Originally Posted By Roger55 OLC has announced the resumption of the Disney Resort Line(monorail) service. Trains service will be reduced, operating from 9:00AM-10:00PM with departures every 13 minutes. The number of lighted signs and escalators operating will also be reduced. This is all to help conserve electricity. Here is the link to the press release. It is in Japanese. <a href="http://www.olc.co.jp/wpmu/wp-content/blogs.dir/5/files/2011/03/20110331_01.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.olc.co.jp/wpmu/wp-c...1_01.pdf</a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Just wondering, what's the point of reopening the monorail if everything that it serves is closed? The parks are closed, Ikspiari is closed, the hotels are closed. I haven't ever personally ridden it, so there may be something else that I'm not thinking of, but if none of the things around the resort are open, why have transportation to them?
Originally Posted By MagicalNezumi Ikspiari opened on the 28th and the surrounding hotels have been open for a few days as well. -- MagicalNezumi
Originally Posted By MagicalNezumi Some videos taken from the monorail on April 2nd were posted. Part 1: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYi1QgwcU4U" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...1QgwcU4U</a> Part 2: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZRulLhOiLs" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...ulLhOiLs</a> -- MagicalNezumi
Originally Posted By SuperDry Thanks for the vids! I noticed several things: No BGM (BackGround Music) while in Resort Gateway Station. That gave it a bit of an odd feeling. But there was normal BGM on the trains themselves. Interestingly, someone else had posted video of a trip around the monorail loop just a couple of days after the earthquake, after they determined it safe to operate but before they decided to close it for business reasons. In that case, they had the on-board BGM turned off as well, and made the whole ride a bit creepy. I now see what was talked about regarding a higher seawall being constructed along the bay, reportedly started well before the March 11 earthquake. Will it continue along the coastline directly facing TDS? If so, is it high enough to be seen from ground sitelines from within the park when looking out into the bay? (Not that I'm saying it's a bad thing or even a consideration - I'm just curious) Also, I notice that backstage you can see dozens of what appear to be boats of some sort, covered in tarps. Look after departing TDS Station, in between the monorail barn and the monorail carwash. They might be for Sindbad or POTC. I notice on the regular refurb schedule, POTC was scheduled to be closed for annual refurb starting today. Perhaps they're getting new boats this year?
Originally Posted By fkurucz "POTC was scheduled to be closed for annual refurb starting today." A really dumb question ... Is audio on POTC in English, Japanese or both?
Originally Posted By The Goddess Mara Mostly English. Ditto for the Haunted Mansion. The older attractions at Tokyo Disneyland tended to keep most of the English-language soundtracks, while the newer attractions all have Japanese soundtracks. The Tiki Room was an exception--it was fully redone in Japanese when the park opened.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< Mostly English. Ditto for the Haunted Mansion. >>> Nope. Although GGG is in English, the most important part of HM's spoken audio, the Ghost Host, is all in Japanese.
Originally Posted By fkurucz "Nope. Although GGG is in English, the most important part of HM's spoken audio, the Ghost Host, is all in Japanese." So it isn't bilingual like in Anaheim? I suppose it really isn't necessary. I find teh Anaheim one weird because the two Hosts have a very different quality. The English one tries to sound spooky, while the Spanish one does not.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< So it isn't bilingual like in Anaheim? >>> No. As far as Anaheim's HM being bilingual, isn't that only for a sentence or two at the end of the load platform?
Originally Posted By fkurucz ^^That's what I meant. Only at boarding. Once you've left the boarding area its all in English. So if I understand correctly, the narration throughout the ride in Tokyo is in Japanese, but the music is the original, in English. If so, that makes sense to me.
Originally Posted By The Goddess Mara What else is in Japanese aside from the Ghost Host? I believe the dozens and dozens of other tracks are all in English.
