Please stand clear of the doors...
por favor mantengase alejado de las puertas
Over 150,000 guests ride the monorail each day at a maximum capacity of 360 guests per train. Annually there's about 50 millions guests who ride on one of the 3 lines. The concrete monorail beam is just over 2 feet wide and has a busbar mounted on each side of the beam holding a 600-volt electrical system. Each monorail is powered by eight 84 kW (113 horse power) electric motors. Ever wonder why the monorail can glide through the Contemporary Resort so quietly? The same reason my Chevy Volt sneaks up on you in a parking lot... electric motors! There are currently 12 monorails in operation today. Each monorail is identified by a color stripe running down the length of the vehicle. Why are there 14 colors in the picture next to this paragraph? Good question... And the answer is sad. My wife and I were visiting Walt Disney World over July 4th weekend in 2009 when we were alerted to an accident between 2 monorails, purple and pink. The fate of one of the pilots was unfortunate and to date marks the only fatality in the history of the Walt Disney World Monorail System. They retired the 2 colors and used the undamaged parts from them to build a peach monorail and my personal favorite, a teal monorail, as I pictured above. |
As Starbucks realeased their "You Are Here" mug collection for each park controversy arose at the realease of the E.P.C.O.T. version. The mug is accented with purple and because of this color scheme the monorail was pictured with a purple stripe. Disney quickly pulled the mug from shelves and replaced it weeks later with a grey stripe. However, not before several park goers purchased the discontinued version. These rare mugs can now be found on eBay and are fetching $300 or more.