Disney Skyliner (Gondola Transportation System) Read Post 1 Now Open!

[jade1]

I so hope you're right! We're booked at CBR 4/29-5/8/19 and it would be amazing if the skyliner was up and running by then. I'm not expecting it at all, but will be thrilled if we get lucky that way!

It's very likely using the skyliner (and depending on time of day etc), you will be at either IG or DHS entrance before a bus would even hit your CBR bus stop.

Trick will be how fast you can get to the CBR Skyliner.

If that's an internal bus anyway-well not so great. You could hop on any bus I presume (even MK) to get to the skyliner.

My suggestion is you request "Near the Skyliner" for a room.

Rivera is more compact, less spread out so not as important.

 

[The Pho]

I bet they will be open by then, once the tower and stations are up in doesn't take too long after that.

It really just comes down to when they can get the cable workers. And if they have to wait until the ski resorts don't have them booked, they may not be putting on the cables until November or December. But once the cable is up, they should be open fairly quickly.

 

[OSUZorba]

It really just comes down to when they can get the cable workers. And if they have to wait until the ski resorts don't have them booked, they may not be putting on the cables until November or December. But once the cable is up, they should be open fairly quickly.

I doubt there will be much of a gap in construction and the cable crews are scheduled to show up once everything would otherwise be ready for them. Costs a lot for equipment/people to sit around idle and a lot to move them out just to move it back in. I bet they are on track to get to the cables after they would be done in ski resorts, sometime after Labor Day.

 

[Weedy]

Our local news station had pictures of one of the gondola cars.

 

[Jimmy Mouse]

LOL! Found this on Twitter

 

[Turn the Page]

Wow they are shiny.

 

[WDW_Ding]

So...they just bolted a window A/C unit on each pod?

 

[mom2rtk]

LOL! Found this on Twitter

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HAH! Love it! Does this mean I can stay at the Pop Century again?

 

[SgtTibbs]

So...they just bolted a window A/C unit on each pod?

That is a Photoshop joke.

 

[amcc]

It looks like half walls of jalousie windows...the old Florida air conditioning That’s much better than the previously mentioned vents near the roof. There should definitely be a breeze blowing through as long as it stays in motion.

 

[Tigger's ally]

I am just laughing at the fact that there was paper covering it probably to keep people from seeing it but the paper was too lightweight (I work in the paper industry) to make it through the transit. Can't believe they didn't cover it better or even stick in a soft side or something. Wouldn't want to have been following that truck with the paper flying off.

 

[Tigger's ally]

That is a Photoshop joke.

and a good one at that!

 

[HopperFan]

Wow they are shiny.

You will ride the sardine cans in the sky .....

They are plus enough for you to pay the new hotel rates .....

 

[WDW_Ding]

That is a Photoshop joke.

Well, the joke is on them, because I didn't even realize!

 

[Pdollar88]

I’m planning to go in January and May 2019. Not too interested in the January trip, but really hope the skyliner will be up and running before May! We’re planning on being there May 5-11.

 

[skier_pete]

I’m planning to go in January and May 2019. Not too interested in the January trip, but really hope the skyliner will be up and running before May! We’re planning on being there May 5-11.

I think you have a better than 50/50 chance at that one. I think they'll try and get it on-line well before SWGE opens.

 

[zobow02]

Here is an article from Orlando weekly about the gondola!

https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs...gondola-system-just-took-a-major-step-forward

 

[skier_pete]

Here is an article from Orlando weekly about the gondola!

https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs...gondola-system-just-took-a-major-step-forward

Boy they managed to write an article with no new information. Good job!

 

[rteetz]

Boy they managed to write an article with no new information. Good job!

Orlando Weekly does that...

 

[zobow02]

Boy they managed to write an article with no new information. Good job!

That's Orlando weekly for yathey just want to be the first to post something about it hehe