New track for the Monorail
Don't be fooled by the title of the post... it's not an EXPANSION of the monorail, but it's something interesting.
A new section will be added to the Monorail in the Transportation and Ticket center.
From The Monorail Society
New Spur Track for WDW (07/25/10)
"Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Sources tell us that Walt Disney World is about to embark on its first track addition project since the EPCOT loop was added in 1982. A new switch will be added near the Transportation and Ticket Center (TTC) which will accomodate a new spur line. With that side track, monorail operations will be able to keep a work tractor in a much more central location, ready for events on either the Bay Lake loops or the EPCOT loop. This will save a lot of time if the so-called "Park Rangers" (the electrician and mechanic on duty out on the system) have a tractor close by rather than having to position trains to make way for the work vehicle." Additionally, the spur line will have enough room for a train. As one experienced former WDW monorail pilot tells us, "This will allow them to park 'the fourth' express train during the slow period of the day rather than having to switch it back to shop. That time savings ought to be huge. The space will also be useful for pulling off a train that needs minor maintenance so they can work on it offline, rather than hold up the system while they look it over at Base or Concourse." While the new track is not the massive system expansion plan that was scuttled in the 9/11 aftermath, it may be a useful modern day beam-building experiment that could lead to a 'all points' property-wide system, one similar to what Walt Disney outlined shortly before his death in 1966."
Well, even though the nature of the works is just operational, this may give an hint on when the long-rumored expansion may take place....
There was a monorail expansion planned?!? Wow! Where was I?
ReplyDeleteYes, there were plans to expand it in DownTown Disney and the Studios, but because of the costs and the 9/11, all was cancelled and nothing is now sure anymore... Oh well!
ReplyDeleteI would have loved a stop in DTD and the Studios!!
Oh ok, That would have been great. I wish the economy would get back up again haha.
ReplyDeleteI really think DTD is a very big stretch. DHS is the only thing I se being added in the future. All it would require is a modification of the Epcot loop that goes in the park and run the new line sort of the same route the boats follow to get to the park. Maybe add a station at the resorts that border the water along the way?
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