Disney begins work on 12th Monorail?

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Re: Disney begins work on 12th Monorail?

Post by MadEye » Aug Sun 14, 2011 6:07 pm

Wizzard419 wrote:Even the express one (in terms of year round)?

Are they just experiecing tons of mechanical issues or does the environment just make life difficult?
Especially express. From what I hear, express and resort lines (beams) are the oldest so they have been having the most problems/trouble. Sure the Monorails themselves are having problems but the beams are still 20 years older than the trains and there has not been any time to fix anything what with the year round use.
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Re: Disney begins work on 12th Monorail?

Post by Wizzard419 » Aug Sun 14, 2011 7:28 pm

So in 5-10 we will have this! :D

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Re: Disney begins work on 12th Monorail?

Post by MadEye » Aug Sun 14, 2011 7:42 pm

Wizzard419 wrote:So in 5-10 we will have this! :D

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Honestly, it wouldn't surprise me...
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Re: Disney begins work on 12th Monorail?

Post by Len90 » Aug Sun 14, 2011 10:52 pm

Wizzard419 wrote:So in 5-10 we will have this! :D

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I would hope not. Disney has been having issues but the actually stability of the beams has not been the problem. I think most of the issues are related to the electrical lines on the side of the beams and the systems that supply the electricity to those beams.
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Re: Disney begins work on 12th Monorail?

Post by MadEye » Aug Mon 15, 2011 7:58 am

Len90 wrote:I would hope not. Disney has been having issues but the actually stability of the beams has not been the problem. I think most of the issues are related to the electrical lines on the side of the beams and the systems that supply the electricity to those beams.
Of course the electrical lines and the system that gives it power are a problem but they are not the only problem with the beam(s).
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Re: Disney begins work on 12th Monorail?

Post by Wizzard419 » Aug Mon 15, 2011 2:25 pm

Let me guess, there is a problem using local earth to make the concrete to make the beams/pillars and it's eating away at the rebar within?

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Re: Disney begins work on 12th Monorail?

Post by MadEye » Aug Mon 15, 2011 8:47 pm

Wizzard419 wrote:Let me guess, there is a problem using local earth to make the concrete to make the beams/pillars and it's eating away at the rebar within?
Don't know specifics.
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Re: Disney begins work on 12th Monorail?

Post by Wizzard419 » Aug Mon 15, 2011 10:28 pm

I'm not sure about the salt content in the sand they used, but apparently that can make buildings crumble a lot faster. Like the bunkers in Normandy.

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Re: Disney begins work on 12th Monorail?

Post by jeebz68 » Aug Wed 17, 2011 12:31 am

Great to see they are making something good come out of that experience. I want to know when we can see a new generation of monorail make its way to the WDW Resort
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Re: Disney begins work on 12th Monorail?

Post by MadEye » Aug Wed 17, 2011 6:00 pm

jeebz68 wrote:Great to see they are making something good come out of that experience. I want to know when we can see a new generation of monorail make its way to the WDW Resort
Not for a very, very long time... :lol: :x

As for Monorail peach (blech), it made an appearance today without its stripe at the maintenance shop.

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Re: Disney begins work on 12th Monorail?

Post by Amy » Aug Wed 17, 2011 6:53 pm

Why doesn't anyone like the new peach color? :(

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Re: Disney begins work on 12th Monorail?

Post by Wizzard419 » Aug Wed 17, 2011 6:58 pm

I can't imagine it is any different from the other similar colors like Coral.

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Re: Disney begins work on 12th Monorail?

Post by mindflipper » Aug Wed 17, 2011 7:54 pm

...or possibly looking like a lighter shade of orange...

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Re: Disney begins work on 12th Monorail?

Post by Wizzard419 » Aug Wed 17, 2011 7:56 pm

That would be interesting if there was an emergency and they only had the color of the monorail to go by. Can you expect the resuce crews to be adept at color identification and tell the difference between Coral and Peach, or Slate and Graphite, or aubergine and plum? :D

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Re: Disney begins work on 12th Monorail?

Post by Amy » Aug Wed 17, 2011 8:11 pm

Wizzard419 wrote:That would be interesting if there was an emergency and they only had the color of the monorail to go by. Can you expect the resuce crews to be adept at color identification and tell the difference between Coral and Peach, or Slate and Graphite, or aubergine and plum? :D
The color is how they identify them though...so I would guess that is what they would have to go by right?

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