Monday, September 17, 2007

Disneyland finally gets new Monorails

I think I heard them talking about this in the mi-90's but nothing happened. It now looks like Disneyland will get new monorails. From the concept drawings they look pretty cool. They are going to put them on the tracks in late November but probably will not be available for use by visitors until maybe a few weeks later since they have to test them and train the operators. Here are the pictures of first the current Monorail and concept art of the new one.


Friday, September 14, 2007

New bobsleds for Matterhorn at Disneyland.

It seems that an old ride at Disneyland is getting an update. Instead of the old seating arrangement that had two seat backs for two people per seat backs (the person in the front between the legs of the person up against the seat) rumor has it that there will now be three seat backs per car. It would seem that would not allow as many people to ride at one time making the wait in line longer but Disney found that most people were just sitting by themselves anyways making it 2 people per car (4 per sled). This way people will feel more comfortable sitting in their own area and so there would be 3 people per car making it 6 people per sled every time. I am amazed by my math skills! Therefore, the lines would go faster. I feel like I just wrote a Mathematical proof or something. but I think you get the idea. To celebrate this announcement here is a video of the full ride of the Matterhorn from the left side of the mountain (Remember, the ride is different if you get in line on the left or right side of the mountain so it is better to go on it twice to get the full experience).