Guests staying at monorail resorts pay a huge premium for monorail access, as seen by the price difference between GF/Poly and WL. Now, these guests will lose that feature during EMH. Guests at other Disney resorts are unaffected, in terms of what Disney actually offers them, because their transport options have remained the same. The fact that you choose to drive to MK makes you an exception to the rule, whereas virtually all guests at GF/Poly expect the monorail to get them to/from MK and Epcot.
Agree.
Wow, talk about thick headed. Yes, it's my decision to drive to the MK. And it's other people's decision to pay that extra sum to stay at a monorail resort. Myself and those fortunate people who stay at the monorail resorts will still be standing together waiting on a ferry come this September. Well, that is if they associate with people from "my group".
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is this your group my group association crap?
I think you must be related to my wife. All you've done is dance around my point, trying to validate it by suggesting that I'm upset about the situation. I'm not, but everyone who uses the monorail is affected. Case closed, have a good night.
Your use of a car to drive to the MK is not what the mass majority of POP Century guest would do..... they would take the Bus since its the most direct way to return to the resort. SO WHY would the mass majority take a monorail to leave the MK to return to POP CENTURY???? So therefore the NORMAL affect of this change on a POP Guest would be minimal.....where as it would be substantially more for us at the monorail resorts...heck at the CR we do not even have the option of a boat!
The 3 most expensive resorts on Disney property are on the monorail line. The people staying at those resorts are paying for the convenience of having the monorail. If you're staying at any other resort, you're not paying for monorail convenience.
Well I agree with your point...though I disagree with your part about a non-monorail guest not paying a bit for the monorails because I think they do though a much smaller percentage of their room rate.
Where are these promotions at? I've never seen anything that said "hey, you people staying at the monorail resorts, we've got a monorail for you"!
I belong to DVC and my home resort is the Bay Lake Tower at the Contemporary Resort... EVERY video ad that I can recall or brochures touted the easy access of the monorail for our stay.....seems to me the IMPLIED perk here is the monorail is there for our use when we are done spending the evening at MK or EPCOT.....there were no *s there denoting "except during EMH" lol
All the attractions are not available during EMH so why would all modes or transportation?
I do not see any connection between an attraction being closed and a form of transportation to my resort as being even remotely similar....
Please inform me on the difference in inconvenience between a Pop guest like me and someone staying at the GF. All I've heard is people yapping about how my inconvenience is "minor" compared to theirs. Well, I can't understand how that is if nobody wants to explain the process.
OK.... If I am at the MK and want to return to the POP Century Resort I walk to the bus stop....board...and off I go....
If I am at the GF Resort I normally hop onto a monorail and off I go....
THESE are the two most convenient routes to these resorts....
What about the boats??? Well they are slow...small..and Oh yeah they are not a lot of fun during the frequent storms here in Florida (lightning and being in an open boat while its raining = magical?) If you are in line for the boats and a storm approaches they shut them all down.... GOOD TIMES! If you are a Guest at the Contemporary Resort you do not even HAVE a direct boat to your resort.....of course you can walk...but what about if a storm is coming or already there.... rather than boarding a monorail you are forced to stay put for however long it storms. MEANWHILE YOU have made it to the bus stop, boarded your bus, and back at your resort relaxing........
My Point seems pretty clear to me.. How about you?
I can see how a smaller boat would be a pain, but then I'd have to ask how many people are actually staying at those resort line hotels at the end of EMH. Would that number be enough to clog up those boats, as opposed to the people staying at other hotels that use the TTC?
Just a question......
Three really close resorts with large Guest capacity all who apparently enjoy the proximity of the MK.....I would say depending on the end time of the EMH there could be quite a few. AND LET US REMEMBER that there would be random surges of Guests leaving after the 1 hour 1 minute making those boats a problem at random intervals throughout the night since the monorail (with a high capacity) would not be availible.
Right, but in the end all 3 lines will be shut down 1 hour after MK closing. Is that correct?
Thats what I understand to be their plan.
So if they have 1 line that supports people from offsite or non monorail hotels, then the people that use them are affected, correct? And those same people are also paying for the privilege of using the monorails, right?
So I understand that people at the resort loop are getting reamed by this decision, but to say that they're the only ones affected is incorrect. They make the choice to stay there, just like I make the choice to drive to the MK.
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Non-Monorail Guests pay a substantially smaller dollar amount for the privilege....
Yes people make the choice to stay there because they expect amongst other things the perk of riding the monorail to and from their resort to the various restaurants, activities, and of course the MK and EPCOT.... for ALMOST 40 years THIS HAS BEEN the Practice of the WDW resort....
I pointed out why this change affects the monorail resorts far more than for those who are not staying there.....I will not repeat it again...
As for your choice to drive to the TTC (then hop a monorail or ferry the remainder of the way) that is wonderful and is your choice...but as stated before it really doesnt change the fact the the mass majority of non-monorail resort Guests would tend to take the bus from the MK Exit.....
On a personal level, I think after park hours (or resort restaurant hours) the resort line should be reserved just for guests staying at a monorail resort. I know that sounds snobbish, but really, it's no different than someone staying off-site parking their car at any Disney Resort just to use the bus system. Non-monorail guests should only use the TTC line after hours. But, that's my opinion and not the way it is.
They close the Express rather early though and use the resort monorail for both the onsite guests and offsite guests.... so your suggestion if implemented would disallow the express monorails some of their maintainence time...
