Monorails Parking In the Contemporary

[nace888]

Okay... I know that the Contemporary has the ability to house 4 trains in event of a very bad storm... So... 2 questions...

1) What is the procedure to do this?
2) Are there any actual videos of this happening?

I think it's quite clever that WDW can do that, seems kinda cool...

 

[hpyhnt 1000]

Tthe most they park in the Contemporary is 2 trains since the roundhouse has space for 10.

Don't know of any videos, but there are pictures (I did not take this, BTW):

 

[montyz81]

I know I have asked this before but I don't remember the answer. Do they do this every night with the extra 2? If not, where do they put them. The Epcot station is a solid structure and looks like a good place to park one.

 

[nace888]

I know I have asked this before but I don't remember the answer. Do they do this every night with the extra 2? If not, where do they put them. The Epcot station is a solid structure and looks like a good place to park one.

On a normal night if I am correct, they leave a train at 2 different stations...

With the Contemporary though, they park 4 in there during the event of a very BAD BAD storm, so if something were to happen at Shop, they still have 4 trains out to be used. I've only seen pictures of 2 trains in the Contemporary, but I know they park 4 in there....

 

[maelstrom]

AFAIK, they CAN park four monorails in the Contemporary, with two nose-to-nose on each beam, and close the storm doors. However, in nearly 30 visits, I've never seen this happen.

 

[nace888]

Interesting... I wonder if they no longer will do the 4 trains because of the '09 accident?

 

[Monorail Lime]

Interesting... I wonder if they no longer will do the 4 trains because of the '09 accident?

Yes, I seem to recall one of our resident monorail pilots saying something to that effect in another thread.

 

[peachykeen]

They no longer park Monorails nose-to-nose at any station, since 2009. Yes, the Contemporary CAN and HAS had four trains in there, but the most you will see in there is 1 now, on the Resort side. The rules have changed as to where "stay-outs" can be, and each stay out has to have a platform on BOTH sides of the train (so Poly, GF and Contemp on Express are all NOT options to park trains overnight.) This is so that maintenance can properly check both sides of the train.

I would say the days of seeing trains nose-to-nose are over for good, after we all found out what happens when two trains make contact.