Mark VII Monorail Billboards?!

TFN5459 · **Posted:** Wed May 16, 2012 8:08 pm

Well first the Mark V and Mark VI monorails had the absolute indignity of being traveling billboards but what Disney has done to the Mark VII's is absolutely outrageous and makes me kind of angry. According to this posting:
http://www.disneylandnewstoday.com/?p=8342
The monorails all have little faces, names, and apparently their own cartoon spiel now for Carsland. While I am excited about the Carsland,I think they have taken this WAY too far I will seriously not ride the monorails until this is gone.

Locoboy5150 · **Posted:** Thu May 17, 2012 12:15 am

Ugh!

cornhusker · **Joined:** Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:13 pm **Posts:** 42

Its not horrible but i dont like disney originals altered.

CC4455 · **Joined:** Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:30 am **Posts:** 138

I am a HUGE Cars fan! And I loved the Cartoon versions of the monorails in a Cars livery... but really in real life? I do not like it at all. If they some how incorporated animated monorails into the movies, that is great. But these are real things! They can't talk. So disappointing! What is happening to these disney monorails? They're a train for goodness sake... not a moving billboard.

TFN5459 · **Posted:** Thu May 17, 2012 11:24 pm

CC4455 wrote:

I am a HUGE Cars fan! And I loved the Cartoon versions of the monorails in a Cars livery... but really in real life? I do not like it at all. If they some how incorporated animated monorails into the movies, that is great. But these are real things! They can't talk. So disappointing! What is happening to these disney monorails? They're a train for goodness sake... not a moving billboard.

Acutally the monorails will "talk" in the form of cartoony spiels replacing the standard one and the voices as well as narration will vary between the 3 Manny (Red), Mandy (Blue), or Mona (Orange).
I wish someone would just remove it.

Dave Van · **Posted:** Fri May 18, 2012 8:59 am

Two thumbs down for me......

jazzfan4 · **Posted:** Fri May 18, 2012 12:09 pm

I don't think I'll be adding eyes to my model if and when it gets built

Rob Fendler · **Posted:** Fri May 18, 2012 1:09 pm

Not a big fan either, but:

1. Its temporary
2. Its a lot better than the full train wraps the Mark VI's have to endure.

TFN5459 · **Posted:** Fri May 18, 2012 6:31 pm

Rob Fendler wrote:

Not a big fan either, but:

1. Its temporary
2. Its a lot better than the full train wraps the Mark VI's have to endure.

The "character spiels" are the thing I hate, the eyes and mouth not so much but the spiels really bother me. Also I'm wondering if it obscure the view for the pilots watching the beamway?

TFN5459 · **Posted:** Fri May 18, 2012 11:30 pm

Well here's a POV on board Mark VII Blue with 1 of the 3 new spiels. Terrible to say the least.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSV2Oe693qU

Mark VII Monorail Billboards?!

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