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Magic Kingdom Monorail Route Reversed on Sunday and back to normal on Monday
Things are taking a new turn—literally—on the Walt Disney World Monorail! Yesterday, Disney began testing a reversed route for the Magic Kingdom Express Monorail, marking a rare operational change to one of the resort’s most iconic transportation systems.
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Traditionally, the Express Monorail travels counter-clockwise between the Transportation and Ticket Center (TTC) and Magic Kingdom, zipping guests directly to the park entrance. Starting today, however, the route has flipped to a clockwise direction—mirroring the Resort Monorail Loop.
While the change may seem small, it’s actually part of a test to make train swaps more efficient. By traveling clockwise, the Express Monorail can now more easily access the switch track to the monorail barn when maintenance or breakdowns occur, allowing Cast Members to remove and replace trains faster and with fewer disruptions to service.
However, after running clockwise on Sunday, the Magic Kingdom Monorail has changed again, resuming its regular counter-clockwise operations.
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This is just the latest in a series of updates for the Walt Disney World Monorail system. Earlier this year, each train received new glow-in-the-dark logos, following the addition of undercarriage lighting that matches the color of each train. These glowing enhancements, first introduced during the resort’s 50th Anniversary Celebration, continue to light up the night along the beamway.
The monorail system has been whisking guests around since Walt Disney World’s opening in 1971, later expanding in 1982 to connect to EPCOT. Today, twelve Mark VI monorails operate across three lines—Express, Resort, and EPCOT—transporting over 150,000 guests daily.
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