Tall Todd
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- Oct 23, 2014
Children, elderly, blind, people with missing limbs, those in wheel chairs ALL ski/snowboard.Agreed. The difference is with the number of scooters and strollers.
Children, elderly, blind, people with missing limbs, those in wheel chairs ALL ski/snowboard.Agreed. The difference is with the number of scooters and strollers.
It’s funny that if you read through Gondola evacuations on ski lifts that maybe were done by helicopter with a night spent bivouacked at a remote location the evacuees compliment the company as job well done. At Disney with a three hour evac with no injuries on a new system many people not even on the Gondola rant about evil Disney. Quite a contrast in attitudes.
I 100% agree! Everyone is turning this into a joke and a “I knew this was a bad idea” and wanting Disney to fail. I admit to being skeptical of the Skyliner when it was first announced and started construction, but as it got closer to opening I got used to the idea and actually was starting to look forward to it. I’m visiting in less than 2 weeks and even though I’m not staying at a gondola resort, I wanted to give it a ride. I’m bummed that it seems likely it will still be shut down then. I hope Disney gets it figured out because I never would wish for the system to fail.It's almost like most people are happy this happened. The "I told you so" community both here and on the blogosphere is astounding. I genuinely hope I'm never on an airplane with these people just in case they start rooting for the plane to go down.
As to those who say this is nothing like a ski resort system because it has multiple load points or turns or whatnot; Killington's gondola has a midpoint station where guests can enter or leave.
Her attitude well could be-thank you so very much for rescuing me and my grandchildren without injury. Job well done.It's a pretty fair bet that skiiers are more adventurous as a group than vacationing families in Disney World, and thus wouldn't mind "toughing it out" nearly as much.
When you're a super-fit 30 year old who loves cold weather and challenges, chances are you look at a helicopter rescue and bivuoac as "Wow, exciting new life experience!" When you're a 65-year-old grandmother with health problems trapped with two preschool grandchildren in a small box for 3 hours and then told to climb down a 100-foot ladder, not so much.
Your point? Do you agree Disney has more guests with scooters then ski resorts? How many skiers take an ecv to the top of the mountain. Do you think children...who ski and snowboard are more mobile then many Disney guests?Children, elderly, blind, people with missing limbs, those in wheel chairs ALL ski/snowboard.
Anyone else think Disney shouldn’t have cheaped out and shelled out for a monorail expansion? And before i hear any of those “too expensive” comments just remember how many billions they spent on fox. I was a big fan of this while they were being built but now I wont take my family on these until disney proves they are safe. The cutting corners is catching up.
It's a pretty fair bet that skiiers are more adventurous as a group than vacationing families in Disney World, and thus wouldn't mind "toughing it out" nearly as much.
When you're a super-fit 30 year old who loves cold weather and challenges, chances are you look at a helicopter rescue and bivuoac as "Wow, exciting new life experience!" When you're a 65-year-old grandmother with health problems stuck with two preschool grandchildren in a small box for 3 hours and then told to climb down a 100-foot ladder, not so much.
I 100% agree! Everyone is turning this into a joke and a “I knew this was a bad idea” and wanting Disney to fail. I admit to being skeptical of the Skyliner when it was first announced and started construction, but as it got closer to opening I got used to the idea and actually was starting to look forward to it. I’m visiting in less than 2 weeks and even though I’m not staying at a gondola resort, I wanted to give it a ride. I’m bummed that it seems likely it will still be shut down then. I hope Disney gets it figured out because I never would wish for the system to fail.
There was a start up problem. Everyone was evacuated and so far no injuries reported. There are two opposite ways to view that. One way is to thank people for a successful injury free rescue. The other is to rant against Disney since given an opportunity and blame them for something that happens in spite of the best intentions. I guess one is just a positive outlook on the problems of life while the other is a negative blame based approach to the problems of life.This. The amount of people trying to compare the two is ridiculous. Likewise, many are trying to rightly point out that one reason it's silly to compare is because Disney serves a different demographic. But of course you have to have the oddballs that try to argue back with, "Oh but amputees (insert whatever here) ski!"....is nauseating. Omg. And they say the millennials don't have common sense, lol.
Obviously there are people with health and physical challenges skiing/snowboarding. But anyone who has actually spend a significant amount of time on a mountain and time in Disney, knows the demographic IS different. On a ski hill, those with disability/less than ideal health are exceptions. At Disney they're commonplace.
I wish there was some way we could wager on this because I think the Gondola system will carry millions of happy passengers through its life.Count me in the "I don't think this is a good idea" group. However, I am not in the "Glad this happened" group. I don't think Disney investing millions (billions?) into a system that is potentially going to be at worst a fail, or at best, probably not what they hoped, benefits anyone. I also would never be happy to see anyone have to go through this experience just for an "I told you so" moment.
There was a start up problem. Everyone was evacuated and so far no injuries reported. There are two opposite ways to view that. One way is to thank people for a successful injury free rescue. The other is to rant against Disney since given an opportunity and blame them for something that happens in spite of the best intentions. I guess one is just a positive outlook on the problems of life while the other is a negative blame based approach to the problems of life.
All of this. Gold starAll I want is Disney to be transparent, apologetic, let everyone know what they're doing to improve, and I want them to listen when Reedy Creek says they are understaffed. I also want them to have a better PR team. And don't put out statements when they don't have all of the information (and then double down on it on top of it). I don't think those are insane criticisms.
Regardless of the physical demographic in this incident after injury free evacuation you can have a positive attitude or a negative attitude. Disney for some reason attracts a mental demographic that has many that vilified and assigns blame given any opportunity. No one is forcing anyone to ride the Gondola.I love how your comment has absolutely NOTHING to do with what I said.