{"id":189606,"date":"2019-09-28T10:18:56","date_gmt":"2019-09-28T10:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/disney-skyliner-gondolas-open-sunday-giving-orlando-guests-high-flying-transportation.html"},"modified":"2019-09-28T10:18:56","modified_gmt":"2019-09-28T10:18:56","slug":"disney-skyliner-gondolas-open-sunday-giving-orlando-guests-high-flying-transportation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/travel\/disney-skyliner-gondolas-open-sunday-giving-orlando-guests-high-flying-transportation.html","title":{"rendered":"Disney Skyliner gondolas open Sunday, giving Orlando guest high-flying transportation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CLOSE<\/p>\n<p class=\"video-desc\" itemprop=\"description\">\n    Colorful Disney Skyliner gondolas will start transporting guest from Epcot and Hollywood Studios to Disney World Resorts on Sept. 29.<br \/>\n    <span class=\"credit\">Suzy Fleming Leonard, FLORIDA TODAY<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable-p-1 p-text\">LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLORIDA \u2013 Disney sorcery takes to a skies this weekend, as roughly 300 colorful gondolas take flight, whisking Orlando thesis park guest between parks and attractions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable-p-2 p-text\"><a data-track-label=\"inline|intext|n\/a\" href=\"https:\/\/disneyworld.disney.go.com\/skyliner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Disney Skyliner<\/a>\u00a0opens Sunday, with 6 miles of wire and 5 stations joining Walt Disney World&#8217;s resorts with\u00a0<a data-track-label=\"inline|intext|n\/a\" href=\"https:\/\/disneyworld.disney.go.com\/destinations\/hollywood-studios\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hollywood Studios<\/a> and a International Gateway during <a data-track-label=\"inline|intext|n\/a\" href=\"https:\/\/disneyworld.disney.go.com\/destinations\/epcot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Epcot Center<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">&#8220;You get a new appreciation for Walt Disney World whey we see it from adult there,&#8221; Thomas Mazloum, comparison clamp boss of Walt Disney Resorts, pronounced Friday during a media preview of a gondolas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">The gondola cars, embellished in contented shades of red, blue, green, yellow and purple,\u00a0glide above a resorts. A peaceful zephyr keeps passengers cool, while they take in birds-eye views of Epcot&#8217;s Spaceship Earth and a Swan and Dolphin Resort.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"wide single-photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"url\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wordpressdynamos.com\/timesofnewscdn\/USA\/7068e_9d5cd4b9-6b3a-4c94-9a23-3f0397aa6a24-Skyliner2.jpg\" alt=\"About half of roughly 300 Disney Skyliner gondola cars are wrapped with impression themes.\" width=\"540\" data-mycapture-src=\"\" data-mycapture-sm-src=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>About half of roughly 300 Disney Skyliner gondola cars are wrapped with impression themes.\u00a0<span class=\"credit\">(Photo: Suzy Fleming Leonard\/FLORIDA TODAY)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"p-text\">Character themes hang about half of a scarcely 300 10-passenger\u00a0cars, giving a apparition of Mickey, Chewbacca, Snow White and other Disney favorites floating above.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">&#8220;It&#8217;s going to be super accessible for a guest who are visiting from Disney&#8217;s Art of Animation Resort, Disney&#8217;s Pop Century Resort, Disney&#8217;s Caribbean Beach Resort and, in December\u00a0when we open\u00a0<a data-track-label=\"inline|intext|n\/a\" href=\"https:\/\/disneyworld.disney.go.com\/resorts\/riviera-resort\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Disney&#8217;s Riviera Resort<\/a>,&#8221; pronounced Disney envoy Stephen Lim. &#8220;Those will bond with a Skyliner Disney&#8217;s Hollywood Studios and Epcot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">While a Skyliner provides travel between a resorts and parks, any Disney guest is acquire to bound aboard for a ride.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">Mazloum, who grew adult in Austria, pronounced a Skyliner reminds him of home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">&#8220;That&#8217;s not\u00a0Australia,&#8221; he said. &#8220;No kangaroos there, though lots of mountains, and saying gondolas and wire cars brings behind some of my many loving childhood memories of smashing family vacations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"wide single-photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"url\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wordpressdynamos.com\/timesofnewscdn\/USA\/586da_df812815-a10c-4ae3-a966-9456ef0314e2-Skylier4.png\" alt=\"The new Disney Skyliner, opening Sept. 29 during Walt Disney World in Orlando, connects resorts with Epcot and Hollywood Studios.