Originally Posted By nbodyhome <a href="http://www.mousesteps.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=34&Itemid=65" target="_blank">http://www.mousesteps.com/inde x.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=34&Itemid=65</a> I was happy to get to ride the current test bus (well, I think it is gone now). Denise
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Those pictures of the fireworks from the treehouse are great! I never would have thought to try and watch from there. I'll have to see if I can do it in DL (if they ever decide to keep theirs open after dark). I also like the hybrid bus idea, but what's the point if they only have one bus that's only there for one week a year. That doesn't really cut down on anything, now does it?
Originally Posted By figment1986 Great shots of the tower and the hybrid bus... Nice to see them testing these things on property every so often.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 Again, beautiful pictures Denise. They really help me get my Disney fix to hold me until we go again. But did you take a naughty picture? One of the ones from the Swiss Family Treehouse of the fireworks had one of those nasty red x's instead of your picture. Right above the the one with the red lines shooting out of the Castle.
Originally Posted By twirlnhurl The city of Buffalo's public transit has about half of it's bus fleet hybrid. I wonder why it would work in Buffalo but not at Disney World.
Originally Posted By Sport Goofy ^^ Are there any federal grants to municipalities that use hybrid systems? State grants? As a private company, WDW wouldn't be eligible for either. Most local transit systems operate on some sort of federal subsidy.
Originally Posted By figment1986 <<Are there any federal grants to municipalities that use hybrid systems? State grants? As a private company, WDW wouldn't be eligible for either. Most local transit systems operate on some sort of federal subsidy.>> Sea World, convention center, and MCO I believe is testing Hydrogen buses for various purposes. The state partnered up for the project with other companies who make them like ford.
Originally Posted By twirlnhurl Sport Goofy, that was a good point. I hadn't thought of that. That's probably the case.
Originally Posted By nbodyhome >>But did you take a naughty picture? One of the ones from the Swiss Family Treehouse of the fireworks had one of those nasty red x's instead of your picture. Right above the the one with the red lines shooting out of the Castle. << I don't see an x (and definitely I didn't take anything naughty). As far as the hybrid - it sounded like last years test was just iffy. Not sure why it's taken so long to have a new test.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 ^^I didn't think you did, it's just that my pc wouldn't let that one picture come through. Tempermental computers.
