The subs and peoplemover

Lion Sleeps Tonight · Post by **Lion Sleeps Tonight** » Apr Tue 26, 2005 9:51 pm

bostoncg wrote:I am excited to see what come of it. In that same article, it said "the Rocket Jets would return to their rightful place atop the loading station"

are those the ones that went really high up, I loved those! Sorry it's the memory thats the first to go

When the Rocket Jets were way on top there, I only went on that once. It scared me so bad, because it was so high up.

Post by **sockfire** » Apr Wed 27, 2005 1:52 am

bostoncg wrote:From Miceage.com today "And believe it or not, TDA and WDI have more plans for Tomorrowland up their sleeve. If things go well in the next few weeks, a final fiscal approval for a new version of the dearly departed PeopleMover will come through from Burbank. In the plan that would bring life back to the unused PeopleMover tracks, the Rocket Jets would return to their rightful place atop the loading station, freeing up desperately needed space at the entrance to the slowly reviving land."

Does that mean a version of the PeopleMover will be back at DL?

This is like a dream come true... Could all this goodness actually be happening?

I'm haven't been this excited to go to Disneyland in a long time.

disneydreamer58 · Post by **disneydreamer58** » Apr Wed 27, 2005 7:28 am

Yah, I was thinking of writing a letter to Burbank and thanking them if it is true! One can only hope

G2-4T · Post by **G2-4T** » Apr Wed 27, 2005 8:47 am

If it is true I'm gonna be a really happy camper! Though it could just be the usual rumor mill at work once again...

borjoyzee · Post by **borjoyzee** » Apr Wed 27, 2005 12:15 pm

Both will come back, mainly sub, the people mover, I say it will come back I just don't know when. The tracks are still there.

FootballGuy101 · Post by **FootballGuy101** » May Thu 12, 2005 9:54 pm

The tracks are no quarentee though...look at how long the sub lagoon sat there before they even drained the water. They could just leave tracks up because they're not hurting anything by being there.

Club33Hopeful · Post by **Club33Hopeful** » May Fri 13, 2005 12:05 am

I will bet money on the fact that we will never see the people mover again. It will cost way too much money to repair the damage that the rocket rods caused to the track.

FootballGuy101 · Post by **FootballGuy101** » May Fri 13, 2005 11:27 am

I don't know if I'd say that, but I would say definetely no people mover anytime soon. Maybe they'll think about it after they get their rides in production going, like Monsters Inc and the Finding Nemo subs.

Club33Hopeful · Post by **Club33Hopeful** » May Fri 13, 2005 12:02 pm

For the amount of money to fix the peoplemover, they might as well showcase new technology like this:

http://www.skywebexpress.com/

After all, that was Walt's original intention for Tomorrowland. I just don't see the peoplemover coming back ever.

Post by **subsonic** » May Fri 13, 2005 12:59 pm

yeah, that's what I'm talking about! That's like the Incredibles

G2-4T · Post by **G2-4T** » May Fri 13, 2005 1:03 pm

Ugh - not that bogus stuff about SkyWeb/Taxi2000 again. It might work for the theme parks but as a true form of mass transit it is a logistic nightmare [they don't have an actual working product still, just a demo in a warehouse] ... The company is based out of the Twin Cities and would love nothing more than to gut our mass transit and replace them with pods everywhere. [ok - off the soap box now]

Club33Hopeful · Post by **Club33Hopeful** » May Fri 13, 2005 1:07 pm

I am aware of their problems. I also feel they don't have a working system because no one has bought the idea. It would be even more difficult for them to front all of the money to build a system hoping someone would buy in. Anyway, that was just thrown out as an example. I am sure there are other things out there as well.

kgmadorin · Post by **kgmadorin** » May Fri 13, 2005 1:28 pm

You never know...

If Iger gets the curmudgeons to loosen their purse strings a little, that system may be possible. Remember, Walt teamed with Alweg to design the first monorail in the western hemisphere. Maybe Disney could team with SkyWeb for something just as innovative.

FootballGuy101 · Post by **FootballGuy101** » May Sat 14, 2005 8:53 pm

Whatever they decide to do, they should do something with those tracks up there. Bout time they started on the lagoon too.

Post by **subsonic** » May Mon 16, 2005 12:04 pm

I agree, there's a lot of wasted space in the lagoon and where the Fantasyland boats used to be.