Expanding the Railroad

[fabroman]

Since the monorail idea didn't go over so well, I have another idea I've never brought up before. Instead of expanding upon the monorail system, why doesn't expand upon the Railroad?

Make the Disneyworld Railroad go all throughout Disney Property. It is basically taking the same function as the monorail, but much more cost effective. The train then can travel to places that the monorail never got to.

Agree/Disagree.

Note- Not doing this for attention. Simply idea's.

 

[JonnyK]

I Disagree.

It'll cost them a fortune to build it, i know they have lots of money but this aint gonna happen.

*facepalm*

 

[zurgandfriend]

As stated, it would cost too much to run. There was a stream train that ran from Ft.Wilderness to the TTC when WDW first opened. Operating cost caused WDW to switch to buses.

 

[wdwmemories]

I would love to see some type of rail transport throughout the resort, but Mr. Mouse watches his dollars closely. Busses are cheap and the roads already exist. :shrug:

 

[HouCuseChickie]

Seriously??? :brick:

Before asking any of these questions...please consider costs and practicality. Yes- it's Disney and there's always sparks of "magic"- but there are a lot of things which would be neat for Disney to do that would just never fly.

Maybe you're OK with several hundred dollars pp in park tickets to fund these projects??? Maybe you're OK with the extreme disruption a project of this size would cause to the current infrastructure??? (i.e. why established cities w/o major mass transit have such a hard time implementing it after mass population and building development) Maybe you're OK with the YEARS and YEARS it would take to see this to fruition???

So...what's you're next bright idea? Build a Disney launching pad into space near Space Mtn so that they can be the first to cash in on the masses for commercial manned space flight? :lol: Or how about a subway system incorporating old rides and music? :ROFLOL:

 

[wm49rs]

No, pretty sure the attention angle is at work here....

But since one of the other threads has already been shut down, hope prevails.

 

[copcarguyp71]

Why the quick jump to berating someone? I mean really, this is an open forum and it was an honest and earnest thought process that the OP had and was willing to share. Our country just celebrated July 4th and along with that independence comes freedom of speech. I doubt sincerely if you or anyone else would appreciate your ideas being ripped to pieces and thrown in the mud. Please folks lets' all pull on the same rope here. For a Disney oriented site I am always surprised at all the "hating" that goes on.

On a side note the expansion of the railway would be great as I always enjoy taking a few round-trips when we visit and it would e a great alternate transportation but I have to agree that the cost is probably prohibitive. I would guess it would mean additional locomotives and I imagine that kind of iron does not come too cheap these days. Now bring back the skyway cable cars and you got yerself a deal IMO!

 

[The Disney Kid]

Why the quick jump to berating someone? I mean really, this is an open forum and it was an honest and earnest thought process that the OP had and was willing to share. Our country just celebrated July 4th and along with that independence comes freedom of speech. I doubt sincerely if you or anyone else would appreciate your ideas being ripped to pieces and thrown in the mud. Please folks lets' all pull on the same rope here. For a Disney oriented site I am always surprised at all the "hating" that goes on.

Apparently you didn't read his "tear down the Haunted Mansion" thread. It's not a freespeech issue, it's a credability issue.

What I'm wondering is, Who is this kid and why is he allowed to play with his mommys computer?

 

[unkadug]

Why the quick jump to berating someone? I mean really, this is an open forum and it was an honest and earnest thought process that the OP had and was willing to share. Our country just celebrated July 4th and along with that independence comes freedom of speech. I doubt sincerely if you or anyone else would appreciate your ideas being ripped to pieces and thrown in the mud. Please folks lets' all pull on the same rope here. For a Disney oriented site I am always surprised at all the "hating" that goes on.

On a side note the expansion of the railway would be great as I always enjoy taking a few round-trips when we visit and it would e a great alternate transportation but I have to agree that the cost is probably prohibitive. I would guess it would mean additional locomotives and I imagine that kind of iron does not come too cheap these days. Now bring back the skyway cable cars and you got yerself a deal IMO!

This is NOT an American website.

Apparently you didn't read his "tear down the Haunted Mansion" thread. It's not a freespeech issue, it's a credability issue.

What I'm wondering is, Who is this kid and why is he allowed to play with his mommys computer?

Agreed

 

[drossjr]

Apparently you didn't read his "tear down the Haunted Mansion" thread. It's not a freespeech issue, it's a credability issue.

