jknezek
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Yeah Rocket Sleds! Uggh...Well, at DL, they've left the Peoplemover track to rot, so it wouldn't be the first time to leave a transportation structure to deteriorate.
Yeah Rocket Sleds! Uggh...Well, at DL, they've left the Peoplemover track to rot, so it wouldn't be the first time to leave a transportation structure to deteriorate.
um, I guess you are new to the internet
Disney says false to the rumor:
https://www.local10.com/theme-parks...f-plans-to-discontinue-resort-monorail-system
Well not all the timeNice find. Proving yet again that rumors are...well...just rumors
New to the magic kingdom, the aerial pathway in the sky. You and your loved ones can stroll to the parks, on the former monorail beam now turned boardwalk.
For only $79.99 per person “free” bottle of water included
Lets all not freak out here. This is a one source rumor from a source that isn't the greatest to begin with.
Another very important thing to realize is that the monorail goes right through the Contemporary so there would be a lot of construction and disruption going on and I can’t see them possibly disturbing guests, dealing with issues, etc. so I feel as if at least the MK will stay
Well, if the resort monorail closes they will probably demolish the Contemporary and build BLT 2.0 a future DVC resort
Disney averages 150,000 people per day on the monorails. Does anyone know what the skyliners can do in a day?
I hope not. At least the monorail (probably) won't fall out of the sky because Disney was too cheap to maintain it properly. A small box held up high in the sky by a wire...that's a hard pass for me.
Nothing is impossible.Originally, there was a plan for that. Unfortunately, the barges for the EWP made it impossible.
The Skyliners would likely be different types of gondolas than what would be used in the Magic Kingdom area. So, rather than look at Skyliner capacity, you'd want to look at max capacity of larger gondolas.
According to industy leader Doppelmayr, the max capacity of their largest gondola is 5,000 passengers per hour per direction.
https://www.doppelmayr.com/en/products/3s-gondola-lift/
I'm not trying to convince you to hop on a gondola. But, I'll point out that oldest aerial tram in North America has been running since 1976 (with a few periods of extended repair). It's the Roosevelt Island Tramway in New York City. In all that time, there have only been a few emergency evacuations and nothing has ever fallen from the "wire". I don't believe there have been any deaths or major injuries, either.
Building a draw bridge (like Epcot has for its fireworks barges) would be cheaper than new monorails...Originally, there was a plan for that. Unfortunately, the barges for the EWP made it impossible.
Building a draw bridge (like Epcot has for its fireworks barges) would be cheaper than new monorails...
then they could run trams from MK to the resorts like Crescent Lake (Epcot area) had before Boardwalk was built
That was the original plan. As it turns out, it's not practical for the height that would be required.Just build the approach on both sides of the EWP waterway up to an elevation that would allow the bridge to be high enough to allow the EWP floats to pass underneath. Moving some earth seems more practical than the maintenance and headaches of a drawbridge....