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The way the windows open are different to how they usually are, which is possibly to help prevent water from entering.
Usually the windows open in, so that they can be opened and closed from the inside, they also usually pivot on the bottom not the top. These pivot on the top and open out, but possibly cannot be opened from the inside. I've never really experienced much water getting inside with the normal windows but I've also never really ridden one in hard rain.
Usually the windows open in, so that they can be opened and closed from the inside, they also usually pivot on the bottom not the top. These pivot on the top and open out, but possibly cannot be opened from the inside. I've never really experienced much water getting inside with the normal windows but I've also never really ridden one in hard rain.
It wouldn't matter whether it's a continuous cable or two separate ones; the cabins come off the cable while passing through the station regardless. If they didn't, they wouldn't be able to slow down for loading.
Yes, partially. There was a video of a cabin apparently coming onto the main track from the secondary track at DHS.
Disneyfanman
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I'm sure that this system is a huge technology upgrade to the old system that Disney and other parks used to have, but it sure looks like it works generally the same way. The cabin unclamps from the cable in the station and travels on a circuit frame for loading and unloading. Then the cabin is rolled into the queue where it waits to roll forward and reattach to the cable for travel. I used to really enjoy the ride in any park that I visited. I vividly remember going through the Matterhorn mountain in DL and looking down at the track and cars rolling through. For me the only scary moment was when the cabin "dropped" onto the cable and clamped on. I was always certain that it was going to miss and fall to the ground.
One difference here is that the start and finish seem to be much closer to the ground. At DL and WDW, when they ran the system in the parks, the cabin emerged from the station 20 or 30 off the ground at the beginning of the journey (the stations were on the 2nd story platform).
I haven't been on a system like this for 15 years. I'm pretty excited about it!
One difference here is that the start and finish seem to be much closer to the ground. At DL and WDW, when they ran the system in the parks, the cabin emerged from the station 20 or 30 off the ground at the beginning of the journey (the stations were on the 2nd story platform).
I haven't been on a system like this for 15 years. I'm pretty excited about it!
The major difference is that cabins don't normally stop for unloading and loading; they move continuously through the stations at a fraction of walking speed and accelerate smoothly to cable speed. And they are pushed through the stations by rotating tires, not by cm's.
nickys
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The type of services inside the cabins ????? Hmmm, I think you may have your expectations set a little high!
ToTBellHop
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To be fair, some would view EVERY outdoor ride as uncomfortable May through September. SSE manages to be uncomfortable 365 days of the year. I was shocked to be sweating past cave men in February.
Horizons78
Grade "A" Funny...
Im sure it was just jitters. If you take the time to stop and talk to them they’re really very nice folks.
Patcheslee
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I'm opposite until 80+ degrees I'm cold and still wear a jacket so maybe they need heating in the gondolas lol
GeneralKnowledge
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Questions like this always get me. If the engineers at Doppelmayr aren’t smart enough to design the cabins of their outdoor transportation system while the considering the impact of rainfall, that doesn’t bode well for their ability to design the rest of the complex components of the system.
Bender123
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This entire thread consists of people who act as if this is some new technology...They run them in London, so Im sure they have considered rain in the design.
Yeah, that would be like Disney designing a whole new land and not considering the need for shade.
Sure they do. But FL storms frequently come with lightning.
Nah, that would never happen.Yeah, that would be like Disney designing a whole new land and not considering the need for shade.
NormC
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And the system is quite safe in lightning as well. The reasons to close it in lightning aren't just risk mitigation but also for the comfort of the users that may be panic stricken should a storm come up while they are riding it.
Doug Means
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I'm sure they always consider the needs of shade! But then what they do about it, well they have to weight the cost of everything. if you want shade there's probably an up chargeYeah, that would be like Disney designing a whole new land and not considering the need for shade.
nace888
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Meant surfaces, hate autocorrect...The type of services inside the cabins ????? Hmmm, I think you may have your expectations set a little high!
It's not anything like I'm questioning their abilities, it was more of a curiosity question.
In my defense, who is the random question that I didn't completely think through at the time because I've been so tired.
As mentioned before, random question, didn't think about it because I've been so tired. I always forget about the other systems.
Minthorne
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they sell umbrellas and hats!
Missing20K
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Mickey Misting Fans.