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Re: Monorail Track Damaged by Cold Weather?
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 12:33 pm
by Darksin
That seems slightly surprising to me considering Orlando has gone threw harder freezes with crazy highs the next day in the past but I guess anything is possible.
Re: Monorail Track Damaged by Cold Weather?
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 8:39 pm
by Big Wallaby
It's one thing to mention for safety that we're slowing down. It's quite another to tell someone the track was damaged. I don't know about you, but the images conjured up in my mind of a damaged track are not pretty.
Re: Monorail Track Damaged by Cold Weather?
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 1:41 pm
by felinefan
I thought it was interesting that in Florida there's a city named Frostproof. It was even more interesting when I checked the average and record tempetures fit that it hasn't always lived up to its name.
Re: Monorail Track Damaged by Cold Weather?
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 3:50 pm
by hobie16
felinefan wrote:I thought it was interesting that in Florida there's a city named Frostproof.
Does their city logo have a refrigerator in it?
Re: Monorail Track Damaged by Cold Weather?
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 2:10 pm
by felinefan
I don't know, couldn't get that info.
Re: Monorail Track Damaged by Cold Weather?
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 7:11 am
by DonutGoddess
hobie16 wrote:Does their city logo have a refrigerator in it?
Nope, looks like it has oranges.
http://www.cityoffrostproof.com/
Re: Monorail Track Damaged by Cold Weather?
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 1:47 pm
by Epeyon
I heard rumor that starting in early March both express and resort will be shut down from 1100-1830 for a few weeks. I'd have to assume it's for this. Anybody know anything?
Re: Monorail Track Damaged by Cold Weather?
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 5:01 pm
by avengador1
I was there yesterday and even rode the monorail. They all seemed to be operating normally and I could not see any damage to the beams or their joints.
Re: Monorail Track Damaged by Cold Weather?
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 5:29 pm
by Cheshire Figment
I strongly think that is has to do with some of the construction for The Grand Floridian Resort Without Spa.
If you go to the Advisories section of The Hub they even have a link to the schedule posted.
Re: Monorail Track Damaged by Cold Weather?
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 5:34 pm
by Epeyon
Cheshire Figment wrote:I strongly think that is has to do with some of the construction for The Grand Floridian Resort Without Spa.
If you go to the Advisories section of The Hub they even have a link to the schedule posted.
It's only about the new construction. The crane is operating a few feet from the beam so it's unsafe for the monorails to be running. They're sitting them in the stations, and having monorail CMs divert guests to watercraft. We're putting a cruiser on the gold route to accommodate ECVs and hummer strollers. Didn't seem to be any big issues. Supposedly they might also take advantage of the down time to work on a couple of the expansion joints.