Comments on: 13 Defunct Theme Park Monorails https://www.coaster101.com/2024/01/18/13-defunct-theme-park-monorails/ Roller coasters, theme parks and all things amusement industry Wed, 17 Apr 2024 10:23:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 By: Richard https://www.coaster101.com/2024/01/18/13-defunct-theme-park-monorails/#comment-173370 Wed, 17 Apr 2024 10:23:22 +0000 https://www.coaster101.com/?p=70801#comment-173370 Rainbow Springs in Florida at one point was more or less a theme park and had an open-air monorail. Additionally in Nashville, Tennessee the former Hermitage Landing attractions / campground on Percy Priest Lake (now the Nashville Shores water park) had a monorail almost identical to the one at Rainbow Springs which was only operational for a few brief years in the early 1980s.

]]> By: Khris https://www.coaster101.com/2024/01/18/13-defunct-theme-park-monorails/#comment-172838 Mon, 22 Jan 2024 22:57:09 +0000 https://www.coaster101.com/?p=70801#comment-172838 Not an amusement or theme park, but the Toronto Zoo had an automated train.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Zoo_Domain_Ride

]]> By: Brian Fauth https://www.coaster101.com/2024/01/18/13-defunct-theme-park-monorails/#comment-172834 Mon, 22 Jan 2024 14:04:48 +0000 https://www.coaster101.com/?p=70801#comment-172834 Monorails were always a big deal for me as a kid growing up in south-central Pennsylvania. Eyes glued to the monorail every time my family drove past Dutch Wonderland. Remember explicitly when Hershey built their monorail — with the intent, at the time, or corralling all Hershey visitors’ cars in the lot by the park, then directing them to the monorail, which took them in-town to Chocolate Ave, disembarking mere steps from the famous factory tour. A fairly advanced crow-control idea. It made for an ideal day.

Possibly unrelated:

Rode the suspended monorail that ran over the amusement area at the 1964-1965 New York Worlds Fair. Trains traveled past one going different directions around a loop, not unlike the Disney World monorail at Magic Kingdom. Wonder what became of that.

Monorails appeared at Christmas time in high-end department stores once upon a time. There was a monorail that ran over the main sales floor of what is now Macy’s in downtown Philadelphia. Never had a chance to ride, but I would have loved it.

]]> By: Neil Wilson https://www.coaster101.com/2024/01/18/13-defunct-theme-park-monorails/#comment-172821 Sat, 20 Jan 2024 22:48:27 +0000 https://www.coaster101.com/?p=70801#comment-172821 Great article.

Blackpool Pleasure Beach is another one that comes to mind. I’m not sure if any of it’s still there, but they certainly left some of the track up for a while because it also carried some of the park’s electrical lines.

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