Gondolas

[sheila14]

i heard that the gondolas will seat up to 10 people. Can you ride by yourself or are they going to fill them??

 

[DisLiss]

There's a whole thread about the gondolas here:

https://www.disboards.com/threads/d...pdated-4-11-19.3578988/page-331#post-60522072

But basically, I think it will depend on when you are using them and how many other folks are using them at the same time.

 

[BrianL]

i heard that the gondolas will seat up to 10 people. Can you ride by yourself or are they going to fill them??

They will most likely fill them, though not necessarily always with 10 people. Like 2 parties of four would be placed and unless a party of 2 is handy they will probably just let it go. When it is less busy they will probably run them lighter, but at park open and close, they will be filling them.

 

[siren0119]

They're going to fill them, since they are meant to transport and not a ride where you can request an individual row/car. you might get lucky at a slow time of day and end up in one by yourself (like getting a monorail car to yourself) but I wouldn't bank on that.

 

[kay1864]

It will be interesting to see how they handle people that want to wait to ride in the Mickey/Minnie car, or in the Star Wars car, or in the GotG car, or...

 

[gharter]

I would expect it to be like the monorail car. You may only be one person, but they will fill the car with others if they are waiting.

 

[gharter]

It will be interesting to see how they handle people that want to wait to ride in the Mickey/Minnie car, or in the Star Wars car, or in the GotG car, or...

Hadn't even thought about people wanting to do that. But I'm sure somehow it will happen. The used to occur with people waiting to ride in the front of the monorail. That was so much fun.

 

[MinnieMSue]

I bet for the most part they will put 1 family on one bench and 1 on the other and if it is a larger group say 6 they will get their own gondola. I doubt they ever pack people in so tight you are squished against someone. They move people so fast it shouldn’t be an issue. They want people seated and people will tend to stand instead of sitting tightly against someone else in many cases.

 

[RaySharpton]

Disney Skyliner Gondola with fold up benches if needed for strollers, wheelchairs, etc. I agree with others they will probably want everyone seated.

This is not the Disney Skyliner Gondola but is the same company that makes them. This shows the width of the open sliding doors entrance.

The measurements for entrance show 800 mm = 31.4 inches or 2.6 feet.

I clipped this from the video and I had to put it on two photos showing four-seat areas.

There were a total of four spaces in the video. They estimate a 460 mm width per seat.

The measurements for one seat area show 460 mm = 18.1 inches or 1.5 feet.

So the whole bench is 6 feet long.


I repeat that I don't know if this will be the same measurements as the Disney Skyliner Gondola as this is a similar gondola made by Doppelmayr.

I am getting excited about seeing them in action when I visit in a few weeks.

Disney Caribbean Beach Resort Skyliner Gondola Station from the rear showing stored gondolas.




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[Woodview]

If I am one of 20 people in the *Q* And I see a half empty Gondolla being left go

I would be very ANGERY and create a fuss ALL because some Family wish to

ride in a certin Gondolla Or travel with their family of 5 //////

 

[Simba's Mom]

I would expect it to be like the monorail car. You may only be one person, but they will fill the car with others if they are waiting.

I travel solo a lot, and maybe I'm a little over-cautious, but I'm a little uncomfortable about being way up in there by myself with a car full of 19 strangers. At least on the monorail, there are other cars and CMs nearby, so if anything happens, and I scream, someone will hear me and maybe be able to help. Back in the days of the MK skyway, I can remember traveling solo on that and the CMs always gave me my own car. However, I do agree completely with the poster who mentioned waiting in line and seeing a half full gondola being let go-how upset she'd be. I don't blame her at all. I just don't know the answer.

 

[seashoreCM]

Time is a factor. If it takes too long for guests to load then the gondola will be dispatched anyway, full or not. A single rider line may improve efficiency as well as give guests a "heads up" that strangers will be filling in all of the available space.

 

[joelkfla]

I travel solo a lot, and maybe I'm a little over-cautious, but I'm a little uncomfortable about being way up in there by myself with a car full of 19 strangers. At least on the monorail, there are other cars and CMs nearby, so if anything happens, and I scream, someone will hear me and maybe be able to help. Back in the days of the MK skyway, I can remember traveling solo on that and the CMs always gave me my own car. However, I do agree completely with the poster who mentioned waiting in line and seeing a half full gondola being let go-how upset she'd be. I don't blame her at all. I just don't know the answer.

Cabin capacity is 10, not 20.

 

[kaytieeldr]

Back in the days of the MK skyway, I can remember traveling solo on that and the CMs always gave me my own car.

Skyway was an attraction; gondola is transportation. I genuinely can't see them putting just one person in a unit. It's entirely inefficient.

I have to ask - in all your monorail trips, were you ever in any danger from another passenger? Has anyone, ever? Even on the virtually non-existent chance of this happening, for what reason or reasons do you think the danger would be from all the passengers, that you would be the potential victim, and that not one other person in the cabin would assist you?

 

[RaySharpton]

As joelkfla says,

by Thomas Smith, Editorial Content Director, Disney Parks

Disney Skyliner is an all-new transportation experience set to debut this fall at Walt Disney World Resort. Testing of the system’s nearly 300 guest cabins and other elements is well underway, and today we have new details to share about this innovative transportation system.

Disney Skyliner will offer guests sweeping views while whisking them between Epcot, Disney’s Hollywood Studios and four Disney resort hotels. Each cabin can accommodate up to 10 guests, including those traveling with wheelchairs or assistive devices.

 

[Lewisc]

but I'm a little uncomfortable about being way up in there by myself with a car full of 19 strangers.

I would be very uncomfortable, and wouldn't feel safe, being 1 of 20 in a gondola designed for 10.

 

[Lewisc]

I doubt they ever pack people in so tight you are squished against someone..

Packed in tight, squished against the person standing next to me, is how I'd describe Disney buses, at least beginning and end of the day.

 

[BorderTenny]

If I am one of 20 people in the *Q* And I see a half empty Gondolla being left go

I would be very ANGERY and create a fuss ALL because some Family wish to

ride in a certin Gondolla Or travel with their family of 5 //////

That sounds like way too much of an overreaction to what amounts to a delay measurable in seconds. If you can't even handle a minor pause in what's still basically a "walk-on" scenario, maybe a Disney vacation isn't for you.

 

[Simba's Mom]

I would be very uncomfortable, and wouldn't feel safe, being 1 of 20 in a gondola designed for 10.

LOL! I don’t know why I thought they held 20. Actually I wonder how many fit in the ones that take ECVs.

 

[seashoreCM]

The gondola units are all the same. If someone comes on with an ECV then fewer others will be able to fit.