Originally Posted By Dehoop As I was at work the other day (bored out of my mind) I started thinking about Disneyland. My thought was since nearly everybody rides the tram from the parking structure to Downtown Disney why not convert the tram, from being strictly a form of transportation, into some type of themed attraction as it takes you to and from the entrance. This would give everyone at least one attraction to ride on the busy days.
Originally Posted By Moderation I'm going to play Advocato del Diablo.In last week's visit to DL, for the first time me and the Tuppence decided not to stand in the long tram line ad walked. It was only about a 5 minute walk to the entrance to downtown disney, and it was a pleasant and interesting walk through DTD with several stops to check out pin trading watch the 'pulse' fountain, and smash a penny at the world's largest Disney Store. In the end, we had to wait at security for about 3-4 minutes before the tram bound portion of our group caught up, so it certainly took no longer, was much more diverting and gave us at least the flavoring of not following the herd.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss I'll play the devil's advocate to Advocato del Diablo: I imagine many people are new or infrequent vistors to DL and don't know you can just as easily walk to the park through DtD. Even if they do, they probably want to save their feet since they will already experience plenty of walking and standing on their feet once they get inside. As for making the tram into a themed attraction, if they did such a thing, they would or should probably charge for it, like they used to do with the monorail. Otherwise, some people might be inclined to ride it "for free." Can you imagine locals clogging up the free tram ride, while paying customers are using it as transportation?
Originally Posted By gadzuux I'm surprised that you were able to walk the distance faster than taking the tram. I've never experienced much delay in boarding a tram and riding it to the park.
