Monorails to no longer operate during Evening Extra Magic Hours

[Arnir]

Best idea yet. I love the people mover. A continuously running slow train. It might be slow but it would never stop.

Yes, I like this idea, too. I don't know how feasible it is, but slow and steady wins the race. I would be happy with it as a monorail replacement running to the CR from the MK.

Of course, I wish they would build one of these in Epcot to move people around the perimeter of the park, etc.

Some folks have noted that the downtime for the monorail is only x% and this is true, BUT it doesn't really matter. All that matters to any individual guest is if it is running when he/she wants or needs it to be running. It can run whenever it wants, but if it isn't running when I need it, it is irrelevant to me. Also, a monorail is not a bus and vice versa. It is a very different experience - and that is the key word, experience. If one just wants transportation, almost anything will do. If one wants the monorail experience, then there aren't really any other options and it is perfectly valid to complain about it.

When I was looking to take a train to Orlando, Amtrak had a route laid out. Part of it, when you looked at the detail, was a Greyhound bus. A bus is not a train. If I want to travel by train, I want to travel by train. Telling me that a bus will get me there just like a train will is not helpful. It is a very different experience. For some it doesn't matter, for others it does.

I also don't care why the monorail is curtailed, I am affected by the curtailment. Luckily I'm not staying at a monorail resort so I don't feel cheated. If I was, unholy (but polite) war would have erupted between me and Disney. I doubt if much would have happened but I can guarantee you I would not still be paying for a monorail resort.

 

[bicker]

Yes, I like this idea, too. I don't know how feasible it is, but slow and steady wins the race. I would be happy with it as a monorail replacement running to the CR from the MK.

My understanding is that the kind of transport that generally gets high marks in the cost/value categories for situations like we have at WDW is stuff like this:

Some folks have noted that the downtime for the monorail is only x% and this is true, BUT it doesn't really matter. All that matters to any individual guest is if it is running when he/she wants or needs it to be running.

Very true; that's why guests who use evening EMH at MK will see things radically different from guests who don't, from each's own personal perspective.

When I was looking to take a train to Orlando, Amtrak had a route laid out. Part of it, when you looked at the detail, was a Greyhound bus. A bus is not a train. If I want to travel by train, I want to travel by train. Telling me that a bus will get me there just like a train will is not helpful. It is a very different experience. For some it doesn't matter, for others it does.

Yes, that's true, though actually the general case you'll encounter is that different transport mechanisms are considered interchangeable, as transport. Heck, you might buy an airline ticket from Austin to Orlando because, on the day you buy your ticket, that airline happens to have a nonstop flight scheduled to run the day you want to travel. However, it is well-established that they could cancel that flight, and expect you to connect through Charlotte instead. As long as the connection time is less than four hours, the connecting itinerary is the "same" as the nonstop flight, even though a passenger may not appreciate it as much.

I think Disney monorails are legitimately viewed, though, as attraction, rather than transport. However, that's a bit dodgy in this case, since essentially you're expecting Disney to run an attraction for you after the park is closed. So the logic cuts both ways.

 

[Vickmeys]

Does anyone have any info on what is currently happening to the monorail system?

Crowd problems? Anything?

 

[TLSnell1981]

We do love EEMH and losing the monorail is huge..for us and many others. Guests with children, strollers or ECVs..and "monorail vs bus" will be affected by this change. It isn't a trivial matter. IMO

 

[latinqt]

Does anyone know if this is permanent? I will change my deluxe resv if this is the case. Makes no sense to me.

 

[nhmomx2]

Has anyone checked on the status of this lately. My DD and my niece called about this today and they were told it wasn't happening

 

[TLSnell1981]

Does anyone know if this is permanent? I will change my deluxe resv if this is the case. Makes no sense to me.

No one knows, at this point. Disney has given conflicting statements. Original reports were..it is permanent...affects EEMH and Events. They have backed off events and are saying, not sure how long, but at least a year.

 

[going/again]

us to go out and explore the area around WDW.

Thats the last thing Disney wants, people spending money off property.

