MK monorails down again - Saturday, December 5

[Jen731]

if you're still at your resort, take the bus!!! Ferry boat lines are insane.

 

[Jennasis]

Oh good. We check into BLT in 4 hours. Sigh...at least we were planning to go to DHS tonight.

 

[RachaelA]

we missed rope drop because they basically never called for buses once it broke

 

[Skywise]

Oh good. We check into BLT in 4 hours. Sigh...at least we were planning to go to DHS tonight.

At least you can walk to MK.

 

[RachaelA]

Oh good. We check into BLT in 4 hours. Sigh...at least we were planning to go to DHS tonight.

At BLT now. Buses are pretty terrible right now. Give extra time especially leaving the parks

 

[Jennasis]

At BLT now. Buses are pretty terrible right now. Give extra time especially leaving the parks

We have our own car. No worries.

 

[serene56]

This worries me. I have a dinner reservation at Grand Floridian after being in MK on PArty night. IF the monorail is down- how do i get to Grand floridian from MK? and How will i get from Grand Floridian to Beach CLub after dinner? I am hoping monorail is up and running if not i am in big trouble

 

[Skywise]

This worries me. I have a dinner reservation at Grand Floridian after being in MK on PArty night. IF the monorail is down- how do i get to Grand floridian from MK? and How will i get from Grand Floridian to Beach CLub after dinner? I am hoping monorail is up and running if not i am in big trouble

There's a resort boat from MK to the GF - Its route is MK/GF/Poly. Getting to the Beach Club might require taking the bus to Epcot or DHS then taking bus/boat to Beach Club (if the monorail is down)

 

[serene56]

There's a resort boat from MK to the GF - Its route is MK/GF/Poly. Getting to the Beach Club might require taking the bus to Epcot or DHS then taking bus/boat to Beach Club (if the monorail is down)

great i can always take the boat back to MK and get the bus to Beach Club

 

[FigmentismyFave]

Is the Epcot line down too? Or just the resorts/MK?

 

[cedricandsophie]

Or call uber to get to other hotels. Quick and reasonable.

 

[Jen731]

Is the Epcot line down too? Or just the resorts/MK?

Epcot seems to be working. Just walked up to monorails to leave and it appears to be stuck in the station again. Ugh.

 

[Jen731]

Epcot seems to be working. Just walked up to monorails to leave and it appears to be stuck in the station again. Ugh.

Update: "Silver" is being taken for repairs. We boarded the next one. But unreliable seems to be the word for the day.

 

[Skywise]

Epcot seems to be working. Just walked up to monorails to leave and it appears to be stuck in the station again. Ugh.

Have they finished the automation on the monorails?

 

[DebbieB]

we missed rope drop because they basically never called for buses once it broke

They probably need to call in drivers.

 

[MillauFr]

When are they going to scrap the monorails and just build a real mass transit system? This sort of nonsense would never be tolerated in a real mass transit system.

 

[tstidm1]

When are they going to scrap the monorails and just build a real mass transit system? This sort of nonsense would never be tolerated in a real mass transit system.

They won't because the property is massive and it would take Billions to build a real mass transit system like Light Rail for the resort. How would you get nearly 30 hotels connected by a Light rail system without a ton of Spurs? A Light rail system would be a massive mess to run because of all of the Spurs on the Major East-west. Understand something about WDW it's a Suburban designed area that handles Urban size crowds (average between all four theme parks is 100,000 plus a day).

 

[AngiTN]

Update: "Silver" is being taken for repairs. We boarded the next one. But unreliable seems to be the word for the day.

Unreliable is the word for the monorail. Period. I know some consider it a benefit of the resorts on the monorail but I think if it as a hinderance. When it does work great but when it is down (often) it causes a transportation nightmare. I'd rather rely on any other form of transportation

 

[MillauFr]

They won't because the property is massive and it would take Billions to build a real mass transit system like Light Rail for the resort. How would you get nearly 30 hotels connected by a Light rail system without a ton of Spurs? A Light rail system would be a massive mess to run because of all of the Spurs on the Major East-west. Understand something about WDW it's a Suburban designed area that handles Urban size crowds (average between all four theme parks is 100,000 plus a day).

They do have billions to spend. I think most here would rather have a working transportation system than FP+. They do need to start planning for the future when the number of guests doubles. There current situation is untenable. How are they going to move all of those guests around??? By bus?

 

[_auroraborealis_]

They won't because the property is massive and it would take Billions to build a real mass transit system like Light Rail for the resort. How would you get nearly 30 hotels connected by a Light rail system without a ton of Spurs? A Light rail system would be a massive mess to run because of all of the Spurs on the Major East-west. Understand something about WDW it's a Suburban designed area that handles Urban size crowds (average between all four theme parks is 100,000 plus a day).

Plus, a good bit of the land within the resort area has issues in terms of what kind of pilings are required to support bridges and roads, let alone a rail line.