How about this for a new transportation system

[WorknFires]

Wow ToeFungus!! what a great link with great information! I have to agree with airlarry! tho. I really like the idea of a loop connecting MGM, AK, EpCot(where you change to the existing monorail to the TTC), DD (I'd only put 1 stop on the north side of DD and 1 on the West Side more than that would be too much) I felt there were too many stops on your green line and I'd hate to see the monorail (red line) cut thru (was it cutting thru or is it supposed to go completely around?) AK. Don't get me wrong that would be some really great views of the animals but would detract from the "savannah" appearance. And I wouldn't care if it didn't connect to any hotels. Mostly because you wouldn't have long bus rides anylonger, you'd simply go to the nearest park and catch the monorail. But I think you're onto something... and even at a million $$$ a mile, I have to believe that it would be well worth the initial outlay of cash. I know this is gonna sound stupid but I'd schedule an extra trip just to go ride the monorail if they built it. Maybe you should forward your ideas to the powers that be.

Cheryl

 

[toefungus]

Thanks WorknFires! I know that everyone would have thier own opinions on what to do, so I just threw mine out there to see what everyone else had to think. Everyone has a lot of good ideas! Keep them coming.....

 

[Panthius]

I love monorail expansion talk, but what are the chances that a monorail expansion will occur? I at first thought that the chances were quite low that this would never happen, but the more I think about it, the more I feel that it is inevitable that something will happen with the monorails due to necessity if not anything else. I was reading some posts here a while back and somebody mentioned that the monorail lines and pylons will have to be refurbished soon. Would this refurbishment be an opportune time for Disney to expand the monorail lines? I do not know what goes into the refurbishment, but if my memory is working today, from the sounds of what I read, this refurbishment is going to be quite a job needing the replacement of actual monorail lines and pylons.

Can anybody either confirm or deny the need to refurbish the exisiting monorail lines soon (or even better the expected life of the existing type of monorail lines) as well as what would need to go into refurbishing these lines? If a lot of work and money would have to go into this, Disney would find no better time to either alter the present setup to provide more monorail service or to do something drastic and more financially motivated such as stop monorail service and just remove the lines (which if this happens I will never go to any Disney park again!).

Panthius

 

[Captain_Nemo]

DC7800,

I think they built the Lagoon loop in part because, since they already had the pylons up for the TTC1/Magic Kingdom route, so it didn't take as much $$ to install paired tracks and create the inner loop. Also it is a great perk for the luxury resorts and helps to give them distinction.

By the way, the MK-VI Monorails are actually designed to be capable of a much higher speed. Disney had them specially modified to reduce their top speed to 40mph (no need to temp the drivers ;-)) I'll leave comparison of monorail vs. 2-track for the Monorail group (which I am a member of, so I am kind of biased).

Toefungus! Thanks for the topic! I can chat monorails all day, but I promise I won't.

Another couple of good links:

http://www.naples.net/~saturn/monorail/

http://WaltsToyTrains.railfan.net/

 

[YoHo]

Capt. Nemo, the dogbone I suggested, would in fact use primarily two tracks on one pylon, except at the ends. that is why it save track.

 

[Wes]

The green loop is TTA. What is TTA?

 

[toefungus]

The green loop is TTA. What is TTA?

Do you know the Tommrowland Transit Authority in MK? That's what it is. I was thinking of making a bigger version of the TTA to move resort guests.

 

[YoHo]

I'm wondering how viable the WEDway people mover (The real name for TTA) is in an open marshy environment. Would the tracks have to be covered the entire way? remember the mechanism in Cali that had uncovered tracks is not as high-tech as the one in florida.