Monorail expansion

[disneyfreak53]

Hey I was browsing the web and thought of a great idea; expand the monorail so it connects all 4 parks, DTD and other resorts. So I googled it to see if anything came up and according to monorails.org, WDW is planning on making a new addition to the track. A new switch and spur line will be added in the area by the TTC. This will allow a maintenance vehicle to be kept in a central location, as well as an additional train that could be put into service if another train needs maintenance or if guest traffic increases.

So my question is what does everybody think of this? Do you think this will make the monorail system more organized and run smoothly? What about expanding the system so it connects the entire WDW?
:shrug:

 

[Sumshine 904]

This rumor has been around for forever and a day. Not gonna happen.

 

[BigThunderMatt]

It'll never happen. We'll be lucky to see new TRAINS within the next 20 years before we see a completely new line at the rate we're going...

 

[_Scar]

Wrong forum. Cool idea that, no matter what, people think of- but it will never happen anytime soon. It's very expensive.

 

[SeaCastle]

In all seriousness, in the long term it's economically viable, as replacing the 400-something busses would save loads of money. But the management is a bit shortsighted these days so it's highly unlikely that we'll see an expansion of the monorail system anytime soon.

 

[marni1971]

Eh oh....

DF53; try a thread search. You`ll find dozens and dozens of threads covering this topic already.

 

[enoe01]

Too late Martin, Pandoras box is now open..... running for cover....

 

[disneyfreak53]

O well. too bad it won't happen anytime soon, but we can still dream of a WDW connected by monorail tracks.:snore:

 

[imagineer boy]

Wrong forum. Cool idea that, no matter what, people think of- but it will never happen anytime soon. It's very expensive.

Even by non-TDO standards. :lol: Which is saying ALOT.

 

[JWG]

Nothing to see here, move along, move along...
:wave:

 

[Bravo 229]

I read in an article somewhere that it would probably cost Disney $100 million to expand the lines about 10 miles. It would be nice to have a resort-wide monorail connecting all of the parks and resorts, but it would be too expensive. Side note: the article also stated that a certain resort has a monorail right-of-way clause in their DVC agreement, in the event that a monorail was ever built through the property.

 

[_Scar]

I read in an article somewhere that it would probably cost Disney $100 million to expand the lines about 10 miles. It would be nice to have a resort-wide monorail connecting all of the parks and resorts, but it would be too expensive. Side note: the article also stated that a certain resort has a monorail right-of-way clause in their DVC agreement, in the event that a monorail was ever built through the property.

It's probably more than that today if I had to guess.

Monorail right of way clause? DVC? What? OKW, the original DVC?

 

[raiden]

it's probably more than that today if i had to guess.

Monorail right of way clause? Dvc? What? Okw, the original dvc?

ssr.

 

[sellsje]

They say it's not gonna happen. They say it's too expensive.

Is it really more expensive than roads and buses?

Or do Oil and Auto lobbyist get involved when ever there is talk of expansion?

 

[_Scar]

ssr.

Wow! That's.... far. Really far!

They say it's not gonna happen. They say it's too expensive.

Is it really more expensive than roads and buses?

Or do Oil and Auto lobbyist get involved when ever there is talk of expansion?

I'd imagine 100x so.

 

[raiden]

Wow! That's.... far. Really far!

Maybe. I believe if they ever(yea right) expanded the monorail it would be to connect the TTC to DTD. That way the EPCOT resorts and the magic kingdom resorts would have access to DTD via monorail. Now I don't believe there would be a stop at SSR but it would most definitely run through the resort. I've seen photos of a model that has the monorail running throughout the then Disney instiute and Disney village.

 

[Kamikaze]

I read in an article somewhere that it would probably cost Disney $100 million to expand the lines about 10 miles. It would be nice to have a resort-wide monorail connecting all of the parks and resorts, but it would be too expensive. Side note: the article also stated that a certain resort has a monorail right-of-way clause in their DVC agreement, in the event that a monorail was ever built through the property.

It would be much, much more than $10 million a mile. Probably closer to $100m/mi than $10.

 

[Mickey is King]

It would be much, much more than $10 million a mile. Probably closer to $100m/mi than $10.

I think Disney is probably more interested in dumping the money into the "high speed rail" that might run from MCO to the resort(s)..

Although an interconnected WDW by monorail would be, how shall we say- the most awesome thing since- Horizons.

 

[captainkidd]

Hey I was browsing the web and thought of a great idea; expand the monorail so it connects all 4 parks, DTD and other resorts.

That's an excellent idea!!! I can't believe no one else has thought of that!

 

[_Scar]

That's an excellent idea!!! I can't believe no one else has thought of that!

DWI appreciates your idea. It will be built after Spain and Australia (Hello Mate!)