The Official Monorail Mark VII Thread

The_real_simmer_3 · 01-22-2006, 06:36:36 PM

January 2006- Burke Design provided composite engineering services during the design phase of an updated monorail for the Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, CA. Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI) contracted TPI Composites of Warren, RI to engineer and manufacture the monorail's new composite nose and tail sections. In our consulting role to TPI, and working closely with WDI, we provided the composite laminates for Finite Element Analysis (FEA), prepared the manufacturing plan, construction drawings and part weight estimates, and participated in the material testing program. Construction of the tooling is now underway, with the fabrication and assembly of the nose and tail sections scheduled to be complete in the third quarter of 2006.The "Bubble-Tops" will not be added due to the low clearances around the park.

I don't know if this is a rumor or not, if it's not a rumor, please move this.

disneyguy · 01-22-2006, 06:43:33 PM

Where is this from?

RollingBoulder · 01-22-2006, 06:44:19 PM

Sad news about the bubble tops, if it's true. Hopefully the design will be different enough without them.

The_real_simmer_3 · 01-22-2006, 06:50:03 PM

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Originally Posted by disneyguy

Where is this from?

Burke Design.
They're the new manufacturers:
http://www.burkecompositeengineering.com/projects.html
They even got the concept art:

RollingBoulder · 01-22-2006, 06:56:44 PM

I like! Nice homage to the older models, but still futuristic as well.

disneyguy · 01-22-2006, 07:13:34 PM

I hope they are still different colors, "Monorail Red, Blue, Purple, ect...)

I also found that the Monorail closes on 11/1/2006 and opens 5/1/2007: http://www.mickeynews.com/Parks/Disn...rbSchedule.asp

PeoplemoverMatt · 01-22-2006, 07:48:01 PM

Wow, it's closing a lot longer from now than I thought. It'll be running in shuttle mode for a long time then. Btw, simmer, you're welcome for that link.

-- PMM

disneyguy · 01-23-2006, 08:20:54 AM

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Originally Posted by PeoplemoverMatt

Wow, it's closing a lot longer from now than I thought. It'll be running in shuttle mode for a long time then.

You and DaddyB!

I wonder if it has anything to do with Finding Nemo (Opening Sping 2007)?

The Company above just removed the above post from their website!

PeoplemoverMatt · 01-23-2006, 11:02:24 AM

It doesn't take long for people to notice something you put up on a website. This could easily be one of those deals where once they know that we know, BAM! it's gone. Their hope would then be that we stop believing or forget that this existed. Well it did exist, MiceChat found it first, I found it off them, simmer put it up here & so it grew. Companies get very nervous when this happens, even though they put it up on their website, they probably didn't want this blasted all over, so it's gone. Well let's just continue to keep our eyes & ears open for the next one.

-- PMM

dctrdez · 01-23-2006, 03:17:02 PM

oopsies....darn, would have liked to have seen it before they took it away.

Once again being denied futuristic transportation systems...even from looking at them. Those of you in cities that are more transportationally-gifted, appreciate them, cause you could be like Los Angeles, where our busses are literally made to look like trains because somehow they think that we'll be fooled into beliveing that they are actually better than the smog-belching, road-clogging, accident-causing behemoths they really are.

The rail system in Los Angeles is (compared to other cities) a joke. "Here's what not to do..."

L.A. denied Alweg from constructing a 43-mile futuristic monorail system in the 60s. Instead they dismantled the Pacific Electric Red Cars (the largest mass transit system ever at that time) and bought our busses and built our freeways.

What might have been...

...the horror...the horror...

whoops, rant, sorry bout that, but I'm very passionate about this, lol.

RollingBoulder · 01-23-2006, 04:31:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PeoplemoverMatt

It doesn't take long for people to notice something you put up on a website. This could easily be one of those deals where once they know that we know, BAM! it's gone. Their hope would then be that we stop believing or forget that this existed. Well it did exist, MiceChat found it first, I found it off them, simmer put it up here & so it grew. Companies get very nervous when this happens, even though they put it up on their website, they probably didn't want this blasted all over, so it's gone. Well let's just continue to keep our eyes & ears open for the next one.

-- PMM

I don't understand why a company would care if people knew about the project or not.

disneyguy · 01-23-2006, 04:56:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RollingBoulder

I don't understand why a company would care if people knew about the project or not.

The company most likely doesn't, it is probobly Disneyland that cares.

Sesshomaru-sama · 01-23-2006, 10:06:05 PM

I think it is time for a change in the Monorail trains. Even though I will miss the trains of right now, it's time for a change for the future.

disneyguy · 01-23-2006, 10:09:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sesshomaru-sama

I think it is time for a change in the Monorail trains. Even though I will miss the trains of right now, it's time for a change for the future.

Maybe we could get AC!

Executioner · 01-30-2006, 02:54:57 PM

I hope they don't look like the ones in Las Vegas. They are nice and all, but they don't have the classy look Disneyland's do or did. If that is the concept art, I am all for it. The picture looks great. Keep the streamline feel and look.

01-22-2006, 06:36:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
The_real_simmer_3 Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Sector ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha Posts: 146	The Official Monorail Mark VII Thread January 2006- Burke Design provided composite engineering services during the design phase of an updated monorail for the Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, CA. Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI) contracted TPI Composites of Warren, RI to engineer and manufacture the monorail's new composite nose and tail sections. In our consulting role to TPI, and working closely with WDI, we provided the composite laminates for Finite Element Analysis (FEA), prepared the manufacturing plan, construction drawings and part weight estimates, and participated in the material testing program. Construction of the tooling is now underway, with the fabrication and assembly of the nose and tail sections scheduled to be complete in the third quarter of 2006.The "Bubble-Tops" will not be added due to the low clearances around the park. I don't know if this is a rumor or not, if it's not a rumor, please move this. __________________ What, I can't have a blank signature?

