Replacement of the Fake Monorail Shuttles at MCO

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rteetz

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• Oct 17, 2016

• #41

Friday's Dis Daily Fix thread of the day!

 

TheRustyScupper

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• Oct 17, 2016

• #42

Polydweller said:

Got to ask, why are you calling them fake. They are shuttles never were monorails, nothing fake about them.

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TRUE, TRUE, TRUE.

 

PuppyJonathan

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• Oct 17, 2016

• #43

Was I the only one that called these people movers?

 

bperk3

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• Oct 18, 2016

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toonaspie said:

Just great. Our plane doesn't get into Orlando until 10 at night and we can't get an earlier flight. Now we definitely won't be getting to our hotel till Midnight.

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Each bank of gates has two trains that service it. Essentially while one is heading to the terminal, the other is heading to the gates, then they alternate. During the construction, there will only be one train. So, basically, you will be waiting an extra 5-10 minutes for the train to return back to the gates if you happen to miss it. It shouldn't be that big of a deal.

 

bperk3

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• Oct 18, 2016

• #45

PuppyJonathan said:

Was I the only one that called these people movers?

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You shouldn't be, that's exactly what they are. MCO even refers to them as APM's, Automated People Movers.

 

TheRustyScupper

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• Oct 18, 2016

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PuppyJonathan said:

Was I the only one that called these people movers?

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1) Nope.
2) In fact, MANY airports have such automated transfer trains/cars/devices.
3) Best famous USA examples:
. . . Atlanta (underground)
. . . Minneapolis (above ground)

 

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circus4u

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• Oct 18, 2016

• #47

TheRustyScupper said:

1) Nope.
2) In fact, MANY airports have such automated transfer trains/cars/devices.
3) Best famous USA examples:
. . . Atlanta (underground)
. . . Minneapolis (above ground)

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I think Tampa was the first airport to have them.

 

Maistre Gracey

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• Oct 22, 2016

• #48

TheRustyScupper said:

1) Nope.
2) In fact, MANY airports have such automated transfer trains/cars/devices.
3) Best famous USA examples:
. . . Atlanta (underground)
. . . Minneapolis (above ground)

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4) Denver
5) Vegas
6) DFW
7) ORD

 

Mome Rath

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• Oct 23, 2016

• #49

It's definitely gonna take longer for all of them to be up and running than I thought it would, I've followed their progress and comments on Facebook. They estimated a year per track pair, as they are trying to always have one of the trams running per pair.

 

happypaws

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• Oct 24, 2016

• #50

Just came back from Vegas and monorails/people movers are everywhere! Almost every resort I went to had some sort of monorail system. That was really the only thing that made it feel like "adult Disney" to me though