Walt Disney World Cancels Brightline High-Speed Rail Station at Disney
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BREAKING: Walt Disney World Cancels Brightline High-Speed Rail Station at Disney Springs
A Disney representative confirmed today that the Brightline high-speed rail station set to open at Disney Springs has been cancelled.
Can’t say this surprised me
(or Mickey), this looked to be fraught with issues from the beginning, things like political considerations, where it would actually be ran (as in there were several routes at that point) and not to mention WHEN it would be ready. Geez I don’t think it has yet to get to Orlando!Best we can hope for now is that they somehow bring Magical Express back. Of course in the Disney way it will have to be named something different. How about “Disney’s Bus That Goes To And From The Airport” ?
Skyliner to the airport anyone? But really I think they could bring ME back and handle it like the Magic Bands, where it is not free, but is discounted compared to other transportation options, say 50% to 75%. So, if you stay on site and don’t want to take advantage of it, you don’t and you are not paying for it, well at least not subsidizing it as a baked in cost of the room as much as before.Just my ramblings!
Maybe the new ME’s name could be the Money Machine? Or the Expense Express?
I agree the DME as we knew it is not coming back, but if they can figure a way to monetize
it, all bets are off. But they will need a reliable partner, which it sounds like Mears was getting lax and still is.You know, we thought that Minnie Vans
were dead 
and they were just going to leave it up to the LYFT/UBER open market, but hay, they are back! IMHO I think Disney realized that they “lost the narrative” by letting the outside providers, LYFT/UBER, be the face of personal transportation on site with no oversite or option. Instead of someone who can answer questions about onsite stuff, you got the “I don’t know anything about the <fill in the blank> Mac, I’m just here to take you where you want to go” (some reason I like think of LYFT/UBER drivers talking like NYC cabbies with a half smoked cigar in their mouth bud) or worse for Disney “Hay, that Universal Park has some really cool rides and restaurants.”Anyhow, to summarize hope springs eternal, Disney has deflated their “Disney Bubble” by plan or accident and they will have to work hard to reinflate it!
Now back to you regularly scheduled programming!
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