Is it true that Disney will be restricting the monorail use to resort guests only ?

[zulemara]

And what do you do if you have a husband who has a fear of boats. Don't you think that at $500 a night, that the monorail should have some restrictions?

no, I don't. A person in a wheelchair has restrictions too and they have to wait for special buses or use the monorail if they can't transfer. If someone has a fear of boats, you have to live with the consequences. Why should thousands of other guests be inconvenienced because you have someone with a fear of boats?

 

[zulemara]

You apparently didn't read my post very carefully, or my previous post.



There are multiple ways to get to the monorail resorts. What I am saying is that say at park close on a late night, say after an EMH, it would be perfectly reasonable to restrict the resort monorail to resort guests only. At that time NO ONE should have ADRs, and in the rare instances that someone needs to get to the resort who is not a resort guest, they can take the boat launches or in the case of CR just walk.

Actually on EMH nights the express monorail is shut down an hour after normal park closing and only the resort line runs. This is true for the gold boat and the ferry boats

It's true that you can't walk from MK to GF. There is a boat - which probably wouldn't operate in bad weather. I'd think no restrictions, except possibly at crazy park closing times.

ha! I wish that were true! We've driven in 35+mph wind and rain so strong you can't see the grand from MK. There are times we don't run, but they are not very frequent. The monorails go down wwaayy more than we do.

Also someone said it would take forever to get in the park without the monorails. When we have 3 ferry boats running, which carry 200 more people than the monorails, it's actually just as quick if not quicker to take the ferry than the monorail

 

[bicker]

And often, the bus is actually the fastest way to get somewhere. Monorails and boats aren't there for speed... they are there as part of the cool-factor.

 

[KAB1]

no, I don't. A person in a wheelchair has restrictions too and they have to wait for special buses or use the monorail if they can't transfer. If someone has a fear of boats, you have to live with the consequences. Why should thousands of other guests be inconvenienced because you have someone with a fear of boats?

Then maybe those thousands of other guests should pay the prices to stay on WDW property. Instead they complain about not being able to use the monorail when they are paying $30 a night at the local Motel 6.

 

[TestTrackBoy]

So how do people staying at the monorail resorts get to or from Epcot? They don't run buses.

You take the resort monorail from any Magic Kingdom resort to the TTC, get off the resort monorail and board the Epcot monorail. The only time Epcot buses would be at thoes resorts would be if the monorail is down or during a really busy time.

 

[SueM in MN]

You take the resort monorail from any Magic Kingdom resort to the TTC, get off the resort monorail and board the Epcot monorail. The only time Epcot buses would be at thoes resorts would be if the monorail is down or during a really busy time.

Cheshire Figment was answering someone who said there would be no reason for MK area resort guests to go to the TTC.
He was pointing out that the monorail at the TTC is the way for MK resort guests to get to Epcot since there are no buses.

 

[Mouseaholic!!!]

no, I don't. A person in a wheelchair has restrictions too and they have to wait for special buses or use the monorail if they can't transfer. If someone has a fear of boats, you have to live with the consequences. Why should thousands of other guests be inconvenienced because you have someone with a fear of boats?

I agree about the boats. If someone had a deathly fear of a boat and it was the only way to transfer to the MK, they probably would choose a different resort. The Wildie comes to mind.

For me....I'm ALL OVER the boat ride to and from the MK....but that's just me.


I was in a scooter for our early December trip to WDW. We truly enjoy all the holiday events at EPCOT so we choose BWV for our resort.....because I could scoot to TWO of the four parks easily and especially EPCOT where we spent most of our time.

The problem is when a guest is not familiar with disney parks and transportation.

 

[TDC Nala]

ha! I wish that were true! We've driven in 35+mph wind and rain so strong you can't see the grand from MK.

And - no offense to the drivers - but no way would I be getting on those open boats in weather like that.

 

[zulemara]

And - no offense to the drivers - but no way would I be getting on those open boats in weather like that.

you don't have to...I'm just pointing out that we rarely shut down. In addition, the storms happen in the afternoon 95% of the time, not during closing. and still, all the boats are protected against lightning and the cruisers and ferryboats are covered. It's just the launches that get you really wet. You could go on a monorail, a box could get struck by lightning, and then you're stuck. Yes, it has happened.

