H in SC 85 Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 We love Monorail Pics. Please post yours. :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BradyBzLyn...Mo 2,023 Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 Great idea for a photo thread! Extra points if you can get pics of all the different colors. :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lou... 3,118 Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 Aren't they pretty. Not a picture, but while were on the subject of the over rated but cool looking monorails.Fairness in reporting dictates that I reveal that I find the monorails to be a poor excuse for mass transit. They are the most flawed and expensive form of mass transit in use today.Did you know that each monorail requires over 4 mechanics to maintain it, however one mechanic is able to maintain nearly 5 buses?At today's estimated cost, a one mile monorail system is equal to the cost of 350 buses.Monorails only service 3 of the 34 resorts on WDW property.With the constant breakdowns, it should be converted into an attraction. That way the buses wouldn't have to bail their streamlined butts out of the fire on an almost weekly basis. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BradyBzLyn...Mo 2,023 Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 Party pooper. You gotta admit, what they lack in efficiency and cost-effectiveness, they make up for in just plain COOL... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lou... 3,118 Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 You gotta admit, what they lack in efficiency and cost-effectiveness, they make up for in just plain COOL.Yup, I do, but in engineering design, function always should trump style. Let's not forget that they are buit by a Canadian company, Bombardier. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BradyBzLyn...Mo 2,023 Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 Hey, Bombardier makes some cool stuff... :bellringer: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ImDownWithDisney 342 Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 I heart the monorail. A trip to Disney isn't complete without a ride on one......I like the buses too! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lou... 3,118 Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 Hey, Bombardier makes some cool stuff.They look like they're waiting for someone to tow them. Is that even possible? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo..Karla 77 Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 This is for Magic Bus....I posted these earlier on the park pictures thread. Here is something you don't get to see very often. You probably don't really want to see it if you are a monorail lover.This is the tug that comes to pull the broken monorail back to the fix it barn...Hooking up monorail Lime...Pulling monorail Lime back to the barn... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BradyBzLyn...Mo 2,023 Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 Hey, Bombardier makes some cool stuff.They look like they're waiting for someone to tow them. Is that even possible?Nope - that thing is the tour bus of snowmobiles. Luckily if we get stuck I've got enough crap packed in the suitcases to set up camp. :bellringer:It actually seats 3 - we take the middle seat out most of the time, but have gone out with the 2 of us and my nephew in the middle before.That's really just Brian and his brother Eric enjoying the view on top of the mountain near our camp. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BradyBzLyn...Mo 2,023 Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 ok, back to your regularly scheduled program... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lou... 3,118 Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 This is for Magic Bus.Here is something you don't get to see very often. You probably don't really want to see it if you are a monorail lover. This is the tug that comes to pull the broken monorail back to the fix it barn...Ahh, but you would be mistaken TripleB, I see it all too frequently. In fact Friday the monorail went down, so the tug had to go in and get it. Guess what happened? The tug broke down. So now the tug needed a tug. It was a mess. Buses had to be diverted to TTC and the resorts most of the morning. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BradyBzLyn...Mo 2,023 Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 reminds me of a joke...How many tow trucks does it take to change a MH tire in SC?3The 1st one they send is too small to lift a 38' MHThe 2nd one gets stuck in the soft shoulderThe 3rd one gets the 2nd one unstuck and lifts the MHAh, Disney Family Trip 1979..... good times!(oh and I left out the part where a van pulls up with a family in it with a window A/C unit in the back window and a recliner in the back, and takes my dad to go "get help"... you can't make this stuff up!) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo..Karla 77 Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 This is for Magic Bus.Here is something you don't get to see very often. You probably don't really want to see it if you are a monorail lover. This is the tug that comes to pull the broken monorail back to the fix it barn...Ahh, but you would be mistaken TripleB, I see it all too frequently. In fact Friday the monorail went down, so the tug had to go in and get it. Guess what happened? The tug broke down. So now the tug needed a tug. It was a mess. Buses had to be diverted to TTC and the resorts most of the morning.I stand corrected...but then I'm not there as often as you. Thank goodness for the excellent bus service provided! :bellringer: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BradyBzLyn...Mo 2,023 Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 monoRainbow! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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ftwildernessguy 778 Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 The monorails smell like a horsebarn. In all fairness, the horsebarn at FW smells better than the monorails. But they are fun to ride. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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mouseketab.....Carol 1,261 Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 Wow, this is a view that a guest will probably never see again :-( Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo..Karla 77 Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 Wow, this is a view that a guest will probably never see again :-(Yeah....riding in the front of the monorail was fun and was an great opportunity to take pictures. That's how i got the one above with monorail lime. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mouseketab.....Carol 1,261 Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 New Disneyland monorail Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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