Thanks to all who helped me. We ended up leaving our luggage at the Marriott. We took their van to the Tung Chung subway station. The gondola operation is beyond it. We had been warned that lines could be long, went on a Sunday, so went at 9:30am. It was a breeze at that time. I purchased tickets for the glass enclosed gondola and the two movies that are shown in the tourist village at the top. After buying the tickets, there are two lines: one for the regular gondola cars and one for the glass enclosed one. The glass one is a shorter line. The ride was longer and more scenic than I anticipated. It crosses two stretches of water and makes two turns. When ascending, it's fun to look through the floor and see the path for hikers. It looks like an arduous hike, but there were a handful of folks ascending. For a stretch, you get a panoramic view of the airport and can watch jets landing and taking off. As you get near the top, you get a wonderful view of the Golden Buddha.

I had paid for the two movies shown in the village. One was a cartoon about monkeys, possibly suitable for a 1 year old. Skip it. I have done you a favor by telling you this. The other one is called something like "In the Steps of the Buddha". It's more tolerable, but can easily be skipped as well.

We repeated our glass gondola ride back to the start. This time we were the only two in the gondola. When we got back to the ticket office, the line must have been 1 to 2 hours long with people waiting to buy tickets and ascend. I strongly recommend going by 10am, at least on a weekend day.

It was a dreary day but I was still very taken with the view. I've meant to take this ride since it was opened, and am glad that I finally did so. I recommend it.