The MK transit situation is becoming STUPID!

devoy1701

devoy1701

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Scoutn757 said:
Because you are only paying for the monorail correct? None of what you pay goes to upkeep, utilities, laundering, wages, etc.

It is a smaller private fleet so it should be much more difficult to maintain.
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not going to keep this going with you. You're logic isn't making any sense.

In no way should it be easier to run a gov't operated mass transit system than a private fleet of 12 trains and 12 miles of track.
 
Hakunamatata

Hakunamatata

Le Meh
devoy1701 said:
not going to keep this going with you. You're logic isn't making any sense.

In no way should it be easier to run a gov't operated mass transit system than a private fleet of 12 trains and 12 miles of track.
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Economies of scale can make it cheaper to run a larger fleet than a smaller fleet.
 
devoy1701

devoy1701

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hakunamatata said:
Economies of scale can make it cheaper to run a larger fleet than a smaller fleet.
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Gov't inefficiencies and the way contracts are awarded can throw economies of scale out the window. Just sayin...


I understand economies of scale fully, but we're talking 12 trains and about a dozen miles of track, the cost of regular maintenance here isn't a case of "IT COSTS HOW MUCH TO MAINTAIN THIS?!?!? WE SIMPLY CAN'T AFFORD IT!"... this isn't a Lee Cockerell case of having 15 different varities of French Fries, and I dont even think one gov't entity operating a single mass transit system can achieve that great of advantage using economies of scale on their own monorail system (though I'm not going to pretend to know how many trains they are operating on their systems). We're not talking about city buses or even your standard metroline rail cars here.
 
Oddysey

Oddysey

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Fractal514 said:
Stay on property, problem solved. Also, what's average? Do we have numbers that show how many guests on a daily basis are staying on property, off property, and locals?
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Average may have been misplaced, but passholder certainly was not. Why pay to stay on the property when you live 30 minutes away from the parks? When you live that close to the parks staying on site seems like a poor financial decision.
 
devoy1701

devoy1701

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Oddysey said:
Average may have been misplaced, but passholder certainly was not. Why pay to stay on the property when you live 30 minutes away from the parks? When you live that close to the parks staying on site seems like a poor financial decision.
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because it's a quick and cheap vacation and we get great room discounts (used to anyway)? :shrug:

We live an hour away and when we have valid APs we stay roughly 10-nights per year.
 
devoy1701

devoy1701

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Kamikaze said:
Link plz
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I don't know how to link directly to the post from FB, but it was under the Walt Disney World page and the link was about The Little Mermaid Imagineer Video. It was posted 3 hours ago and his comment is linked amongst all of the other comments on that posting.
 
puntagordabob

puntagordabob

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Scoutn757 said:
So you are going to compare a system that you have to pay per ride, that is run by a DOT, with a much longer route and more stops that gain more PAYING riding customers… To an "included in ticket price" private monorail line.

Logistics of cities that have a mono vs private company cannot even be compared. To even consider comparing the two is just absurd.
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We may not per ride per say..but we pay for it by $patronizing$ the WDW resort....

Kamikaze said:
SunRail is dead.
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Alive and well....actually.... hope they run these down to SW Florida eventually ...Always dream of riding the monorail to and from WDW lol
 
kramden88

kramden88

Member
DisneyInsider said:
Which is why we know there will never be an expansion to the monorail system. When that thing goes down, it can be an absolute disaster. Buses might not be magical, but it only take a little while to recover from a problem with no problems for people who aren't on that bus.
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The monorail does go down but it's pretty darn reliable, even with it's recent problems. When Magic Kingdom closes those monorails are coming one after another clearing people from the parks. The bus system on the other hand... I was at Epcot last week and left after ROE. There were bus queues with enough people to pack buses but none were coming. We didn't see a bus come in for at least 15 minutes straight. You'd think they'd have this down by now. It's not like they don't know when the parks are closing :shrug:
 
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zulemara

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In the Parks
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kramden88 said:
The monorail does go down but it's pretty darn reliable, even with it's recent problems. When Magic Kingdom closes those monorails are coming one after another clearing people from the parks. The bus system on the other hand... I was at Epcot last week and left after ROE. There were bus queues with enough people to pack buses but none were coming. We didn't see a bus come in for at least 15 minutes straight. You'd think they'd have this down by now. It's not like they don't know when the parks are closing :shrug:
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that's probably because rails went down at the kingdom and they needed the busses :ROFLOL:
 
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Jakester

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Was at MK last night (Park closed at 1am) and i was on the last express monorail (around 1:10am id say) and what doesnt make sense is why they close this early when they say the monorails run 1hour after closing ???
 
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googilycub

Active Member
puntagordabob said:
Maybe!! Then again sometimes things can surprise you....
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Florida is paying a lot of money for a ready to go right of way with tracks already in place. To change things up and have to build a monorail type track for the length of the run would be huge waste of money.


Then again, you are right, sometimes even the government can suprise me in new ways to waste money.......:brick:
 

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