Originally Posted By Tink34 I read another blog: <a href="http://forums.wdwmagic.com/showthread.php?t=464321" target="_blank">http://forums.wdwmagic.com/sho...t=464321</a> Anyone know if this is true? I agree it would be fitting to pay tribute to Austin but totally retire a train...has anyone heard anything?
Originally Posted By ImaginingDisney001 >>>> Anyone know if this is true? <<<<< I don't know about the report, but I did predict this may happen. Figure the Monorail fleet is in the 20 year old range and the cost to replace the monorail is in the millions. I predict that one train would be retired for parts, the good NoseCone would be removed and put on the other monorail to make one good one. Why I feel this way is because the current fleet is with in years of retirement, miles are high. I beleive they are hanging onto them because they are building the 2 cruise ships so all the money is going there. building a new monorail and retiring it would be possible but if they change the monorail design, it would be the odd ball of the new fleet for the lifetime of the fleet. Slapping on, and telling the press it is a tribute is pure PR. My comments in no way meant any disrespect to the lost Cast Member, I think DISNEY is doing PR, not respects, concerning a bad event that should never have happened. ID
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom I also predict they will retire purple, simply because they are down one monorail and they are not going to replace it and there is no way they will retire monorail pink ( they will keep pink around for all the girls). Plus, I also found Purple to be confusing.. it looks blue. To be honest with you I didn't even know Disney had a monorail Purple till this fatal accident. I thought the monorails was "dark" blue and "light" blue.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< Slapping on, and telling the press it is a tribute is pure PR. >>> PR isn't the two-letter abbreviation I would have used to describe it, but it's close enough I suppose.
Originally Posted By ImaginingDisney001 >>>> PR isn't the two-letter abbreviation I would have used to describe it, but it's close enough I suppose. <<<<< Oh man! It was used "PR" for Public Relations in the past, not the other meaning. Shows how things change as time moves on ID
Originally Posted By disney pete Do they still let guests ride up front or has the crash stopped this or did it end sometime back?
Originally Posted By danyoung But according to the article on Mouseplanet from David Koenig, they already are short on monorails, sometimes using all 12 on busy days. They are short on time for maintenance, because the staff has to spend so much time on safety checks every day. The suggestion was that they already needed 14 instead of 12, so they could be working on a couple while the others were out on the tracks.
Originally Posted By MPierce I really can't see any good reason why they would or should retire Purple.
Originally Posted By -em They can't retire Purple cause its my favorite one... I don't think it'll be retired- itll either return or it wont as a Mark VI- Now if we ever get Mark VIII and they keep the same color codes my guess itll return... When Red and Blue had their infamous crash in the 70s (I think 74) Those colors were returned to the beam -em
Originally Posted By sjhym33 The two trains from the 74 accident were combined to make one monorail. I think it was Red if I remember correctly. I expect that Disney will do the same with Pink and Purple after a judge decided how much of the wreckage needs to be retained for the upcoming lawsuit from Austin's family.
