you will see it spelled out here. He confirms nothing but does steal what he reads here.

I disagree. IAAPA 2017 was about this time last year and the skyliner wasn't announced until D23. IAAPA Europe 2018 started today. So either Doppelmayer was talking about it before the system was announced and we all somehow missed it (highly unlikely) or someone talked today to Doppelmayer at the show and Kenny the Pirate posted it (more Likely).

Yes, our insiders have said all along that there would be no A/C, but this appear so he first time someone "official" associated with either Disney or Doppelmayer has said there would be no A/C.

 

[marni1971]

A D-line can go 15.6 MPH max speed so that table is slow.

This system will be around 11 mph.