Disney Skyliner - Gondola Transportation System

[Doug A.]

It really all depends on what kind of finish they use. DensGlass is used for Dryvit and concrete finishes, plywood for siding or anything that would be screwed or nailed to the outside.
ETA: my guess is they will use a metal like siding to match the wheelhouse for the gondola?

 

[Scott W.]

 

[AlexanderMBush]

 

[GAcoaster]

The first member of the "test and adjust" crew have just reported to Skyliner to begin the process of bringing it online.

 

[Nick]

I’m not a fan of the red stripe

 

[Nick]

BlogMickey got some good pics of the Riviera station:

PHOTOS: Hidden Mickey and Minnie Decorative Elements Added to Disney Skyliner Station at Disney's Riviera Resort - Blog Mickey

 

[ChristopherSE]

Looks like we’ve started testing

 

[Nick]

Seems as if the fleet has arrived:

You can see that the gondolas are already painted their different colors:

Gondola at DHS:

PHOTOS: Fleet of Disney Skyliner Gondola Cabins Spotted at Walt Disney World - Blog Mickey

Just a few days ago bio got an aerial of the same storage facility and it was still empty, so this is recent:

 

[Scott W.]

PHOTOS: New Concept Art Released for Disney Skyliner Station at Disney's Riviera Resort - Blog Mickey

I’m assuming that they’re vinyl wrapped and not painted.

 

[JoeCamel]

Where are the red ones?

 

[Alicia]

Where are the red ones?

This one's red I think:

 

[JoeCamel]

This one's red I think:

With that being the one they use for testing hanging it on a forklift I expect it will need a new wrap before it sees service.
Maybe this week the storage will get many, many additions as they are trucked from JAX. Might be worth a trip over to see what can be seen...

 

[LieutLaww]

It shouldn't need a new wrap, thats why it is all covered up to protect it from the elements/testing etc

 

[SkiBum]

It shouldn't need a new wrap, thats why it is all covered up to protect it from the elements/testing etc

If they get damaged that easily, how will they hold up during full service, right?

 

[rhino4evr]

So will they just be hanging out in the wide open and testing until this thing opens? What happens at the end of the day when service ends, do they sit up there hanging or do they all come in to storage?

 

[Nick]

So will they just be hanging out in the wide open and testing until this thing opens? What happens at the end of the day when service ends, do they sit up there hanging or do they all come in to storage?

Currently, I believe that the Gondola cabins that have been placed into stations are hanging out there currently. The system, while it is running, is in the testing phase, so they aren't just sending Gondolas on there way from station to station yet.

 

[Doug A.]

So will they just be hanging out in the wide open and testing until this thing opens? What happens at the end of the day when service ends, do they sit up there hanging or do they all come in to storage?

Presumably they just stay where they are: in the air, station etc. I would imagine it would be to costly and time consuming to remove them all and reinstall them nightly/morning.

 

[Nick]

Presumably they just stay where they are: in the air, station etc. I would imagine it would be to costly and time consuming to remove them all and reinstall them nightly/morning.

When the system is up and running, I believe all gondolas will go back each night. They will then start circulating the system in the morning to get Gondolas to each station, which will take about 5 minutes.

 

[Doug A.]

When the system is up and running, I believe all gondolas will go back each night. They will then start circulating the system in the morning to get Gondolas to each station, which will take about 5 minutes.

Interesting and I could see the benefits of operating the system in such a manner. All of my experience with gondolas has been on mountains nothing in the transportation side of it.

 

[Scott W.]

When the system is up and running, I believe all gondolas will go back each night. They will then start circulating the system in the morning to get Gondolas to each station, which will take about 5 minutes.

If they go into a central storage, I assume that this means that they can redirect how many gondolas are on each route?