\" width=\"540\" data-mycapture-src=\"\" data-mycapture-sm-src=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The new Disney Skyliner, opening Sept. 29 during Walt Disney World in Orlando, connects resorts with Epcot and Hollywood Studios.\u00a0<span class=\"credit\">(Photo: Suzy Fleming Leonard\/FLORIDA TODAY)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"p-text\">The Skyliner is an instance of how Disney World is constantly changing and expanding, generally as a resort&#8217;s 50th anniversary approaches in 2021, Mazloum said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">&#8220;We&#8217;re always looking during how do we make a guest knowledge that most better,&#8221; Lim said. &#8220;And for us during a Walt Disney World resort, we are a distance of San Francisco and twice a distance of Manhattan, so we are always looking for some-more fit ways to ride a guest from a resorts to a thesis parks. &#8230;\u00a0Our guest can be from here during Disney&#8217;s Caribbean Beach Resort to Disney&#8217;s Hollywood Studios in 5 minutes.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">The Skyliner joins other iconic Disney modes of travel that embody a monorail, packet boats, H2O taxis and engine coaches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text p-text-last\" id=\"article-body-p-last\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong>Want your Halloween horror-filled or Not-So-Scary?<\/strong>\u00a0 <a data-track-label=\"inline|intext|n\/a\" href=\"\/story\/travel\/experience\/america\/theme-parks\/2019\/09\/16\/halloween-2019-preview-disney-world-disneyland-and-universal-studios\/2341446001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pick your poison during Disney or Universal<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"gallery-sidebar-close\"><\/span><span class=\"util-bar-share-form-status-facebook\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"util-bar-share-loading-facebook\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wordpressdynamos.com\/timesofnewscdn\/USA\/a676d_facebook-loading.gif\" \/><span class=\"util-bar-share-status-text-facebook\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"util-bar-share-submit-btn-facebook\">Post to Facebook<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"util-bar-success-title util-bar-success-title-facebook\">Posted!<\/h4>\n<p class=\"util-bar-success-description util-bar-success-description-facebook\">A couple has been posted to your Facebook feed. <\/p>\n<ul class=\"thumbslist scrollable-content\">\n<li class=\"thumb-item active\"><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wordpressdynamos.com\/timesofnewscdn\/USA\/c4530_8da10b4f-97ab-425c-9165-143ec9222bac-Mickeys-Not-So-Scary_Halloween_Party_at_Magic_Kingdom.jpg\" alt=\"Eerie lighting, tumble dcor and Mickey Mouse-shaped Jack-O-Lanterns set a theatre during Magic Kingdom for Mickeys Not-So-Scary Halloween Party. The family-friendly after-hours eventuality offers trick-or-treating, accommodate and greets with favorite characters in costume, and a must-see Mickeys Boo-to-You Halloween Parade and Happy HalloWishes fireworks display. Mickeys Not-So-Scary Halloween Party is a special sheet eventuality and takes place on name nights any tumble during Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.  (Matt Stroshane, photographer)\" width=\"80\" height=\"60\" \/><span class=\"thumb-count\">1 of 16<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"thumb-item \"><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wordpressdynamos.com\/timesofnewscdn\/USA\/5ab5a_83cb6b64-5c66-4cd6-b9b7-a8dc97ac45ce-Disneys_Not_So_Spooky_Spectacular_Fireworks.jpg\" alt=\"Disneys Not So Spooky Spectacular Fireworks- David Roark, Disney. At Walt Disney Worlds Magic KingdomThe new Disneys Not So Spooky Spectacular during Magic Kingdom Park invites guest to embark on a hair-raising Halloween tour with Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Goofy and Donald Duck. With Jack Skellington from Tim Burtons The Nightmare Before Christmas as host, this spellbinding arrangement of state-of-the-art projection effects, lasers, lighting and gorgeous fireworks will pleasure guest during Mickeys Not-So-Scary Halloween Party, a alone ticketed eventuality hold on name nights Aug. 16-Nov. 1, 2019, during Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (David