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

[Chancedabowsa]

Has anyone heard this ? You must show a key ?

 

[DizCaptain]

I cant see this happening too soon because the only way to MK if youre parking at TTC is by monorail or boat. The boats get crowded enough plus some people do not like boat rides. So even if this is true, they'd have to make a walkway from TTC which cant be finished too fast. But Im pretty sure this isnt going to happen...

 

[bicker]

They used to have indications here and there that they were prepared to limit resort hotel monorails (only) to guests of those hotels, and on at least one occasion, I was present when that was imposed (but only one occasion over 23 years).

 

[MountNittany]

They used to do that with buses also, and they got rid of that. I doubt it.

 

[Horace Horsecollar]

Has anyone heard this ? You must show a key ?

Yes. The Disneyland Resort in California sometimes limits the Monorail to hotel guests, or gives priority to hotel guests.

The Disneyland Resort is transitioning from old monorail trains to new ones. They had some problems with the old trains and with the new trains, so sometimes only one or two trains would be running. That meant that there was sometimes a shortage of monorail capacity.

If you're asking about WDW, I'm not aware of any similar restrictions, despite the severe damage to two trains during the tragic collision that took the life of a Monorail Pilot.

 

[doconeill]

Not being familiar with Disneyland, how is park admission handled if it takes you within Tomorrowland? Are there turnstiles there?

I know when first built, it was just a loop with the one stop...

 

[bicker]

If I remember correctly, when we stayed there (about 20 years ago) tickets were checked at the station at the hotel.

 

[zeroed]

Hopefully they won't restrict it.

Truthfully Disney is probably only one critical incident away from changing who they allow on the resort monorail. All it will take is some offsite savage to commit a serious violent crime at a monorail resort and the investigation to reveal that he travelled there by rail. The rich people who stay at places like GF will scream for restriction the loudest .

I wouldn't be surprised if they haven't been advocating this anyway.

 

[Crazy4Disney72]

Not being familiar with Disneyland, how is park admission handled if it takes you within Tomorrowland? Are there turnstiles there?

I know when first built, it was just a loop with the one stop...

There are two places to get on the monorail at Disneyland, one in Tomorrowland to go to Downtown Disney and the hotels and one in Downtown Disney to go to Tomorrowland. If you are getting on in Downtown Disney, you have to go through security and ticket turnstiles because you will be exiting into Tomorrowland at DL. If you get on in Tomorrowland, you are already in DL so you don't have to be searched, show tickets, etc. Guests of the three DLR hotels are supposed to have priority boarding the monorail but they must only enforce that during really busy times because of all the times I've been there, I've only ever actually seen a CM checking for resort ID at the bottom of that line once.

 

[Cheshire Figment]

In all of my trips to WDW, the only time I was ever asked to show Resort ID when entering a monorail was on December 31, 1999 when I was transferring from an Epcot monorail to the Resort beam.

 

[zulemara]

they shut down the express monorail an hour after MK closes(not including EMH) and they then turn to resort monorail as the only transportation to the parking lot(ferries are down 45 min after closing). This being the case, I don't see them restricting it.

 

[tvguy]

There are two places to get on the monorail at Disneyland, one in Tomorrowland to go to Downtown Disney and the hotels and one in Downtown Disney to go to Tomorrowland. If you are getting on in Downtown Disney, you have to go through security and ticket turnstiles because you will be exiting into Tomorrowland at DL. If you get on in Tomorrowland, you are already in DL so you don't have to be searched, show tickets, etc. Guests of the three DLR hotels are supposed to have priority boarding the monorail but they must only enforce that during really busy times because of all the times I've been there, I've only ever actually seen a CM checking for resort ID at the bottom of that line once.

I have lost count how many times I have been to Disneyland, usually staying at the Disneyland Hotel. The only restrictions I have ever seen on the Monorail were when California Adventure was being built....you could not ride roundtrip, you had to get off at the hotel stop if you boards in Tomorrowland, or in Tomorrowland if you boarded at the hotel.
The Monorail at Disneyland is more of an attraction than a transportation system, unlike WDW.
Prior to California Adventure opening, they used to run a parking lot type shuttle from the main gate to the hotel for hotel guests, but that tram no longer operates.

 

[wishdisney]

i can see them restricting the resort monorail to resort only guests, but not the express monorail or the EPCOT monorail.

the monorail is one of the biggest icons on WDW property, its like, you're chasing non deluxe resort guests and local guests away from telling them they have to take a bus or the ferry boat. and i'm not a fan at the disney buses at all. the TTC would just be useless if local guests have to find some other way to the MK.

 

[skier_pete]

They would never restrict the express monorail...as PP pointed out, it is a necessity to the

They also would never restrict the resort monorail - simply because it isn't just hotel guests that eat at the restauarants at these resorts. Do they then restrict the buses, too? If I was at AK, and I want dinner at 1900 Park Fare, I could take a bus directly to GF. But if I was at MK and wanted to eat at 1900 Park Fare, I can't if they restrict the monorail.

Disney prefers you stay on site, because they get more of your money...but if you don't stay on site - they still will gladly take your money.

Because of that, this rumor makes NO sense at all.

SkierPete

 

[TDSAXX]

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.

 

[Maistre Gracey]

They also would never restrict the resort monorail...

Add me to the list of people who have seen the resort mono restricted.
I've only seen it once, and it was at park closing with a major mob scene at the mono station.

I have seen the boat driver to the Poly ask for room keys on more than one occasion.

MG

 

[patsal]

It wouldn't be cost prohibitive if they had a room card reader type turnstyle that would only allow access with current room keys. I have seen transportation limited and ID's requested inthe past, so I don't doubt they could if they really wanted to.

 

[rodkenrich]

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[skier_pete]

Add me to the list of people who have seen the resort mono restricted.
I've only seen it once, and it was at park closing with a major mob scene at the mono station.

I have seen the boat driver to the Poly ask for room keys on more than one occasion.

MG

I guess I should be more specific - I didn't mean it would never get restricted - at times - I meant they would never make it resort guests only ALL the time. The examples given - at park closing - it makes sense why they would restrict it...trying to allow guests to get back to their hotel in favor of those just using it to get back to the hotel - OK.

 

[mitros]

There was a time when you had to show resort ID to get on any Disney transportation. We always thought that was a good idea, but it hasn't been the case for years. I want to say it was at least 10 years since we have seen these restrictions.