Tag: transportation

Walt Disney World Tram with Doors

Posted on by Scott Thomas
Animal Kingdom parking lot tram waitng to pick up guests.Nikon D700/28-300VR, 1/320s, f/9, ISO 200, EV +0.3, 100mm focal length. A few years ago, Walt Disney World parking lot trams were updated to include doors. I saw the doors as a nice safety feature and often wondered why they had not added them sooner. The … Continue reading "Walt Disney World Tram with Doors"
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Disney Pic of the Week – Trams

Posted on by Lisa Berton
Beep. Beep. Driver, you are clear. Every Disney Parks regular knows the drill and most of us probably answer to honking cars at home with the scripted response. Let’s face it, we’re special and we love trams. Trams take our aching bodies and blistered feet back to the vast white line-painted endless cement lot where … Continue reading "Disney Pic of the Week – Trams"
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Sunny Day at Walt Disney World

Posted on by Scott Thomas
Walking back from breakfast to my room at the Dolphin Resort last Fall, I stopped and watched the comings and goings of the Friendship boats. It was a typical beautiful day in central Florida filled with warm sunshine and blue skies. Something living in the northeastern United States, as I do, is still months away. … Continue reading "Sunny Day at Walt Disney World"
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Walt Disney World Special Bus Services

Posted on by Scott Thomas
I have to hand it to Disney. The worst part of a trip to Walt Disney World for me in the past was having to rent a car with all the added expense and frustrations. Then Disney came up with Disney’s Magical Express or DME service and made it free for guests staying at a … Continue reading "Walt Disney World Special Bus Services"
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Highway in the Sky over Epcot

Posted on by Scott Thomas
Keeping with this week’s photo theme, here is another iconic symbol of not only Epcot but all of Walt Disney World: the WDW Monorail System known as the Highway in the Sky. Each day, monorails transport thousands of resort guests around the Seven Seas Lagoon on either the Express or Resort track back and forth … Continue reading "Highway in the Sky over Epcot"
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Nostalgia — Ticket Books and Transportation

Posted on by AllEars
Jack Spence is on a leave of absence until 2014. This is a reprint of a blog he wrote several years ago. This blog originally ran in 2009 and was accurate at the time of publication. I’ve had a number of requests to post more pictures of the early years of Walt Disney World. So … Continue reading "Nostalgia — Ticket Books and Transportation"
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New Disney Transport Look

Posted on by Jack Spence
Yesterday while driving around Disney World, I glimpsed a bus design that I wasn’t familiar with. Through the corner of my eye, I thought I saw the word “Disney” as the bus turned into Port Orleans. I made a quick U-turn and followed the bus into the resort. Eventually, I found it parked at a … Continue reading "New Disney Transport Look"
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Travel Photography at Walt Disney World

Posted on by Scott Thomas
Really, Scott? Isn’t the title redundant? We all take travel photos at Walt Disney World, don’t we? Well, yes and no. While photos taken at any Disney property can be considered travel photographs, do they tell a story? Do they give someone looking at the photo a sense of place? Travel photography should do both. … Continue reading "Travel Photography at Walt Disney World"
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Looking Down into the Grand Canyon Concourse

Posted on by Scott Thomas
Monorail Gold moving through the Grand Canyon Concourse in Disney’s Contemporary Resort.Nikon D70/18-200VR, 1/60s, f/3.5, ISO 200, EV +0.3, 18mm focal length. I took this from the 12th floor of Disney’s Contemporary Resort back in 2008. I remember watching when Walt Disney World first opened in 1971 and saw monorails going in and out of … Continue reading "Looking Down into the Grand Canyon Concourse"
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Lighting up a Monorail in Epcot

Posted on by Scott Thomas
I have seen other photographers sharing photos of Walt Disney World Monorails at night in Epcot using a single flash unit to illuminate the moving vehicle. Without a flash, one could only get a blurred monorail late at night. You know me by now, I had to see if I could light up a monorail … Continue reading "Lighting up a Monorail in Epcot"
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