LottaLubes
11-29-2001, 06:20 AM
On my recent trip to the Polynesian, we of course had many opportunities to ride the monorail. Because of this, we found out so much information about the monorails that we never knew before. If you've ever wanted to ride up front on a monorail, this post might help you. What I'm about to explain is for the resort monorail.
First of all, when you are already riding a monorail, you can not exit and move up front when the people in the front exit. You can only board the front seat of a monorail from the platform. You need to let the CM who is working the platform know you would like to ride in the front of a monorail and he will let you know if there are any families in front of you waiting. Here's where it gets tricky. Each resort has it's own monorail color for the day. So, for example, let's say you are at the Poly and you want to ride up front. During the time we were there, the color for the Poly was pink and the GF was green. If a green monorail comes by and there is someone already in the seat and they don't get out, you can not ride up front on that monorail (but you can wait for the next one). However, if the green one comes by and there is nobody in the front, you can board. Once you board and start your journey, because the green one belongs to the GF, if there are people waiting to board a front seat monorail at the GF when you stop there, you will be bumped off.
However, in my example, if you were at the Poly and waiting for the pink monorail, you would be guaranteed a full loop around the track until you get back to the Poly because know other stop can bump the Poly monorail.
So, one day my 10 year old wanted to video the loop around the resorts. We waited for the pink and it was not a problem. Another time, we were on a green monorail and were told that if someone was waiting to board at the GF we would be bumped. Nobody was waiting so we weren't bumped.
Now, if you aren't staying in a deluxe resort, you can still do this by getting on the resort monorail at the MK or one of the resorts. Or by taking the non-resort monorail to Epcot or TTC.
Hope this makes sense! graemlins/silly.gif
Let me know if you need any clarification!
First of all, when you are already riding a monorail, you can not exit and move up front when the people in the front exit. You can only board the front seat of a monorail from the platform. You need to let the CM who is working the platform know you would like to ride in the front of a monorail and he will let you know if there are any families in front of you waiting. Here's where it gets tricky. Each resort has it's own monorail color for the day. So, for example, let's say you are at the Poly and you want to ride up front. During the time we were there, the color for the Poly was pink and the GF was green. If a green monorail comes by and there is someone already in the seat and they don't get out, you can not ride up front on that monorail (but you can wait for the next one). However, if the green one comes by and there is nobody in the front, you can board. Once you board and start your journey, because the green one belongs to the GF, if there are people waiting to board a front seat monorail at the GF when you stop there, you will be bumped off.
However, in my example, if you were at the Poly and waiting for the pink monorail, you would be guaranteed a full loop around the track until you get back to the Poly because know other stop can bump the Poly monorail.
So, one day my 10 year old wanted to video the loop around the resorts. We waited for the pink and it was not a problem. Another time, we were on a green monorail and were told that if someone was waiting to board at the GF we would be bumped. Nobody was waiting so we weren't bumped.
Now, if you aren't staying in a deluxe resort, you can still do this by getting on the resort monorail at the MK or one of the resorts. Or by taking the non-resort monorail to Epcot or TTC.
Hope this makes sense! graemlins/silly.gif
Let me know if you need any clarification!