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Monorail system to operate on new timetable to accommodate automation work
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cw1982
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Agreed 110%!
The funny thing is those boats are washed the most, several times a week I believe because they are used for the fireworks voyages. But between washings, they get icky if the cast doesn't wipe down the cobwebs. That's a whole other discussion though. The boats were I believe originally used at DAK and brought over to 7SL at some point. Sorry not trying to hijack, just gotta say "watercraft: bailing out monorails for over 40 years!"
Figment2005
Well-Known Member
What color train was it?
MinnieM123
Premium Member
I'm not a frequent visitor to WDW, but I've never noticed any problem with the A/C in the monorails. Sorry to hear that your ride was unpleasant. Do you think the problem might have just been with that particular monorail car you were on (and hopefully will be fixed asap)? I hope your future rides will be better.
kbmum
Well-Known Member
I've encountered individual monorail cars on the resort line that didn't have a/c on almost every trip. Depending upon how crowded it is, we try to move to a different car at the next stop.
Oh trust me, this isn't the only train like this. When a car can easily reach 100+ inside, I'd hate to know what it is inside the cabs during the peak of summer.
TBH, I didn't take a look at the stripe. I wish I had though.
StageFrenzy
Well-Known Member
I'm really surprised that nobody has tried to document the state of every car on each train. Anyone want to start a thread?
Figment2005
Well-Known Member
If the cast are made aware, we do take A/C not working seriously. If it cannot be fixed away from shop, that car will be taken out of service.
rob0519
Well-Known Member
Agreed. I pay dearly for for two rooms at the CR on each trip because of the monorail. It's not a perk. It's like covering the windows on a park view room for several hours a day. I can work around it, but, they are still taking away a service I paid for with no compensation.
dstrawn9889
Well-Known Member
they may tell you it is something you pay for, but try to get money back because it is out of service. ERGO, it is a perk, not something you pay extra for.(that is IMHO the major difference between a function and a perk, the ability to complain and get a discount on something that is not there... like when a pool is closed at the resort, no discount)
The ability to get your money back for something isn't necessarily the line between a perk and a function.
Lets look at it this way:
The All-Star Resort gives you a number of things, which are included, and expected, when you pay for a room:
- Bed
- Bathroom
- Air Conditioning
- Locking door
- Access to the pool
- Access to the food court/restaurants
- Bus transportation
You get all that, and you pay $100 standard rate.
Now, lets look at the Yacht Club:
- Bed
- Bathroom
- Air Conditioning
- Locking door
- Access to the pool
- Access to the food court/restaurants
- Bus transportation
- Water craft transportation
- Proximity to theme park
You get all that, and you pay $400 standard rate.
Now, lets look at the Grand Floridian:
- Bed
- Bathroom
- Air Conditioning
- Locking door
- Access to the pool
- Access to the food court/restaurants
- Bus transportation
- Water craft transportation
- Proximity to theme park
- Monorail to theme parks
For all that, you pay $505 standard rate.
Why the difference? Why is the YC 4 times more expensive than All-Star and GF 5 times more expensive than All-Star? Because you are paying a premium for the services that you expect to have access to at each resort.
Rasvar
Well-Known Member
I don't think those even have AC. Windows are open almost all the time I'm on that. There are some brutally hot days that I would not want to be in those things there.
COProgressFan
Well-Known Member
That was a well-documented (on MiceAge, anyway) design flaw when they developed the new trains. The way I remember, instead of going to knowledgeable, experienced folks like Bob Gurr, they decided they could design without any historical guidance. There is no a/c, and design changes were necessary after the trains were built, which allowed the windows to open up a bit more.
It still gets really hot though.
MinnieM123
Premium Member
I believe you are sincere in your comments, and take pride in your work. Throughout this entire thread, the insight you've shared about the operation of the monorail system is also appreciated.
Thank you also, Figment 2005, for passing along (to your colleagues who work on the monorail), the A/C problems in some of the (hotel loop) monorail cars, that both @Jakester and @kbmum mentioned.
Just wondering: could the A/C malfunction they talked about be an intermittent problem in some of the cars? If so, that might explain why the monorail mechanics might “miss” some of the A/C problems during their daily checklist. (I’m assuming that checking the A/C components would also be a part of a standard checklist, after all the safety systems have passed inspection.)
My dream (but, will probably never happen) would be for Disney to add more new monorail trains to the fleet, thereby giving them more opportunity to switch out cars on a more regular basis.
dstrawn9889
Well-Known Member
cars cannot be swapped(well not without serious teardown i mean they are not like train cars), i think you meant trains, as monorail black would not operate missing a car.
flynnibus
Premium Member
They don't - they have to shutdown when it's too hot out. They reworked the windows after they initially delivered the new monorails too as well because it was too bad.
Bolt
Well-Known Member
It's called the no Latin Group benefit, debateably worth it.