Monorail Teal

[wishdisney]

dun da de daa!

 

[jnwings]

kind of like it...

 

[rebecca06261]

I kind of like it too

 

[Cobra B.]

Like it too. But my vote was for fuschia. Horrible color, but it is a mix of pink and purple right?

 

[Golf4food]

Sad because of the circumstances that preceeded the new color, but as a Jaguar fan me likey.

 

[TheGeddings]

Teal is kewl. I heard this from a fellow DVCer yesterday at church. Thanks for this picture. I wonder if they will make another hidden mickey pin for it to go with the other 12.

 

[walt's assistant]

Monorail #12 comes on line later this year. Any guesses as to the color?

Two Possibilities:
1) Garnet (no risk) - complete separation from pink/purple.
2) Fuchsia (risk) - pink/purple blend, and a bit risky given the colors of the two monorails that collided. WDW ought not to consider this without the family's blessing, IMO. Too easy to associate it with that disaster.

 

[hogwartsdropout]

I like it

 

[rebecca06261]

Just thought I'd post an observation about monorail teal- all of the passenger cars (except for possibly one) were taken from monorail pink. All of interior cars/cabins (whatever you call 'em) still have the pink detailed ceilings, they were never painted teal. I thought I was mistaken until I checked out each of them individually over the weekend... I wasn't able to hop into the last car, so it's the only one that may have been purple.

 

[syko]

Crystal / Pearl with a thin purple strip.

Monorail #12 comes on line later this year. Any guesses as to the color?

Two Possibilities:
1) Garnet (no risk) - complete separation from pink/purple.
2) Fuchsia (risk) - pink/purple blend, and a bit risky given the colors of the two monorails that collided. WDW ought not to consider this without the family's blessing, IMO. Too easy to associate it with that disaster.

 

[BamaEd1]

Just thought I'd post an observation about monorail teal- all of the passenger cars (except for possibly one) were taken from monorail pink. All of interior cars/cabins (whatever you call 'em) still have the pink detailed ceilings, they were never painted teal. I thought I was mistaken until I checked out each of them individually over the weekend... I wasn't able to hop into the last car, so it's the only one that may have been purple.

We rode on several monorails during Marathon Weekend as we were staying at the Contemporary. The inside "trim" around the ceilings did not correspond to the color stripe. I remember thinking about how odd it was for Monorail Gold to have a pink interior.

 

[zulemara]

We rode on several monorails during Marathon Weekend as we were staying at the Contemporary. The inside "trim" around the ceilings did not correspond to the color stripe. I remember thinking about how odd it was for Monorail Gold to have a pink interior.

I think the original gold monorail had a fire or something. I don't remember exactly. Can anyone recall?

 

[Cricket2]

I think the original gold monorail had a fire or something. I don't remember exactly. Can anyone recall?

An electrical fire at the MK station I think. I know the silver fire in the 80's was a real mess and the whole car was melted but I didn't think the other fire was any big deal and was contained to the interior functional components.

 

[doconeill]

Hmm...I've noticed the "pink" stripe around the inside before on a few occasions, and I don't think it was just because we kept getting on the same particular monorail - are we sure the inside stripes are supposed to match?

 

[Saxsoon]

I am surprised they aren't moving on to the Mark VIII. How long has the Mark VI been around for?

 

[ConcKahuna]

I am surprised they aren't moving on to the Mark VIII. How long has the Mark VI been around for?

The Mark VI's have been around since the late 80's/early 90's.

That being said, monorails arent cheap and with Disney stock staying as low as it is, I don't see any spending deemed "unecessary" happening any time soon.

ETA: Here's a picture of the newest automated monorails by Bombadier (The company that made the M-VI).

 

[doconeill]

Every train system is different, but I believe most trainsets nowadays are designed with a 40-50 year lifetime with a midlife overhaul. So the Mark VIs probably have another 20 years on them.

 

[lockedoutlogic]

The Mark VI's have been around since the late 80's/early 90's.

That being said, monorails arent cheap and with Disney stock staying as low as it is, I don't see any spending deemed "unecessary" happening any time soon.

ETA: Here's a picture of the newest automated monorails by Bombadier (The company that made the M-VI).

32 bucks a share for Disney is "low"? Employee price in June of 2002 was $12.25.....now that was low

 

[doconeill]

As I understand it, Bombardier actually owns all the designs of the monorails, which explains why the designs look so similar.

And I'm not sure the price of stock would matter that much, unless they were to issue stock to raise the funds - I don't think Disney would need to do that though.

 

[Dervis]

On my most recent trip (Late Dec, and early Jan) I asked a CM is Monorail Teal was active. She said that it was actually "Monorail Aqua." Anyone know the actual name? I know it really makes no difference, but still, lol.