They didn't buy new trains they rebuilt existing ones basically. I believe one train was out of service when the crash happened, they used parts from that train to fix the other one to get it back out. Then they rebuilt the trains that were involved and gave them a new color. Other than that there hasn't been any updates to the existing trains until now the new carpet. Also the crash was in 2009 it's now 2015 6 years later, an interior update definitely could've hapoened in that time. The only thing confirmed coming is the wall carpet that we have been seeing and new seats. What about a new paint job or or just a good interior cleaning to get rid of mold that has been showing up in some cases. Exactly how you said they were forced to spend that money, if there was no crash nothing would have changed. I also understand it's not the 1990s and attendance is higher. But Disney also has more employees than its did in 1990. I also know there aren't any down periods. But a lot of this simple work can be done overnight, or on days that all monorails aren't in service. For the past year they have been running lessened schedules for the monorails because of the automation upgrade. So they have been taking them out of service. Why not continue that and update them. I'm going to say this again. There once was a Disney standard that everyone lived to get to and Disney thrived on it and often exceeded that. Today they barely get there in many many areas. Disney can't live up to their own standard that's a problem.