Roark, photographer)\" width=\"80\" height=\"60\" \/><span class=\"thumb-count\">2 of 16<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"thumb-item \"><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wordpressdynamos.com\/timesofnewscdn\/USA\/db0b0_b0362f10-9bb8-4db7-9fef-e6ccc98311f2-Mickeys_Boo-to-You_Halloween_Parade_at_Mickeys_Not-So-Scary_Halloween_Party.jpg\" alt=\"Mickeys Boo-to-You Halloween Parade during Mickeys Not-So-Scary Halloween Party- Caitlyn McCabe, DisneyThe bright Bride from a Haunted Mansion creates her vivid entrance this year in Mickeys Boo-to-You Halloween Parade during Mickeys Not-So-Scary Halloween Party. Her resounding figure glides down Main Street among a mob of waltzing spirits during this fan-favorite parade. Mickeys Not-So-Scary Halloween Party takes place on name nights, Aug. 16-Nov. 1, 2019, during Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, FL. (Caitlyn McCabe, photographer)\" width=\"80\" height=\"60\" \/><span class=\"thumb-count\">3 of 16<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"thumb-item \"><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wordpressdynamos.com\/timesofnewscdn\/USA\/f93b5_17723db4-648b-4263-99e3-3793962a6ea0-Candy_treats_at_Mickeys-Not-So-Scary_Halloween_Party_at_Magic_Kingdom.jpg\" alt=\"Kids of all ages get into a Happy Halloween suggestion while trick-or-treating during Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party during a Magic Kingdom.\" width=\"80\" height=\"60\" \/><span class=\"thumb-count\">4 of 16<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"thumb-item \"><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wordpressdynamos.com\/timesofnewscdn\/USA\/6af5a_70af7f0a-b5c7-4ce1-bc50-b213e0df1382-Pirates_invade_Pirates_of_the_Caribbean.jpg\" alt=\"For a initial time, live pirates invade Pirates of a Caribbean during Mickeys Not-So-Scary Halloween Party during Magic Kingdom Park. A new story line for a captivate allows guest to join a pirates in a hunt for a brute Gunpowder Pete. This is only one of a many fun new practice guest suffer during a family-friendly night event. The specifically ticketed dusk includes trick-or-treating, greetings with favorite characters in Halloween costumes, Happy HalloWishes fireworks arrangement and Mickeys Boo-to-You Halloween Parade. Mickeys Not-So-Scary Halloween Party takes place name nights Aug. 17- Oct. 31 during Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (Matt Stroshane, photographer)\" width=\"80\" height=\"60\" \/><span class=\"thumb-count\">5 of 16<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"thumb-item \"><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wordpressdynamos.com\/timesofnewscdn\/USA\/df89d_da798c1a-2f98-458b-8537-0068026e7795-Halloween_Time_at_Disneyland.jpg\" alt=\"Halloween Time during a Disneyland Resort brings spook-tacular practice from Sept. 6-Oct. 31, 2019. Halloween sorcery will invite guest during both Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure Park as favorite practice are remade into awful delights. With anniversary captivate overlays, Halloween-themed dcor and food and libation offerings, and encounters with dishonourable Disney villains, happy haunts seem to manifest around each corner. Disneyland Resort is located in Anaheim, Calif.  (Joshua Sudock\/Disneyland Resort)\" width=\"80\" height=\"60\" \/><span class=\"thumb-count\">6 of 16<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"thumb-item \"><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wordpressdynamos.com\/timesofnewscdn\/USA\/bc483_e5879b5c-25c4-461b-9d9a-3f9406be7cbe-Halloween_Screams_Nighttime_Spectacular.jpg\" alt=\"Halloween Screams Nighttime Spectacular during Disneyland\" width=\"80\" height=\"60\" \/><span class=\"thumb-count\">7 of 16<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"thumb-item \"><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wordpressdynamos.com\/timesofnewscdn\/USA\/0eca7_fe8b31b5-bc8f-4888-bfdc-12a1a661f951-Frightfully_Fun_Parade.jpg\" alt=\"Frightfully Fun Parade Part of Oogie Boogie Bash during Disney California Adventure.The guest-favorite Frightfully Fun Parade delights guest during Disney California Adventure Park during a all-new Oogie Boogie Bash  A Disney Halloween Party on 20 name nights from Sept. 17-Oct. 31, 2019. The Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow heralds a attainment of Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse who lead a review of characters, including many mischievous Disney villains. New this year, a ever-curious and dainty Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland joins a parade, mischievously smiling during all a enchanting mayhem. (Disneyland Resort)\" width=\"80\" height=\"60\" \/><span