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Skyway's return?
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Captain Chaos
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Corrus said:
Ok, let's start a new CORRUS SAID YOU NEVER KNOW SO THAT MUST MEAN MONORAIL EXPANSION IS HAPPENING thread....
BrittanyRose428
Well-Known Member
i think thats why it closed in the first place, i coul be wrong but i think it closed because it was difficult for people in wheel chairs and strollers because theyd either have to make a round trip, or somehow get the wheelchair and stroller to the other side of the park...GarryandLindy said:
TinkerBelle8878
Well-Known Member
The lines were always insane for the Skyway as much as I liked it. Why not extend the TTA to Fantasyland instead? Use those empty roofs for something.
:lol: well there is a topic I haven't heard in awile!KevinPage said:
Just to refresh everyone! I never said it was coming back. I only wanted to know if anyone had heard this as well and what was going on in those buildings
disneygirl746kt
New Member
I don't think Disney would want people "falling" *jumping* from them again or even getting hit by one of the cars.
Credited to Ed's Site of No Good.
Credited to Ed's Site of No Good.
jmvd20
Well-Known Member
nelsonj3 said:
Sorry but you are mistaken. The towers, cables, and supports all remain completely intact and in their original locations. They have been painted with invisibility paint because it was cheaper than complete demolition of the structures.
Still don't beleive me, well just try a batch for yourself.
http://www.mud.co.uk/richard/sbos18.htm
coastermaster83
Member
NO NO NO NO NO...ALL Of you are way off. I know whats really going on in the skyway buildings ...Disney has been working on this for quite along time, Walt wanted to unvail it at Epcot when it opened but they couldn't perfect it in time so alas the Imagineers have been working with it and and puting in overtime work and hiding in secret during the Eisner era to finish it, now that Iger has taken over it can be unvailed to the world. What might you ask is so Amazing and special that it would take two buildings to complete and all those top secret years of planing and overtime? Well its not just in the two skyway buildings, It's in a bunch of buildings all over the Disney Empire .......(drum Roll PLEASE) ................................................................................................. ............ It's the First TRANSPORTERS in the world..... They will first be used to transport the winner of the Grand Marshal for all the Parades at every Disney park, So Disney can save on all the air fair around the world. Rumor has it they have some fancy name for it too like "Super Molecular Atom Spliting FastPass"
...Disney has been working on this for quite along time, Walt wanted to unvail it at Epcot when it opened but they couldn't perfect it in time so alas the Imagineers have been working with it and and puting in overtime work and hiding in secret during the Eisner era to finish it, now that Iger has taken over it can be unvailed to the world. What might you ask is so Amazing and special that it would take two buildings to complete and all those top secret years of planing and overtime? Well its not just in the two skyway buildings, It's in a bunch of buildings all over the Disney Empire .......(drum Roll PLEASE) ................................................................................................. ............ It's the First TRANSPORTERS in the world..... They will first be used to transport the winner of the Grand Marshal for all the Parades at every Disney park, So Disney can save on all the air fair around the world. Rumor has it they have some fancy name for it too like "Super Molecular Atom Spliting FastPass"
jedimaster1227
Active Member
disnyfan89 said:
Somebody had come on this forum a couple of months ago with a scanned blueprint of a new skyway car straight from WDI's latest. The car would actually change theme when transferring between Fantasyland and Tomorrowland.
Even though these came out, I highy doubt that they will make a new sky way when they removed it for a pretty good reason. If you are really in need of seeing the last skyway in Florida, go to Busch Gardens Tampa. I felt alot of nostalgia when riding their skyway.
Will this one be sponsered by X-S Tech too? Skippy can fly with you! Yah!!!
coastermaster83
Member
jedimaster1227 said:
If you are here during the florida state fair then you can ride their skyride there but during the rest of the year its just sits and rusts.
jedimaster1227 said:
Yep X-S Tech is going to be part of this and Skippy will fly with the first family.
CSUFSteve
Active Member
Oh, somebody mentioned CA monorail expansion... it's unlikely but the possibility remains open. Aside from the new monorail cars we're about to get, Disney every now and then comes back to look at the Monorail and costs.
Grand Californian does have an area that could be converted for use as a monorail station. That would be the most likely scenario if they ever did something. Original WestCOT plans called for a re-routed monorail track (re-using the existing track) that would no longer have stopped in Tomorrowland. It would have stopped at the Esplanade between both parks as well as a Hotel District South stop (near Paradise Pier, between it and DL Hotel) and another one further north where the "Magic Kingdom Hotel" was to have been. Incidentally, the Magic Kingdom Hotel eventually got built at Hong Kong Disneyland instead.
At this point, it's very unlikely any elements from the WestCOT plan would be implemented due to a) cost and b) what would now be heavy disruption to in-use guest areas. But parking areas north of DL Hotel are still earmarked for future hotel expansion and areas south of Downtown Disney are still earmarked for Downtown Disney expansion. There's actually a lot that still can be done at the Disneyland Resort when financial and market conditions improve for such things.
There was wild talk during the WestCOT days that we'd get Florida's Monorails and Florida would get never "driverless" cars similar to what Tokyo eventually got. I don't know how true that really ever was since our cars and tracks are entirely different. We'd completely have to replace all of our beams to get Florida's cars. I can't imagine Disney would go that expense. I'd imagine that Florida's track is not compatible with Tokyo's cars either, although maybe the design was different at the time.
Anyway, in short, possibly, in the future, Grand Californian would be adapted. Very unlikely, but not impossible, if we ever build a hotel north of DL Hotel, maybe another station there. That'd be about it.
I don't think we'd have business case for being able to charge for the Monorail like Florida can. Like someone said, ours, even though a more viable "transporation" system nowadays, is still really an attraction for most people.
Grand Californian does have an area that could be converted for use as a monorail station. That would be the most likely scenario if they ever did something. Original WestCOT plans called for a re-routed monorail track (re-using the existing track) that would no longer have stopped in Tomorrowland. It would have stopped at the Esplanade between both parks as well as a Hotel District South stop (near Paradise Pier, between it and DL Hotel) and another one further north where the "Magic Kingdom Hotel" was to have been. Incidentally, the Magic Kingdom Hotel eventually got built at Hong Kong Disneyland instead.
At this point, it's very unlikely any elements from the WestCOT plan would be implemented due to a) cost and b) what would now be heavy disruption to in-use guest areas. But parking areas north of DL Hotel are still earmarked for future hotel expansion and areas south of Downtown Disney are still earmarked for Downtown Disney expansion. There's actually a lot that still can be done at the Disneyland Resort when financial and market conditions improve for such things.
There was wild talk during the WestCOT days that we'd get Florida's Monorails and Florida would get never "driverless" cars similar to what Tokyo eventually got. I don't know how true that really ever was since our cars and tracks are entirely different. We'd completely have to replace all of our beams to get Florida's cars. I can't imagine Disney would go that expense. I'd imagine that Florida's track is not compatible with Tokyo's cars either, although maybe the design was different at the time.
Anyway, in short, possibly, in the future, Grand Californian would be adapted. Very unlikely, but not impossible, if we ever build a hotel north of DL Hotel, maybe another station there. That'd be about it.
I don't think we'd have business case for being able to charge for the Monorail like Florida can. Like someone said, ours, even though a more viable "transporation" system nowadays, is still really an attraction for most people.
SKYWAY 4 ME
Active Member
would be the Happiest day !!! To bring an old idea back with newer technology.