TikibirdLand
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The way this tunnel is made leads credence to idea that the WDWRR could have been running at least a year ago had they prioritized this. Pretty obvious what Disney thinks of the attraction.
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The way this tunnel is made leads credence to idea that the WDWRR could have been running at least a year ago had they prioritized this. Pretty obvious what Disney thinks of the attraction.
ToTBellHop
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Oh, they value the WDWRR. They just didn’t think we needed it yet.
TikibirdLand
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They're not paying attention. There's nothing more iconic than that whistle first thing in the morning. And, no, just the whistle won't do...
TikibirdLand
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And yes, I'm that guy that's chatting up the engineer while waiting to get underway. If you think you're a great engineer because you create computers, you haven't seen anything until a steam train engineer explains what it takes to get one underway first thing in the morning. After hearing that, you WILL appreciate hearing the whistle!
Patcheslee
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That sounds like fun to me.
GCTales
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Having done the behind the scenes tour of the roundhouse , it is absolutely amazing the work that goes into getting them ready for the day and to operate them.
I seriously miss the old opening Welcome show with the train bringing the gang to the station.
Bocabear
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TikibirdLand
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I'm honestly shocked they haven't monatized the train or the other transport options around the parks (Monorail, Boats, Gondola, etc)
UNCgolf
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Likely for logistical reasons. Any attempt to monetize resort transportation would cause serious operational inefficiencies.
Plus, they couldn't claim them as a perk to get people to stay at Disney resorts if you had to pay extra. That would probably drive a lot of customers off-site.
It's much easier to monetize them by simply raising the resort room rates, which they've done.
Andrew M
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It really is incredible, especially considering the consequences if you try to cut corners, a pressure vessel filled with 140psi of scalding steam could explode at a moments notice.
The Magic Behind the Steam Trains tour is excellent, but if you want to take it a step further alot of museums now have 'throttle time' where you can drive or fire a locomotive for a short period of time. I did it at Strasburg and loved every second of it. Really makes you appreciate the engineering and effort that goes into maintaining & operating these century old beasts.
danlb_2000
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It's amazing the today's Disney actually tolerates the expense of doing that.
Captain Barbossa
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Finally did that last July. Dream come true. Can’t wait to do it again.
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G00fyDad
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I thought the train tunnel already had a cover over it. Maybe that is just a walkway?
Vegas Disney Fan
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Yes
The north end already has its cover but it hasn’t made it this far south yet.
FigmentFan82
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Is having concrete on either side of an already loud train going to create too much noise for the passengers? Or is the pass thru time so minimal is doesn't register?
It’s very short