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Major DTD update
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alissafalco
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Where is the article? It seems to have been removed from this thread. That would be great if true, but it just doesnt make sense for them to build more monorail to DTD, if they were going to build more wouldn't it be to HS or DAk? To get more people to the parks where they would make more $$? By the way on a side note, we took the ferry today to MK and it was 1000 degrees inside even with the windows open and it was infested with mosquitos. It really was awful. Yesterday the bus from HS back to Poly was almost an hr wait by the time we got on the 3rd bus that came, and with all the scooters you could fit maybe 30 people? That was awful also. Clearly they need a better transportation system. Why don't they have double decker buses? You could fit so many more people and save on gas. With the prices of gas just going up and up I would hope they are trying to come up with something better. I wish more monorail was the answer.
Just an FYI on Modern Marvels last week they said it cost 1 million a mile to build the epcot monorail line and that was in 1979. So who knows what it would cost now.
Just an FYI on Modern Marvels last week they said it cost 1 million a mile to build the epcot monorail line and that was in 1979. So who knows what it would cost now.
PeterAlt
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I've posted earlier to another thread my idea of converting the monorail system into an automated PRT and people mover system, with both modes of transportation sharing a single track. The monorail beams would be converted over to the automated track system, new elevated track would be built where needed and other new track would be at ground level where most effective and where nothing can cross it (like from World Drive to DAK). People mover trains would equal the monorails trains in capacity and have color-coded programmed routes going to all the attractions, while the lower capacity PRT cars would go from resort to resort, resort to attraction, and attraction to resort (but not attraction to attraction) and would operate on demand and go to the destination told to go by its group travelers.
I don't know if the monorail beams could support the weight of this kind of system. I see no reason why these cars and trains would weigh any more than a monorail train. The beam would have to be widened to support a pair of rubber tires per axel. Control and electric propulsion would need to be integrated onto the track. Better yet would be if they could use the linear induction motor they used for the WEDway People Mover system.
wm49rs
A naughty bit o' crumpet
Yes, and I think this segment says it best:
With that last admonition in mind that things can and do change, let me also mention that a monorail expansion was on the master plan. Again: simply being on the plan doesn’t mean it’s imminent. It’s not even “for sure”. It’s just something they put on the plan in case they want to do it, so they can plan out how things fit together.
wm49rs
A naughty bit o' crumpet
I tend to agree, especially Imagineering discussions....
And hadn't someone mentioned there was to have been a DTD announcement yesterday? What ever became of that (rumor)?
Tod&BigMamaOdie
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wm49rs
A naughty bit o' crumpet
There was: Jack & Sally temp meet & greet.
Oh, right. Sorry, forgot to get blown away by that announcement.....
lazyboy97o
Well-Known Member
Now you're just going to add inconvenience. You're not only increasing the travel time between destinations but also increasing the number of people going. This is why people dislike the bus service at the All Star Resorts, because depending on traffic patterns you could be waiting if your not interested in being crammed in like a sardine. It's not happening. You're just looking for stuff you want to see.
Indeed. Things that might actually happen.
Beholder
Well-Known Member
With all of the on again, off again things surrounding DTD, I certainly hope that when they do decide (if ever) to announce something, it's well worth this insane waiting game. I'm not privy to WDW internal problems or the process of decision making, but speaking from the outside, it's frustrating that such a valuable piece of real-estate has been in limbo for so long.