News Round Up 2019

[amberpi]

I SO love your positivity on these boards -- thank you for not getting dragged down by the inevitable negativity that crops up anywhere online -- I LOVE IT!

+1 to that, even when I don't agree, it's still refreshing.

Maybe the Gondolas will become as cool as the monorail was to me as a child. And maybe I'll even begrudging try it out if onsite is the only way to see GE.

 

[The Pho]

I'm shocked to learn this park was around more than 10 years before Disney. I assumed Disney was the first in the Central Florida theme park game.

Well when it opened it was a fancy brewery essentially. Then expanded more into a zoo. It morphed into a theme park later.

 

[amberpi]

I think it will be much more convenient than the Friendship boats due to it's continuous load. More than once I have waited for a Friendship boat only for it to fill to capacity before I could get on. The next boat was 15-20 mins later. The capacity of the gondolas compared to the capacity of the Friendship boats is much higher in the same amount of time.

I agree! Higher capacity. No wait for 'traffic'. Continuous load. Skyliner will be quicker for sure!

With the boats though you always have the ability to just walk it before another boat could get there. The Gondolas will not have such flexibility. I'm sure this has been asked, but how will weather affect them? It certainly affects the Friendships.

 

[Firebird060]

Im not saying that the skyliner wont be faster, as long as Disney can manage the load queue for it well and however long it takes to unload/load Wheelchairs and such, it should in theory be quicker, but quicker doesnt mean more convenient. If you are the farthest away from the Gondala station at your resort, it could still take you as long to get there and load in as it would for someone to get on a boat at one of the aforementioned resorts and get to the park of there choice. As for From Epcot to HS or vice versa it should be quicker, although the path i believe it takes is a tad bit longer. I have had on occasion when staying at the Poly found it quicker if I caught the boat to MK then say taking the monorail. In practice the Monorail should be quicker, but its not always the case. Though that is for other reasons at time.

 

[Q-man]

BLT is walking distance to the MK. That's huge. I do think the gondolas will help, as will the newness. But that pricing structure seems optimistic without walking access to at least one park.

The gondola will be able to deliver you to two parks in the amount of time it takes to walk from BLT to MK.

Keep in mind Pandora made AK the second most visited park there is no telling what SWGE will do for DHS.

 

[rteetz]

Just wanted to mention we have threads for the Skyliner, Riviera Resort, as well as all things Star Wars. Links are on the first post of this thread.

 

[Q-man]

With the boats though you always have the ability to just walk it before another boat could get there. The Gondolas will not have such flexibility. I'm sure this has been asked, but how will weather affect them? It certainly affects the Friendships.

You can walk it in the 8-10 seconds before the next gondola car arrives?

As for weather, they use theses at ski resorts in the mountains.

 

[MissGina5]

With the boats though you always have the ability to just walk it before another boat could get there. The Gondolas will not have such flexibility. I'm sure this has been asked, but how will weather affect them? It certainly affects the Friendships.

Even with this being true, its an offering that wasn't there before and is more than just "take the bus", so it can't hurt to have the extra transport and if the weather affects it, you won't be SOL to get to the parks.

 

[hertamaniac]

I assumed Disney was the first in the Central Florida theme park game.

Not sure if it qualifies as a theme park, but Six Gun territory in Ocala, FL opened in 1963 (and had gondolas).

"Walt Disney himself was in Ocala 10 months after Six Gun opened. On the morning of Nov. 22, 1963, he was aboard an airplane that took off from Ocala, scoping sites for Project Future, an idea that would become Walt Disney World."

Interesting history about what went into Walt's decision to choose Orlando.

https://www.ocala.com/news/20101229/remembering-six-gun-territory

 

[Q-man]

I think it will be much more convenient than the Friendship boats due to it's continuous load. More than once I have waited for a Friendship boat only for it to fill to capacity before I could get on. The next boat was 15-20 mins later. The capacity of the gondolas compared to the capacity of the Friendship boats is much higher in the same amount of time.

IIRC there are 10 rows of seats on a friendship boat, so let's give a generous 120 person capacity for all seats(80 people) and standing room being filled. That would be 3 minutes of gondola capacity. In the amount of time between friendship boats the gondolas can move 5 boats worth of max capacity.

 

[rteetz]

News

PHOTOS: Disney Parks D-Lish Collection’s Newest Addition is Snack Socks

 

[rteetz]

News

PHOTOS: Poster Art of the Disney Parks and Maps of the Disney Parks Coloring Books Arrive at Epcot

 

[rteetz]

News

The Weekly Walt Disney World Maintenance Report (1/23/19): Haunted Mansion, Space Mountain, Pandora Added, Pirates Fixed

 

[Caitlyn Allen]

Plus then they could bring back the Osborne Christmas Lights on the cityscape.


Or you know just use the massive amounts of unused land instead of getting rid of anything.

I WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR THEM TO BRING BACK THE OSBOURNE LIGHTS.

Luckily, I was doing my Disney College Program during the final year and I spent every minute I could just wandering the Streets of America with my hot chocolate!

 

[TheMaxRebo]

NEWS

Concrete pour starting at Tron site in Magic Kingdom:

 

[TheMaxRebo]

News

PHOTOS: Poster Art of the Disney Parks and Maps of the Disney Parks Coloring Books Arrive at Epcot

I saw that and thought was neat! I love the attractions posters (our family room has a wall lined with them) so the idea of a color book of them is pretty cool!

 

[rteetz]

Photo Update

PHOTOS: Concrete Pour Begins on TRON Roller Coaster Construction Site, More Tomorrowland Speedway Demolition

 

[JaxDad]

Not sure if it qualifies as a theme park, but Six Gun territory in Ocala, FL opened in 1963 (and had gondolas).

"Walt Disney himself was in Ocala 10 months after Six Gun opened. On the morning of Nov. 22, 1963, he was aboard an airplane that took off from Ocala, scoping sites for Project Future, an idea that would become Walt Disney World."

Interesting history about what went into Walt's decision to choose Orlando.

https://www.ocala.com/news/20101229/remembering-six-gun-territory

Again, maybe not really a theme park by today's definition, but Cypress Gardens opened in the 30s (current location of LEGOLAND). One of the owners, Dick Pope Jr., was supposedly instrumental in promoting Orlando as the future home of Disney World. He was also awesome at water skiing.

 

[MissGina5]

News

PHOTOS: Poster Art of the Disney Parks and Maps of the Disney Parks Coloring Books Arrive at Epcot

ooooh I want that! (cue Ariana Grande)

 

[scrappinginontario]

I was looking at the 'Zootopia' links and this kinda jumped out at me, 'With a brand-new attraction, entertainment, merchandise, and food and beverage offerings'.

Is it just me or are they kinda stretching things to call something a new 'land' when it's only going to have 1 attraction? When I think of Winnie-the-Pooh in Fantasyland it has an attraction, character meets, merchandise and food yet it's part of an existing land which makes sense.

I'm guessing Zootopia will have a lot of themed building that accompanies it but I still think calling something a 'land' with only one attraction is really stretching things.