Dumbo Monorail.5



After the ride, we found this stationary elephant
waiting for his picture to be taken.

 Can you guess what year the movie Dumbo was released? While you're thinking about that, I'll tell you about the Dumbo ride, which is consistently one of the park favorites for the little kids. It is a very nice ride for the young ones. Many of the rides in Fantasyland contain a scary element (e.g. Alice in Wonderland), but there's nothing scary about flying elephants. (Did I really just say that?) Two passengers can sit side-by-side in each "car". I prefer this seating arrangement to the front/back arrangement of the Astro Orbitor Rockets. Seating is more comfortable this way and either passenger can then control the altitude. I can see why it's a fun ride for the younger set, but it doesn't hold much attraction for us big kids.

Walt standing at the Downtown Disney
Monorail station.

There are two stations for the Disney Monorail. One starts outside of the park, at Downtown Disney. To board, you must already have a ticket to the park. The train takes you into the park and makes its only other stop in Tomorrowland, where all passengers must debark. On today's trip we only rode this half of the monorail, so I'll be reporting again when we do the other half.

Did you guess when the movie Dumbo was released?  It was 1941!