Maybe I’m biased but I felt this deserves its own thread.
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Monorail Lime finally out of shop — Blue deltas are back!
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Maybe I’m biased but I felt this deserves its own thread.
DisneyDebRob
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I swore I saw lime last week when I was in the park. Must have been mistaken, either way it’s great!
Monorail_Red
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Very awesome to see this back. Looks like they put the classic D's back on as well.
Sun is finally out
Magic Feather
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Looks Great! Glad to see some love going into the monorail system (even if the core issues are not fixed).
THE Monorail Lime
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Since it’s related my Twitter is monorail Lime if anyone wants to check it out, I can delete my post if this isn’t allowed
EricsBiscuit
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Which monorail is next?
trainplane3
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This is also a good picture for those of us that couldn't tell the difference between Green and Lime (before the blue deltas were back).
In my head lime and green seem the same but that picture makes lime look more...lime-ier. If that makes sense. Which it probably doesn't.
mikeymouse
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Where is the "Walt Disney World Monorail System"? Was it just being painted?
Disone
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This is on the express beam. So that "Walt Disney World Monorail system" is on the front car. On the resort being it's on the back of the train, as on the resort beam the trains are technically going backwards.
kurtk
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You are assuming the rumors are true and they are going to buy new trains. They may not be updating them anytime soon. Also, if they have a scheduled maintenance program that has to do with safety, you can't just skip it for a year or two. I am sure Disney doesn't want to have any accidents. Can you imagine the publicity and lawsuit if they skipped maintenance and there was an accident?
MinnieM123
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My guess is that perhaps a new paint job might provide a dual purpose -- protecting the outside from the Florida weather (heat, storms, etc.) -- while also, maintaining a pleasant visual appearance for guests to enjoy. In other words, even if they did replace the monorail, it probably wouldn't be soon.
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peter11435
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FAM and other internal departments like it operate generally independent of any major proposed changes and closers. They are tasked with maintaining assets while they are in use.
peter11435
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Facility Asset Management
This wasn't really an upgrade. This stuff just happens on a routine schedule. Although not as often as most of us would like.
BalooChicago
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If you disregard the fact we don’t know when, or if, Disney will order new monorails, there is design time to design them, production time to build them. Disney wouldn’t receive them all at once. The switch to the Mark VI took three years. So let’s say Disney places an order today. Give them a year to design, a year to build the first train set, if Lime were the last to go, it could still be in service five years from now.
Would you be happy with the train going unpainted for five plus years?
Disney measures "the near future" in years.
Unfortunately no. Automation would not have happened without the 2009 accident. Paint and maintenance as stated above are based on the need to maintain an asset and meet minimum guest standards. Emphasis on minimum.
It’s not unique to monorails, you can see this with virtually every thing else at Disney. Again emphasis on minimum.