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I'm interested in what the weather policy will be. I'm staying at CBR, so it's not a big deal if the lines have to be closed and I'm kicked off at CBR. But if I was trying to get back TO POP/AOA, I wonder what the plan will be....direct everyone to a DHS bus to then bus back to Pop/AOA?
 
I'm interested in what the weather policy will be. I'm staying at CBR, so it's not a big deal if the lines have to be closed and I'm kicked off at CBR. But if I was trying to get back TO POP/AOA, I wonder what the plan will be....direct everyone to a DHS bus to then bus back to Pop/AOA?
This has not been announced so we don't know at this time what will happen during inclement weather.
 
I'm interested in what the weather policy will be. I'm staying at CBR, so it's not a big deal if the lines have to be closed and I'm kicked off at CBR. But if I was trying to get back TO POP/AOA, I wonder what the plan will be....direct everyone to a DHS bus to then bus back to Pop/AOA?
I wonder if Disney will setup a walkway between POP and CBR. I'd think Disney would bus those guests directly to POP and AoA. On second thought I think most of the time Disney will have enough time to do an orderly shut down and let those guests transfer to the POP line to finish their trip.
 
I wonder if Disney will setup a walkway between POP and CBR. I'd think Disney would bus those guests directly to POP and AoA. On second thought I think most of the time Disney will have enough time to do an orderly shut down and let those guests transfer to the POP line to finish their trip.
No walkway between the two.
 
It does surprise me that in general, Disney not make it easy promote walking. Unsure if it's from a safety perspective with wild life or crime. The GF walkway bridge is such a surprise in that respect.
I'm thinking of OKW to disney springs, connecting resorts in close proximity etc. I wonder if in some respects they don't want the different resort tiers inter mixing for some reason.
 
As for the gondolas, I’m hoping to one day ride them. I have some strategies that might work for me. I will bring a misting fan so that air is blowing in my face. That will help.

The way the Skyliner is moving and ventilated, I think you'd have plenty of airflow even without a personal fan.

I don’t see them building one either. There isn’t a need for that.

I agree there's probably no need for it. If they wanted to though, there only looks to be about ~700 feet of sidewalk needed from the parking lot north of Building 2 at Pop (or east of Little Mermaid AoA) to where the current sidewalk from CBR-Trinidad ends.
 
I don’t see them building one either. There isn’t a need for that.
Is the walk/driveway under Century Drive closed to guests (It looks to be that is what there is)? The one that looks to connect Pop Century with some backstage buildings just south of CBR, in there is a clear path to that walkway. Followed the clearly visible path from CBR to that underpass that appears to be there, circled in blue.
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Is the walk/driveway under Century Drive closed to guests (It looks to be that is what there is)? The one that looks to connect Pop Century with some backstage buildings just south of CBR, in there is a clear path to that walkway. Followed the clearly visible path from CBR to that underpass that appears to be there, circled in blue.
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I’m not sure but that’s probably not a route Disney encourages people to use anyways.
 
That's a cast walkway. Those are the CBR/POP cast service buildings.

Many times, I went there for lunch/dinner when driving the bus.
 
I think the curiosity for me is how it will deal with the peak times. I think outside of park open and close times you'll be walking on, and not be filling each cabin. I think post illuminations(or whatever the evening new evening show at epcot is), is when it will be stressed the most(especially if Hollywood studios is still open at that time). I still think the most extreme wait will be 10 minutes, which compared to bus traffic at that time, seems like a really nice dream.

I don't think park open will even be an issue. Based on the capacity numbers we have seen you could have 8 people boarding every 10 seconds. I can't ever remember being at a bus stop in the morning where people arrived at a rate higher then that. I think closing time will be the only time there is a noticeable line.
 
I don't think park open will even be an issue. Based on the capacity numbers we have seen you could have 8 people boarding every 10 seconds. I can't ever remember being at a bus stop in the morning where people arrived at a rate higher then that. I think closing time will be the only time there is a noticeable line.
It's a bit hard to guess using CBR with it's many bus stops, as opposed to AOA with it's single. CBR still has more than one opportunity to get on and off the system so that should help some. In general though, I think park open is less of an issue, as I think the bigger mass of people is post fireworks at epcot. I think Hollywood studios nightly schedule lends it's self to a more gradual departure from the park.

Eager to see the thing work....and more eager to see what the rumored other proposed lines are. I think if it's remotely successful, they'll have to green light more lines. On paper it looks far more cost effective. If it gets positive reviews, and proves to be at least half as effective as many think, I can't see them not doing more installs of this.
 
I'm looking forward to seeing it in action but I don't expect the "OMG, I have to transfer" experience to be that bad. You're not going down and back up stairs. You're not going from one end of a bus terminal or airport terminal to another.

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Get off one loop and it's a short walk to the next loop. With continuous loading too, it probably won't be too bad either for crowding up. What remains to be seen is how people-traffic will be guided inside the station. There will theoretically be X-traffic between people coming from Pop/AoA heading to DHS and people coming from DHS heading to CBR exit or Riviera/Epcot, so I don't know if CMs will be directing people or if it'll just work out that traffic heading to DHS and traffic leaving DHS won't peak at the same time.

[Edit]Found an angle where you can see in the station / how close the gondola loops are:
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Oh, looks really close, can't wait!
 
Hope it’s successful. Disney bus system is really bad. Most busses have people standing in the AM park opening and PM park closing. What in my book is not enough busses.
I'm not sure where you live but there are quite a few cities near me and all have standing room only on their buses first thing in the morning and heading home in the evening. I just see this as 'normal', instead of 'not enough busses'.
 
Hope it’s successful. Disney bus system is really bad. Most busses have people standing in the AM park opening and PM park closing. What in my book is not enough busses.
It's mass transit, not a Minnie Van. Standing is expected on a bus. you would need double the number of buses to have seats for all and I will guarantee there will still be standees.
 
Anyone noticed that they appear to have changed the sign design? No longer the classic Disney logo, and no longer the cool retro lettering. Now we have basic font, and dancing letters. Which to some could convey a bumpy ride. (I know it's not in reality, but one's subconscious might think so) Either way, boring silly logo.

Hope the original concept is still used elsewhere.

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Anyone noticed that they appear to have changed the sign design? No longer the classic Disney logo, and no longer the cool retro lettering. Now we have basic font, and dancing letters. Which to some could convey a bumpy ride. (I know it's not in reality, but one's subconscious might think so) Either way, boring silly logo.

Hope the original concept is still used elsewhere.

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It looks more to me that they are playing off of the Art of Animation font.
 

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