 

[manning]

I think the time it takes to check all those ID's would actually slow things down and possibly require more CMs. So I don't see any advantage for Disney to do this.

It could be done. Just change the key card to the type of material used for AP or issue transportation card. Then all you do is insert the card into the slot at the turn style. I was in Washington DC in May and that is the method Metro uses. Passenger flow during rush hour was smooth.


When WDW first opened all disney transportation, except for the express monorail and ferry, was restricted to hotel guests.

If the restriction is done I can see park to park buses being available to all. It would have to be for park hoppers.

 

[honeymo78]

When WDW first opened all disney transportation, except for the express monorail and ferry, was restricted to hotel guests.

While this isn't the monorail, as a child we stayed almost exclusively at Fort Wilderness in the cabins and I distinctly remember being required to show my resort id card to get on the buses that stopped near pioneer hall to take us to the parks and even to use the internal bus.

 

[A Mickeyfan]

Unless they restrict access to the resorts to guests only the won't limit the monorail. I want to get to the ADR I have at The Wave or Kona.

Again, is there any credible source of information that they are doing this? Speculation without supporting sources is a waste of time.

Exactly.. if you have an ADR and are staying on property without a car, how would you get to one of the monorail resorts if you are at the MK Disney would not expect you to leave the MK, go to your resort, take the bus to DTD, transfer to the bus where your ADR's are. Beside, when you purchase a Disney pass, that also includes the rights to Disney transportation... especially if they are hoppers, how else would you hop if you did not have a car (which is why the don't ask for room keys on their transportation anymore)

 

[bicker]

When Disney restricts resort transportation to guests of that resort, those considerations are secondary to the primacy of the guests of that resort.

Remember, if you ever find yourself affected by one of these exceedingly rare circumstances, you always have an option to take a taxi from one resort to another.

 

[CharacterFan]

I've been asked twice. Once on Dec 31, 2005 going from Epcot to the TTC.

Once on a morning that had MK morning EMH. They were holding non-resort guests (even those w/ breakfast adrs) around 7am ish. We got to ride on the first monorail of the day. We did notice as we were leaving the station they allowed everyone in, and stopped checking keys. This was March of sometime between 2006-2008. I'm sorry I don't remember the exact date. (been a few times :rofl: )

 

[CR Resort Fan 4 Life]

Earlier this month when my family and I were just at WDW we rode the Resort Monorail a number of times and were not asked once to show our KTTW cards to prove we were staying at the Contemporary.

 

[mitros]

Over the 20 odd years that we have been going to WDW, there have been several instances where they asked for IDs on one or the other transportation modes. Nothing recently, though.
I recall one incident back around 1998 or so, where they checked our resort IDs getting on the little tour boat {looks like a little tug boat} going from the MK to the Polynesian resort.

 

[bicker]

I think the bottom line for all this is
1) It doesn't happen very often, but
2) It could happen to you.
Be prepared for either possibility. Do not hinge any critical plans on the assumption that you'll be able to use resort transportation if you're not a guest of that hotel, i.e., always have a backup plan that you're ready and content to adopt, should you be tunred away from the resort transportation.

 

[mitros]

I think the bottom line for all this is
1) It doesn't happen very often, but
2) It could happen to you.
Be prepared for either possibility. Do not hinge any critical plans on the assumption that you'll be able to use resort transportation if you're not a guest of that hotel, i.e., always have a backup plan that you're ready and content to adopt, should you be tunred away from the resort transportation.

Perfect answer. You have, in fact, said it all............

 

[splash327]

There is no way that Disney can limit the Monorail to Resort Guests Only. Disney considers everyone a guest once you step onto their property. Once on the property you can go anywhere you like including the resorts. Disney counts on you visting everywhere including different resorts especially during the holidays. This rumor is completely false. Imagine having to wait for the boat to get to Magic Kingdom, it would be a 4 hour wait for all the non-resort guests.

In the 70s and 80s you needed to be a resort guest to be on the resort monorail. They had cardboard ids that you had to show to get on the resort monorail.

 

[sotoalf]

As recently as 1991 or 1992, Bob Sehlinger's Unofficial Guide would insist that day guests stand their ground when cast members restricted use of the local MK monorail to resort guests.