Originally Posted By ssWEDguy New Monorail Beam! Imagine my surprise to visit WDW the other day. On a daytrip to the MK, I discovered evidence of what appears to be new monorail beam going up! Check it out for yourself in this image. Pretty exciting if you ask me! LINK <a href="http://ssdisney.home.att.net/steve/WDWNewMonorailBeam.htm" target="_blank">http://ssdisney.home.att.net/s teve/WDWNewMonorailBeam.htm</a>
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Wow - are you sure this is a new beam? It looks pretty old/rusty. If it is indeed a new beam, maybe we will get new views from the monorail (and this raving fan boy could only hope for a new extension/spur line - even if only to Wilderness Lodge).
Originally Posted By gaston lives They need to extend it to the All-Star resorts to help take pressure off of the bus situation out there.
Originally Posted By Roger55 Looking at Google maps,what you are seeing is the reminance of a building that has been torn dowm. Probably a major cross-beam. A monorail beam would be exciting, but I'm afraid that isn't the case here. <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&q=&z=19&ll=28.41631" target="_blank">http://maps.google.com/maps?ie =UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&q=&z=19&ll=28.41631</a>,-81.572939&spn=0.000526,0.001207&t=k&om=0
Originally Posted By trekkeruss Yup. Just compare it to the exterior of the remaining buildings. It's merely the balcony dividers.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA That was a cute picture story ssWEDguy. Thanks for that. Do those rooms go back to the very beginning of Walt Disney World?
Originally Posted By Labuda "They need to extend it to the All-Star resorts to help take pressure off of the bus situation out there." The All Stars and Pop Century will be the last two places to get monorail service. You don't give a perk like that to Value customers before all the moderate, home away from home, and deluxe resorts have it.
Originally Posted By ssWEDguy >> Do those rooms go back to the very beginning of Walt Disney World? << I'm pretty sure that they do. Or at least they were built very soon after the Contemporary Main tower. They use the same frame and slide-box construction technique that the main tower (and the Polynesian) did. Just a smaller frame.
Originally Posted By gaston lives I"m sure that would be the case, Labuda. I'm just looking that the moderates usually have boat services of some type and the busses back up tremendously at the All-Stars, that's all.
Originally Posted By MPierce Thanks for the great pictures ssWEDguy. For a second I thought it might be a new spur servicing the new Contemporary DVC, and Wilderness Lodge. Just wishful thinking on my part.
Originally Posted By Labuda Gaston - the only boat service for moderates is the one boat line/route from Dixie Landings to Port Orleans to Downtown Disney. Nothing at all to get folks to the parks boatwise. All hotels with boat access to parks are Deluxes - and Ft. Wilderness.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 Thanks for the sad pics. Yet another part of the real WALT DISNEY WORLD disappears ...
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<Yet another part of the real WALT DISNEY WORLD disappears ...>> Did you like the garden wings? I've considered staying there because I'd like to try the Contemporary and the tower costs more points than I want to spend. The garden wings are relatively inexpensive, but they always seemed kind of Motel 6 to me. Are they nicer than I’m giving them credit for?
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 Yeah, Trippy, I liked them a lot. The rooms were exactly the same as the Tower, just as large, same decor ... just a lot less $$$. I wouldn't doubt that Disney will raise the rates now since half the garden wings inventory no longer exists.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip ^^^ Thanks for the info. I'll have to try a quick stay in the garden wing before they come out with next years DVC point schedule. I guess I saw the low-slung, motel-like 3-story buildings and viewed them as a second cousin to the REAL rooms in the tower. I really had no idea that the rooms were actually the same.
Originally Posted By ssWEDguy >> For a second I thought it might be a new spur servicing the new Contemporary DVC, and Wilderness Lodge. Just wishful thinking on my part. << Trust me, you and me both.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder When we stayed at the Contemporary in late November/early December it was in the South wing. The rooms were remodeled and rather well appointed, down to the LCD Plasma TV and fancy schmancy pocket doors in the bathroom. It was actually, well, contemporary.
Originally Posted By jmuboy I'm hoping the new DVC Tower is shorter than the rumored 15 stories. I hate to see WDW ruining the Contemporary like this.
Originally Posted By rhodisney That would have been great to have a lagoon view from the monorail..but maybe another time...
