Where was this info shared? I wouldn't ask but I promise I've been following this thread pretty closely and still managed to miss it. Thanks in advance...and sorry if I am totally forgetting/not seeing something already mentioned.
I thought there was a lot of excited discussion when the unique double bull wheel construction was spotted by the gondola geeks and the lack of the second loading area at Riviera was noted. When at WDW we rely on Disney transportation thus I’ve loaded onto a lot of buses/monorails & boats and have observed the challenges some ECV riders have in navigating onto transportation. Most should be able to drive them straight into the cabin - the getting off at Riviera may be the bigger challenge since if the ECV loaded going forward they’ll need to unload going reverse - it seems to be the maneuvering, especially in reverse that results in delays. Maybe the doors will open on the other side of the gondola for the off loading & the ECV user wouldn’t need to reverse out?
p. 102 post 2034 https://www.disboards.com/threads/d...m-read-post-1-updated-3-4-19.3578988/page-102
Aw, thank you so much for the link! That was so nice. I'd just spent several minutes doing an internet search and then skimming a thread on another forum and was about to do the same here!I thought there was a lot of excited discussion when the unique double bull wheel construction was spotted by the gondola geeks and the lack of the second loading area at Riviera was noted. When at WDW we rely on Disney transportation thus I’ve loaded onto a lot of buses/monorails & boats and have observed the challenges some ECV riders have in navigating onto transportation. Most should be able to drive them straight into the cabin - the getting off at Riviera may be the bigger challenge since if the ECV loaded going forward they’ll need to unload going reverse - it seems to be the maneuvering, especially in reverse that results in delays. Maybe the doors will open on the other side of the gondola for the off loading & the ECV user wouldn’t need to reverse out?
Edit to add link to when double load system first spotted
I tried to find a pic, but couldn't...what will the Skyliner look like going to Epcot over Epcot area resorts? Will I be able to see it from the Boardwalk? Does it go over Crescent Lake? We are splurging on a Boardwalk view and if I can also see the Skyliner from our balcony I just might burst!!!
Here is an image with the path for the skyliner overlaid with a map so might show a bit more clearly. I would think some rooms at the Boardwalk that currently have parking lot views would see it ... though I think it goes closest to the convention room area. I would think some rooms at the end of the Yacht club closest to EPCOT would see some then
The bull wheel turns the cable around. There's only one bull wheel per end.
Just a correction for anyone playing with numbers, Pop has 2880 rooms which is almost 3x the number quoted above.
Thanks - I’m, shall we say, mechanically challenged & I guess I remembered ‘bull wheel’ because it was a cool name and had something to do w/ turning...nevertheless I doggedly plow through all of the mechanical stuff and appreciate those who post about it on this thread.
The station is much longer than the other stations. I am still thinking they will be about to change the speeds of cabins in the station and allow a cabin to come to a full stop for ~30 seconds to allow a ECV to load before it affected the line. Basically normally operate with a gap between the unload and load areas. If you are loading a ECV the cabin would move quickly between the unload and load areas through that gap, then stop. The cabins behind it will queue up in the gap space. Once the ECV is loaded, the cabin is accelerated to catch up. It would be unique, but so are the double loops at the other stations.
The only argument I would have against there being a “cabin path” through the Riviera station like you drew up is that it was never evident during construction. For instance the “double turnarounds” at the end points were quite obvious during early construction and immediately noticed by Lift pundits e.g. Liftblog.com. I think anything new and unusual would not have gone unnoticed by them. In this aerial, the tire banks are in place on either side as far as my understanding goes and shows the cabins take a linear path(s) through Rivera.
Well to be fair they have it right at the 2880 but also wrong at the 1008 on the same websiteOop, I used the DIS info but see they have the number of rooms listed twice - once with your number and once with the number I took as I saw that number first
guess we should notify them .... guess you can't trust anything you read on the Internet
per WDW Info at: https://www.wdwinfo.com/disney-resorts/pop-century-resort/
Disney's Pop Century Resort Address:
1050 Century Dr
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830-1000
Phone: (407) 938-4000
Fax: (407) 938-4039
Check In: 3:00pm | Check Out: 11:00am
Number of Rooms: 2880
Category: Value
Maximum persons per room: 4 (2 if booking a King room)
Total Number of rooms: 1008
Room size: 260 Sq Ft.
Charge for 3rd and 4th guest: $15 per night / per guest
Credit Cards accepted: Disney Gift Card, Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, JCB
I agree an exchange point is best at CBR because of the amount of people that those two resorts would have causing a major choke point if it wasn’t placed here. Now the system is set up so the hub is “central” with each line having a similar expectation of riders. It also markets better for CBR and Riviera too.
