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Monorail
I know it'll never happen, but what are your thoughts on the expanding the monorail to all the parks and to at least the Deluxe Results and possibly all of the Moderate Resorts?
Id love to see it happen, but i have a feeling we wont see that in my lifetime.
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Personal opinion: Way too costly. They would be better served with something like the light rail around here.
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I think it would be fantastic. It's really expensive and probably not going to happen, but I love the idea of it and would be all for monorail expansion. I would probably start with a trek from the TTC/Seven Seas Lagoon to the AK.
Sherri
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I kno wthis is off topic, but when I saw the name of this thread, I immediately thought of the Simpsons monorail episode. Now I have the song stuck in my head. I guess I need some coffee...
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I would love to see the Monorail go to AK, but at something like 13 million per mile I do not see that coming soon.
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Ah, but I second the light-rail choice. Or an automated light rail, park to park (i.e., MK to AK, EPCOT to DD, etc.) ... electrical. Or, replace the buses with all-electric or at least hybrid vehicles.
Of course, we could always have them reimplement the TTA as an exterior attraction.
But yeah, hammering reinforcements into the soft and sandy ground (high water table) to support the track required to make the journey -- even though they know what they need to do this time, unlike last time ... and owing to inflation, it ain't gonna be a monorail.
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It would be great but I don't see it happening
at least no time soon.
BEEN THERE, DONE THAT AND GOING BACK IN
MAY 2010.
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expanding the monorail
I remember talking about this a very long time ago when the studios opened up. I figured it wouldn't happen then, and probably won't happen now
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It would be wonderful if it at least went to all the parks.
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I agree with the other - probably won't happen.
Speaking of transportation though - why can't they have boat transporation from the AK Lodge to AK park. That shouldn't be out of line cost wise.
I love taking boat rides to the parks.
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Let's just say it is much more likely to see Star Trek style transporters before we'll see more monorails at Disney...
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LRT may actually be a possibility. it's not inexpensive but a lot cheaper than monorail and ultimately than a bus fleet. WDW is almost twice the size of Manhatten Island (true stat even according to the Disney company). Tens of thousands of people to move around a large area. It could become viable just to handle the need and would make getting around much easier.
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id be fine with light rail, we have it here in Charlotte and I love it.
82 - Offsite
85- Fort Wilderness
88- Polynesian
96- Offsite
97- Offsite
98- Offsite
08 - French Quarter
09 - Coronado Springs
09 - All Star Sports
09 - Pop Century
09 - Off Site
10- French Quarter
11 - All Star Sports
14 -Coronado Springs
15 - All Star Sports
17 - TBD
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I agree a light rail would be great, but I am fine with the way it is. I would not even mind a regular train from resort to resort or park or DTD.
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How would light rail work though? Would it go park to park only? would it go from the TTC to each park? Seems like there would be rails running everywhere
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Monorail would be great, probably the best [guest] option out there.
Light rail would be more economical, however I don't see how it would work well enough to be a good option. I think visually it's not a good option as well, you'll have traffic issues, etc.
Distances are too far for TTA/moving sidewalk type transportation as well.
Busses, as much as I don't like them, are probably the easiest and least costly option in the long term. They have to maintain the roads anyway. If a train breaks down, how do you handle that? Busses, same way they handled the monorail crash last year. It's fairly easy to keep them moving and adjust them based on demand.
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If it were cheaper, Disney would do it. They want to save a buck as much (even more actually) as anyone else. Guests/environments/etc don't matter as much as the stock holders.
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Mono means one and rail means rail and that ends our extensive six week course.
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