connect the Animal Kingdom by monorail

[POLY LOVER]

with all the talk about overcrowding and spreading out the guest would it be the time to connect the AK to the monorail system? You can hop all parks easily but the AK. If it were connected would more people hop and visit during their stay and thin the crowds if they could easily get there? I'm sure this has been a topic before but circumstances are different now.

 

[Tom]

no

 

[Bob]

no

I've heard that it might get built if it's sponsored by Starbucks.

 

[POLY LOVER]

no

I avoid the place because of distance and time to get there, so I never hop the AK.

 

[POLY LOVER]

I've heard that it might get built if it's sponsored by Starbucks.

they would just screw it up and reduce the quality of the ride.

 

[mouse_luv]

Not going to happen, nor does it need to.

 

[Master Yoda]

I avoid the place because of distance and time to get there, so I never hop the AK.

Seriously? An extra 5 minutes of drive time is all it takes for you to bail on a park?

 

[wm49rs]

More Imagineering....

 

[POLY LOVER]

Seriously? An extra 5 minutes of drive time is all it takes for you to bail on a park?

5 minutes ? seriously if you can get there in 5 minutes from the MK I'll buy you an AP pass

 

[LuvtheGoof]

5 minutes ? seriously

Even less from some resorts, but for the most part, yes, it really is only around 5 minutes longer than most. It's about the same going from AKL to MK, but nobody seems to complain about that trip. I wonder why?

 

[alissafalco]

5 minutes ? seriously if you can get there in 5 minutes from the MK I'll buy you an AP pass

How about you just go to AK and don't go to MK first

 

[Master Yoda]

5 minutes ? seriously if you can get there in 5 minutes from the MK I'll buy you an AP pass

Actually I just ran the times on OLP WDW Transportation Wizard.

Time from MK to Epcot by Monorail 35 minutes

Time from MK to AK by bus 21 minutes

It actually takes less time to get to AK from MK by bus than it does to go from MK to Epcot by monorail.

Maybe they should add a bus route from MK to Epcot and speed things up.

 

[POLY LOVER]

Even less from some resorts, but for the most part, yes, it really is only around 5 minutes longer than most. It's about the same going from AKL to MK, but nobody seems to complain about that trip. I wonder why?

maybe its perception, but I will consider hoping any of the parks but the AK. I spend the entire day there but never consider hoping it.

 

[Master Yoda]

maybe its perception, but I will consider hoping any of the parks but the AK. I spend the entire day there but never consider hoping it.

Considering that AK often closes several hours before the other parks there is currently little reason to hop to there. That should change when Pandora and RoL opens.

 

[LuvtheGoof]

maybe its perception, but I will consider hoping any of the parks but the AK. I spend the entire day there but never consider hoping it.

Perception is a wonderful thing. That's why so many claim that they waited "forever" for a bus, but it was more than likely about 15 minutes. I time it takes the bus/monorail/boat to arrive every single time we enter a queue, and we have waited longer than 20 minutes for a bus exactly ONCE in 17 trips covering the last 6 years. And that was because the bus broke down, and they had to put a new one on.

Nobody said it was 5 minutes from MK to AK. We are saying that on average, getting to AK from a resort as opposed to going to a different park takes only about 5 minutes longer.

 

[POLY LOVER]

Actually I just ran the times on OLP WDW Transportation Wizard.

Time from MK to Epcot by Monorail 35 minutes

Time from MK to AK by bus 21 minutes

It actually takes less time to get to AK from MK by bus than it does to go from MK to Epcot by monorail.

Maybe they should add a bus route from MK to Epcot and speed things up.

I'll leave it to others to comment on those times.

 

[wm49rs]

I'll leave it to others to comment on those times.

And they look fine....

 

[Ralphlaw]

Monorails, for whatever reason, are now ridiculously expensive to build and operate. I like them, but I get my monorail fix at MK and Epcot. Plus, when one goes down, there's no easy bypass. Buses are brought in. With the need for that redundancy, spending the millions for an extra monorail makes little financial sense. For the same money, they could erect a new e-ticket attraction somewhere.

 

[Master Yoda]

I'll leave it to others to comment on those times.

I did some time studies myself on the Disney transportation system and found OLP to be pretty accurate.

 

[brb1006]

I still never understood why they never built a monorail system near Animal Kingdom. Epcot,Magic Kingdom, and Hollywood Studios have them and much quicker compared to bus rides which takes minutes.

 

[marni1971]

I still never understood why they never built a monorail system near Animal Kingdom. Epcot,Magic Kingdom, and Hollywood Studios have them and much quicker compared to bus rides which takes minutes.

Huh?