Multiple parties on Skyliner

[OKW Lover]

Not a chance they honor this after this year is over. The whole point is to load the gondolas to capacity to move people faster.

That was their goal before the virus hit as well.

 

[Moliphino]

We are arriving this weekend and my husband says he will be requesting to ride alone every time. We're staying at Riviera, and with our dates there is nowhere to move to with the space we need. With our 10 year olds health issues, and the fact she can't get a vaccine yet, we aren't ready to ride with others. We feel comfortable alone, and elsewhere on property, but this just doesn't feel right especially if they put us in with a family who is just rude and refuses to take proper safety measures. We're vaccinated, but I'm still going to wear a mask on transportation as we're supposed to do, but I don't trust others to. I've already sent a bit of a heated email, I'm really not happy about this.

This would probably be particularly difficult at Riviera as it depends on an empty gondola being sent from another station.

 

[smilechaser]

We will be requesting our on gondola for sure. If you're the person in line behind us who takes offense to this, apologies in advance but I don't trust roughly 50% of our population to do the right thing.

good luck with that! They told me it was not an option. I agree with you.

 

[CastAStone]

That was their goal before the virus hit as well.

They were not particularly good at it precovid IIRC, people were guessing that the typical gondola had 1 or 2 parties and perhaps 5-7 people vs a capacity of 10. 10 healthy 22 year olds could probably board in the 10-15 second window you get but small children, people who walk slowly, strollers (open or folded) and people who are just scared of walking onto something moving slow that down tremendously.

 

[Ghost Host 998]

While we enjoyed riding with just our own party post-covid, the SL was always meant to be a mass transit system. Pre-covid Disney was loading the gondolas with multiple parties, sometimes more than 2 parties, up to 10 people per gondola. In reality, they were only doing this during the busiest times such as park opening and closing, during most off-times it was usually 1 party per. My family is choosing to look at this as a twofold positive. 1) Wait times and lines should move quicker at park opening and closing, and B) this is one step closer to a return to normalcy.

 

[Pyotr]

My wife and I rode a skyliner with a very nice couple after Epcot closed tonight. I had no issues with it.

The line to get on had multiple switchbacks with zero, and I mean absolute zero, social distancing.

 

[Brett Wyman]

good luck with that! They told me it was not an option. I agree with you.

I mean I understand them saying no if it’s morning HS rush and a 45 minute wait.

 

[Pyotr]

I mean I understand them saying no if it’s morning HS rush and a 45 minute wait.

I rode the Skyliner 4 times yesterday. The first 3, there were not a lot of people getting on and we got our own gondola. At the end of the night, when there was a huge line, we were placed with another group. Maybe If someone’s wants their own gondola, they shouldn’t rope drop or leave at the end of the night.

 

[mamaofsix]

Any reports from those who are there as to the wait times at park close and open now that the rules have changed?

 

[tigger2002]

What is a positive experience in meeting new people?

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All of our experiences in meeting people on the gondola have been positive. People are usually friendly if you are friendly to them. Of course it could have always been just the "right" 50%. It's Disney World people, have fun and be friendly!!
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[CastAStone]

My wife and I rode a skyliner with a very nice couple after Epcot closed tonight. I had no issues with it.

The line to get on had multiple switchbacks with zero, and I mean absolute zero, social distancing.

How long was the wait at park close? When we were there a few weeks ago the line stretched down the pathway to Hollywood studios, curious if it was still that long With them attempting to double up parties

 

[Pyotr]

How long was the wait at park close? When we were there a few weeks ago the line stretched down the pathway to Hollywood studios, curious if it was still that long With them attempting to double up parties

It looks like I was wrong. Park close was 10, and we left at 9:15. We waited maybe 20 minutes to get on.

 

[Dizznee Freak]

What strikes me as I read this thread is amazement at how we can go the Most Magical Place on Earth and be so averse to strangers. To me meeting different people that have something in common like Disney is part of the Magic. I absolutely enjoy talking to strangers in DW. Remember... "A stranger is a friend you haven't met yet"

 

[Meglen]

What strikes me as I read this thread is amazement at how we can go the Most Magical Place on Earth and be so averse to strangers. To me meeting different people that have something in common like Disney is part of the Magic. I absolutely enjoy talking to strangers in DW. Remember... "A stranger is a friend you haven't met yet"

I go to disney to enjoy it and my family. I never factor in meeting strangers in my enjoyment of disney. I am very awkward and bound to start talking in any accent a person has (idk my brain is mean and does this) and I dont wanna be rude to folks so just saying hi have a nice day is the most I have to add to conversation. My husband is the one who handles these situations and has a decent time tlaking to folks but he does it for work so idk if he is jsut really good at faking it lol

 

[bookgirl2632]

What strikes me as I read this thread is amazement at how we can go the Most Magical Place on Earth and be so averse to strangers. To me meeting different people that have something in common like Disney is part of the Magic. I absolutely enjoy talking to strangers in DW. Remember... "A stranger is a friend you haven't met yet"

While I am an introvert and pretty shy, I can get to talking when there is clear common ground. So at Disney, though I usually don’t initiate conversations with strangers, I will gladly engage with them. My mother is the one who is gifted with being a 100% people person. She’ll come away from a 10 minute conversation having made a new best friend, or so it seems.

 

[LiteBrite]

Any reports from those who are there as to the wait times at park close and open now that the rules have changed?

We rode last night 30 minutes after official closing time at the Studios. There was a line out on the sidewalk in front of the station stretching roughly to the end of the station. It moved quickly and only took about 10 minutes. We were between 2 families of 5 in the line, each with a stroller and 2 bigger children, one seemed nice and one was arguing loudly all through the line and we were nervous we would be crammed in with them, but we ended up being paired with a mother and teenage daughter who were very nice and kept their masks on.

 

[scrappinginontario]

This post has been cleaned up to remove off topic discussions.

Please feel free to comment on actual experiences but cease discussion re: vaccinations or how masks will/will not protect a person. Keep on topic as to actual experiences re: Skyliner.

If this thread continues to be a vaccine/mask discussion debate location it will be closed permanently.

 

[Pyotr]

We rode the Skyliner Multiple times the last few days and was only placed with another group once. I would recommend travelling at an off time if you want a gondola of your own.

 

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[shawthorne44]

Seems like the ideal thing would be to not allow people to ride alone, and to bring back the buses.
People that don't want to ride a gondola with other people could then get on a bus.