Monorail for sale?

[s8film40]

Is there a story as to how it got to be there? Who is the owner? Why did they buy it?

The owner's name is Chip Young. Disney put it on eBay. Here is a story about it including photos of it being moved from Disney's Kissimmee warehouse to Georgia.
http://monorails.org/tMspages/CPMarkIV.html

 

[blm07]

I saw it myself way back in 2006. I remember being told that it was used for charity events when it was gone from the warehouse for a day. Here are a couple of pictures that I took of it:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/blm07/288691330/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/blm07/291594855/

 

[StitchRokcs]

I could soo use a monorail in my front yard!!!! Too bad i doubt the Home Owners association would be very happy .-.......


Did you say there was an AT-AT in there at one time if so i have been looking for a new vehicle to get to school with... im sure parking wont be a problem.

 

[Nemo14]

I could soo use a monorail in my front yard!!!! Too bad i doubt the Home Owners association would be very happy .-.......


Did you say there was an AT-AT in there at one time if so i have been looking for a new vehicle to get to school with... im sure parking wont be a problem.

Here's a picture I took of it last year. It's still there.

 

[courtfran]

You can buy a monorail door

http://mousesurplus.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/wdw-monorail-red-door

 

[foslizedtresap]

Yup, the Tyrone Depot is in the town over from me and the Monorail sits outside of it.
Here's a thread with some pics of it in place:
http://forums.wdwmagic.com/showthread.php?t=263488

 

[unkadug]

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v...&scene=27142276&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&encType=1
There she sits.

 

[Monty]

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v...&scene=27142276&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&encType=1
There she sits.

I can't imagine paying $20,000 plus transportation to just park it in the open, exposed to the elements in what looks like an industrial area.

Seems a waste... :shrug:

 

[pilka214]

i went to mouse surplus last summer, and i have to say, that place is AWESOME and..... depressing.

it's first of all the hardest place to find, then u walk into this old warehouse just to see old disney stuff hanging everywhere, thousands of chairs from the resorts, beds, tables, everything.

then you see props from 20k, horizons, the fastest answer buttons from whol wants to be a millionaire, and the fronts of the cars from Buzz lightyear. then there's signs and brochures, park maps..... etc etc

there's so much stuff, it's cool..... but i wish they still had the monorail, i never saw it....

but i'll def. be sure to go back next summer....

now what is this "cast connection" i hear speak of??

 

[Fade_to_Blah]

They have been trying to sell that Horizons ride vehicle for a long time. The price is a bit high.....

 

[Hoop Raeb]

Yep. The OP photo is from the old location near the airport. Now they're deep in Polk county far off the beaten path. Even with directions and a GPS I had to call twice to find them. Dirt roads through orange groves were involved. Crazy.

Seems like they had more stuff in the old location. Could have been just the day I went though. No monorail to be seen anymore.

 

[WDWFigment]

Yep. The OP photo is from the old location near the airport. Now they're deep in Polk county far off the beaten path. Even with directions and a GPS I had to call twice to find them. Dirt roads through orange groves were involved. Crazy.

Seems like they had more stuff in the old location. Could have been just the day I went though. No monorail to be seen anymore.

I wonder if that's the result of the falling out between the two original owners? It's been a while since I read the story about that, but I'm sure it's floating around the net somewhere. Or someone here probably knows it.

 

[Mad Stitch]

So does anyone know what the AT-AT is going for?

 

[Nemo14]

So does anyone know what the AT-AT is going for?

That was 10 grand too.....

 

[Dollysmama]

I doubt it...

 

[Nemo14]

I doubt it...

Doubt what?