It’s the date we’ve been waiting for – the opening date for the Disney Skyliner has been announced!
The newest transportation option at Disney World will be opening on September 29!
The Disney Skyliner will connect Disney’s Hollywood Studios and Epcot to Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort, Disney’s Riviera Resort (when it opens in December), and Disney’s Pop Century and Art of Animation Resorts.
You can check out a video of the Skyliner here!
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Disney has begun initial testing on the gondolas for the Disney Skyliner transportation system.
The Disney Skyliner is slated to open this fall and will connect Epcot, Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Pop Century, Art of Animation, Disney Riviera Resort, and Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort.
The gondolas will feature characters from several popular Disney films including: 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.
Other themed gondolas include: Coco, Finding Dory, Monsters, Inc., Pirates of …

The Disney Skyliner is set to begin operations in the fall of 2019.
The Skyliner will transport guests between Epcot, Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Caribbean Beach Resort, Pop Century, Art of Animation, and Disney’s Riviera Hotel.
The Disney Skyliner will also give guests a whole new view of Walt Disney World with great photo opportunities and new views of World Showcase at Epcot.
Workers have installed the last support tower for the Skyliner system and are starting to thread the cable for the Sklyiner.
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Back in February we told you about rumors of a gondola lift system that was rumored to be coming to the Walt Disney World Resort.
Now it appears that this new transportation system is becoming a reality for the resort.
The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that documents obtained from the Reedy Creek Improvement District confirm the project.
According to the documents, there will be six stations with three gondola lines that link Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Epcot, Caribbean Beach Resort, and the area between Pop Century and Art of Animation.
The enclosed gondola cabs will …

A thirteen year old boy is listed in critical condition today after being pulled from a Walt Disney World resort pool by his cousin.
The boy, who is visiting the resort from Missouri, was playing in the pool with other family members. The boy’s family became concerned after not seeing him for several minutes, when his cousin spotted him and pulled him from the water.  A guest and the boy’s father began to administer CPR at that point. It is unclear where lifeguards, who are on duty at the pool from …

For those who have wondered what was to become of Pop Century Resort’s “Legendary Years,” here’s your answer.
Disney has been playing around with the Art of Animation Resort idea for years now, and it looks like the economy has finally strengthened enough for the resort to become a reality. The Art of Animation Resort will join Disney’s All Star Resorts and Disney’s Pop Century Resort as a value-level hotel; it will feature 864 traditional hotel rooms and 1,120 family suites, which sleep six and have proven successful at Disney’s All …

Disney’s Pop Century Resort is a great place to stay in Disney World if you want to be close to the “magic” (that is, close to the theme parks), but still stay on a budget. As one of Disney’s value resorts, Pop Century offers all of the amenities of a Disney World resort at a relatively low cost.
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And staying there is fun! The resort’s theme promotes some of the greatest accomplishments and pop culture memories from the second half of the 20th century, from sock-hops to cell …