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Originally Posted by drumbum67
I'm positive the monorails at WDW have air conditioning. It is always considerably cool in the monorails during warm weather. Almost everything at WDW has/needs air conditioning because of the terribly hot and muggy weather. Plus, since the WDW monorail doesn't stop and start as often, it can probably keep pretty cool without the doors opening every two minutes.
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Keep in mind that the WDW Monorails are Mark VI monorails, which are an advanced design of the Mark IV monorails. Neither version of those Disney Monorails ever saw Disneyland or were intended to be a ride like Disneyland's monorail is.
WDW's Monorails from Day 1 were meant to be in-Resort transportation. Ergo, those versions of the monorail were designed to include things like greater capacity than Disneyland's monorails and A/C in every cabin. People view using the monorails as a perk for spending hilariously high amounts of money per night to stay in the Deluxe Resorts - the Grand Floridian, Contemporary, and Grand Polynesian. There are stark contrasts in intent with the useage of monorails between Disneyland & WDW, and thus you see stark contrasts in design, features and ultimately costs.
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Originally Posted by WDITrent
If I'm correct, someone once said that Monorail Blue is out testing after hours. Does (or can) anyone take pictures?
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I'm keeping my eyes & ears out. If I can, I'll try to snap the best pictures I can. Capturing a dark blue monorail against a dark night sky might be a considerable challenge for my humble Canon.
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Originally Posted by BCC
It was loud, it was noisy. The PA system was SO LOUD. The seats were like a ROCK. Never going on it again.
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Um, well, ok, but you may as well abandon the parking lot trams while you're at it. They have those same basic attributes.
I did notice the Mark VII's traded some seat cushion for increased mobility. The bench seating is very much akin to the bench seating in the trams, but with very nice lighting and the aforementioned improvement in mobility.
BCC, I hope you give the Mark VII's at least one more chance before you declare it not worth your time. You might find improvements in subsequent rides, who knows.
-- PMM
