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[trainplane3]

I never thought about this. Is there any lighting inside the cabins, emergency or not?

Yes there is lighting. I believe around the floor area.

 

[The Mom]

https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/skyliner-shutdown-and-evacuation.960547/

Please comment in this thread, as it is more specific. Thank you.

 

[EvilChameleon]

Yeah! read my post again please!

"Or it could just be a freak one of a kind accident as a result of several small factors leading up to a unforeseeable accident."

I did read your post. I used it as an opportunity to post the opening spiel to (the Disney-owned!) Seconds From Disaster.

 

[trainplane3]

https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/skyliner-shutdown-and-evacuation.

Please comment in this thread, as it is more specific. Thank you.

The link in your post isn't working FYI:
https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/skyliner-shutdown-and-evacuation.960547/

This is where everyone should go for the current situation ^^

 

[peter11435]

And we’ve seen issues with it too. But at least it can be more easily evac’ed than this fisher price transportation method that screams out of place

Lol

There’s nothing out of place about the skyliner. Certainly no more so than the monorail.

 

[flynnibus]

I am pretty sure we saw the three bullwheel configuration at this station that you also see at turn stations.

It has 2 wheels with one inbetween.. I don't know if we ever got a conclusion on the cable routing.

 

[flynnibus]

Remember way back when we were told the only POSSIBLE ISSUE would be a power outage and that Disney would have already accounted for it and the Gondolas were way easier and faster to evacuate than a single Monorail... boy were we naive...

Maybe you read some other thread... because that's not the conclusion of this one.

 

[GlassHalfFull]

Maybe you read some other thread... because that's not the conclusion of this one.

1100 pages of agreement that power outage was only potential issue wasn’t it?

 

[mikesteffen]

Given the accident, it is fair to say we can talk again about "What ifs"

 

[trainplane3]

Given the accident, it is fair to say we can talk again about "What ifs"

Well, I don't think so unless a mod says otherwise and they haven't. Accident related discussion should be here: https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/skyliner-shutdown-and-evacuation.960547/

 

[flynnibus]

In things I learned today... they have a side spur/rail right there in the station

So.. we should look everywhere there is the red markings along the ceiling panels. Those have marked all the switch points.

 

[joelkfla]

Replaced with correct link .

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Link does not work.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Link does not work.

Disney Skyliner shutdown and evacuation - October 6 2019

Not even the first week of operation and there's already been a crash, looks like Disney is just now starting evacuating the cabins one by one just 90 minutes after the initial shutdown. Hope Disney can get a refund on this absurd investment

forums.wdwmagic.com

 

[joelkfla]

Disney Skyliner shutdown and evacuation - October 6 2019

Not even the first week of operation and there's already been a crash, looks like Disney is just now starting evacuating the cabins one by one just 90 minutes after the initial shutdown. Hope Disney can get a refund on this absurd investment

forums.wdwmagic.com

I know, I was just trying to prompt a moderator to fix the link at the top of the page. It's been fixed now.

 

[danlb_2000]

It has 2 wheels with one inbetween.. I don't know if we ever got a conclusion on the cable routing.

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I believe this is how the cable would route in a station like that.

 

[flynnibus]

I believe this is how the cable would route in a station like that.

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That was my first assumption as well... but the position of the middle wheel still looked challenging from the angles we have. This was the kind of stuff I was hoping @Lift Blog was gonna dig into while he was there

 

[halltd]

That was my first assumption as well... but the position of the middle wheel still looked challenging from the angles we have. This was the kind of stuff I was hoping @Lift Blog was gonna dig into while he was there

I’m also curious if this station made the line so complex (regardless of the incident) why they just didn’t make it a terminus station. Then they could’ve put ADA spurs on there, too. No line stoppages. I think @Lift Blog even said during his visit that the Epcot line was one of the most complex ever made.

 

[Rteetz]

 

[Rteetz]

 

[danlb_2000]

I’m also curious if this station made the line so complex (regardless of the incident) why they just didn’t make it a terminus station. Then they could’ve put ADA spurs on there, too. No line stoppages. I think @Lift Blog even said during his visit that the Epcot line was one of the most complex ever made.

The problem with making it a terminus adds another transfer to the route.