The monorails have reopened today. I did not see it posted; although I did not have the time to search. Hopefully it will be a better day for WDW Guest & Cast Members
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WDW Monorails have reopened
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Figment632
New Member
Good news I didn't think that they would be down for long.
Phonedave
Well-Known Member
Please dont make accusations like that without any basis in fact.
This was an event where a person died. Please lets try to keep at least one thread out of the "WDW budget" bit of doom.
-dave
krankenstein
Well-Known Member
I figured it would be open quick, but this a little faster than i thought it would be. It's good news.
EPCOTPluto
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...Well, has the Monorail service resumed normal operation? :lookaroun
Better question, have they let anyone to the front cabin yet?
I will still want to ride the first cabin with the driver.
Better question, have they let anyone to the front cabin yet?
I will still want to ride the first cabin with the driver.
EPCOT Explorer
New Member
:sohappy:Very good news. Didn't think it would be this quick.
Is Disney doing anything to honor Austin?
I know that the National Park Service wears a black band on their badges when they have lost someone. :shrug:
NewfieFan
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Well that was quick!
EPCOTPluto
Well-Known Member
Sounds good, Steve! :sohappy: I assume it had to reopen today, with summer crowds still in full swing.
Phonedave
Well-Known Member
I am assuming it not something like additional sensors or a camera.
I am thinking a CM under the switch with a raido who says "yeah, the switch moved"
Cameras and sensors can come later. A pair of eyes and raido conformation can get the system back up and running with a quick procedural change.
Of course this is all assumption
-dave
a2grafix
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The Orlando Sentinel is also reporting that the monorials have been released to WDW from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
DznyGrlSD
Well-Known Member
- In the Parks
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I much as I hate the Orlando Sentinel here's a quote:
"Walt Disney World is reopening its monorail system today -- with new safety sensors added to monitor track switches, according to a note to employees this morning."
Basically confirms what we were discussing in the other thread the Pink wasn't switched to the correct track - IMO
"Walt Disney World is reopening its monorail system today -- with new safety sensors added to monitor track switches, according to a note to employees this morning."
Basically confirms what we were discussing in the other thread the Pink wasn't switched to the correct track - IMO
jt04
Well-Known Member
I don't believe there is any way they would be back in service this quick if OSHA didn't have a good idea of what happened and was sure it wouldn't happen again. So that is good news.
However I'm speculating on that but probably not much.
vxangelkissxv
New Member
Very glad to hear that the system is back up and running-- honestly, I was under the impression that the monorails wouldn't be running for some time, so it's pretty impressive that they are already back on course. I did notice that they were running a train in the opposite direction on the Epcot beam yesterday evening around 7:30, more than likely running tests, so it seems like they were hard at work last night getting the monorail system back up and running for today's crowds.