class=\"thumb-count\">8 of 16<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"thumb-item \"><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wordpressdynamos.com\/timesofnewscdn\/USA\/c41b9_6927f239-f1ac-4da4-9a9b-b599ae584bac-Villainous_World_of_Color_show.jpg\" alt=\"Villainous! is a new World of Color show, disdainful to a new apart sheet event, Oogie Boogie Bash  A Disney Halloween Party during Disney California Adventure Park, commencement Sept. 17, 2019, for 20 name nights. The uncover weaves a Halloween story about a immature lady named Shelley Marie who goes on an memorable tour exploring a mean side of Disney characters. Villainous! shows guest that, low down, theres a small knave in all of us. Disneyland Resort is located in Anaheim, Calif. (Joshua Sudock\/Disneyland Resort)\" width=\"80\" height=\"60\" \/><span class=\"thumb-count\">9 of 16<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"thumb-item \"><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wordpressdynamos.com\/timesofnewscdn\/USA\/b314e_7999f8c0-6091-4bfb-ba34-981479196adb-Haunted_Mansion_Holiday.jpg\" alt=\"During Halloween Time during Disneyland Park, from Sept. 6 by Oct. 31, 2019, a Haunted Mansion, that celebrates a 50th anniversary this summer, becomes Haunted Mansion Holiday, desirous by a Walt Disney Pictures classical Tim Burtons The Nightmare Before Christmas. The anniversary captivate celebrates a collision between Halloween and Christmas as Jack Skellington offers his singular take on a holidays. Disneyland Resort is located in Anaheim, Calif.  (Joshua Sudock\/Disneyland Resort)\" width=\"80\" height=\"60\" \/><span class=\"thumb-count\">10 of 16<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"thumb-item \"><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wordpressdynamos.com\/timesofnewscdn\/USA\/bc8a3_8b227879-2c35-4ee7-b17f-793b093b5e6b-Stranger_Things_HHN_house-sm.jpg\" alt=\"Stranger Things Halloween Horror NIght House during both Universal parks.\" width=\"80\" height=\"60\" \/><span class=\"thumb-count\">11 of 16<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"thumb-item \"><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wordpressdynamos.com\/timesofnewscdn\/USA\/93da0_ad897467-7676-4cb2-99bc-2ad0ede242c2-Dark_Arts_at_Hogwarts_Castle.jpg\" alt=\"The Dark Arts during Hogwarts Castle Light Projection Show during Universal Studios Hollywood.\" width=\"80\" height=\"60\" \/><span class=\"thumb-count\">12 of 16<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"thumb-item \"><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wordpressdynamos.com\/timesofnewscdn\/USA\/2344c_aeaacac6-47e9-47da-9974-e3ea7ca7230e-Killer_Klowns_from_Outer_Space_HHN_house.jpg\" alt=\"You'd be correct to face your fear of clowns before attack adult a Killer Klowns From Outer Space Halloween Horror Night House (available during both parks).\" width=\"80\" height=\"60\" \/><span class=\"thumb-count\">13 of 16<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"thumb-item \"><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wordpressdynamos.com\/timesofnewscdn\/USA\/ee949_d094f115-8dd2-4474-9954-1e3b925c1cf8-Ghostbusters_Universal_HHN_house.jpg\" alt=\"Ghostbusters Halloween Horror Night House during both Universal parks- Universal Studios\" width=\"80\" height=\"60\" \/><span class=\"thumb-count\">14 of 16<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"thumb-item \"><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wordpressdynamos.com\/timesofnewscdn\/USA\/9e166_83260891-a0d8-4397-a7ec-e2de4f55e91f-Universal_Monsters_HHN_house-sm.jpg\" alt=\"Universal Monsters Halloween Horror Night residence during Universal Orlando- Universal Studios\" width=\"80\" height=\"60\" \/><span class=\"thumb-count\">15 of 16<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"thumb-item \"><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wordpressdynamos.com\/timesofnewscdn\/USA\/91348_2ee45479-f6f1-4628-8f91-14292ea3a786-Yeti_Terror_of_the_Yukon_HHN_house.jpg\" alt=\"Yeti Terror of a Yukon Halloween Horror Night residence during Universal Orlando.\" width=\"80\" height=\"60\" \/><span class=\"thumb-count\">16 of 16<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"slide-nav prev gallery-prev\" rel=\"prev\">Last Slide<\/a><a class=\"slide-nav subsequent gallery-next\" rel=\"next\">Next Slide<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/dining\/2019\/08\/23\/headed-epcot-food-wine-here-10-things-we-tried-and-loved\/2061471001\/\" data-track-label=\"newrecircinline\" class=\"oembed-simple-link oembed-link-anchor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"oembed-link-desc\">Headed to Epcot Food  Wine? 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