01-22-2006, 06:43:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
disneyguy The Merriest Disney Fan Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: 20 minutes from the Happiest Place On Earth! Posts: 830 Images: 83	Where is this from? __________________

01-22-2006, 06:44:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
RollingBoulder Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Federal Way, WA Posts: 564 Images: 3	Sad news about the bubble tops, if it's true. Hopefully the design will be different enough without them. __________________ My New User Page More new additions!

01-22-2006, 06:56:44 PM	#5 (permalink)
RollingBoulder Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Federal Way, WA Posts: 564 Images: 3	I like! Nice homage to the older models, but still futuristic as well. __________________ My New User Page More new additions!

01-22-2006, 07:13:34 PM	#6 (permalink)
disneyguy The Merriest Disney Fan Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: 20 minutes from the Happiest Place On Earth! Posts: 830 Images: 83	I hope they are still different colors, "Monorail Red, Blue, Purple, ect...) I also found that the Monorail closes on 11/1/2006 and opens 5/1/2007: http://www.mickeynews.com/Parks/Disn...rbSchedule.asp __________________

01-22-2006, 07:48:01 PM	#7 (permalink)
PeoplemoverMatt Mover of People Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Valencia, CA Posts: 4,096 Images: 16	Wow, it's closing a lot longer from now than I thought. It'll be running in shuttle mode for a long time then. Btw, simmer, you're welcome for that link. -- PMM __________________ "What kind of man would live where there is no daring? I don't believe in taking foolish chances, but nothing can be accomplished without taking any chance at all." -- Charles Augustus Lindberg "Our greatest natural resource is the minds of our children." -- Walter Elias Disney "So are we to continue in sin that grace might increase? May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it? Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? Therefore we have been buried with Him...so we too might walk in the newness of life." -- Romans 6:1-4 Tokyo Photos I Tokyo Disney Resort Videos

01-23-2006, 11:02:24 AM	#9 (permalink)
PeoplemoverMatt Mover of People Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Valencia, CA Posts: 4,096 Images: 16	It doesn't take long for people to notice something you put up on a website. This could easily be one of those deals where once they know that we know, BAM! it's gone. Their hope would then be that we stop believing or forget that this existed. Well it did exist, MiceChat found it first, I found it off them, simmer put it up here & so it grew. Companies get very nervous when this happens, even though they put it up on their website, they probably didn't want this blasted all over, so it's gone. Well let's just continue to keep our eyes & ears open for the next one. -- PMM __________________ "What kind of man would live where there is no daring? I don't believe in taking foolish chances, but nothing can be accomplished without taking any chance at all." -- Charles Augustus Lindberg "Our greatest natural resource is the minds of our children." -- Walter Elias Disney "So are we to continue in sin that grace might increase? May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it? Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? Therefore we have been buried with Him...so we too might walk in the newness of life." -- Romans 6:1-4 Tokyo Photos I Tokyo Disney Resort Videos

01-23-2006, 03:17:02 PM	#10 (permalink)
dctrdez Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Club 33, Trophy Room Posts: 204	oopsies....darn, would have liked to have seen it before they took it away. Once again being denied futuristic transportation systems...even from looking at them. Those of you in cities that are more transportationally-gifted, appreciate them, cause you could be like Los Angeles, where our busses are literally made to look like trains because somehow they think that we'll be fooled into beliveing that they are actually better than the smog-belching, road-clogging, accident-causing behemoths they really are. The rail system in Los Angeles is (compared to other cities) a joke. "Here's what not to do..." L.A. denied Alweg from constructing a 43-mile futuristic monorail system in the 60s. Instead they dismantled the Pacific Electric Red Cars (the largest mass transit system ever at that time) and bought our busses and built our freeways. What might have been... ...the horror...the horror... whoops, rant, sorry bout that, but I'm very passionate about this, lol. __________________ Call me Doc... Official Armchair Imagineer FIGHT ON USC!!! The secret to Disneyland's magic (a la Ray Bradbury): Doing everything you think you don't need, and realizing that you needed it all along. All I want you to think about is when people walk through or have access to anything you design, I want them, when they leave, to have smiles on their faces. Just remember that. It's all I ask of you as a designer. -Walt Disney No, I'm actually not a member of Club 33...yet...someday! Last edited by dctrdez; 01-23-2006 at 03:31:15 PM.

01-23-2006, 10:06:05 PM	#13 (permalink)
Sesshomaru-sama Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lake Elsinore, California Posts: 560 Images: 5	I think it is time for a change in the Monorail trains. Even though I will miss the trains of right now, it's time for a change for the future. __________________ Ashes to ashes. Dust to dust. I shall take you from whence you came... under the soil in the world of the dead.

01-30-2006, 02:54:57 PM	#15 (permalink)
Executioner The name says it all Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Between this world and the next. Posts: 1,425 Images: 44	I hope they don't look like the ones in Las Vegas. They are nice and all, but they don't have the classy look Disneyland's do or did. If that is the concept art, I am all for it. The picture looks great. Keep the streamline feel and look. __________________ A Different Kind Of Company. A Different Kind Of Executioner. Come join us! (You must be 18 years of age or older)

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