 

[going/again]

I have found that despite the crowds if you keep moving you are out fairly quickly. I can't imagine that you wouldn't make the monorail after Illuminations (assuming you don't stop and shop, get a snack, etc) If not though the ferry will be right there. And typically there are alot of people doing the same thing.

Liz

What ferry

 

[mom2rtk]

Has anyone checked on the status of this lately. My DD and my niece called about this today and they were told it wasn't happening

Wouldn't that be funny....... I'm not saying it's true........ but if it is..... I'd blame dropping sales in the gift shops after Illuminations as everyone rushes for the monorail!

 

[TLSnell1981]

What ferry

The ones, that run ONLY in fair weather. And, are quite slow and uncomfortable in the heat...or cold.

 

[Traveliz]

What ferry

I was responding to a post from someone who wanted to leave Epcot and then take the monorail to MK for their late night hours...so I was telling them that they would probably have time to watch Illuminations take the Epcot monorail and then the MK monorail BUT if they were too late (because they stopped in Epcot etc) and the MK monorail was not available (once they got to the TTC) THEN then ferry would be right there...so that is the ferry that I was talking about it! My answer and the quotes were probably separated several pages apart.

Hope that helps.

Liz

 

[kaytieeldr]

The ones, that run ONLY in fair weather. And, are quite slow and uncomfortable in the heat...or cold.

No, I believe you're thinking of the resort launches. The large ferries that transport two or three times as many guests between the TTC and the MK, and which reportedly had three running at the same time recently, and which have fairly massive enclosed spaces, should be operating at all times except when there's lightning in the area.

Since there's rarely (but not never) lightning during the typical EMH period, guests needing to get between those two points who don't want to take a bus should be easily accommodated.

 

[kaytieeldr]

::yawn:::
Oh, did you type something? Oh yeah, still bickering about...oh wait, I have still have no idea....

Do you have a compelling need to be condescending? If you don't like someone's posts, well, at least a couple of posters have explained how 'ignore' works .

Hmm, you were the one who started chiming in on people's posts (mine included) where you try to sound intelligent by picking apart the post rather than discuss the issue. Others are here discussing the issue, you're here discussing who knows what most of the time....

Sound intelligent? Intersesting that you attempt to belittle actual intelligent posts or responses that way. Could I ask instead why you don't try a genuine conversation? bicker is discussing the issues, one at a time, with the appropriate posters. Everything he's said makes sense; if you stop reading it as picking apart the post and instead read the response, and maybe question what doesn't seem clear, possibly you'll see that?

 

[Granfan]

Oct 26 2011 has EMH 9pm to 12pm which we wanted to stay for then take monorail back to the Poly. So we'll have to take a BUS instead???

 

[Sammie]

Oct 26 2011 has EMH 9pm to 12pm which we wanted to stay for then take monorail back to the Poly. So we'll have to take a BUS instead???

the monorail will only run one hour after regular hours. I have not read every page, not sure if it has been determined if there will be boats or buses available for EMH.

But the monorail will not be running at the close of EMH.

 

[Traveliz]

Oct 26 2011 has EMH 9pm to 12pm which we wanted to stay for then take monorail back to the Poly. So we'll have to take a BUS instead???

Or Boat or Ferry and then walk to your room. We often find that the walk from the boat or ferry are closer to our room actually than the monorail drop off.

Liz

 

[TLSnell1981]

No, I believe you're thinking of the resort launches. The large ferries that transport two or three times as many guests between the TTC and the MK, and which reportedly had three running at the same time recently, and which have fairly massive enclosed spaces, should be operating at all times except when there's lightning in the area.

Is this a resort ferry?

 

[Traveliz]

Is this a resort ferry?

If you are asking - no the picture posted is of the Ferry that goes back and forth from the MK to the TTC. Couldn't tell if you were asking or posting a picture as an answer.

The resort launches are much smaller (the ones that go to the Poly and GF anyway.

Liz

 

[TLSnell1981]

If you are asking - no the picture posted is of the Ferry that goes back and forth from the MK to the TTC. Couldn't tell if you were asking or posting a picture as an answer.

The resort launches are much smaller (the ones that go to the Poly and GF anyway.

Liz

No, I wasn't asking.. I knew, which ferry I was talking about.