Disney Transportation Thread 2: The Sequel!

Sunset over Caribbean Beach Resort and the Skyliner gondolas:

 

Ramming speed, helmsman. Let's take this boat all the way to Trader Sam's!


Ramming Speed

 

How many times have you waited for a monorail at the Grand Floridian only to see three express monorails go by?


Express Train

 

Multiple ways to arrive at MK.


Intermodal Transportation

 

Watch your speed. The Waterway Patrol is watching you.


Waterway Patrol

 

The best way to avoid attracting the attention of Orange County's finest is to glide quietly above their heads.


Next Stop: Contemporary

 

It belongs in a museum!


Tram-sportation

 

Here's good old 27A again, this time at Epcot.

I stumbled across a series of very interesting articles on MiceChat.com written by Disney Imagineer Bob Gurr. The one that relates to parking trams is DESIGN: Those Were the Times No. 11 - 1969 Walt Disney World Tram Design. Bob talks about the original trams that failed miserably and gives you the reason why the ones he designed (like 27A) look like they do. He also reveals that they were originally intended to take guests from the Magic Kingdom parking lot all the way to the park entrance. Therefore, they had to be powerful enough to pull a loaded train up the hill at the underpass just south of the Contemporary.


Old 27A

 

Monorail Teal passing the MK bus stops.


Eastbound and Down

 

Arriving in style on the Express Monorail.


Express Yourself

 

They get the job done, but they weren't designed by Bob Gurr.


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