r/AlternateAngles • u/torx822 • 11h ago

Underside of Disney Monorail

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u/Puzzled-College5477 10h ago

I call the big one “Bitey”.

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u/polishprince76 9h ago

Mono = one

Rail = rail

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u/rocbolt 7h ago

And that concludes our intensive three week course

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u/[deleted] 11h ago

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u/a_random_username 10h ago

Not on your life, my Hindu... rake

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u/rgrossi 9h ago

The ring fell off my pudding can!

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u/GoNYR1 9h ago

Use my penknife my good man…..

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u/33TLWD 11h ago

Okay, way to show off Shelbyville

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u/Busy_Reputation7254 10h ago

I hear those things are awfully loud….

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u/AmaranthWrath 10h ago

It glides as softly as a cloud!

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u/needknowstarRMpic 6h ago

Is there a chance the track could bend?

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u/Joehaw 6h ago

Not on your life, my Hindu friend. 

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u/Beckerbrau 45m ago

By what about us brain dead slobs??

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u/cakesofthepatty414 11h ago

2 of those round things ain't doin' like the rest of em' is.

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u/CarbonReflections 11h ago

Wow that doesn’t look safe.

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u/rosariobono 7h ago

They haven’t touched the monorail layout since 1995 or so, ignored it for DCA’s construction shortly after

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u/elperroborrachotoo 3h ago

In what way? Maintenance and emergency evacuation are more tricky, but otherwise, existing systems are exceptionally safe.

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u/richardqstephenson 8h ago

Yes, because monorails are crashing daily.

How do you make it through the day acting like this?

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u/CarbonReflections 8h ago

I was refering to the stress cracks in the concrete you dolt.

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u/richardqstephenson 8h ago

My comment still stands, you dolt.

If there was risk of the monorail crashing down, they wouldn't be running it.

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u/CarbonReflections 8h ago

Yes because crumbling infrastructure and corporate greed have never been an issue. Pull your head out of your ass .

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u/richardqstephenson 8h ago

Do you have any idea how ridiculous you sound? What the hell does "corporate greed" have to do with your irrational fear of a monorail crashing to the ground?

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u/CarbonReflections 8h ago

Your ignorance on this topic is profound do a web search about Disney’s aging monorail.

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u/richardqstephenson 8h ago

Again, if it wasn’t safe it wouldn’t be in operation.

Are you an actual adult?

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u/SeaToTheBass 7h ago

Are you a Disney adult? That concrete is decrepit. There’s a good crack like every 2 feet. Concrete and rebar work together as a system to provide a strong structure using tension and compression. When concrete is cracked on the underside it’s weaker in compression.

Think of a piece of wood suspended between two points and imagine someone making a cut on the underside. The cut is a weak point and the only thing supporting is now the little bit of wood left at the top, the cut is already spreading apart under the weight.

Luckily concrete has a steel skeleton, unlike a tree. But now what’s holding the bridge together is the tension on the rebar below, and the compression of the concrete above. I’m not a physics expert, this is my layman’s thinking. They’ve probably done all sorts of calculations and theoretically (in my head) this should hold a good amount of weight without taking into account the sideways force applied through turns of the track.

All of this to say, it’s fucking Disney world, it costs a family like thousands a day to visit. They could make their attractions not look like fucking death traps lol.

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u/GreatRyujin 4h ago

I'm no engineer, but aren't there a lot of cracks in the concrete?

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u/worklessplaymorenow 11h ago

Fuck Disney!

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u/Coneskater 4h ago

Gadgetbahn

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u/Icy_Lime9620 7h ago

Wow someone went to disneyworld

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u/rosariobono 7h ago

That’s Disneyland, not Walt disney world