The Walt Disney World Monorail System - presented in both 4:3 regular and 16:10 widescreen formats!

Opening along with the Magic Kingdom in October of 1971, the WDW monorails have never ceased to impress or amaze visitors over its thirty-eight year history of operation.  They're sleek.  They're futuristic.  They're efficient.  They can be enjoyed without going into the parks.  And best of all, they're just plain cool.

How many times have you seen people stop to gaze at the monorails whenever they pass by?  It doesn't matter if you're in front of the Magic Kingdom, in Future World at Epcot, walking through the TTC, or just wandering around the Magic Kingdom resorts.  It's nearly impossible not to watch the trains as they seemingly glide along the track.

Currently, guests have the option to ride on one of three monorail lines at Walt Disney World.  The Express line transports guests directly between the Magic Kingdom and the Transportation and Ticket Center (TTC).  Parallel to the Express line is the Resort line.  In addition to stopping at the Magic Kingdom and TTC, this line also makes stops at the Contemporary, Polynesian, and Grand Floridian resorts.  The Express and Resort monorails travel in opposite directions around Seven Seas Lagoon.  The third monorail line is the Epcot line, going directly from Epcot to the TTC.

Back in the late 1980's and early 1990's, when Walt Disney World was going through a major expansion and addition phase, there was a lot of talk and rumors about the expansion of the monorail system.  In fact, there used to be a map in the old CommuniCore in Epcot showing a complete map of the Walt Disney World resort which included the layout of the future monorail plans.  There were plans of expanding the Epcot monorail station and running another monorail line down to the Disney-MGM Studios.  This would have made stops at the Swan & Dolphin resorts along the way.  The plans also called for yet another monorail line going out to the Downtown Disney shopping complex.

Alas, those plans never fully materialized.  Whether it was a strictly a cost problem or if some other hidden objections got in the way, we'll probably never know.  With today's management and the overall state of the resort, I doubt if we'll see any monorail expansion anytime soon.

Next time you're outside the Swan and Dolphin buildings, take a look at the large square groupings of rooms painted in black on each building.  Those rooms can be removed from the buildings without affecting the buildings' structural stability.  And why would those rooms be intentionally removed?  What was originally planned to run through those resort hotels?  Why the monorail, of course!

Click on the links below or from the menu on the left to go to a specific monorail.

Black, Blue, Coral, Gold, Green, Lime, Orange, Pink, Purple, Red, Silver and Yellow.

Note - Each picture can be opened in one of two styles - regular (4:3 ratio) and widescreen (16:10 ratio). You may download and share these pictures, but please, do not modify or alter them in any way!

The regular 4:3 pictures all have a resolution of 1600x1200 (960x1280 for vertical pictures), unless it's otherwise noted.  They can also easily fit monitor resolutions of 1280x960 or even 2133x1600 without needing any special modifications.  Just select the image and have Windows stretch and fit it to the other 4:3 resolution.

The widescreen 16:10 pictures all have a resolution of 1440x900, unless it's otherwise noted.  They can also easily fit a resolution of 2560x1600 without needing any special modifications.  Just select the image and have Windows stretch and fit it to the other 16:10 resolution.

Warning - There will be some slight variations between the regular and widescreen pictures!

To help save bandwidth for the other visitors, please open each picture only once. If you like it, save it to your hard drive. You can also right click on the link and select "save as" instead of manually loading each picture.

- Walt Disney World Monorail System - 01 - regular, widescreen

- monorail - interior - 01 - regular, widescreen

- monorail - interior - old - 01 - regular, widescreen

- monorail - interior - new - "Celebrate Today!" - 01 - regular, widescreen

- monorails blue & green - "Happiest Celebration on Earth" - 01 - regular, widescreen

- monorails blue & green - "Year of a Million Dreams" - 01 - regular, widescreen

- monorails blue & green - "Year of a Million Dreams" - 02 - regular, widescreen

- monorails blue & silver - "Celebrate Today!" - 01 - regular, widescreen

- monorails blue & silver - "Celebrate Today!" - 02 - regular, widescreen

- monorails coral & red - 01 - regular, widescreen

- monorails coral & red - "Celebrate Today!" - 01 - regular, widescreen

- monorails gold & green - "Celebrate Today!" - 01 - regular, widescreen

- monorails lime & pink - 01 - regular, widescreen

- Walt Disney World - Magic Kingdom monorail station - 01 - regular, widescreen

- Magic Kingdom monorail station - 02 - regular, widescreen

- Magic Kingdom monorail station - 03 - regular, widescreen

- Magic Kingdom monorail station - 04 - regular, widescreen

- Magic Kingdom monorail station - 05 - regular, widescreen

- Magic Kingdom monorail station - monorail orange - 01 - regular, widescreen

- Magic Kingdom monorail station - zoom - 01 - regular, widescreen

- Walt Disney World - Epcot monorail station - 01 - regular, widescreen

- Epcot monorail station - 02 - regular, widescreen

- Epcot monorail station - 03 - regular, widescreen

- Epcot monorail station - 04 - regular, widescreen

- Epcot monorail station - night - 01 - regular, widescreen

- Epcot monorail station - "Happiest Celebration on Earth" - 01 - regular, widescreen

- Epcot monorail station - "Happiest Celebration on Earth" - 02 - regular, widescreen

- Epcot monorail station - "Happiest Celebration on Earth" - 03 - regular, widescreen

- "Happiest Celebration on Earth" - "Soarin'" - 01 - regular, widescreen

- Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa - monorail station - 01 - regular, widescreen

- Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa - monorail station - monorail purple - 01 - regular, widescreen

- Disney's Polynesian Resort - monorail station - 01 - regular, widescreen

- monorail track - from Grand Floridian to Magic Kingdom - 01 - regular, widescreen

- monorail track - from Grand Floridian to Magic Kingdom - 02 - regular, widescreen

- monorail track - from Magic Kingdom to Contemporary - 01 - regular, widescreen

- monorail track - from TTC to Contemporary - 01 - regular, widescreen

- monorail track - high voltage - 01 - regular, widescreen

- monorail track - from the top of the Contemporary Resort - 01 - regular, widescreen

- monorail track - looking out the Contemporary Resort - 01 - regular, widescreen

- monorail track - 01 - regular, widescreen