Walt Disney World Resort has begun the initial testing phase for its new Disney Skyliner system, a gondola transportation system that will ferry guests between Epcot and Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
Slated to open this coming fall, the Skyliner will also make stops at four Disney resort hotels: Art of Animation Resort, Pop Century Resort, Caribbean Beach Resort and the new Riviera Resort, due to open in December 2019. (The official Resort opening date will be announced at a later time.)
We have been watching the Skyliner’s progress for about a year. The stations, like the one at Epcot’s International Gateway and Disney’s Hollywood Studios, have really been taking shape. You can see in the photo below that they are already being decorated.
Several gondolas will be decorated with images from Disney films, attractions and characters. Disney animated films like “Beauty & the Beast,” “Frozen,” “Lilo & Stitch,” “Moana,” “Peter Pan,” “The Princess and the Frog,” “Ralph Breaks the Internet,” “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” and “Zootopia” will be represented.
Here’s a sneak peek at what a few of these special gondolas will look like:
Other themed gondolas include:
- “Coco”
- Goofy, Pete, Horace Horsecollar and Clarabelle Cow
- “Finding Dory”
- The Haunted Mansion
- “Monsters, Inc.”
- Pirates of the Caribbean
- “Ratatouille”
Learn more about the project from Imagineer Jordan Matthews:
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I can’t wait to ride them. I hope they open early for our trip in August!
My, how times have changed. When the skyway was removed from the magic kingdom years ago, I don’t recall a single person that was happy about that.
Although, they were open air and they never stuck you with anyone you didn’t want to ride with.
Will they constantly be stopped to load and ulad wheelchairs, scooets and strollers?!
There are 150 gondolas – most of which continue on at 17 mph while others are being loaded (ie stopped) . There are separate loading areas at each station for ECVs and wheel chairs. Surprised at all the negative statements. I can’t wait to ride them!
The only appeal the gondolas hold for me is that they may lighten the load on the buses and boats. I have no desire to be stuffed like a sardine into a small container that does not look like it can hold the twelve people they claim it can. I also have no desire to get stuck in a gondola in Florida temperatures with eleven other riders and no air conditioning. Call me crazy, but they do not interest me. Plus the stanchions take away from the beauty of the Caribbean Beach resort area.
How hot do you think it will be inside of them? No air conditioning and it’s all closed up. I think my claustrophobia would kick in!!
I wonder if you’re a party of two, you get a gondola to yourself. I’d hate to be crammed in with other people, they look small
Dont matter, next year they will want you to pay to ride. Egor the man who ruined the “Dream”
they actually quite roomy, able to hold 6 adults