DisneyOma
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- Jul 27, 2015
It's like the weight limits for elevators - both "public" and "service" elevators have a stated capacity - and that capacity is often what appears to be a ridiculously high number, because otherwise we would all be doing math every time a loaded elevator needs to go up or down.
The weight limits on the gondolas/gondola system as a whole will surely be *well* above the "worst case" scenario; the Imagineers are well aware of what that number needs to be - from a low average to a high average, to a worst case scenario, the weight limit will surely be in excess of anything that is ordinary reached.
I think most elevators have alarms that go off when the weight/capacity has been exceeded. I suspect the gondolas will have the same thing.
Thanks - that makes me feel a bit better - heights and enclosed spaces are an issue for me, and having known a CPCM or two, I'm not thinking they are super-trained for some jobs. If I ever end up taking my mom for one more trip, she'd be in an ECV, and we'd be at Pop Century. Hopefully I'll be brave enough to trust the CMs and try the gondola with her!