Monorail_Red
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Could have been many things going on, but probably nothing out of the ordinary.
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Monorail Peach Comes Online
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c-one
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Yes, that's a great video, and thanks. I'm surprised they only added 2 colors with the Epcot line. Didn't realize they already had so many monorails for the original system.
metscool
Active Member
That is just laziness on Disney's part
peachykeen
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I don't recall when that picture was taken exactly, but I do know that the stripes were still on the trains at one point and simply covered up with the white vinyl-type material that is shown in the pictures. You can see here http://www.flickr.com/photos/29417352@N08/4017107437/sizes/l/in/photostream/ how there are wrinkles and bubbles where the material has to curve around the nose, and also how the material was just sliced to allow the doors to open. I remember a maintenance CM pulling back a piece of the vinyl to show me the pink stripe underneath. Also, the piece of sticker covering up the D (and therefore the color of the original car, in that car's case Purple) is also visible.
So I think that when these pictures were taken, the Pink/Purple stripes were still on the cars. It just doesn't make sense to strip the paint, just to then cover it up with a white vinyl sticker. Although it was 2 years ago, so my memory may be incorrect.
I am going with this. The train appears to be primered in that photo. It would only make sense to tape the area where the stripe and logo will be applied.
nace888
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If you do look very closely, you can see where the strip of vinyl is not cut around the doors, plus the bubbles...
I am also curious, is there any possible way to turn one of these trains completely around? I know there isn't a turntable, but would certain switches give the pilot the ability to do a ''180'' with his/her train?
peachykeen
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But why the tape over the area where the "D" would be applied, if they never intended to put one on Teal (or any of the repaints.) Up close you could even see the raised up paint underneath that little square with the old "D" logo like you could when Coral was wrapped with Tron.
Oh well. I may be wrong, it was 2 years ago almost (exactly, Peach debuted Nov 4 2009 I believe). Just happy to have a full fleet again, that's all that is really important I suppose.
peachykeen
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No there is no turntable, nor is there a "wye" on our system. The only way to "flip" a train's direction would be to remove it from the beam completely.
wdw71fan
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There is no 'perhaps' about it... the train wasn't bent.. that 'bend' was the result of the picture being taken with a poor quality cell phone camera, see:
http://spiedigitallibrary.org/proceedings/resource/2/psisdg/7242/1/724213_1?isAuthorized=no
I saw both trains throughout the repair process, that kind of structural damage did not exist.. moreover, the train wouldn't even move on the beam with that kind of damage..
Just a poorly taken picture.
wdw71fan
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because the D logos are colored.. it was to mask the original color combo from guests... thats all..
I added the logo to my previous post. I guess you have never spent any time near painting or the process it takes. Just one of the possibilities.
peachykeen
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No, I guess I haven't......
I wasn't trying to start an argument and I said I may be wrong. That's all.
nace888
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Ah, okay. That was something I was curious about. Although, if Disney wanted such a way, just add a loop I guess, but they wouldn't, would they?
alawrence
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Tom
Beta Return
I really need to see it in person before I pass my FINAL judgement, but based on all the photos and videos, I'm quite the un-fan of the color. It's drab, ugly, and has no character. It's like the wallflower of the fleet, to me.
DonaldDoleWhip
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I agree. Honestly, I would've preferred to see a color similar to coral if they were going to not include deltas. At least coral is a warm, vibrant, appealing color without being the same as pink.
But with the color staying as is, I really wish it had deltas, because the previous monorails with deltas represent the slightly 'off' colors (lime, coral, teal) whereas the solid ones are basic colors (red, blue, black, gold, silver, etc). Peach fits more in the first category IMO - it's not a color I instantly recognize like red, orange, or yellow (especially given the shade they chose - not the peach I imagined at all).
thehowiet
Wilson King of Prussia
Agreed, especially with the whole idea of the "off" colors having the deltas. When I first heard Peach, I just assumed that it would be similar to Coral and would not have the deltas. Now that I see it, I think the deltas would definitely make it look a little better. Even still, I'm not sure I'd be that big of a fan, I just wouldn't mind it as much.
PhilharMagician
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The color is not bad when you see it in person. The one thing I do not like is the grey vent covers. The black looked so much better IMHO.
I was really shocked at how run down the fleet is looking. Chipped paint, faded paint, door gaskets ripped and nearly gone in some cars, colored overspray in the door jam, some smelled really really bad. I even noticed some cracks inside on some panels. I am not sure if it was me being more observant or this is truely an area of neglect?
Monorail_Red
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They do look a bit run down here and there, nothing a bit of TL&C can't fix. But remember the trains are 20+ years old with millions of miles on them. Still, they're holding up better than most vehicles I know of!