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News Return of the Walt Disney World tram fleet tracker
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Guests are too fat. A good walk will be good for the cash carrying waddling sweaty meat sacks.
JoeCamel
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You will get what they give you and like it!
Casper Gutman
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Yes, Dollywood has been MUCH classier then Disney in a lot of ways for a while - more so then Uni in some ways, too. The scent of greed doesn’t waft off DW the way it does the much larger resorts.
For one thing, I’m fairly sure it’s much better to be an employee at DW then at either Orlando park.
Casper Gutman
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WDW has changed in a lot of awful ways over the last couple decades, but this is the first change I think is utterly indefensible. And remember, they’re trying to explain this by exploiting one of the greatest global tragedies of the last century. Greed-besotted cowards.
tpoly88
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i completely agree with you on the costs. be suprised if in the new $7T spending bills from the govt does not have some big incentives to get rid of heat islands like a parking lot and build garages with solar or wind turbines on top (the smaller roof top kind). This is off topic but werent they mentioning putting a hotel right at the entrance to epcot? where would be the room for this?
And Disney is more than happy to help on all fronts! Smaller food portions, higher prices, and no trams. Truly a company that cares about their consumers. MAGIC!!!
JoeCamel
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Florida is one big heat island.
Epcot hotel was off by the bus stop i think
I think @marni1971 said there were three competing designs:
- Actual entrance (plebes would walk through under it)
- Off to the side where the busses are
- Behind Seas and Land.
Animaniac93-98
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Why wait until they get to the park to collect their money?
Start selling WalkDisney medals for those who opt not to take the tram. Only $29.99 each. Prepay before arrival required.
EeyoreFan#24
Well-Known Member
Upcharge idea…
Since you still need park reservations, give a race bib with the reservation number and make the bottom a punch line of prepaid food and drink coupons around the world! The possibilities of package deals are endless!
Only $250 not including park admission.
The “Entrance hotel“ was one of the first two. The separate project (Mist) was in the middle of the park with access and desk services between Seas and Land.
JMcMahonEsq
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Is it really all that hard to understand why the trams aren't coming back right now?Disney simply cannot bring the trams back right now. They are financially stretched to the max and even the small amount of money these cost to run could tip the balance and send the company into financial ruin.
I mean, what other excuse could there be?
I mean seriously I know half or more of your posts are sarcastic and IMO a bit biased, but this isn't really all that hard of a decision to understand.
Budgets and Manpower right now are tight. Coming off Covid and re-openings you put money and manpower where it will have most impact or where there is the most need.
In this case extra money and CM's should be dedicated to park operations that most, if not all guests are going to use, as opposed to a minority/subset of guests. Anyone not driving to the parks isn't using the tram. Anyone driving to the parks early and getting premium parking isn't likely using a tram. For many people who have no problem walking, they are not waiting around for a tram and simply walking to the park. That was true even before covid.
And while yes the covid closing has been past us for a while now, can anyone really argue that they think the parks themselves are being staffed at a level where they couldn't benefit from more workers? So if its a choice between adding workers to increase park offerings that everyone will use, or adding back in trams at a couple parks for a minority of people will use, is there even a choice of what the proper move is?
Kamikaze
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Are you trying to say 'mothballed' isn't a term used in the US?I had to look up what mothballed meant. It’s ghost fleet for Americans.
Ghost fleet isn't really the same thing, as thats typically used as a 'reserve'. Meaning you have one fleet operating and you have the 'ghosts' for backup. This isn't the case with the trams as there are no operating vehicles at these two parks.
Ayla
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'Mothballed' is a frequently used term in the US and as you said, 'ghost fleet' is nowhere near the same thing.
Kamikaze
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I know it is. Thats why I was asking what they meant by their post.
Oxford dictionary defintion
- stop using (a piece of equipment or a building) but keep it in good condition so that it can readily be used again.
DisneyCane
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A garage would take up a smaller footprint thereby reducing the amount of solar panels that could be installed over the parking. An enormous amount of energy would need to be used to build the unnecessary garage.
There may be some kind of incentive to put solar panels over the parking lot but there must be a reason that none of the on property solar farms were built over any lot.