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Minnie Vans Gone For Good?
- Thread starter tissandtully
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Chip Chipperson
Well-Known Member
Simple Chapek-ey solution - get a Minnie Van from your parking spot to the park entrance!
What downtime? They were generally very hard to get at all hours of the day and whenever you did get one, they were almost always completing another trip before they could come get you.
Vitamin Dee
Member
I loved them. I really hope it's true!
Or it’s an about turn of planning.
mikejs78
Premium Member
True. But they also didn't liquidate their fleet like he said ..
So you think they originally planned to shutter them for good?
A while back I spoke with a CM that was a Minnie Van driver. This CM indicated they would be back and they were parked because there was no way to retrofit with plexiglass due to side impact airbags.
I noticed a couple weeks ago they were moved from where they had been parked before. They were moved out near some of the parked trams.
I noticed a couple weeks ago they were moved from where they had been parked before. They were moved out near some of the parked trams.
Like the trams, they get moved around due to the runDisney events.
Kamikaze
Well-Known Member
Pretty sure @Disorbust meant 'downtime' as in the period when the Minnie Vans haven't been operating due to COVID.
ImperfectPixie
Well-Known Member
Vehicles that aren't being driven regularly need to be (at the very least) started and run and moved around about once a month otherwise they'll have issues. (Dry-rot on the tires for starters...possibly brakes that sound like they're grinding, too.)
I was a seasonal when they shut us down, so I doubt they’d call me back. Having said that, none of the others have gotten any sort of callback that I know of, and the former drivers who are working other Disney jobs say there’s no internal posting for drivers yet.
I’m sure Disney would LIKE to bring them back, and maybe there are some discussions going on about how and when to do so, but I’d imagine it’s still a ways off.
I’m sure Disney would LIKE to bring them back, and maybe there are some discussions going on about how and when to do so, but I’d imagine it’s still a ways off.
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World_Showcase_Lover007
Well-Known Member
With the shutdown of Magical Express, Disney isn’t going to leave Uber and Lyft to make all the money on the airport-WDW routes. I suspect Disney will offer a flat price for airport transportation via the Minnie Vans to your resort for a couple hundred bucks.
Mgmt couldn’t announce this in January right as Magical Express was shutting down bc it would be too obvious. But now as we get close to summer, they’re probably licking their chops to tap into this “revenue stream.”
Mgmt couldn’t announce this in January right as Magical Express was shutting down bc it would be too obvious. But now as we get close to summer, they’re probably licking their chops to tap into this “revenue stream.”
JoeCamel
Well-Known Member
Or at least the ability to operate and cover their cost. Like park admission i expect the price to be raised to cover cost of shutdown.
They still had carry costs during closure
Grumpy4196
Well-Known Member
I believe if Disney was planning on shuttering this for good they would have at least pulled any mention of them off their website. Still says temporarily unavailable. ala Dining plan and Annual passes
mikejs78
Premium Member
Not only that but they recently (last 6 months or so) installed new Minnie Van signs at the parks.
They're trying to recover more than cost. I have a hunch they are also trying to cover lost profit.
ToTBellHop
Well-Known Member
Guests are having issues getting shared rides at certain points right now (it’s more acute due to gas prices). Disney needs to provide another option but they sure as hell aren‘t bringing the free one back!
Get a third job, ya bums!
Get a third job, ya bums!
CastAStone
5th gate? Just build a new resort Bob.
They didn’t pull down the website for ESPN Club until they announced its replacement. That said, I simply believe the people who say they’re coming back based on their track records.
deeevo
Well-Known Member
Yep, many times I just had to Uber or Lyft because I couldn't get one.