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Bye-Bye to TRON-o-Rail
Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 5:09 pm
by Monorail_Red
It has already been discussed on other boards so I'm not disclosing any new information that might have been given to me by contacts I still have at Monorails.
Last night was TRON-o-Rail's last run. Monorail Coral should be back out on the beamways within a month or so. She needs a nap and some TL&C in Shop.
Monorail_Red
Re: Bye-Bye to TRON-o-Rail
Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 10:31 pm
by seeing_eye_child
Monorail_Red wrote:It has already been discussed on other boards so I'm not disclosing any new information that might have been given to me by contacts I still have at Monorails.
Last night was TRON-o-Rail's last run. Monorail Coral should be back out on the beamways within a month or so. She needs a nap and some TL&C in Shop.
Monorail_Red
Aw, nuts! I'll have missed it by just over a month.
Re: Bye-Bye to TRON-o-Rail
Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 10:57 pm
by Big Wallaby
After a year and a half on the Epcot beam, only needing a month off is damn impressive.
I wonder what will happen the first time they put her onto Resorts for a day...
Re: Bye-Bye to TRON-o-Rail
Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 7:45 am
by Monorail_Red
Big Wallaby wrote:I wonder what will happen the first time they put her onto Resorts for a day...
A few months ago she was, in fact, on Resorts for a whole day or so AS the TRON-o-Rail! :D:
Re: Bye-Bye to TRON-o-Rail
Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 10:08 am
by shilohmm
seeing_eye_child wrote:Aw, nuts! I'll have missed it by just over a month.
We were there twice while it was running and managed to miss it both times. I was not a fan, but hubby would have liked to see it. Not enough to go looking while there, mind you, but enough to grumble about missing it.
Re: Bye-Bye to TRON-o-Rail
Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 11:24 am
by delsdad
Big Wallaby wrote:After a year and a half on the Epcot beam, only needing a month off is damn impressive.
I wonder what will happen the first time they put her onto Resorts for a day...
Why is resorts harder on the trains ? Is it the radius of the loop, or the fact that there are a lot more stops & door cycles during a day? Plus the longer days I assume?
Re: Bye-Bye to TRON-o-Rail
Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 11:40 am
by 5th Dimension
I was in Epcot the first day it was in operation. Good bye! I'll miss you.
Re: Bye-Bye to TRON-o-Rail
Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 2:25 pm
by Freak
Well, at least I can still see photos of it. Bye TRONorail, you had a good run.
Re: Bye-Bye to TRON-o-Rail
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 6:59 am
by Big Wallaby
Resorts isn't harder on the trains. It's that it will be operating from Cab 6 instead of Cab 1 for an extended period, most likely several days. When a train is put on Resorts, it spends at least one night out, if not two or three, to save it the trauma of going through the switches. Epcot is different because it has a smooth switch system.
Re: Bye-Bye to TRON-o-Rail
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 7:05 pm
by February
Guys! Did you see that they're cutting back hours of monorail operations now-- closing down an hour after park close instead of running them during EMH???!!! I posted a link in the Newsroom.
Here's hoping all the trains will now get some TLC in shop. . .
...and I for one won't miss Tron-o-rail. Saw it last year, hated it! I was shocked by it in fact I remember asking Zazu "What have they done to my childhood memories!"
To me monorails should always be white with a colored stripe. Nothing else. No stickers, no promotional crud. Just perfect as they were.
~bru