Originally Posted By FerretAfros "or add a loop! hehe" I heard that they were testing the loop in the SSL building..er...Sub Lagoon...er...Millionaire Building? Where DO they test things these days? : )
Originally Posted By monorailblue Re #40: But a ride from the PeopleMover loading station to Autopia would be about 6 times longer than the few-hundred feet you'd stroll to get there on foot.
Originally Posted By The_wicked_AP I like the "long slow ride" comment. After hours of pounding the pavment, my doggies would sure enjoy a "long slow ride". Kind of like riding the train. A nice slow relaxing time to kick back. We're not all in our twenties, yanno. Kicking back is a good thing.
Originally Posted By berol "But a ride from the PeopleMover loading station to Autopia would be about 6 times longer" I'm riding the other direction in #40, pretend-Autopia station to the defunct PM station.
Originally Posted By monorailblue Re Posts 40 and 44: either way, you are boarding a ride which heads in the wrong direction to get you somewhere just spitting distance away. That's as silly as boarding the Mark Twain to ride "all the way" to New Orlean's Square, and putting in a second dock 200 feet up from the first. Why would anyone do it? If a new station were to be added (or, as I have proposed before, if the old station were to be chopped out, and a new PM were to go from Buzz right across to Star Tours without the into-Tomorrowland detour), I think the best location would be in the old Motor Boat area. A bit of track extension so that it's easily accesible from the Small World Mall wouldn't be too hard. That as the sole load/unload would work fine for me, but that as a secondary station would work very well, too, because then you really could use the PM as USEFUL transportation.
Originally Posted By berol "either way, you are boarding a ride which heads in the wrong direction to get you somewhere just spitting distance away" Before, it's a transportation system that takes you to... where you started. This makes it more like DLRR on a smaller scale. But I said nevermind on the idea in post #40. *nudge* btw, it takes me about 5(?) mintues to walk from DLRR to the PM station. When my feet are dead, that's like saving 20 miles of walking.
Originally Posted By G2-4T Some recent updates to the Peoplemover website inc. a new video of the TTA [hopefully we'll have some footage of the DL Peoplemover to post soon]. Still looking for photos and [of course] video to help build the ultimate Peoplemover website! <a href="http://peopleforthepeoplemover.org/" target="_blank">http://peopleforthepeoplemover .org/</a> And if you haven't yet signed the Peoplemover petition head over to: <a href="http://www.petitiononline.com/pplmover/petition.html" target="_blank">http://www.petitiononline.com/ pplmover/petition.html</a>
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Just got a wild, probably unworkable idea. What if, in addition to a re-modeled PM itself, they turned the areas where you enter the buildings into some sort of clue-solving adventure. Of course, they'd have to make a LOT of these sets of films, but let's say they projected them on the walls of the 'show buildings' - they'd only have to be 20-45 seconds long or so. So presumably they could make a lot of them. They could be themed to science or to "challenges of the future" or some such. In the Star Tours building, you get your first clue. A second (short) clue over Star Traders. You get your third clue in Space Mountain. In Innoventions (what was once superspeed tunnel) it's longer, so you get your fourth clue, and a little summary. Then, after innoventions you get the long sub/autopia area to think about it. Or, if you're not into this sort of thing, to just relax and observe the scenery as usual. In the Buzz building, the solution is revealed. They would have to have enough of these to be able to change them every day for about a month, maybe. So 30 sets of these short films. Perhaps in the Buzz tunnel, you have a multiple choice pad (like in the old Horizons), and your car votes on what you think the correct solution is, before it's revealed. Yes, you'd miss the "previews" of other attractions you used to get, but most DL visitors have seen them countless times anyway. Just a possible way to give this ride a "story," make it interactive, and make it somewhat different from the old PM. It's either completely unworkable or complete sooooper-genius. You decide.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Also, I agree with those who have never really warmed to the WDW version of PM. I appreciate that it's still there, but I've taken a miss on it the last couple times I've gone. a). It's not very long, b). it never changes elevation, making it pretty boring, c). the "enclosed" track limits your views somewhat, d). the cars are soooo plain and boxy. Who know how much character those jaunty little roofs on the DL version added?
Originally Posted By Nobody From post #50: "It's either completely unworkable or complete sooooper-genius. You decide." I hate to break it to you, but I believe your idea falls somewhere in between those two extremes.
Originally Posted By tigger_twin89 A CM told me a few years back they were thinking of incorperating the PM track and the lagoon into a Atlantis ride....
Originally Posted By FerretAfros The concept for an Atlantis ride got canned many years ago after the movie bombed. I've never heard anything about the PeopleMover being involved, but it sounds like it could have been interesting.
Originally Posted By Esmeralda I signed on. With the return of the subs and the new "classic" dark ride of Monsters Inc. I think now's the time to call for the Peoplemover's return. It was the perfect relaxing tour and the kinetics gave Tomorrowland a life that it is sadly lacking today.
Originally Posted By GreenMother Okay, I signed it. I did that for 2 reasons. 1) It was one of the few rides that I could take my kids on when they were little and give them a little snack or change their diapers [I always put the dirty one in an extra bag I carried] and to kick my feet up, and 2) it was one of the few rides that my Grandmother would join us on as well as being one of her faves. So some sentimentality in there, but also a bit of practicality... I think, anyways. Greenie
Originally Posted By GreenMother I forgot to say that it was also one of the few rides that once you got back to the loading station, all I had to do was ask if we could go around again without getting off and all the CM's always said no problem. That was always appreciated and quite helpful with youngen's ;-)
Originally Posted By G2-4T Just a note to say the People for the Peoplemover site has been totally reworked and debuted this week. Coming very soon, videos of the classic attraction! <a href="http://www.peopleforthepeoplemover.org/" target="_blank">http://www.peopleforthepeoplem over.org/</a> And don't forget to sign the petition while you are there! [and thanks to all who've already signed up]
Originally Posted By moondevil (in a Homer Simpson voice) BORING! That would be a MAJOR step backwards.
Originally Posted By pleddy36 Bring in a new ride, not the Peoplemover. Never cared for that attraction
