Do you think Disney can expand the Walt Disney World Monorail to all of the theme parks,water parks,hotels and the sports complex so guests can access it easier?
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Can disney expand the Walt Disney World Monorial?
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yensidtlaw
New Member
I don't know if they can.. but I think it is a brilliant idea> with the busses getting more and more crowded and becoming a large hastle, and with alternative transportation on the rise, it would show Disney's support for alternative fuel sources. I'm sure it would be quite a long project, so getting started on it earlier rather than later could be awfully benificial. It may seem a bit much at the moment, but one thing we know about Disney is that it's always growing, and in ten-twenty years I think the busses will no longer be enough to support and transport all the guests. The monorails are clean, reliable, and can transport large amounts of guests. The busses..... are pretty dirty, sometimes unreliable, and cannot transport large amount of guests.
albino_pygmy
Member
Anything is possible, and I'm sure if they really wanted to "waste money" for free transportation, they really would have started adding beams to MGM and AK. I personally would love to see it happen, but knowing Disney and how they don't like to spend money on things that won't make money in return for them, this'll never happen 
JarretttheGuy
Member
gotta tell ya
as someone who uses mass transit everyday to get wherever i need to go, i would freak out and give big cheers if they did expand it to all the parks.
I think that was the original idea, but it fell to the wayside.
One day all our dreams will come true. I firmly believe that, but coming true in our lifetime, I don't know.
as someone who uses mass transit everyday to get wherever i need to go, i would freak out and give big cheers if they did expand it to all the parks.
I think that was the original idea, but it fell to the wayside.
One day all our dreams will come true. I firmly believe that, but coming true in our lifetime, I don't know.
Dayma
Well-Known Member
That's just in the last 2 months
I don't think that's it's viable anymore unless you do it as an attraction itself....
Gig 'Em Mickey
Well-Known Member
Can they? Yes.
Will they? Extremely unlikely, especially in this economy. If you want to wait around for them to expand the monorail you might want to pack a lunch.
Will they? Extremely unlikely, especially in this economy. If you want to wait around for them to expand the monorail you might want to pack a lunch.
Pumbas Nakasak
Heading for the great escape.
Not when buses are a more efficient method of moving people
hpyhnt 1000
Well-Known Member
Exactly. I'd say you might want to pack dinner as well. :wave:
epcotWSC
Well-Known Member
If they had the monorail going around to every resort and every park, I would think that it would take a long time to get around. However, if they could make it work, I think it'd be cheaper than having all of those busses running all the time and paying all of those bus drivers, gas, maintenance, etc. However at the same time, the initial cost for building the thing, buying any additional trains, etc would be VERY expensive.
hpyhnt 1000
Well-Known Member
I've always thought that an ideal system would have the monorail connecting each of the theme parks in a sort of two way cirlce, one going clockwise, the other counter clockwise, with no more than a 3 minute wait or so bewteen trains. From each theme park station, buses would transport guests to the resorts that are closest to that theme park.
ClemsonTigger
Naturally Grumpy
As others have said, there are three questions....
can they - yes
will they - unlikely
should they - depends on what you use to support it.
As far as handling volumes of traffic, busses are more efficient and can carry more than the monorails, also you can throw more busses to a given area at a specific time...say MK just after Wishes. Can you imagine the bottleneck if monorail was the primary departure system? Actually monorail going to TTC where you would have to change, then possibly a second TTC and another change. Each would be built up with large volumes of tired cranky guests.
Probably the only alternate system that would be effective and able to move that number of people would be a park wide system of peoplemovers.
hpyhnt 1000
Well-Known Member
That is the other option, and one that could be very effective, probably more so than the monorail (but probably even more expensive). A resort wide TTA on steroids would be awesome!
NiarrNDisney
Well-Known Member
I'm sure we are all crossing our fingers but I wouldn't hold your breath!
Uncle Lupe
Well-Known Member
All they need is a simple monorail loop from the TTC to Animal Kingdom then on to DHS and back to the TTC. To serve the rest of the remaining parks, shopping and hotels and massive spiderweb network of People Movers and Rocket Rods.
