| # | Author | Message |
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| Hista98
Mon 7/7/2008 12:44a | is there not a railroad that completly encircles tokyo disneyland, isn't that one of the standards for all magic kingdom parks?? i know there is one that circles adventureland and westernland but does anyone know why they don't have one for the whole park?? is it cause trains are such a main form of transportation they figured it wouldn't seem as magical?? |
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| Hista98
Mon 7/7/2008 12:44a | is there not a railroad that completly encircles tokyo disneyland, isn't that one of the standards for all magic kingdom parks?? i know there is one that circles adventureland and westernland but does anyone know why they don't have one for the whole park?? is it cause trains are such a main form of transportation they figured it wouldn't seem as magical?? |
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| davewasbaloo
Mon 7/7/2008 12:45a | Nope, there is a law in Japan that states if you have more than one station, it is public transport and has to be state regulated. Therefore it would have been too much hastle. Anyone else here have more to add? |
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| X-san
Mon 7/7/2008 1:17a | Actually, Dave, I heard that very same thing (from Disney reps, no less), and yet there is the enigma of the DisneySea Railway which has 2 stops and a switch.
Or maybe it's just 2 stops is the rule? And they couldn't think of a good place to put a station in Westernland maybe?
I'd say though, that if that were true they could've just circled the park and had stops at World Bazaar and Westernland (or Adventureland) no?
Weird.
Maybe the rule is different because the DisneySea train only runs back and forth (instead of in a circle). |
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| davewasbaloo
Mon 7/7/2008 1:24a | Maybe. Or could the laws have changed? Then again the monorail is a state regulated train is it not?
It could be because on is a circle and the other is a line? |
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| X-san
Mon 7/7/2008 3:01a | Yes, the monorail is.
It's really funny, actually. They do everything they can to "Disney it up", but it still totally looks like you're walking into a JR station, complete with identical JR style ticket machines, timetables, turnstiles, and station workers in their booth albeit wearing Disney garb (as they do now at Maihama station too...so weird!).
Not sure about whether the laws have changed or not, that's a possibility of course. As far as the monorail being regulated, I wonder if that is part of the reason the trains are so bulky and ugly looking (specific rules regarding monorail designs or something??). |
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| davewasbaloo
Mon 7/7/2008 3:05a | At least your home resort has a monorail, unlike ours :-( |
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| X-san
Mon 7/7/2008 3:13a | True. :p
Mixed blessing though. Since you have to pay for it, I rarely use it (haven't been on it for years, as both parks are easy walking distance from the station and if I want to go to the backside hotels I just take the free shuttle bus or ride a bicycle. ;) |
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| MagicalNezumi
Mon 7/7/2008 6:58a | I read an article years ago in a railroad magazine here in Japan during the time TDS was being constructed.
When the Western River RR was built, Japanese Railroad Law stated that a time schedule and fare would be required for any route inside the same private property with two or more stops.
Since then and the time the TDS Electric Railway was built, the law was "relaxed." Also, the TDS attraction is considered a "roaming" facility on the books and bypassed certain Railroad Law requirements.
So apparently, if OLC/Disney wanted to, they could add more stations to the Western River without worrying about the older law. -- MagicalNezumi |
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| Hista98
Mon 7/7/2008 12:04p | whats your home resort dave?? |