What I'm wondering is, Who is this kid and why is he allowed to play with his mommys computer?

:ROFLOL:thats great!

Expanding the railroad is one of the dumbest ideas I have heard from a cost standpoint and it just doesnt make sense, imagine the traffic backups everytime a train has to cross one of the many roads or the amount of bridges that would need to be built to get over the roads! (umm that sounds like a monorail to me!!??!!) Not to mention all the busses they already have to move guests around! Yikes! :brick:

 

[copcarguyp71]

OK, first off I am an American and stand behind the consitution regardless of what soil I or website I happen to stand on.Just because I do not agree with an opinion does not mean that I will not stand behind the right to express it. Knuckleheads will be knuckleheads regardless of what argument you present or how strong the words are that you use to try and shut them down.

Second, before I get too many hackles up I did not realize that the OP had posted the other forum topic so hate me if you need to. This railroad post seemed an honest topic and I can in fact see a trend so I digress. But rather than feeding into it why not just ignore the topic and move onto another more productive or even better joyful topic?

I do not wish to be an inciter of chaos or add fuel to the fire. I am just saying lets' all work towards a more upbeat WDWMagic and get away from the negativity and hating.

 

[Master Yoda]

August 23rd can not get here soon enough.

 

[Mr. Morrow]

Since the monorail idea didn't go over so well, I have another idea I've never brought up before. Instead of expanding upon the monorail system, why doesn't expand upon the Railroad?

Make the Disneyworld Railroad go all throughout Disney Property. It is basically taking the same function as the monorail, but much more cost effective. The train then can travel to places that the monorail never got to.

Agree/Disagree.

Note- Not doing this for attention. Simply idea's.

How did the monorail not go over well?

 

[wm49rs]

How did the monorail not go over well?

Was that the thread that got locked? No, sorry, that was the "Let's close Haunted Mansion" one....

 

[Mr. Morrow]

Was that the thread that got locked? No, sorry, that was the "Let's close Haunted Mansion" one....

I missed that one :brick:

But the Monorail is one of the most efficient modes of transportation they have. Maybe failing to expand it could be considered a failure but besides that I am confused.

 

[parkgoer]

I agree with everyone when they say "ain't gonna happen" or "will never happen" but there is a possibility. Remember when epcot was built 11 years after Magic Kingdom opened? how many miles did they extend the monorail? while it's not likely to happen, anything is possible.

 

[Master Yoda]

I missed that one :brick:

But the Monorail is one of the most efficient modes of transportation they have. Maybe failing to expand it could be considered a failure but besides that I am confused.

That is quite debatable. While a system like the monorail is great for getting a large amount of people from point A to point B the efficiency starts to drop considerably when you add point C, D, E and so on. The system also lacks flexibility. You simply can not park 10 monorails outside of MK for the fireworks dump and when one monorail breaks down it can shut the entire system down. I won't even get into the absolutely insane amount of money it would take to expand the current system.

 

[fabroman]

Why the quick jump to berating someone? I mean really, this is an open forum and it was an honest and earnest thought process that the OP had and was willing to share. Our country just celebrated July 4th and along with that independence comes freedom of speech. I doubt sincerely if you or anyone else would appreciate your ideas being ripped to pieces and thrown in the mud. Please folks lets' all pull on the same rope here. For a Disney oriented site I am always surprised at all the "hating" that goes on.

On a side note the expansion of the railway would be great as I always enjoy taking a few round-trips when we visit and it would e a great alternate transportation but I have to agree that the cost is probably prohibitive. I would guess it would mean additional locomotives and I imagine that kind of iron does not come too cheap these days. Now bring back the skyway cable cars and you got yerself a deal IMO!

Thank you very much. THis is what open forums are all about, being able to say what you want. let's also tone down this hating before this thread gets locked.

Thanks again copcarguyp71

 

[fabroman]

But really? How much more can the Railroad be than the monorail?

They don't even need to have the same trains!

 

[Master Yoda]

But really? How much more can the Railroad be than the monorail?

They don't even need to have the same trains!

You would either have to build an elevated track or build over passes where ever the rail line crossed a road which would drastically increase the price of the project. It would more than likely be less expensive than a monorail but it all comes back to the same thing....return on investment. A light rail system also has all of the same problems that the monorail has.