International Gateway tram shelter coming down?

[NiarrNDisney]

Huh! So they are removing it to make room for a new pavilion or attraction Right? :lookaroun :animwink:

 

[Tom Morrow]

I never knew there was a tram there. When did it stop running? What did it look like?

 

[PhilharMagician]

Roughly half of the remaining structure was removed last night. Only a small section at each end now remains.

No pictures due to this morning's storms.

Rain? That's not excuse! We need pics! Get that camera out and get over there. :lookaroun

I would expect the rest gone by tomorrow morning.

 

[Monorail Lime]

I would expect the rest gone by tomorrow morning.

Your expectations were correct. The structure is now completely demolished.

 

[ajt5027]

any pics? I heard its pretty nice there today...ya know not raining.

 

[Monorail Lime]

There's nothing left to take a picture of. :lookaroun But I'll grab some for posterity here in a bit.

Cooling down at the Boardwalk right now.

 

[PhilharMagician]

Your expectations were correct. The structure is now completely demolished.

Ok, it's not raining today. So where are the pics? :lol:

Thanks for the info.

 

[PhilharMagician]

There's nothing left to take a picture of. :lookaroun But I'll grab some for posterity here in a bit.

Cooling down at the Boardwalk right now.

A stop by the Bellvue Lounge maybe?

You know when you are over a thousand miles away a pic of nothing can even be exciting.

 

[jlg263]

I never knew there was a tram there. When did it stop running? What did it look like?

I had no idea either! Huh. Guess you learn something new every day

 

[ajt5027]

There's nothing left to take a picture of. :lookaroun But I'll grab some for posterity here in a bit.

Cooling down at the Boardwalk right now.

So lucky...Ill be cooling down at the Boardwalk in two weeks.

 

[MichWolv]

I never knew there was a tram there. When did it stop running? What did it look like?

The tram ran before the Boardwalk hotel complex was built. The actual wooden walkway was there, but construction on the hotel, shops, restaurants, etc. was delayed for several years and went through several iterations). But I digress. The tram ran along that boardwalk to stops at Swan/Dolphin, and the edge of Yacht Club furthest from the Beach Club. It looked like your standard tram, although someone else will have to fill in teh details as to size (my sense is that it was narrower than the parking lot trams, but I don't have a pic).

Once the hotel/restuarant/shops opened up, there was way too much pedestrian traffic on the boardwalk, so the tram stopped in favor of more boat service.

 

[Monorail Lime]

The rollershrubs have been pushed up a bit such that the clear shot from the side is no longer possible. I wonder if it's because of this thread... :lookaroun

 

[ajt5027]

Wow, I know its odd but Im a little bit depressed about this. Those overhangs really tied the International Gateway together. Seriously tho, ever since they stopped using the tram I imagined how they could be repurposed and what they could be used for. Now that they're gone my years of Imagineering are wasted.

 

[flavious27]

The tram ran before the Boardwalk hotel complex was built. The actual wooden walkway was there, but construction on the hotel, shops, restaurants, etc. was delayed for several years and went through several iterations). But I digress. The tram ran along that boardwalk to stops at Swan/Dolphin, and the edge of Yacht Club furthest from the Beach Club. It looked like your standard tram, although someone else will have to fill in teh details as to size (my sense is that it was narrower than the parking lot trams, but I don't have a pic).

Once the hotel/restuarant/shops opened up, there was way too much pedestrian traffic on the boardwalk, so the tram stopped in favor of more boat service.

So they ran something like this then?

Well no wonder they removed it, ocean city and atlantic city are not wildwood.

 

[Pioneer Hall]

So they ran something like this then?

Well no wonder they removed it, ocean city and atlantic city are not wildwood.

Mind the tram car please.

 

[wdwfan4ver]

So they ran something like this then?

Yep, something similar. I remembered it from my first trip at WDW in 1991 back when I stayed at the Yacht Club for free.

 

[flavious27]

Mind the tram car please.

lol, just imagine that being repeated over and over again in front of a deluxe hotel.

 

[marni1971]

The trams were standard parking lot trams, but in pastel pink and blue to mirror the Y&B

 

[flavious27]

The trams were standard parking lot trams, but in pastel pink and blue to mirror the Y&B

That awning reminds me of the jolly.