News Disney World Testing Reverse Direction on Express Monorail

[wdwmagic]

 

[Touchdown]

Wonder why they would do this? Are they going to be doing some maintenance on the express loop soon and will need to go shuttle mode?

 

[wdwmagic]

CMs are saying it’s related to trying to improve efficiency of adding and removing monorails to the beam.

This morning it is back to normal direction but is likely to switch again later in the day.

 

[nickys]

CMs are saying it’s related to trying to improve efficiency of adding and removing minors to the beam.

This morning it is back to normal direction but is likely to switch again later in the day.

Is minors a typo? If not, what are they?

 

[wdwmagic]

Is minors a typo? If not, what are they?

Sorry! Typo, meant monorails.

 

[DisneyCane]

Monorail races?

 

[twilight mitsuk]

could reduce the risk of another 2009-style collision

 

[Duke of Disney]

Glad I got to 'pilot' one thanks to a CM - before they ended riding up front and non-employees driving one.

 

[FigmentFan82]

I remember getting to ride in the cockpit, that bench seat right at the very front of the nose. A shame kids can’t experience it today

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I always thought they ran oppo to balance the stress on the track pylons as they passed?

But that was an assumption…

 

[ToTBellHop]

I think it is more aesthetically pleasing to have the two lines operate in opposite directions, but if it is safer or more efficient to have them operate in the same direction, then that makes sense.

 

[Touchdown]

From an impatient guest view it’s also far simpler (and avoids disappointment) to guess when the monorail approaching me is “mine”further out (resort monorail comes from Grand, express comes from Contemporary)

 

[Rinx]

You can't tell me it took them 50 years to realize convenience of switching. No, to me, this smells of some new manager either in the shops or operations just trying to make a name for themselves.

 

[castlecake2.0]

You can't tell me it took them 50 years to realize convenience of switching. No, to me, this smells of some new manager either in the shops or operations just trying to make a name for themselves.

They used to go the same way but pilots would sometimes try to race each other, so they switched them to opposite directions, I think now with how automated the trains have become they don’t have that fear anymore, but that’s one of the cool things about working in a theme park, you can try new things and ideas, one like this is easy to revert back if they don’t see the results they want, or easy to keep if they do

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

could reduce the risk of another 2009-style collision

No, having the dispatcher on site and not eating at a Perkins is what would reduce the risk of that.

 

[DisneyCane]

Rode the reverse direction yesterday. It felt weird but just makes it take slightly longer to the park and slightly shorter to the parking lot.

 

[Goofyernmost]

One way will not work because that would mean only one monorail train on duty. They can't do two without doing the same thing to the resort monorail. Only one way direction is possible if you run one train otherwise they would run into each other. There is only one rail for the express and the resort would stay using its own rail.

 

[Biff215]

One way will not work because that would mean only one monorail train on duty. They can't do two without doing the same thing to the resort monorail. Only one way direction is possible if you run one train otherwise they would run into each other. There is only one rail for the express and the resort would stay using its own rail.

Huh???

 

[Goofyernmost]

Huh???

They might do that if they are planning to run them backwards for repairs on part of the track. They only have one rail for the express if what they are thinking about is the same thing that they are currently doing with the WDW Railroad. The same train going back and forth on that single rail. There is no reason to do that they always knew that they could drive the train from either end so that is nothing new. So I'm curious about what is happening. If they are just running the same rail all around, but in the opposite direction that they are have been doing now. It wouldn't be the first time they did that. Originally they ran in the opposite direction or backing up. My guess is that there is a project someplace on the normal line between MK and the TTC for the express train.

 

[Biff215]

They might do that if they are planning to run them backwards for repairs on part of the track. They only have one rail for the express if what they are thinking about is the same thing that they are currently doing with the WDW Railroad. The same train going back and forth on that single rail. There is no reason to do that they always knew that they could drive the train from either end so that is nothing new. So I'm curious about what is happening. If they are just running the same rail all around, but in the opposite direction that they are have been doing now. It wouldn't be the first time they did that. Originally they ran in the opposite direction or backing up. My guess is that there is a project someplace on the normal line between MK and the TTC for the express train.

Thanks for clearing that up.