Originally Posted By oc_dean >>The only way you'll ever see a OC PM is to convince the voting population there that some form of rail transit will make their lives better.<< I wonder if Huntington Beach can step up to the plate to be the first? We'll see.
Originally Posted By G2-4T More new videos have been posted at <a href="http://www.peopleforthepeoplemover.org" target="_blank">http://www.peopleforthepeoplem over.org</a> - inc. a TTA video. And don't forget to sign the petition when you are there - we're getting close to 1,000 names and once that number is hit the names once again will be sent in to the heads at Disney.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt Do you actually think the heads at Disney are going to consider reopening the attraction because of your petition?
Originally Posted By tangaroa >Do you actually think the heads at Disney >are going to consider reopening the >attraction because of your petition? Sure they will. As long as each of the 1000 sent a check in for 30,000 after signing the petition. "The PeopleMover - Sponsored by Disneyland Annual Passholders"
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <so what is so great about the people mover, it just went around in the air very slow, why the great love for it?> Why the love for any scenic attraction? Quite apart from the reasons oc dean gave... it was relaxing, it was scenic, and due to the amazing capacity there was never a line.
Originally Posted By oc_dean >>Do you actually think the heads at Disney are going to consider reopening the attraction because of your petition?<< Does any petition, alone, make or break a decision on anything in the world? No. But what they do is help to "cement" an OVERALL consensus on an issue. It's just one piece to the whole "collective".
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt Opoerating costs may be a factor in its demise. I realize that the DL Peoplemover is a completely different system than SFO's, but the rising maintenance costs on that system are relative to this discussion. According to the San Francisco Examiner, "The cost of maintaining AirTrain, San Francisco International Airport’s much-used people mover, is going up by an anticipated $2.1 million in its current year of operation due to inflation and the rising cost of labor and parts". <a href="http://www.examiner.com/a-395440~Maintenance_costs_for_AirTrain_rising.html" target="_blank">http://www.examiner.com/a-3954 40~Maintenance_costs_for_AirTrain_rising.html</a>
Originally Posted By mousefun Dear Disney: Please, whatever you do, do NOT bring back the antiquted, creaky, boring People Mover. Please, in it's place, put in something that flows with the 21st centure, not the early 20th century. Thank you. MouseFun
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Does anybody know when they painted the rail on the track over Redd Rocket's? I noticed it while standing in line for Space Mountain at the beginning of October, but never got around to asking anyone about it. The steel beam going through the center of the track was painted white, while the parts of the track in other areas were left unpainted. I don't know if it means anything, but it is interesting that it was painted at some point.
Originally Posted By patrickegan I signed, can’t hurt and at least someone is doing something besides bellyaching!
Originally Posted By oc_dean >>do NOT bring back the antiquted, creaky, boring People Mover. Please, in it's place, put in something that flows with the 21st centure, not the early 20th century.<< The Peoplemover was a product of the late 20th Century. Not early. I hardly think people around the time of the St. Louis Worlds Fair in '04 or the time of the Stock Market crash in '29 were thinking of such things. Besides ... there are only a few of the 1967 Peoplemover trains that still exist. And I hardly think Disney would ever go down the road of rebuilding the "Wedway" motorized-tire system, ... when so many advances have been in propulsion systems ... such as the linear induction technology introduced at WDW's Peoplemover in 1975.
Originally Posted By fkurucz ^^I think that the point was that the original people mover had technology that was representative of the first half of the 20th century. Something more representative of today would be a people mover that after boarding could take you quickly and directly to any number of destinations: So you could board it near Splash Mountain and go directly to ToT in DCA without stopping at any intermediate stations.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt "I hardly think people around the time of the St. Louis Worlds Fair in '04 or the time of the Stock Market crash in '29 were thinking of such things." You mean rotating tires embedded inside an elevated trackway? Wow, now THAT was some seriously advanced transporation technology.
Originally Posted By oc_dean ... I know! I should note ... that post was part sarcasm. It kind-of got on my nerves .. because "early 20th Century" would mean 1900-1950 .. and in those years ... there was nothing in the world remotely like the "1967" Tomorrowland Peoplemover. A product of the LATE/SECOND HALF of the 20th Century. Lets get our facts right. :~
