The MK and resorts monorail has been out of service since last evening, April 12th at 7:00 pm. Crews have been working all night to fix it. Buses are running from the transportation center and MK resorts.
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Monorail is out of service
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ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
Looks like the lack of maintenance on the monorail systems in this case probably beam power system finally caught up to them.
olinecoach61
Well-Known Member
Hate to see this, I believe the monorail adds to guest experience
Nemo14
Well-Known Member
not to mention the outrageous prices people pay for the "convenience" of staying in a monorail resort...
Disneydreamer23
Well-Known Member
this stinks sorry to every one there and affected!
Gringrinngghost
Well-Known Member
I was on-site last night visiting the Poly and Contemporary. Around 8:30 when trying to head to the monorail platform at the Poly, they said the trains we're down and said they had an issue on one of the one of the trains. They also said since there was a storm coming in that the boats would be going down too. So I posted it to Twitter. The boats did not go down, but I can confirm both sides of the monorail beam at the Polynesian to be filled (and took a picture;both trains on the tracks at 8:37pm according to photo time stamp). Later on at 9:46 there was limited access of the Monorails. I have a photograph of the monorail at the contemporary from the outdoor stairwell at 9:46pm and photos of the train leaving the station heading back towards the Magic Kingdom on the resort beam, I also have a photograph from 9:31pm of a Monorail on the express beam as well.
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
Probably a strike on switchgear (stuff that controls high power electrical systems) and since it probably has not been updated in a long time (and onsite spares have probably been used up and not replenished) they are probably scrambling around looking for spare parts in some dusty warehouse or EBAY (The industrial supplier to the Universe! and I'm not kidding here a lot of unique spares not found in catalogs are found on ebay if you know what you are looking for)
Gringrinngghost
Well-Known Member
There was when I was there no cloud to ground lighting on site from what I can recall.
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
Does not need a direct strike, a strike on a distribution line is more than sufficient, Lightning is a weird thing when it comes to damage.
I heard an entire monorail was eaten by a Sharknado.
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
How big WAS it???
Problems with the monorail???? Shocker! In other news, water is wet.
ArtificialArtist
Well-Known Member
Who stared at the monorail for too long??
Not nice.. they fall apart if you do that...
*Serious face*
Not nice.. they fall apart if you do that...
*Serious face*
PhotoDave219
Well-Known Member
Well.... it is a day that ends in "Y".
I think someone should start tracking the monorail status. It seems like the monorail is down more than its up anymore.
PhotoDave219
Well-Known Member
That would make sense. The beam is hit more than people think.
polynesiangirl
Well-Known Member
Seriously Disney...
JediMasterMatt
Well-Known Member
I wonder if Lee, Steve, and crew have a bunch of pre-canned news stories on file like major new sites have for obituaries for famous people.
If not, may I make a suggest for the following topics with fill-in-the-blanks dates with some boilerplate copy to go along with it:
- Monorail out of order
- MM+/FP+ currently offline
- Price increases
If not, may I make a suggest for the following topics with fill-in-the-blanks dates with some boilerplate copy to go along with it:
- Monorail out of order
- MM+/FP+ currently offline
- Price increases
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