Just wanted to add that boardwalk won’t have a physical station. It’s just a turn in the line
Correct. Same cable arrangement, but without the loading and unloading.
Just wanted to add that boardwalk won’t have a physical station. It’s just a turn in the line
I agree, I was using very extreme numbers to illustrate just how over capacity this system is. I highly doubt there will even be more than a couple minute line except at closing and even then I'd bet it was less than 10-15 minutes, much better than the bus, especially considering total time from exit to resort.And those are VERY generous numbers since it's essentially discounting that (a) MK is the most popular park for people to go to, (b) people spend time going to water parks / Disney Springs / Other resorts, and (c) some people have days where they just stay at their resort.
Here's how I prefer to think about it - a resort like Pop Century currently has a bus go to Epcot every 15 minutes, and a bus go to DHS every 15 minutes in the morning starting at say 8 AM. If each bus full holds 60 people, then that's 240 people per hour leaving Pop for DHS and Epcot each. If we add in CBR, AOA, and Riviera - that's just under 1000 people an hour traveling in each direction in the morning that are traveling to these two parks RIGHT NOW. You are suggesting it will be five times what the current # of people going to the parks are. And while I agree having the gondolas there may increase those traveling to these parks slightly - you are not going to get anywhere near 5400 people in three hours.
I believe this is correct, they will still come off the cable and slow down. The difficulty here is that all the other stations have a secondary loop that allows to take some gondolas off the cable for wheelchair ECV loading. From what we know of Gondola design/photos of the station it appears that Riviera won't have this option. (Makes me wonder if they will have to have special transport from Riviera for wheelchair/ECV.) But otherwise it will work very similar to the other locations.
Spring-summer 2019Sorry if this is mentioned somewhere in this thread, but when is the gondala system rumored to open?
I just booked our August 2019 trip at CB and the CM said the Gondola system should be running by then.Sorry if this is mentioned somewhere in this thread, but when is the gondala system rumored to open?
An official opening dates of the Skyliner has not been announced. I would take this information with a grain of salt. It's the CM's best guess.I just booked our August 2019 trip at CB and the CM said the Gondola system should be running by then.
I don't disagree, but most of our estimates have been late spring/early summer. It's probably a safe bet that August will have a functioning Skyliner. However, as you said, it is not announced so it is all conjecture.An official opening dates of the Skyliner has not been announced. I would take this information with a grain of salt. It's the CM's best guess.
Here is what the Swan / Dolphin are showing, notice the end date is 1 week earlier than Christmas day.
This work sounds like it will be cable pulls that will impact all the Epcot resorts and just not the Swan / Dolphin.
Makes sense, its been rumored to be in early December.I didn't see a reference to this here, so FWIW, I thought I'd pass it on from the Swolphin forum:
Makes sense, its been rumored to be in early December.
I’m not completely familiar with how it works so they could be doing other work as well while the boats are down.I must say, however, that I'm confused as to why they would have to close down the friendship boats for that long. Other than at the IG, I don't see where the Skyliner would impact the boats. Will it really take 2-3 weeks to run the cables at the Epcot station?
Most probably a liability issue. They must require a substantial distance from the stations during the cabling. In case something were to release abruptly at a high pressure.I’m not completely familiar with how it works so they could be doing other work as well while the boats are down.
I must say, however, that I'm confused as to why they would have to close down the friendship boats for that long. Other than at the IG, I don't see where the Skyliner would impact the boats. Will it really take 2-3 weeks to run the cables at the Epcot station?
I must say, however, that I'm confused as to why they would have to close down the friendship boats for that long. Other than at the IG, I don't see where the Skyliner would impact the boats. Will it really take 2-3 weeks to run the cables at the Epcot station?
I’m not completely familiar with how it works so they could be doing other work as well while the boats are down.
Given the proximity to certain areas of CBR, will they close those buildings while running cable? That cable cuts a swathe through that area.
Maybe there will just be periods of time where guests cannot be in those areas or something?Given the proximity to certain areas of CBR, will they close those buildings while running cable? That cable cuts a swathe through that area.