Well I would agree with the concept of what you're saying, however Bombardier has continued to develop upon the initial Disney designed monorail. They have also operated the Vegas monorail and still do today. So they have not only continued to create new generations based on the Disney design, but also have people working with the trains daily. And yes, the current design that they currently offer is an advanced version of the Disney monorail.
Disney asked for multiple changes during the Mark VI project. This required upgrading the power system, Bombardier supposedly told them this would happen they said to go ahead anyway. Disney later sued Bombardier for the cost to upgrade. They obviously got past this since then as they had what seems to be an okay relationship at periods after that. If there's a feud now I can't imagine what the reason would be. The reality is the individual people on both sides have likely long since moved on. I think it's just easy for people to speculate that there's a supposed feud simply because there was a lawsuit 30 years ago.
There was an apparent issue when Peach and Teal were put into service which is much more recent than that lawsuit. I don't know details of the more recent issues though.
I can’t imagine what that would be about. It’s not like those are new trains. I don’t see how Bombardier or Disney would have an issue over rebuilding two cabs and painting stripes a different color. I was still in Monorails during that period and don’t recall hearing anything like that at all.
The train stopped a couple of times on it's way to MK then overshot it's stop at the MK station. The video really didn't illustrate it very well, so the person who posted it added titles to the video explaining what was happening.
To clarify, the 84 event was the addition of 2 completely new trains, lime and coral. This was separate from the addition of a 6th car to all trains(except gold and maybe blue-which I think never came back after the MK station crash). Red and Silver were the last trains to gain their 6th car, and along with lime and coral were the last Mark IV trains in service. Lime and Coral went to Vegas, and the cabs of Red and Silver were warehoused(anyone have that pic? I seem to have lost my copy). One of the red cabs ended up at TPC and then to a private collector. I last saw Lime and Coral in a boneyard in Vegas. And even heard legend some of the trains are buried NW of the MK. Anyone have more lore to share?
The Lime & Coral project and the 6th cars for all the remaining 5 car trains was the same project. This photo summarizes the project (also one of my favorite photos, really shows the philosophy Disney used to have).
Here's a shot from one of the times I visited them.
The Red car was initially sold by Disney directly on eBay. It was supposed to be just the cab but they realized it was going to be a lot of work and asked the high bidder if he would be okay with the whole car. He was happy to have the whole thing. He was a partner in Mouse Surplus and they offered it a few times on eBay as well as using it as a promotional piece "for sale" at their location near the FL mall. It was always offered at ridiculously high prices. I always assumed they did this just to drum up traffic to their eBay page and well if anyone decided to actually pay ten times what he did he'd probably accept it. I believe the Mouse Surplus owners split up and it was relocated back to his hometown in Georgia. It was later sold on eBay at a more realistic price and the current owner drives it around and I believe he takes it to the burning man festivals occasionally.
This is the one I'm talking about in the previous post. That's where it was after the Mouse Surplus split up and before it was sold.
I think it's pretty much been on that flatbed ever since it's move from GA to FL, and when it sold it was sold with the flatbed. Not easy to climb up into it with the added height, but I did it a few times!
They are probably using a contact sensor; that's what is used on most safety doors because they are simple and typically very reliable. Obviously, whatever they are using malfunctioned. That's why you do preventative maintenance. If you own anything mechanical i.e. a car, then you know that some of the sensors will occasionally malfunction; that's one of the reasons that your check engine light will sometimes go on and then go off the next time you start the car. I understand that. What I don't understand is why the cast members standing there don't do a visual check. Perhaps they did and the door opened in route.
Yes, the door opened in route. It wasn't a sensor issue, it was a mechanical issue since the door was/should have been locked closed.
