Express/Epcot Monorails down today (10/18)?

[TimeTrip]

It looked like the express loop and Epcot monorail loops were down from at least when I arrived at 3:30pm until when I left at 7pm today. Anyone know what the reason may have been?

 

[EpcotServo]

This was on the Local News too.


NEW FLEET OF MONORAILS NOW PLEASE.
:lookaroun

 

[EPCOT Explorer]

Something PurplePinkTeal related.:dazzle::lol:

 

[Figment1986]

This was on the Local News too.

wow, you know its a slow news day when they have nothing else to say but the monorails are down again :lookaroun

 

[One Lil Spark]

wow, you know its a slow news day when they have nothing else to say but the monorails are down again :lookaroun

Not every day can feature news as compelling as Balloon Boy... :lookaroun

 

[_Scar]

I have a feeling OS is going to write an artile comparing this to the crash. Ibetchu.

 

[Figment1986]

Not every day can feature news as compelling as Balloon Boy... :lookaroun

Your giving me a great idea for the next big story... only it involves a lot of balloons and the sorcerers hat at studios:lookaroun

 

[vonpluto]

Your giving me a great idea for the next big story... only it involves a lot of balloons and the sorcerers hat at studios:lookaroun

How about one balloon.....

 

[wishesjake]

So, did anyone figure out why they were down?

 

[ChrisFL]

how about one balloon.....

:lol:

 

[Slipknot]

So, did anyone figure out why they were down?

Computer glitch.

 

[Fantasia freak]

Their was a problem with the swith from the express line to the epcot spur line.

 

[EPCOT Explorer]

Computer glitch.

This has been happening a bit too much in recent days...I don't know if it's the primacy effect, but maybe Servo is right. The system *is* old.

 

[TTATraveler]

This has been happening a bit too much in recent days...I don't know if it's the primacy effect, but maybe Servo is right. The system *is* old.

I agree, and the monorails that I have been on lately make jerking movements when pulling into stations, no smooth stops. I have experienced this on silver, coral, and blue of recent.

 

[EPCOT Explorer]

I agree, and the monorails that I have been on lately make jerking movements when pulling into stations, no smooth stops. I have experienced this on silver, coral, and blue of recent.

Yep....Same and bad audio on gold.
Horrible infact.


Trains still go VERY fast when they want them too, though:king:

 

[SirGoofy]

The system *is* old.

And they've been updating it recently the past few years.

Don't expect a new fleet any time soon. It's not needed, and there are more pressing issues in the parks.

 

[EPCOT Explorer]

And they've been updating it recently the past few years.

Don't expect a new fleet any time soon. It's not needed, and there are more pressing issues in the parks.

That is true, but an old system is a old system.

I don't. A decade will be gone before we get new trains.

 

[reptar77]

I agree, and the monorails that I have been on lately make jerking movements when pulling into stations, no smooth stops. I have experienced this on silver, coral, and blue of recent.

We noticed that also. My husband thought it was the pilot.

 

[amejr999]

Well, this is interesting. Mouseplanet is reporting that the monorail was shut because of switch problems:

http://mousepad.mouseplanet.com/blog.php?b=558

Seems that there might have been some computer error involved in the accident .

 

[TimeTrip]

Yesterday, however, switches 8 and 9 were lined up with the mainline, but the lights on the computer console at Shop erroneously indicated 8 was on the spur.

Hmm...