Originally posted by Dizznee Freak Well lets just say what is one of the first things that let you know you are at WDW.........THE MONORAIL......... you ride it for the view,the memory,and the Convienience. People are generally nicer on the monorail and it cracks me up when we think WDW could not write a check now and get it done.
Yes, that's true. But you CAN ride the monorail. It's still the first thing you see buzzing by you when you enter Disney property. You can ride it to MK and Epcot -- the "original" parks, so to speak. MGM and DAK were "add-on" parks and not part of Walt's original design for the Florida property. So, it makes sense that for the two "Walt" parks, monorail access is available, and for the others, it's not.
Would it be fun for people if they could zip over the rest of Disney property on a monorail too? Sure. But I'll bet if you surveyed every single person who visited WDW and asked, "WDW has $25 million to use for one new ride or attraction. Would you rather have them build additional monorail tracks to connect MGM and DAK to the monorail line, or would you rather they build a new E-ticket attraction at one of the parks?", you'd find an overwhelming majority who would rather have a new attraction than more monorail track. In fact, I'll bet if you asked the same question and gave people a choice between more monorail tracks and a total rehab of the MK, they'd choose rehab before monorail.
Where is all the money from the 20plus Mil people who visit each year going.
Salaries and benefits for 55,000 CMs in Florida alone. Costumes, costume maintenance, dressing and locker facilities, cafeterias and food service, awards and recognition, office space and office machines, break rooms, computers and computer upkeep and IT, office supplies, and training for those 55,000 CMs. Then there's the cost of building and operating shows and parades, including staging, lighting, audio, special effects, props, costumes, floats, lasers, fireworks, technicians, maintenance, research and development, and storage. There's insurance for the property so that if a guest gets injured, Disney is covered. That's a pretty big chunk right there. Then we have new construction and R&D for attractions, foods, merchandise, resorts, and operations. We have general maintenance for the property (painting, refurbishing, cleaning, janitorial, etc). Environmental needs, including recycling plants, wastewater management, air handling, and garbage facilities. Also ... landscaping, greenhouses, and maintenance of same. Moving on to the resorts, we're talking housekeeping supplies, food services, upkeep and repair, pool maintenance and safety, beach maintenance and safety, golf course maintenance and operation, watercraft, and guest programs. Toss in a chunk for security too -- in-park as well as property-wide, including fire services and first aid. And transportation use, maintenance and upkeep, including monorails, trains, trams, ferries, boats, busses, company cars, vans, and trucks. There's more, but you probably get the idea.
