Tomorrowland Transit Authority refurbishment

Cmdr_Crimson

Cmdr_Crimson

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This......
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And my thoughts..
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breesus

breesus

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ppete1975 said:
why would you want these back...... totally kidding id be offering to chip in to rebuild these beauties...
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Just hit me and may have been mentioned when movie was released, but Tomorrowland the Movie was not based off some retro sci-fi place. It had the look of the original WDW tomorrowland. Any chance we may see a Pirates situation where a "land" inspires a movie then the movie inspires the "land"? I understand the Tomorrowland franchise comes no where close in popularity to Pirates, but let's hope the movie was a foreshadowing of the future Tomorrowland or should I say the past.
 
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Ralphlaw

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*Q* said:
I don't have a problem with the current narration. I'm glad it's referred to as the PeopleMover again, and I actually really appreciate the tribute to the original Jack Wagner Monorail spiel, who was also the first narrator of the PeopleMover. I also understand why they changed it, since they're getting away from the whole "Tomorrowland as a community" theme.
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I do. It's bland junk, and it could be so much better.
 
Monorail_Red_77

Monorail_Red_77

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TJJohn12 said:
Really hoping the speedramp gets some love at some point soon. Last visit, it was really sad to hike up to the future of transportation.
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With the speedramp being turned off, It has to do with the queue bottleneck at the top of the speedramp. Earlier this year I was on the speedramp while it was working. The problem was, I was shoved into the people in front of me that were stopped in the top queue. So, then the guests behind me were shoved into me. Not a great feeling. This is why it is turned off during busy times. the bottom of the queue and top queue sometimes run at different speeds. Freaked our kids out a bit too when it happened. I have been on it several times when it is stopped and also when it is running recently.
 
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COProgressFan

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Monorail_Red_77 said:
With the speedramp being turned off, It has to do with the queue bottleneck at the top of the speedramp. Earlier this year I was on the speedramp while it was working. The problem was, I was shoved into the people in front of me that were stopped in the top queue. So, then the guests behind me were shoved into me. Not a great feeling. This is why it is turned off during busy times. the bottom of the queue and top queue sometimes run at different speeds. Freaked our kids out a bit too when it happened. I have been on it several times when it is stopped and also when it is running recently.
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Sometimes there's a CM stationed at the bottom who helps pace the line a bit. Not sure how they determine if/when that is necessary, but it is important for safety. Of course, as has been reported in other threads that in looking to save on labor they've considered the necessity of having greeters. It's absolutely necessary here.
 
c-one

c-one

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breesus said:
Just hit me and may have been mentioned when movie was released, but Tomorrowland the Movie was not based off some retro sci-fi place. It had the look of the original WDW tomorrowland. Any chance we may see a Pirates situation where a "land" inspires a movie then the movie inspires the "land"? I understand the Tomorrowland franchise comes no where close in popularity to Pirates, but let's hope the movie was a foreshadowing of the future Tomorrowland or should I say the past.
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I thought this might happen until that movie flopped. Even still, it's hard to know what to take from it that might inspire the real thing(s). The aesthetic was clean, modern, sci-fi -- what you'd expect the land to look like today had Tomorrowland stayed on its original path to now. But the plot (at least what that film called a plot) took a lot of inspiration from the retrofuture thinkers -- Verne, Tesla, android butlers, all that stuff that fits in with the Discoveryland idea. There was nothing from that movie that would point toward Sci-Fi Fantasyland, though.

I always thought the original, optimistic-futurist Tomorrowland was a poor fit at WDW considering the original Epcot was a better version of that idea anyway. That's one reason I thought the 1994 redo was much better than people gave it credit for. Of course, that's been eroded now and Epcot Future World is lost in its own way too.
 
Cmdr_Crimson

Cmdr_Crimson

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c-one said:
I thought this might happen until that movie flopped. Even still, it's hard to know what to take from it that might inspire the real thing(s). The aesthetic was clean, modern, sci-fi -- what you'd expect the land to look like today had Tomorrowland stayed on its original path to now. But the plot (at least what that film called a plot) took a lot of inspiration from the retrofuture thinkers -- Verne, Tesla, android butlers, all that stuff that fits in with the Discoveryland idea. There was nothing from that movie that would point toward Sci-Fi Fantasyland, though.

I always thought the original, optimistic-futurist Tomorrowland was a poor fit at WDW considering the original Epcot was a better version of that idea anyway. That's one reason I thought the 1994 redo was much better than people gave it credit for. Of course, that's been eroded now and Epcot Future World is lost in its own way too.
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Well, they at least put the logo from the film to good use.....Too bad it had to be on something where the film belonged...
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c-one

c-one

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Beacon Joe said:
I hope so. The more Googie or retro-Googie in Tomorrowland, the better.
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Addition of Tron seems to fit in more with a neo-futuristic idea -- all shiny things and weird angles and computerish doodads -- but I'm with you. Then again, maybe we'll have both, thematic consistency even across a land is long gone.
 
Monorail_Red_77

Monorail_Red_77

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COProgressFan said:
Sometimes there's a CM stationed at the bottom who helps pace the line a bit. Not sure how they determine if/when that is necessary, but it is important for safety. Of course, as has been reported in other threads that in looking to save on labor they've considered the necessity of having greeters. It's absolutely necessary here.
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Yes, I have noticed them there at times. Also, not there at times. Also, with the speedramp on or off.
 
rct247

rct247

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They really need to update the ride system (so it doesn't break) but doing so may take it out of commission since it can't be made wheelchair accessible without a sizeable amount of money.
 

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