Disney Parks Chairman Bob Chapek unveils the first Disney Skyliner gondola

Nov 17, 2018 in "Disney Skyliner"

Disney Skyliner gondola on-stage at Destination D
Posted: Saturday November 17, 2018 4:07pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney Parks, Experiences and Consumer Products Chairman Bob Chapek unveiled the Disney Skyliner gondola to Disney fans during D23’s Destination D event today at Walt Disney World.

Check out the video below for a first look.

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    HauntedPirate56 minutes ago

    HauntedPirate1 hour ago

    Unless site plans have drastically changed, Lakeside will have a boat launch and 5 covered bus stops (to the east of the hotel entry). If I were a wagering type, I'd wager that it either will not share buses with another resort hotel or at worst share with Fort Wilderness. But that's not based on anything other than a guess, since it's a combination regular rooms/DVC resort.

    nickys1 hour ago

    They have both buses and the boats from WL to MK. And buses from FW to MK. I expect there to be buses from Lakeside too, though they may share with one or both of the others.

    TrainsOfDisney2 hours ago

    That is another issue with adding DVC and using resort resources. The contemporary, grand, and poly all 3 have DVC towers which all use the same resort monorails and boats. Obviously that will affect the wait times. Same for the friendship boats and the new swan tower.

    TrainsOfDisney2 hours ago

    They aren’t paying them to sit around - I’m guessing they will just re-route existing drivers to cover those routes. So all of the routes will see slightly longer waits.

    TheMaxRebo2 hours ago

    I am interested in the transportation to Lakeside Lodge - can't imagine they require an internal bus for a DBC but if they have direct buses will some people from campgrounds come over to use? Is that one boat launch sufficient for all the people at Lakeshore and Fort Wilderness? Will be interesting

    Purduevian2 hours ago

    I assume there will not be busses between Reflections and MK. The Fort Wilderness boat launch is super close. One of the main reasons people pay for Disney hotel prices is the transportation to the parks. There is a reason AKL is usually the cheapest deluxe resort.

    Chef idea Mickey`=2 hours ago

    Perfect then the new Reflections resort allows a Magic Kingdom route $$$$

    Purduevian2 hours ago

    I think all Disney cares about is ROI... They raised the price at CBR, POP, and AoA. They built Riviera with the idea of selling it with the skyliner. I wonder what the break even point on the system is even if they are paying bus drivers to sit around.

    Chef idea Mickey`=2 hours ago

    They need to leave some cabins empty departing from CBR hub so that when they arrive at Riviera you'd have some hop on board available. Try explaining this to guests at the Hub!😉

    TrainsOfDisney2 hours ago

    But riviera is not ideal when it’s busy since so many cabins arrive “full” I’m also not sure on cost since that’s a long stretch of skyliner from Riveria to Epcot - it would have been more direct (less cables, less supports) to skip it.

    TheMaxRebo2 hours ago

    Ok, yeah, that probably would make things a bit more efficient , but would add a line (so more cost) with now 4 going into/out of CBR (making that station even busier) and would take away a selling point of Riviera having a direct path to Epcot As someone who is likely never to stay at Riviera it would be beneficial to me but can see why they didn't go that route

    HauntedPirate4 hours ago

    Hey, let's just run Skyliner lines between all the resorts and all the parks! That way, Disney can just have its fleet of bus drivers sitting in a room getting paid in case a line goes down, or when inclement weather hits, plus having buses parked but needing maintenance because you never know when you're going to need them all. Not to mention the logistics of having so many lines crisscrossing the property. Massive savings!!!

    Vegas Disney Fan4 hours ago

    I’ll settle for trees but it’s still lipstick on a pig. Its a fundamentally flawed design and never should have been build where it is in the first place, from a utilitarian perspective it does its job very well, it quickly moves people from point A to point B in a fun way, it just looks horrible as it does it. It’s akin to putting a 200’ B&M rollercoaster where they put Tron, it would be wildly popular and amazingly fun but it would be totally out of place sitting in MK and nothing they did to hide it after the fact would ever fix that. Anything they do now will be lipstick on a pig.