News Dragon caught fire in today’s Festival of Fantasy parade

[King Racoon 77]

I heard that Everything in WDW has a duplicate. Even the botany.

So there are 2 Bob Igers

 

[VJ]

@marni1971 Do they have a duplicate?

Yes. They have a duplicate of a massive parade float that they only needed one of in the first place.

 

[donsullivan]

That is if the lawyers allow the effect to come back.

I'm not nearly that cynical. Once they understand what happened, there will likely need to be some design changes to prevent recurrence and probably (if it's not there already) the addition of an onboard fire suppression system before it comes back. But I tend to believe it could be made safe relatively easily.

After all, they have 5+ years operating these dragons (WDW & Paris) without issue and unless they find a major unexpected issue, it seems relatively easy to remediate and restore it to the parades safely.

 

[Squishy]

Totally didn't see this coming... It has been running non stop since 2014 with only having breaks for a week in jan

 

[KBLovedDisney]

Sure they keep replicas, just like Whoville put out a spare Christmas tree after the Grinch torched the first one.

Edit: Maybe it was the Grinch's doing

 

[Donaldfan1934]

Daily maintenance and safety testing isn't the same as daily operation. As a trapeze performer, the rig is rarely taken down, but every day we do multi point inspection and safety test of the net, bar, ladders, etc.

I know we're always quick to blame Disney for these types of things, but I think we should listen to what @LAKid53 is saying here. When a float is running almost everyday and often multiple times per day for over 4 years, sometimes something just gives no matter how many precautions you take. It's a piece of technology after all.

 

[Smooth]

Duplicates? You mean there is another complete set of SpectroMagic floats out there somewhere?

 

[JustInTime]

I heard that Everything in WDW has a duplicate. Even the botany.

Not true but would be cool!

 

[LAKid53]

So there are 2 Bob Igers
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[dreamfinder912]

Damnit Thanos!

 

[aladdin2007]

That is if the lawyers allow the effect to come back.

this

 

[TTA94]

Duplicates? You mean there is another complete set of SpectroMagic floats out there somewhere?

Yeah they will debut in 2021 for the 50th.

 

[Macca250]

Self-sabotage for budget cuts? Anyone? Come on, there must be some lunatic on here thinking this?!

 

[Tick Tock]

I heard that Everything in WDW has a duplicate. Even the botany.

Always two there are... no more, no less. A master, and an apprentice.

 

[ParksAndPixels]

I heard that Everything in WDW has a duplicate. Even the botany.

That Bus Driver was incorrect, some things sure, but not everything.

 

[ThatMouse]

I hope the Skyliner fire suppression system and maintenance isn't done by the same company.

 

[KBLovedDisney]

Disney is imploding. Someone broke the mirror!

 

[jpeden]

So there are 2 Bob Igers
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This isn’t something you should even joke about

 

[note2001]

I hope not. This whole thing of x breaks down, it won’t come back isn’t good show.

It's more like an insurance policy issue now. There is no way they'll be granted any kind of fire in a parade rider after the analysts take a look at what could have gone wrong, but didn't. What happened this afternoon was a best case scenario.

 

[peter11435]

It's more like an insurance policy issue now. There is no way they'll be granted any kind of fire in a parade rider after the analysts take a look at what could have gone wrong, but didn't. What happened this afternoon was a best case scenario.

It really doesn’t work that way at WDW.

Disney doesn’t need to be granted anything. If they want it to come back it will. If not it won’t. This isn’t the first time fire has damaged something at WDW. Not even the first time fire has damaged an entertainment show element.