Disney Nova Bus - model?

[Mikey]

http://www.1-87vehicles.org/new_products.php

(scroll to bottom of the page for the bus)

Would this bus match the buses used at Disneyworld?

Thank you
Michael

[Shorty82]

It appears to match the Novas in the fleet to my eyes (not all of the buses are Novas, there are RTSs and one more I can't recall the type of). AFAIK Disney buses are standard transit buses with a custom paint job and no fare box.

[hhsrat]

AFAIK Disney buses are standard transit buses with a custom paint job and no fare box.

And the W/C ramp in the rear door rather than the front door. (Most transit systems have them in the front door to make sure the rider has to pass the fare box)

[Goofyernmost]

And the W/C ramp in the rear door rather than the front door. (Most transit systems have them in the front door to make sure the rider has to pass the fare box)

To clarify, it's not to be sure that the wheel chair person has to pass the fare box, it's to make sure that the driver is up front so that subsequent riders aren't tempted to just walk on by it while the driver is busy securing his passenger. They aren't supposed to enter anyway but the old buses used to have the driver in the back of the bus and many times passenger would board on the front when he was doing his thing. It keeps the driver closer to the controls as well. Actually, that is the primary reason for it.

[Cranbiz]

It's close, but not an exact model.

A good representation and could be kitbashed into a believable copy.


Yes, I'm still alive, just been really busy with the new job and the move to CA.

and Shorty, the other buses are Gillig's with some brandy new Nova's (well in Dec/Jan they were) thrown it just to confuse everyone.

[Big Wallaby]

It's close, but not an exact model.

A good representation and could be kitbashed into a believable copy.

I am reminded of one night when one of the RTS buses finished its time. As I came into MK, I happened to have Chariots of Fire on my phone, and my bus was empty. It was the time of the night when I had to pull up to the dispatcher for my dispatch, and while I was next to him waiting to find out where to go, I played it on my internal PA, loud enough that he could hear. The look he gave me was unrepeatable, memorable and downright priceless.

[Cranbiz]

I am reminded of one night when one of the RTS buses finished its time. As I came into MK, I happened to have Chariots of Fire on my phone, and my bus was empty. It was the time of the night when I had to pull up to the dispatcher for my dispatch, and while I was next to him waiting to find out where to go, I played it on my internal PA, loud enough that he could hear. The look he gave me was unrepeatable, memorable and downright priceless.

I was there that night too! I believe it was 2752 that met its untimely end on World Drive by the EPCOT exit.