A new idea for the peoplemover track

disneylandmom · Post by **disneylandmom** » Aug Tue 05, 2008 11:51 am

I would like to see the people mover built as a way of transporting people between Disneyland and DCA. It would be nice to use it as a real useful mode of transportation. That way you could get on inside Disneyland and ride over to DCA while resting your feet.

bamato · Post by **bamato** » Aug Tue 05, 2008 12:26 pm

disneylandmom wrote:I would like to see the people mover built as a way of transporting people between Disneyland and DCA. It would be nice to use it as a real useful mode of transportation. That way you could get on inside Disneyland and ride over to DCA while resting your feet.

Thats actually a really cool idea. But I'm sure would cost millions to build more track to DCA. I always thought it would be nice if the monorail stopped at DCA. But of course they would have to check tickets and so forth to make sure you are allowed to park hop.

But when you think about it, considering the space contstraints that DLR and DCA have, connecting the two and making a ride out of it is a really good idea.

Slimmer Kimmers · Post by **Slimmer Kimmers** » Aug Wed 06, 2008 12:52 pm

disneylandmom wrote:I would like to see the people mover built as a way of transporting people between Disneyland and DCA. It would be nice to use it as a real useful mode of transportation. That way you could get on inside Disneyland and ride over to DCA while resting your feet.

I love this idea! Sometimes we want to head over to DCA but the thought of walking and pushing strollers the whole way is exhausting and so we just end up staying in Disneyland (not that that's a bad thing mind you!).

It would be great to have the option of riding something over there to give yourself a rest.

agingerbugg · Post by **agingerbugg** » Aug Wed 06, 2008 1:25 pm

bamato wrote: I always thought it would be nice if the monorail stopped at DCA. But of course they would have to check tickets and so forth to make sure you are allowed to park hop.

The monorail doesn't stop at DCA!? But it runs across the front, right? I haven't been to DL, I am an east coaster, but I have looked at it on Google Earth, and it looks like the track crosses right through the front of the park. As for checking tickets, it would be no different than here at WDW when you change parks (or there now after you apparently walk to DCA). I know this is off topic, but please bear with me I am trying to understand this.

elizabethswann · Post by **elizabethswann** » Aug Wed 06, 2008 1:46 pm

agingerbugg wrote:The monorail doesn't stop at DCA!?

No, it goes right through it across the makeshift Golden Gate Bridge. It goes through the Grand Californian Hotel then arrives at a station in Downtown Disney, which is quite far from both theme park entrances. The station is right by the Disneyland Hotel.

bamato · Post by **bamato** » Aug Wed 06, 2008 3:57 pm

agingerbugg wrote:
bamato wrote: I always thought it would be nice if the monorail stopped at DCA. But of course they would have to check tickets and so forth to make sure you are allowed to park hop.
The monorail doesn't stop at DCA!? But it runs across the front, right? I haven't been to DL, I am an east coaster, but I have looked at it on Google Earth, and it looks like the track crosses right through the front of the park. As for checking tickets, it would be no different than here at WDW when you change parks (or there now after you apparently walk to DCA). I know this is off topic, but please bear with me I am trying to understand this.

Yeah it kinda bugs me that it doesn't stop in DCA. Like said above, they would probably have more foot traffic from DLR cause most people like myself aren't feeling up to the walk usually...

agingerbugg · Post by **agingerbugg** » Aug Wed 06, 2008 4:07 pm

Isn't the entrance to DL like 250ft from the entrance to DCA?

soccermouse · Post by **soccermouse** » Aug Thu 28, 2008 12:51 pm

agingerbugg wrote:Isn't the entrance to DL like 250ft from the entrance to DCA?

It is a bit farther than that. I am not great at guessing distances, but it would be nearly half a city block away. We often will jump back and forth several times a day. It will be a couple of hundred feet closer after the rebuild