It would be a matter of reconstructing the EPCOT turn, and extending the line on to the Transportation and Ticket Center. Design the EPCOT turn so that every third car or so would go to the TTC and the other two to EPCOT. That would tie the the Skyliner in to the Monorail, and would cut bus traffic significantly.
Good idea, but, from what I can see, there maybe a few problems. I’m guessing the reason for the IG station was to relieve the front of the park of the thousands of guest that take the SL
You would have to take out the turn station and build a station like Caribean Beach at that location. You would have a line coming in from Riv, a line running to IG and a line running to TTC. You can’t have a line that cabins just break off. It’s one sold line from station to station, once you enter a station you come off the line and the cabins are pushed around on a track. You can see how it works at the CB station pretty good. The Riv line to the new station would be fine. The line to IG would be fine but the line to TTC would have to have another station between the new station and TTC. It would be to long. Riv to IG is at max length. It has nothing to do with the operation of the system but safety. You have only so much time to clear, unload a line. The complete system now can be emptied in ten minutes. Not sure who’s regulations those are, federal,state, no clue.
The cabins also have to be spaced apart equally. You can’t have a gap, or a missing cabin on the line.
People see a cable and some cabins hanging, they don’t realize the infrastructure that goes with those lines. Multi million dollar stations with multi million dollar equipment, back up equipment, generators, maintenance, staff.
So now our idea is built and running, wanna talk about a cluster, stand at the Riv station during a rush hour for fifteen minutes. You and I and people who visit every year understand how it works but a lot of people have no idea. Next time you at the SL, just watch what goes on at the Riv. station. People have no clue where they are, do we stay on, do we get off, “ we get off here” (entire party gets off but grandma, she knows to stay on this isn’t Epcot )
The party stands on the platform, looks around and says, oh, grandmas right and they try to jump back on with the doors closing. The best is when they grab the cabin trying to stop it. Never met anyone strong enough yet. With all that, junior gets his foot caught between a moving cabin (1400 pounds empty) and the concrete platform. Could you imagine loading every third cabin going a different direction?
I’m not trying to be a wise guy, but next time you are at the Riv station, take fifteen minutes out of your day and stand there and watch what goes on. It’s no fault of the guest, they just don’t know how it works. You can hang all the signs you want, have all the recordings you want, that don’t work either.
Now picture the festivities after a full day of drinking around the world. lol.
You could always tell when it was Sunday, new batch of guest training day.
By the time you get them to stand behind the white line, fold the stroller and step all the way across the yellow line when exiting, they pack up and go home.
Oh, the person in yellow or blue standing there, is responsible for you and your families safety. Ever go through a NTSB interview, I sure haven’t or would want to. The SL is public transportation. That’s why you have to keep your shoes and shirt on. ( and other articles of clothing)
So, with that being said,…… Sorry, I got on a roll. Lol
Monorail, listen what goes on at the monorail, signs, announcements and only two big circles. Sitting on the Monorail at the grand and someone says, yes, this stops at Epcot, we just stay on. Unless you live in a major city, most people don’t know or how to use public transportation.