tiger01 Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 Even though there is transport AROUND parks it's interesting to see transport TO a park. At Oakwood there is a Train you have to get on to go from the car park to the entrance which takes you round fields and stuff (i've never been Oakwood i just know ) So what types of transport is there to your local parks or your favourite parks??? Are they interesting??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebl Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 I've never been there, but I believe that Ghost Town in the Sky had a chairlift that you had to ride to get from the parking lot to the park itself. And I think one park in Hong Kong has an aerial tramway that takes you from parking to the park. Â Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koolkid Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 Alton Towers is pretty awesome with a Monorail ride through the park to the entrance. I think that's a pretty brilliant/magical start and end to a day out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Clinksalot Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 From the ones I've been to, I just LOVE taking the boat from the TTC to the Magic Kingdom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jray21 Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 I like taking the boat to MK. Yomiuriland had a Gondola to take to the park. I had a bus drop me off on a freeway shoulder for a park in Brazil! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WFChris Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 My favorite is the park in Japan with the cat and dog funicular. Wasn't there so I don't know the name of the park! Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David H Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 (edited) ^ That's Wonder Rakutenchi. I was actually just going to post that. It was in the last Japan day of my ongoing epic Asia trip report that I posted last week. In fact, that's my picture from the PTR! Â There are also two other mountainside parks in Spain with funiculars (but not with cats or dogs on them!) up to the park: Tibidabo and Monte Iguedldo. However, at neither of those parks is the funicular the ONLY way to get into the park, like it is at Wonder Rakitenchi. You can drive or take a bus up to either of those parks also. Â As for the comment earlier about th park in Hong Kong, you're thinking of Ocean Park, which technically doens't count, according to the rules of this thread, since both the cable car and the underground train ride are within the park itself, which is in two sections. However, you could almost count it since all of the rides are in the upper section of the park. The lower section is all animal exhibits, mostly marine animals, plus pandas. (And Halloween mazes and shows during their awesome Halloween event.) Edited November 25, 2012 by David H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MayTheGForceBeWithYou Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 I've never been there, but I believe that Ghost Town in the Sky had a chairlift that you had to ride to get from the parking lot to the park itself... They did. I'm almost positive all the infrastructure is still standing. Â On the note of Ghost Town, Glenwood Caverns has a similar system (and from what I've heard about Ghost Town, the parks themselves are similar as well): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidcoaster 2 Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 I've never been there, but I believe that Ghost Town in the Sky had a chairlift that you had to ride to get from the parking lot to the park itself... They did. I'm almost positive all the infrastructure is still standing. Â Actually the chairlift (And parts of the park) has reopened and operates in the summer. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyRCT3 Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Kennywood has a pretty nifty chairlift from the parking lot. The terrain they're is far from flat so it's pretty useful, they even run it in the rain--another plus. Â Take THAT CP operations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XYZ Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Magic Kingdom certainly has an interesting form of transportation as you get to the park either by monorail or boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 My favorite is the park in Japan with the cat and dog funicular. Wasn't there so I don't know the name of the park! Â That would be Wonder Rakutenchi! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Nothing really beats this  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rctneil Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 The only ones I can think of off the top of my head are:  Alton Towers, - Monorail from CarPark/Resort Hotels => Theme Park  Ocean Park - It's not quite from car park to theme park but from lower area to upper themepark and there are two routes, the cable cars (as Wes shows above) and the Funicular which is really cool (literally, air conditioned and have snazzy over the head displays to keep people entertained during the journey) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Here's one that hasn't been mentioned yet. The ride up to the Genting Highlands Resort in Malaysia. There were monkey's under us in the jungle!!! Scary! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Edge of Beast- Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Silver Dollar City's trams <3 Â I also love the Skyride at Cedar Point if I want to get from one side of the park to another. That's not necessarily "to" the park, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jray21 Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 ^^That reminds me of the Jamaican chairlift through spider hell to get to the mountain coaster! On the way down, you brushed up against the trees. These were in the trees! (they look small, but they were as big as a hand!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 I really liked this monorail they had/have at Alton Towers, that runs between the hotels and the park. Â But I REALLY LIKED this monorail, because this monorail is the one used for transport through our 1986 EXPO Worlds Fair in Vancouver, Canada! Â Alton Towers bought the system after the fair ended... and it still runs good! This here used to be back there where I'm from. It still looks great on the elevated rail. (Taken first TPR tour 2006, in my more hairier days, lol.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Thrill Dragster Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 Not to the park, but the USH star way that takes you from the Upper Lot to the Lower Lot is pretty unique and offer some amazing views of nearby studios and the San Fernando valley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubysparkles Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 Ocean Park - It's not quite from car park to theme park but from lower area to upper themepark and there are two routes, the cable cars (as Wes shows above) and the Funicular which is really cool (literally, air conditioned and have snazzy over the head displays to keep people entertained during the journey) Â They even changed the overhead displays for Halloween. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrygator Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 I remember in the 1970's when you had the third option at Magic Kingdom of taking a tram from the parking lot to the park entrance. You passed dozens of topiaries in the form of Disney characters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caffeine_demon Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 ANother goodun is freizeitpark klotten - a chairlift, followed by a 5-10 minmute uphill walk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
154bmag Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 SFDK has a ferry service that runs from San Fransisco 's Peir 39 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
805Andrew Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 The most interesting form of transportation I've taken to get to a amusement park is a funicular from the city part of Barcelona to Tibidabo. It's a cool way to start and end your park visit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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