Monorail Expansion

ericpabear · Post by **ericpabear** » May Sun 15, 2005 7:22 am

I read maybe about a year ago, if Disney could get Florida to build the substations, Disney would run a monorail from the airport to Disney, with stops at those sub stations. Don't ask where i read it, cause I don't remember.

G2-4T · Post by **G2-4T** » May Thu 19, 2005 1:26 pm

That is high speed rail, not monorail. A part of a larger Florida rail project that Jeb and friends are still trying to derail... Disney said they'll pay for part of the line from the airport to WDW if it is direct express [no stops] to the parks rather than stopping along the way. Right now the project is in limbo from the sounds of it...

http://www.floridahighspeedrail.org/

lovesdisney44 · Post by **lovesdisney44** » May Thu 19, 2005 3:16 pm

G2-4T - that would be so awesome if it came to fruition. I'll keep my fingers crossed!

kgmadorin · Post by **kgmadorin** » May Thu 19, 2005 3:36 pm

That project came up for vote as a referrendum when I lived in Orlando. It was voted down, mainly because people didn't want to see a tax increase to pay for it. I always thought it was a great idea--reduce traffic and polution while providing a fast, safe way to get to Lake Buena Vista. There was also a lot of pressure from local businesses to vote down the idea. The taxi and shuttle companies in particular raised a big stink.

Post by **rdeacon** » May Fri 20, 2005 9:17 am

Sounds like a cool plan... FLA should do it

Rich

ericpabear · Post by **ericpabear** » May Sat 21, 2005 1:26 pm

G2-4T
Thank you for the link. I guess I was just wishing that it was the monorail. Heck, I would have flown just to ride it.

jdisney · Post by **jdisney** » Jul Thu 21, 2005 1:12 am

I thinkk that the monorail is a good idea, but not plausable. teh busses do a good enough job for right now, not to mention the fact that what if they continue to add several new resorts every few years. Thats going to be alot of expansion work required. I'd rather see Disney invest their/our money into something better because the current transportation system seems to be working out just fine.

wagnerdisney · Post by **wagnerdisney** » Jul Thu 21, 2005 9:10 am

I wish disney would add a monorail line to the other two parks. But after i thought about it for awile, it is just not worth the price of putting all those concrete towers and tracks in. So i guess i will just have to ride on those big and ugly buses.

GoofyInOhio · Post by **GoofyInOhio** » Jul Thu 28, 2005 8:24 pm

I think it would be worth it for them to add it in. There is just something special about going from the Magic Kingdom to Epcot on a Monorail. I think they should have the Monorails all over. You can ride a bus anywhere, but you can't use a monorail just anywhere.

G2-4T · Post by **G2-4T** » Jul Thu 28, 2005 9:38 pm

GoofyInOhio wrote:I think it would be worth it for them to add it in. There is just something special about going from the Magic Kingdom to Epcot on a Monorail. I think they should have the Monorails all over. You can ride a bus anywhere, but you can't use a monorail just anywhere.

So true. And just something to add about the buses, the majority of their fleet is aging fast and was already used when bought. So the replacement cost of all of those won't be cheap... Still, I'm afraid that will come sooner than plans for new monorail lines. As a railway engineer [both the civil engineering and soon to start training for actual train operations] I can say it is certainly feasible and if done right it could be made to incorperate future plans. But that takes time and money plus some vision, something management isn't specializing in handing out right about now it seems...

GoofyInOhio · Post by **GoofyInOhio** » Jul Thu 28, 2005 9:43 pm

At least connect MGM to Epcot. It's not that far away.

rick2vick · Post by **rick2vick** » Jul Fri 29, 2005 7:47 am

GoofyInOhio wrote:something special about going from the Magic Kingdom to Epcot on a Monorail.

To me, the monorail is quintessential Walt Disney World. When I go there, I take pictures of the monorail from every different angle, trying to get the perfect picture of it. It drives my wife nuts. I love to ride it, and I love to look at it. Even though there are more sophistocated monorail systems elsewhere (airports, Las Vegas, etc.), the monorail at Disney World is still the coolest. I think they should spend the money to expand the monorail... right to my front door.

MouseMan · Post by **MouseMan** » Aug Fri 05, 2005 1:17 pm

I think riding the monorail is cool! It's my favorite way to get around WDW, but I think the expense and time to expand it will keep the Disney people from any major expansion.

DisneyProjectTracker · Post by **DisneyProjectTracker** » Aug Tue 09, 2005 7:51 pm

I've heard this a million times. It'll never happen. Even back in 1980 when they were constructing the track, it was $1 million per mile. And you also have to add monorail stations, monorail cars, power to run it, and I bet that today constructing more track beams would be even more money. I'd put it at about $365 million to do both the Disney-MGM Studios and Animal Kingdom.

Club33Hopeful · Post by **Club33Hopeful** » Aug Tue 09, 2005 11:41 pm

What is the cost of all of those busses and bus drivers? Also, you cannot factor the cost of guest satisfaction.