Comments on: High Speed Rail coming to Orlando as part of stimulus? http://thedisneyblog.com/2009/02/11/high-speed-rail-coming-to-orlando-as-part-of-stimulus/ Disney News and Information -- by fans, for fans Sun, 01 Aug 2010 12:48:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Spokkerhttp://thedisneyblog.com/2009/02/11/high-speed-rail-coming-to-orlando-as-part-of-stimulus/comment-page-1/#comment-13238 Spokker Thu, 12 Feb 2009 08:09:12 +0000 http://thedisneyblog.com/?p=5695#comment-13238 Florida passed an HSR referendum before. Then they repealed it. I hope that doesn't happen here in California. We passed our high speed rail measure last election."Easing the ability of out of town (or country) guests to spend extra days in Orlando without having to rent a car is a big win for the local economy."It's going to piss off Disney. Their Magical Express Whatever Service was designed to get you from the airport to Disney World, without you renting a car. The reason they run it as a loss is so you spend more time on property and less time at its competitors.They don't want rail, neither the light nor high speed variety. They want their buses and they want you on them. Florida passed an HSR referendum before. Then they repealed it. I hope that doesn’t happen here in California. We passed our high speed rail measure last election.

“Easing the ability of out of town (or country) guests to spend extra days in Orlando without having to rent a car is a big win for the local economy.”

It’s going to piss off Disney. Their Magical Express Whatever Service was designed to get you from the airport to Disney World, without you renting a car. The reason they run it as a loss is so you spend more time on property and less time at its competitors.

They don’t want rail, neither the light nor high speed variety. They want their buses and they want you on them.

]]> By: The Disney Bloghttp://thedisneyblog.com/2009/02/11/high-speed-rail-coming-to-orlando-as-part-of-stimulus/comment-page-1/#comment-26700 The Disney Blog Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:19:11 +0000 http://thedisneyblog.com/?p=5695#comment-26700 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Found my link: High Speed Rail connecting Orlando Airport (MCO) to Disney World? - http://is.gd/j83U The stimulus package could make it so.</span></span> Found my link: High Speed Rail connecting Orlando Airport (MCO) to Disney World? – http://is.gd/j83U The stimulus package could make it so.

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