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Hello all, My wife and I are considering coming down to Disney from 2-18 to 2-28 and are wondering how the weather is that time of year. Also how crowded is it?

Hello all, I'm wondering if Disneyworld has plans to replace their current trains with the newer ones like they have in Disneyland. Does anybody know if that will eventually happen? If it is going to happen, does anybody know when? Thanks in advance.

I've been going to Disney World and Disneyland for around 30 years or so. I don't keep a record of every weird person I've seen or dealt with in the times I've been there (I would have a room full of notes if I did that). When I was a little kid at EPCOT in the early 80's, we were going to...

Hello all, I have been trying to get additional information on the Disney Monorail System and I'm wondering if anyone has any kind of contact information. My preferences are E-mail or phone. The main reason is for a monorail story I'm working on and I want to do it right. Thanks in advance.

Driving on the grounds depends on where you want to go and how quickly you want to get there. When I was there in September, we stayed at the Port Orleans Riverside and found that you need to add AT LEAST 30 minutes to allow for the buses. When we wanted to go to the Magic Kingdom at opening...

Hello all, One of the promotion offers that I've seen come back is the free dining plan when you book up to a certain day. Last year, you had to stay there no later than September 18 (or pretty close to it). This year, if you go between August 16 and October 3, you get the free meal...

My opinion The Fastpass seems to be one of the better ideas that Disney has come up with over the past few years. Having been to both Disneyland and Disney World quite a few times during peak seasons, I have to say the Fastpass is a big help for easing line congestion. The point of single...

Interesting pic of the bus. Now that it's out of the way....they're schedule and operations are still a joke.

According to MapQuest, it's about 5.5 miles from EPCOT to Animal Kingdom Lodge. To add a line to run to Animal Kingdom from EPCOT, you'd need at least another beam added to the existing EPCOT station, 2 rail switch Junctions, about 5-6 miles of double beams (parallel track to allow 2 monorails...

Thanks, JohnMan. I'm going from 9/17 to 9/27 and staying at one of the value resorts. When I was there last year it wasn't too bad. I think the longest wait we had was 30-40 minutes.

Kramden88 has raised an interesting point about service to the Lodge. One option would be to set the route up to include service to and from the Lodge. Here's how I would do it. Start from the TTC to Animal Kingdom, dropping passengers and loading with people going to Animal Kingdom...

A people mover might be interesting but I think it would probably be filled to capacity to Animal Kingdom. Hollywood Studios might be a different story. As I mentioned earlier, I was there back in September (and I'm going again this year :sohappy:) and clearly remember how crowded the buses...

This may sound like a dumb question but has anyone heard how many people Disney anticipates having in September? It's usually pretty quiet but these promotions are helping the number jump a little bit. Thanks in advance.

If you're looking for a great place to eat, go to the Italian Restaurant. To be perectly honest, EPCOT doesn't have a bad place to eat in the entire park.

Hello lujanoh, Typically, Disney will go ahead and claim your bags for you unless you tell them not to. As far as coming from another country, I have no clue. My reccommendation would be to call Disney directly and ask them. I flew to Orlando back in September and used the airport bus to my...

Hardcard, that was the expansion I originally mentioned. I suspect that it's been suspended until this recession ends. When/ if it does happen though, I think that it will open a lot of eyes.

TimeTrip, you have some interesting thoughts about the run to the airport. When I was there in September, someone (I think a monorail guy) mentioned something about problems with the city and other parks. Running a monorail to the airport would be ok but of course places like Sea World feel...

Timon has some valid points. What if there were centralized stations that serviced a few hotels at a time? Feeder lines would be very beneficial but it could also make things a little more complex. Besides efficiency and the fact that I love riding on the monorails, I think my main reason for...

My opinion Hello all, I just joined this forum today and it appears that I'm posting on a thread that's been quiet for a while. That being said, I'll go ahead and offer my opinion and thoughts on this. The rumor of monorail expansion has been alive and well for many years. I can...