The Official Peoplemover Rumor Thread!

[GreenLantern13]

They used the rocket rods queue. The peoplemover queue is currently all filled up with concrete or something. It was located right under the peoplemover track and speed ramps took you straight into the loading area.

You can see how this went in the VF peoplemover video, unfortunately I can't seem to find that video. I guess it hasn't been added yet.

[Executioner]

It's now a planter I believe, and almandot is correct about the location of the old entrance. There was a set of 3 speed ramps zigzagging up to the PM station.The old Radio Disney booths is where the elevators for the Rocket Jets (not Rocket Rods) was located.

[sassytink]

I really think they need to bring the People Mover's back. It was a great middle of the afternoon ride. It was slow, cool, there was never a very long wait, and it was a great way to take some time off, without leaving the park. Plus it gave some great views of the park and it was always fun to hear them passing over you.

[PeoplemoverMatt]

Originally Posted by Piglet

I'm going to direct this one at Matt: If the People Mover does come back, where will the queing are be? Didn't they use the old one to make the Buzz Lightyear ride??

The queue area could be anywhere. You're right with the original entrance now covered over w/ dry wall, had a planter put in front of it and a churro stand placed in front of the planter, you can't really go back through there. And BLAB did go into the old Rocket Rods queue/CircleVision theatre building, so you can't really go through there. However, entry up there is possible from somewhere because I have seen pictures from as recently as yesterday that had people surveying the old loading platform. They gotta get up there somehow! :old_wink: Personally I think they'd just punch right back through the planter & dry wall and re-install the speedramps, or make like Space Mtn & install stairs. Anything that can be done to make it the way it was would be the best choice in my book.


That's what the entrance used to look like around 1980 or so. You can also see the Rocket Jets & the Peoplemover ride itself. Also notice how there's actually people in Tomorrowland, and they're smiling!!


-- Peoplemover "Props to VF for making it so easy to put pics into posts like this! " Matt

[Legend_S]

::Looks at pic:: Its beautiful :D , i know they can make it the way it use to be in no more then a year or maybe less, hmmm then track, year and a half lol. Would love to see it like that again, only thing i go on in Tomorrowland anymore is Star Tours and Space Mountain, give ppl more reasons to go to Tomorrowland again! T_T If they did bring the pplmover back, i would love it to be called something simple like PeapleMover 2.

[GreenLantern13]

Hmm.. Executioner mentioned zig zagging speed ramps...but I only remember them going straight up the the incline to the queue area. Then I looked at some old pictures and saw in fact the inclined ramps blocked off by a small wall and there was a small zig zag for the line.

[ob12]

I JUST HOPE THAT THEY BRING BACK TH POEPLE MOVERS,IT WAS ONE OF MY FAV. RIDES AS A KID.

[Disneyland_Wolf]

Me too, I hope they bring it back with new enhancements and new cars and track improvements. Rocket Rods is good too, but eh....

[Legend_S]

Around in 1996 or so, I remember as a kid, I was going to watch Captain EO with my family for the last time (For soon it'll be closed by the time I got my first year passport and returned to DL in 1998) then I was asking the CEO cast member, "What happen to the pplmover," As I looked up at the abandond track, he told me there was going to be a new ride (Rocket Rods He didnt give me a name, just stating it was going to be a new ride), just seeing it like that for the last time, it was hard for me, knowing i'll never ride it again. Lets hope the WDI know what the public wants.

[Stephen]

So are we sure here that they are coming back?

[DaddyB]

No announcements were made today regarding the peoplemover. There had been activity up there that last couple weeks, but today for the grand opening of Space Mountain they had camera crews up there as well as doind video interviews with Buzz Aldrin, and others... so the activity up there in the last couple of weeks may well have been just measuring for the interview stage for today.

[GreenLantern13]

For May 5th, the hearsay via Al Lutz was that they were gonna do the whole Finding Nemo murals and then delayed it at the last second so they could make the announcement with some other stuff... Now that it's been announced during Turtle Talk's premiere, and space mountain has been dedicated, it would seem logical that if anything were going to be announced for anything involving the track it'd probably happen on the 17th. So I'll have my fingers crossed. If not, it certainly doesn't ruin the possibility. But we're basically just waiting for a few magic words to make it seem a reality instead of this big rumor .

[brunetteTinkerbell1955]

if they do come back i wonder if its gonna be new colors

[Stephen]

The peoplemover has stopped temporarily... please wait till we redesign the trains!.

I drew this on Flash, and I thought it would look cool for a new peoplemover design, but from the side, it looks like a weird open window-ed Monorail... but it's not... bty, the picture on the bottom left is of the track, and the little black thing is the Goodyear tire that propels the train.

(bty, Mods, this picture is on my own site)

[Disneyland_Wolf]

The peoplemover cars speed is 3 mph.