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Resort Monorail Damaged by Windstorm
The monorail line that serves the resorts and the TTC has been damaged by heavy wind, and is presently CLOSED. Guests are being transported by bus.
Apparently the other monorail line between MK, TTC and Epcot has not been affected.
No other details at this writing; I'll try to update as more info becomes available.
The Orlando area has been under a Tornado Watch for most of the day; there have been a few very heavy downpours accompanied by very high winds.
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Ed, thank you for keeping us posted. Prayers that the storm passes quickly and that no one gets hurt. Scary!
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Hard to believe the concrete would be damaged so I would guess it's something electrical/power related or with the switching equipment. Will be interesting to hear what the deal is!
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wow. thanks for letting us know. hope everythings ok
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Originally Posted by JohnY
Hard to believe the concrete would be damaged so I would guess it's something electrical/power related or with the switching equipment. Will be interesting to hear what the deal is!
I would tend to agree with your thinking here. Just about the only thing that could damage the concrete would be a direct lightening strike. I know from experience what that can do because I had a huge hole to fix in my driveway after a lightening strike last year.
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Here's hoping that nobody got hurt during the storm and everything can get back to normal real soon !
Updates needed as soon as they are available.
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Some for the monorail. I hope that no one was hurt and that everything is back to normal soon. I'd be so bummed if I was staying at a monorail resort and it was closed for awhile... but safety always comes first.
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Fingers crossed that all will be fine. DW and I know a bunch of people down there right now, so we hope all is well with them
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We were in Disney in 1980 staying at the Contemporary and the monorail was completely shut down due to the construction of the Epcot line. It was pretty disappointing.
I just hope no one was hurt.
And I'm also hoping they get it up and running by the time we arrive on the 28th.
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How scary!
Hope everyone on their vacation is safe and the monorail is up and running soon. Scary!Thanks for the update!
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Serious, and maybe stupid, question.
Suppose the Monorail is down for quite some time. How will they handle transportation to the 3 monorail resorts? Specifically I am thinking about ADRs. Do they run busses from MK to the the GF, Poly & CR? Or is there now a degree of walking involved? Or must one rely on the boats?
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There are boat launches that go to Poly and GF from MK. They are small, so maybe they'll implement larger ones, like the ones from FW and WL.
You can easily walk to CR from MK. Its about a 10 min walk.
They may offer buses as well.
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Originally Posted by DisneyDudet
There are boat launches that go to Poly and GF from MK. They are small, so maybe they'll implement larger ones, like the ones from FW and WL.
Not a bad idea, but the problem is that they only have 3 of those boats that run to FW and WL (they're known as Cruisers) and they were built special for that particular role. And as of now, they pretty much run at full capacity so I'm not sure they could spare one. I imagine extra buses and maybe one or two smaller launches will be implemented for the time being.
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Monorail down
Any updates on when the Monorail will be back up and running? Didn't hear much about it so I imagine that no one got hurt.
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I have not seen it on any closure lists and we are headed down next weekend so any updates would be great
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Whenever there's a problem with the monorai Disney puts extra buses out in those areas so getting around shouldn't be a problem.
We were at WDW over the weekend and were just getting off the monorail at MK when I looked up and saw Monorail Lime looking a bit different than normal. I got a picture before it headed off to the barn. It had no windshield!! Here's the pic I took:
Monorail Lime
Last edited by Carol; 04-18-2007 at 09:18 PM.
Reason: Fix link
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Originally Posted by Piglet822
Jeanne,
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Resort Monorail Damaged by Windstorm
Originally Posted by Maleficent's Dad
Jeanne,
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Me too Jeanne - can't view the link but thanks for describing. It must have been a bit strange to see monorail Lime in this condition.
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Originally Posted by Vanlandingham
Not a bad idea, but the problem is that they only have 3 of those boats that run to FW and WL (they're known as Cruisers) and they were built special for that particular role. And as of now, they pretty much run at full capacity so I'm not sure they could spare one. I imagine extra buses and maybe one or two smaller launches will be implemented for the time being.
Disney can also pull the spare large ferry that runs from TTC to Magic Kingdom and run it to Wilderness Lodge and Fort Wilderness it has been done in the past...... They also have some special boats that VIPs I am sure they could use if needed......
Originally Posted by JohnY
Hard to believe the concrete would be damaged so I would guess it's something electrical/power related or with the switching equipment. Will be interesting to hear what the deal is!
yea John I cant wait to hear ether but I was thinking maybe one of the trees near the line fell up against one of the beams and they had to remove it.......
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Thanks for the info & updates... glad to hear no one was hurt!! Hoping they're able to get it up and running soon!
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