They are maintaining about 5 at the moment and keep having to restructure and rebuild to keep up. And what is wrong with separating guest traffic from service traffic? And I was mainly musing about what might have happened had that approach been taken right from the start, not necessarily rebuilding what they've now got. Though as I say, they do keep rebuilding and reorganisng the roads.
I don’t think about it one way or the other. It exists, whether it was a mistake or not is completely irrelevant. It’s like talking about what Walt might have wanted Epcott to be….who cares? He’s dead and what he had been planning wasn’t built. It’s the past and is irrelevant as to what I think Disney should do spending money now going forward. I don’t think more money should be spent expanding it, but don’t waste time thinking about thinks that can’t be changed.
Buses are not the most efficient way to move people. As we've discussed, loading and unloading take much longer than on systems with multiple points of access/egress (Monorail, parking trams), or systems that continuously move without stopping (Skyway, PeopleMover, Omnimover, etc.)
I understand the allocation of resources. My point is that Disney Transit and Ride Operations are completely separate business units. I was asking if you were aware of a specific parks addition that was delayed for the construction of the Skyliner. I'm not convinced money saved in transportation equals money available for attractions.
It's not irrelevant to me!
But you keep saying you don't want anything other than buses so they can spend more on the parks.
Separating the traffic between guest and service, absolutely nothing. It’s done right now, you don’t see workers on the busses for example. But to your post to maintain a roadway system for your employee/service traffic, and not leverage it as part of your guest transportation would be a waste
What a weird response. I’m not sure what you’re trying to accomplish here.
That seems like a pretty simplistic idea/viewpoint . There are plenty of things that might have been built, might not have been a mistake, but don’t need to be expanded. They serve the role they were built for.
Continuously moving systems can be very difficult and scary for some people to access.
Sure. This could be said of pretty much any transportation system. Disney has addressed this in various ways, such as the roundtable and the linear conveyor belt.
Though I don't believe it's been implemented at Disney's PeopleMover installations, it is entirely possible for PeopleMover trains/cars to pull off the circuit onto a siding track, where they can be stopped completely for load/unload. This would not interfere with the continuous movement of the system.
I'm not sure what the difficulty would be. Don't Skyliner stations have siding rails where cars are stationary for load/unload?
Buses are a great backup for when more innovative systems need support.
The Riveria does not - but the system can be completely stopped if needed for safety
I never said they were not necessary.
Oh ok, then I simply disagree with you. I thought it was pretty much considered a fact that guests prefer non-bus transportation and that’s why most resorts offer another option to at least one destination.
Guests prefer (on whole) the quickest mode of transportation to/from the parks.
Oh! I never noticed this! That's probably what @nickys was referring to. Thanks.
If it was in use as something more than an attraction it could. Granted in the single other usecase they've not done it, but as mentioned above you absolutely could have them pull off to a secondary load/unload. Heck you could install a massive long speed ramp that syncs with the ride vehicle speed and provides a whole couple of minutes loading time. It's an incredibly versatile system, it's just sadly never seen much use as in most cases something else is cheaper, which for most cases is the deciding factor.
Oh, yes! One of my favorite aspects of arriving by boat and monorail!
