Originally Posted By WDWtechie Does anyone else agree with me that the voice on the monorail is a bit annoying. "The doors are now opening" who gives a crap. Like I cant see those big metal things opening in FRONT OF MY FACE. I know they have to play it for certain reasons but why cant they make it sound a less bit annoying
Originally Posted By BlazesOfFire How else should it sound? What I think is annoying is Stitch in the monorail spiel...UGH! WHY!!!!
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Blazes, I agree with you about Stitch. His spiel is in poou taste..going "blag! (nausea sound)" at the end.. But I have noted my disatisfaction on the mono spiels and other problems here before..so much so that I think I scared poor Chrisrails away... The gripe I have with the mono spiels is that there are way too many of them and they are too commercialized. Too much blah blah blah!! After a while..it all goes over people's heads. Sometimes too, depending on the monorail... these spiels are played at very loud volumes and it drives me crazy! You have to scream to talk to the person next to you, which then, makes the monorail travels very noisy.. I much prefer TDR Line's soft music approach with miminal announcements. I mean.. do we really need to know that's the Wedding Chappel to the left where only rich people can afford to get married, or the Golf Resort to the right where anti-war protestors can't stay, oh and buy into our DVC program!!! Just too much unnecesary info...
Originally Posted By Chelledun I have to say I kindi of love the monorail spiels (with the exception of Stitch) and the fact that they are the same every time! It just feels so comfortable and familiar. It is very soothing and makes me feel content.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN I used to like Jack Wagner's in the good old days, but now... I resent having to be forced fed propaganda while waiting for traffic clearance, which is often.
Originally Posted By goofy47 Well I would imagine that most WDW fans love the spiel... It always brings back fond memories for most.. It's hard to imagine that some people actually enjoy themselves there, when they seem to hate so much of what they see and hear when at WDW...
Originally Posted By goofy47 Enjoy... <a href="http://www.wdw-photos.com/monorail.wav" target="_blank">http://www.wdw-photos.com/mono rail.wav</a>
Originally Posted By ssWEDguy The monorail spiels need to change with the times. I think it still needs to be there, but just not as techie or announceish as back when the space program was new. And it shouldn't be just dead air either. I like the idea of light Disney music in the background, perhaps even themed to where you're passing by. The voice on the spiel could be a low-key, sexy 2001 "Hal" type voice, briefly announcing such things as "Dong! -- Door Closing," "Dong! -- Magic Kingdom Station," "Dong! -- TTC -- MK Parking Lot or transfer to Epcot," or "Dong! -- Traffic clearance delay," etc. ONE MORE IDEA -- There should be a bonus on the monorail -- if any "Traffic clearance" delay lasts longer than say, 60 seconds, everyone on board gets a free FastPass for some attraction. Heck, traffic delays are when Stitch could even chime in. He could do the last 5 seconds of the 60-second countdown. And then he could make the freebie announcement.
Originally Posted By BlazesOfFire Argh no no no stitch lol He just annoys me so much. I did not mind the monorail spiel that was BEFORE Stitch. I also thought it was ok to say "if you look to the right you can see Disney's majestic Wilderness Lodge" or something along those lines.
Originally Posted By ssWEDguy >> Argh no no no stitch lol He just annoys me so much << I like Stitch. And he can fit if he's used well. The notion of associating him with unexpected traffic delay for instance.
Originally Posted By Labuda "so much so that I think I scared poor Chrisrails away... " No offense, dude, but I'd bet Babyrails has a lot more to do with Chris' recent absence here than you do. ssWEDguy - I ike your idea for the clearance... Stitch causing an annoyance, and a free fastpass goot immediately for any attraction - whee!
Originally Posted By ssWEDguy >> I like your idea for the clearance... Stitch causing an annoyance, and a free fastpass goot immediately for any attraction - whee! << And just to stretch the Stitch schtick (try saying that 5 times fast!...) a little further, the FastPass that he'd give out would be for Stitch's Great Escape.
Originally Posted By trailsend Post # 7 goofy47 Thank you so much!!! I love this!!! There is this joke in our family, when we are all together, if something crazy is happening, or when someone needs to lighten up, my children go into this spiel and we end up laughing.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA The spiel on post #7 is the late Jack Wagner, who was able to do is spiel's in English and Spanish.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>No offense, dude, but I'd bet Babyrails has a lot more to do with Chris' recent absence here than you do. << I am totally offended then.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORGOCH: Ain't I been tellin' ya fer YEARS, now, how dang'rous it is ta git on one them gawd awful Monster-rails?!?! My Auntie Virus got on one a those things, once, 'n ain't never been seen er heard of since! ORWEN: I remember the one time we DID ride one of those side-ways elevators on rails, it got stuck for hours and hours on a hot summer day. We'll never ride them ever again!!
