Skyliner down at EP tonight. Crash?

[UNCgolf]

I mean…you don’t hear about every bus accident. And are we counting each gondola? Lots of miles.

I think the bigger issue is that it brings the entire service to a halt when it does crash. When a Disney bus crashes, it's only the guests on that particular bus that are inconvenienced as opposed to everyone on the entire bus system.

The monorail does have a similar problem, although I don't know how the overall reliability compares. It really only becomes a major problem if it's the only mode of transportation, which won't ever happen.

As for being melodramatic -- I didn't watch the video because I don't care, so maybe the video itself was ridiculous. Someone having a panic attack trapped on the Skyliner is a realistic possibility, though, and not melodramatic at all. Anyone who's claustrophobic or acrophobic could have a serious problem stuck there for relatively long periods of time.

 

[Parker in NYC]

THE SKYLINER IS THE BEST THING TO EVER HAPPEN AT WDW. I won't have a word said against it.




A novel, however, is perfectly acceptable.

 

[Parker in NYC]

So do buses. And cars. And boats.

And the flu.

 

[ABQ]

Seems that these crash more often than other Disney transportation per mile covered.

How frequently have they crashed into one another? Actual numbers available?

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

How frequently have they crashed into one another? Actual numbers available?

I think 3 times?

 

[matt9112]

I mean…you don’t hear about every bus accident. And are we counting each gondola? Lots of miles.

A bus crash dosen't make every other bus on property stop doing bus stuff....a more accurate comparison would be a monorail breakdown. But yeah sure.

 

[Doberge]

This would be terrible for my phobia. I ride the skyliner anyway but have to start calming myself when it stops.

Yes, I'm seeking help...

 

[Doberge]

As for being melodramatic -- I didn't watch the video because I don't care, so maybe the video itself was ridiculous. Someone having a panic attack trapped on the Skyliner is a realistic possibility, though, and not melodramatic at all. Anyone who's claustrophobic or acrophobic could have a serious problem stuck there for relatively long periods of time.

Cleithrophobia is fear of being trapped and is usually more apt here. It's the uncertainty of knowing when one will be free that triggers the anxiety. It gets me sometimes on rides too when stuck on a vehicle or in a show room. For example Rise has a few things like the first show room, shuttle transport, and interrogation room that sometimes get backed up when group ahead is slow or part of the attraction breaks down.

 

[GimpYancIent]

That's what the ventilation slats are for. And if you're over France, it just adds to the theming. Le Craperie de Paris and all that.

Oh, so you have been to France. You are correct it would make the theming more authentic.

 

[Zummi Gummi]

Kelly/Karen appears to have been pacified with water, a free umbrella, a gift card, and possibly free admission to Epcot.

 

[GimpYancIent]

Seriously though, these things do have to seem a disturbing habit of crashing into one another...

True such incidents do not help perceptions about safety, but, I do not know of any mode of transportation that does not have periodic issues yet don't get the social media coverage of Disney transportation.

 

[GimpYancIent]

Kelly/Karen appears to have been pacified with water, a free umbrella, a gift card, and possibly free admission to Epcot. View attachment 562783

Another happy customer! See.

 

[UNCgolf]

Cleithrophobia is fear of being trapped and is usually more apt here. It's the uncertainty of knowing when one will be free that triggers the anxiety. It gets me sometimes on rides too when stuck on a vehicle or in a show room. For example Rise has a few things like the first show room, shuttle transport, and interrogation room that sometimes get backed up when group ahead is slow or part of the attraction breaks down.

That's another applicable one. I'm acrophobic, though, and while I don't like the Skyliner in general -- much prefer the buses and have no plans to ever stay at a Skyliner resort since they expect you to use it to get around -- I can ride it when I know it's going to be a 5-10 minute trip. If I was actually stuck up there for an indefinite period of time, I would get very anxious very fast.

 

[ABQ]

Another happy customer! See.

I just hope they did the same for everyone and not just the melodramatic mob on Twitter.

 

[Parker in NYC]

True such incidents do not help perceptions about safety, but, I do not know of any mode of transportation that does not have periodic issues yet don't get the social media coverage of Disney transportation.

People are going to ride it, it isn't going anywhere, but surely I'm no longer defending a cheaply constructed mode of transport in this, the age of DVC over Party. I mean, After Hours over Party. Disney over.... easy.

 

[Little Green Men]

People are going to ride it, it isn't going anywhere, but surely I'm no longer defending a cheaply constructed mode of transport in this, the age of DVC over Party. I mean, After Hours over Party. Disney over.... easy.

Highly doubt its cheaply made

 

[Parker in NYC]

Highly doubt its cheaply made

Sorry, Chapek-ly made. Whatever, he inherited it -- the buck stops there (now). Or at least, it stops up in the air for an hour+.

 

[drew81]

You'd think the "premier" resort in the entire world could figure this out.

 

[NelsonRD]

So do buses. And cars. And boats.

Are you trying to compare a fixed-track automated transportation system, to human driven traffic?

If a horse falls off the carousel, are you going to suggest horses get loose in the wild too?

The number of incidents seems high to me for the skyliner, but I have no metrics to compare to when the system was purchased of how many times gondolas can acceptably crash into each other per year.

 

[Parker in NYC]

You'd think the "premier" resort in the entire world could figure this out.

The premier resort that used to be WDW would never have built this monstrosity.

Are you trying to compare a fixed-track automated transportation system, to human driven traffic?

If a horse falls off the carousel, are you going to suggest horses get loose in the wild too?

The number of incidents seems high to me for the skyliner, but I have no metrics to compare to when the system was purchased of how many times gondolas can acceptably crash into each other per year.

In my 35 years of traveling to Disney, I haven't once been stuck on any of Disney's modes of transport. Save for Rise of the Resistance, but then, that's new and they no longer know how to build things properly. Or at least, they do, and the suits won't pay for it.