
Disneyland Monorail Information
Last Updated:10/14/2012 4:01:18 PM
| Disneyland Monorail (June 1959-
) |
| Guests are whisked from one location to another on board this famous "Highway in the Sky." |

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Onstage Photos
In The Tomorrowland Station At Night
Monorail Blue Passing Over Submarine Lag
Monorail Blue Passing Over Fantasyland
Monorail Blue Passing Over Fantasyland

Backstage Photos
Operators Console Computer Monitor
Close Up Of Operators Console Computer M
(2004)
Hand Signals Placard
(2004)
White Board
(2004)

Standard Operating Procedure Manual
SOP Manual Cover
(1966)
SOP Manual Page 1
(1966)
SOP Manual Page 3 Table Of Contents
(1966)
SOP Manual Page 4 Introduction
(1966)

Videos
Disneyland Monorail
(5:45 )
Disneyland Monorail
(:27 1959)
Disneyland Monorail
(:20 1974)
Mouse-O-Rail
(:58 1990)

Audio Clips
Disneyland Monorail
(4:59)
Disneyland Monorail
--1995
(2:17)
Mandy, Manny and Mona Monorail
--2012
(13:32)

Secrets
The Disneyland Monorail was the first operating monorail system in the Western Hemisphere and the first to cross a public street. When Walt built Disneyland, he wanted complete control over the steam trains, so that he could take them out when ever he wanted. Thus, he placed the steam trains, and then later the monorails under the ownership of Retlaw and leased them back to the park. In 1982, the family decided to sell the assets of Retlaw to the Disney Company, and a holding company, Walt Disney Incorporated was formed. Eventually, the steam trains and monorails became "officially" Disneyland's property.
The Monorail only ran around Tomorrowland from 1959 through 1961 when it was

Spiel
Control: Monorail One, you are now cleared for dispatch.
Monorail One: Roger, Control.
Pilot: Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome aboard the Disneyland-Alweg Monorail. This is the Pilot speaking to you from the Control Center. During our journey, we ask that you keep your head and arms inside the train at all times, and no smoking, please.
You're riding aboard the Mark III, an advanced, new, second-generation design* of the first daily operating monorail system in the Western hemisphere, introduced right here in Disneyland in 1959.
We're traveling over the "Highway in the Sky" on a two-point-five mile round trip to the Disneyland Hotel and back. Our route parallels Orange County's Harbor Boulevard, a major access route, which you

Articles
Disneyland Monorail Closes After Short Circuit
Dateline: February 18, 2013
Status: Current
Disneyland's Monorail was shut down temporarily Monday after a mechanical problem on busy Presidents Day.
A short circuit caused smoke on one Monorail car, prompting the park to temporarily halt the entire ride midday, said Suzi Brown, a
Memories From The Mansion
Dateline: November 30, 2012
Status: Current
It was August 1969 and I had just turned 9 the month before. Summer was rapidly coming to an end so, as a treat, my Dad let me go with my summer camp group on a day trip to the Magic Kingdom. We were scheduled to leave early the morning of the 12th
Disneyland Memorabilia Is A Fascinating Look Back
Dateline: August 09, 2012
Status: Current
Of the millions and millions of phone numbers that have been in use since Alexander Graham Bell (or Antonio Meucci, if you're so inclined) invented the telephone, a handful of numbers have managed to live on despite the passage of time ... and the
California vs. Paris: The Lands of The Future - Part One
Dateline: August 01, 2012
Status: Current
This month and next, I shall be comparing the Lands of The Future found in the two Disneyland parks closest to my heart (California and Paris). In California, as per Florida, Tokyo and Hong Kong, this land is called Tomorrowland; in Paris this is
Disney Top 10 Innovations Of All Time
Dateline: August 01, 2012
Status: Current
The Walt Disney Company is known for its creativity, innovative thinking and technological advances.
Who, but Walt Disney, could have given us a motion picture like "Snow White," the first full-length animated feature film which was a

Death And Injury
15-Year-Old Boy Trips And Falls From Monorail
Injury
Date: June 01, 1994
A 15-year-old boy trips and falls 15 feet off the monorail at the Disneyland Hotel. The Santa Maria boy suffers a fractured elbow and other
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Thomas Guy Cleveland Killed By Monorail
Death
Date: June 01, 1966
Thomas Guy Cleveland, a 19-year-old Northridge, CA, resident, was killed when he attempted to sneak into Disneyland along the Monorail track. Cleveland scaled the park's sixteen-foot high outer fence on a Grad Nite
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Boy Put His Right Hand On The Self-Push Exit Gate And Cut The Tip Of His Finger.
Injury
Date: April 04, 2009
7 year old boy put his right hand on the self-push exit gate and cut the tip of his finger. Paramedics responded. The boy was taken by ambulance to UCI Medical Center. The state conducted an investigation. After the
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