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PeterAlt

PeterAlt

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Tom said:
Peter....what are your honest thoughts on the iconic Hat at Disney's Hollywood Studios?
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Relocate it at a new entrance closer to the NW corner of the park and scale it up as a real park icon comparable to the Castle, SSE, and Tree of Life. The new entrance to the park would lead immediately to a parking garage and monorail station, where a 3/4 mile extension of the monorail from World Drive would run and end without looping. It would reverse and switch tracks on the way back to the main line before the present curve to EC. This would allow the EC parking lot to be used as HS parking and free up the HS parking lot for park expansion. Additional EPCOT resorts (with monorail access) and additional parking structures can be built along this 3/4 mile stretch.

I'm trying to put a graphic together to show this.
 
alissafalco

alissafalco

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PeterAlt said:
Relocate it at a new entrance closer to the NW corner of the park and scale it up as a real park icon comparable to the Castle, SSE, and Tree of Life. The new entrance to the park would lead immediately to a parking garage and monorail station, where a 3/4 mile extension of the monorail from World Drive would run and end without looping. It would reverse and switch tracks on the way back to the main line before the present curve to EC. This would allow the EC parking lot to be used as HS parking and free up the HS parking lot for park expansion. Additional EPCOT resorts (with monorail access) and additional parking structures can be built along this 3/4 mile stretch.

I'm trying to put a graphic together to show this.
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Will this be featured in your film?
 
MinnieM123

MinnieM123

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Peter, I was just wondering if you ever had an opportunity to ride in the front cab of the monorail with the pilot. I know that since the 2009 monorail accident, WDW stopped allowing passengers up front. I hope that you did get a chance to ride in the front cab, prior to that. (Unfortunately, I'm among the many who never experienced a ride up front with the pilot.)
 
PeterAlt

PeterAlt

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MinnieM123 said:
Peter, I was just wondering if you ever had an opportunity to ride in the front cab of the monorail with the pilot. I know that since the 2009 monorail accident, WDW stopped allowing passengers up front. I hope that you did get a chance to ride in the front cab, prior to that. (Unfortunately, I'm among the many who never experienced a ride up front with the pilot.)
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That's a good question that I actually have a story to tell with fond memories! Once, on a spontaneous trip, I took this girl (the stereotype dizzy blonde) who I was acquainted with who was good friends with a friend of mine (a girl). We went on a day trip of mostly non-stop Space Mountain and monorail resort bar-hopping (Top of The World at the Contemporary was a repeated visit). Any way, imagine her drunk, dizzy, and flirtatious on the monorail up-front begging the driver to let her drive. He did. She drove the monorail. I had a whole cocktail of emotions going - embarrassed by her behavior and scared for my life! If it wasn't for the alcohol, I wouldn't have been able to deal with it. The reason why we would keep going in and out of the Magic Kingdom (only for Space Mountain - no other ride) was to drink between rides since they don't serve (or didn't serve) alcohol in the park! Good times...
 
MinnieM123

MinnieM123

Premium Member
PeterAlt said:
That's a good question that I actually have a story to tell with fond memories! Once, on a spontaneous trip, I took this girl (the stereotype dizzy blonde) who I was acquainted with who was good friends with a friend of mine (a girl). We went on a day trip of mostly non-stop Space Mountain and monorail resort bar-hopping (Top of The World at the Contemporary was a repeated visit). Any way, imagine her drunk, dizzy, and flirtatious on the monorail up-front begging the driver to let her drive. He did. She drove the monorail. I had a whole cocktail of emotions going - embarrassed by her behavior and scared for my life! If it wasn't for the alcohol, I wouldn't have been able to deal with it. The reason why we would keep going in and out of the Magic Kingdom (only for Space Mountain - no other ride) was to drink between rides since they don't serve (or didn't serve) alcohol in the park! Good times...
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What an amusing story! That's certainly not how I would have envisioned your ride in the front cab with the pilot. (I had thought to myself, if you did ride up front, you'd be asking all kinds of technical questions, taking photos, etc.)

Also, with the various distractions from your date, it sounds like neither one of you received your honorary "co-pilot license" when you reached your destination! Well, aside of all the dramatics, at least you still got to experience a front cab ride with a pilot. Very few people have.
 

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