Alpenguy Posted December 21, 2007 Posted December 21, 2007 This came as a complete surprise to me, there are other pictures on the Disney team site as well and some more info. I can't wait to see the blue one in a few months.
scruffy Posted December 21, 2007 Posted December 21, 2007 I really like the new look of the Monorails. Just hope Disneyland takes care of them. When I was their in May we could have used the air-conditioning it was so hot in Monorail Red.
BeemerBoy Posted December 21, 2007 Posted December 21, 2007 ^ I know. Losing the wand, AND DLR getting some of the sexiest looking monorails ever....all in one year?!? It's almost too much to take. I love the first shot from this page: http://www.mouseplanet.com/articles.php?art=dl071220av
mcjaco Posted December 21, 2007 Posted December 21, 2007 ^ As am I. If they only added the little glass bubble on top, like the originals. This is an awesome redo.
TheRapidsNerd Posted December 21, 2007 Posted December 21, 2007 You know, I have to hand it to Disney for cool transport vehicle themeing. Sure, they could have just "a monorail" Basic, moves you around, forgettable. Oh no. Disney themes theirs with cool things like clever paint jobs, turns them into submarines, makes them go through hotels, etc. I'm so glad Disney had a one-track mind. Train from our 1994 WDW vacation. Went ahead and made an avatar for anyone who'd be interested. And now back to the New Old-Style Trains. Yay!
BeemerBoy Posted December 21, 2007 Posted December 21, 2007 If they only added the little glass bubble on top, like the originals. Yeah, the driver bubble would've been sweet. Oh well, stupid height restrictions.
kidaftersunset Posted December 21, 2007 Posted December 21, 2007 I got to see it in the roundhouse last night. Absolutely amazing in person!
bradymacdonald Posted December 21, 2007 Posted December 21, 2007 A 75-foot-tall crane hoisted the first of the new Mark VII monorails from a flatbed truck onto the beam way track today at Disneyland. Photos and story at http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/?p=1147#more-1147 Brady MacDonald Los Angeles Times Theme Park Blogger http://www.latimes.com/funland
spacemtfan Posted December 21, 2007 Posted December 21, 2007 I am in love. -Jahan I'm sure you've already creamed your pants, didn't you? That's okay. It's about time that DLR got some new monorails anyway.
RIP Psyclone Posted December 21, 2007 Author Posted December 21, 2007 Video now posted. All 3 new monorail trains by next summer? Really?!
kraken613 Posted December 22, 2007 Posted December 22, 2007 Im really liking the solid color and not as much duel tone paint job.
UniversalGSHo22 Posted December 22, 2007 Posted December 22, 2007 I like them but I am partial to the old ones I think. I have fond memories of making out with a boy in Monorail Pink at WDW when I was 19 with a vacation fling!!!!!
RIP Psyclone Posted December 22, 2007 Author Posted December 22, 2007 ^Taking the Monorail back to your room at the Contemporary while your family was still in the park?
UniversalGSHo22 Posted December 22, 2007 Posted December 22, 2007 ^ Grand Floridian That Trip I think I still have that LAME picture of the two of us taken in front of Space Ship Earth. We also got our picture put on those stupid stone Picture walls that are in front of EPCOT now.... how ugly are those??!?!??!?? I should go look for that on my next day off....
ECZenith Posted December 22, 2007 Posted December 22, 2007 I was able to see Monorail Red in the shop today before work, it's even more impressive in person. Today they were connecting some of the trains many electrical components. The interiors aren't entirely complete. Monorail Red is scheduled to start running with passengers in February. Monorail Blue will arrive in late February and run in the spring, Monorail Orange will arrive in the spring and begin running in the summer. There will no longer a purple monorail on the circuit, it will now be orange.
RIP Psyclone Posted January 10, 2008 Author Posted January 10, 2008 The entire Mark VII monorail train was seen on Tuesday, but with much work left to be done. Sorry about the obstructed view. Credit: Darkbeer
kraken613 Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 Cool, they look really nice. A good replacment for the current model.
PURE Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 The reason the trim doesn't line up there is because these are pretty much Mark V monorails with new nose cones, aka front and rear cars. I'm still trying to figure out why the trim doesn't line up in that picture. If you look at the new and old monorail pictures the window glass shapes look the same, is that just a coincidence? Or did they leave the same basic cars and remodel just different parts of the nose cones? Or are the front and rear cars completely new?
upside down Posted January 11, 2008 Posted January 11, 2008 Is this going to be at Disney Land, or Disney World?
arrowfanman Posted January 11, 2008 Posted January 11, 2008 ^ Disneyland, just like the thread title says. -Jahan
speedracer Posted January 11, 2008 Posted January 11, 2008 Can't wait to see/ride them at night with this very cool new new feature: A central seating island replaces the staggered rows of seating, and when the doors close the recessed LED lighting in the cabin begins its show and changes to a dark shade that matches the color of the train. The red train's cabin will morph into a dark shade of red as the train departs the station, looking less like a city bus and more like a trendy nightclub, or at the very least like the cabin of a hip Virgin America jetliner. The blue train will have a dark blue shade for the cabin lighting, and so on throughout the fleet.
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