Irony is Richard Nixon would make his 'I am not a crook' speech in the contemporary resort which has a monorail going through it.

Bob Gurr is the definition of a Disney Legend! If it moves in Disneyland, he probably designed it......AND he kidnapped the Vice President of the United States and never served a minute in prison! ABSOLUTE BEAST!

I wish we had a Disney CEO who was even half of the futurist that Walt was. We could get so many cool new things at the parks/resorts. Now they all just play it safe and throw IP at everything. Imagine a complete monorail network at WDW instead of the awful bus system! (I’m a fan of the Skyliner, but it’s not the same)

I drove that monorail through at 43 mph... Legend.

One of my happier childhood memories is of sitting in the last car of a Mark V monorail with only my best friend--we were both about 11 years old--and watching an extraordinarily beautiful sunset through those wraparound windows, high enough up that it felt like we were IN the sky. It was probably the most magical experience of that trip.

Bob Gurr: I just think riding a monorail through a modernist building is neat

I actually met Bob Gurr and I jokingly asked him about when Disney is going to make a new Monorail for Disneyworld. He just laughed and agreed they are getting pretty old and do need a replacement.

The monorail at WDW is more of an attraction for a kid but the older you get, the more you see it as a mode of transportation. My best memories at Disney as a kid were riding around on the monorail and getting off at the Contemporary to collect pins at the gift shop

So awesome to hear Bob Gurr talk about the monorails! Fun fact: Dallas, TX almost got a monorail system, but instead, we got light rail. 😢 Councilman Max Goldblatt (RIP) was a proponent for many years!

I could listen to Bob Gurr talk shop all day.

Do you know how much people would be willing to pay to blast through the Contemporary that fast? They could replace the whole system just with the ticket sales.

Former WDW monorail pilot here... the most fun I ever had was taking Monorail Black back to shop from the EPCOT line "ASAP." Nothing was wrong, it just needed to get done quickly. So, after going through the switches putting me onto the Express Beam, I was facing "backwards" towards the Polynesian. Central cleared me IN REVERSE all the way to the Magic Kingdom station. Having to pilot in reverse meant I was cleared to manually override the speed governor... I hit just over 25 mph (~40 kph) while going through the Contemporary.

The Mark IV was my favorite. Everyone had a seat. And you could ride up front with the pilot.

i can and will actively defend that the monorail is my favorite attraction. very excited for this video!

How cute that is "everyone got to go home because it's labor day..." yeah polar opposite today.

"...UNTIL MICHAEL EISNER BROKE IT!" is something that all of the Disney fans have shouted at least once. 😂🤣

I could listen to Bob Gurr's stories all day.

Back in the 80s, were were staying at the Contemporary Hotel, The day we checked in we didn't have park tickets for that day. After dinner my brother and I just road the Monorail for hours. It was our entertainment for the evening. It was really fun.

It should be noted that, for it's age and capacity, the Monorail has a decent safety record with only one fatal crash.

Outstanding! Nearly avant guarde, and utterly entertaining (part 1) of "the monorail story". Please do go on!