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Walt Disney World's Skyliner



If you look in the sky while you’re at Disney World, you might notice some new construction. Last year, WDW announced that they were building Disney’s new Skyliner. This is a gondola system that will connect Epcot, Hollywood Studios, Pop Century Resort/Art of Animation Resort, Caribbean Beach Resort, and Disney’s new Riviera Resort. Currently, it is scheduled to open in late Spring or early Summer of 2019. This will put it ahead of the opening of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disney’s Hollywood Studios and the new Ratatouille ride at Epcot, which are scheduled for late 2019.


The first gondolas were spotted on property back in June which is a promising step forward. This new system has an estimated capacity of between 4,000 and 5,000 passengers per hour per direction, making it one of the highest capacity gondola systems in the world.  With a capacity that high, it will surely decrease wait times for buses going in those directions - a win-win for all! 

The cabins will have luxuries many other gondola systems don’t feature, including a spacious interior with ceilings more than 7 feet high and large seats to fit the whole family. With a floor space area roughly the size of a pallet, there will be plenty of room for full-size strollers or ECVs.

Expect to see the Fab Five riding the gondolas with you as well. It’s even rumored that there are Hitchhiking Ghosts on a cabin! The cabins will also have full audio. I suspect it will be similar to what you can hear on the monorail now. Unfortunately, the cabins are said to NOT have air conditioning!

If it’s up to me, I’m probably sticking with the buses and monorail in the summer and maybe I’ll save the Skyliner for the fall! Either way, it will be another way to see the Disney Magic come to life!

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