Loud engine noise on space mountain queue?

[LittleBuford]

They did at Disneyland.

Which incident in particular are you referring to?

 

[lazyboy97o]

Which incident in particular are you referring to?

The structural failure of Space Mountain.

 

[LittleBuford]

The structural failure of Space Mountain.

Was the Disneyland version an actual danger to guests before they refurbished it?

 

[marni1971]

Was the Disneyland version an actual danger to guests before they refurbished it?

Yep.

 

[LittleBuford]

Yep.

But I was under the impression that these things underwent routine, legally mandated safety tests. I suppose I’m struggling to understand how Disney could get away with operating a ride that had been found to be dangerous. Wouldn’t regulations render this scenario an impossibility?

 

[marni1971]

But I was under the impression that these things underwent routine, legally mandated safety tests. I suppose I’m struggling to understand how Disney could get away with operating a ride that had been found to be dangerous. Wouldn’t regulations render this scenario an impossibility?

The ride was suddenly closed just before park opening on April 10 2003. Cast were already assigned and in the building waiting for it to open to guests. It was deemed there could be a failure of the structure sometime that day if allowed to open. To quote a friend “if it had opened at 9am it would have closed down itself before park closing”. The closure wasn’t planned for that day nor advertised beforehand. A refurb was planned but not on that date.

Let me reiterate this is the Anaheim mountain lest someone think otherwise.

 

[LittleBuford]

You’d think wouldn’t you.

The ride was suddenly closed just before park opening on April 10 2003. Cast were already assigned and in the building waiting for it to open to guests. It was deemed there could be a failure of the structure sometime that day if allowed to open. The closure wasn’t planned for that day nor advertised beforehand. A refurb was planned but not on that date.

While the last-minute nature of this discovery is certainly alarming, doesn’t it show that Disney would indeed stop operating a ride that had been deemed unsafe?

 

[marni1971]

While the last-minute nature of this discovery is certainly alarming, doesn’t it show that Disney would indeed stop operating a ride that had been deemed unsafe?

Once it’s a accepted as unsafe by top brass, yes. As the same park found out five months later you don’t always have the luxury of finding out before hand.

 

[LittleBuford]

Once it’s deemed unsafe by top brass, yes. As the same park found out five months later you don’t always have the luxury of finding out before hand.

Forget top brass; I’m more interested in the opinions of the specialists who actually inspect the rides. If you’re saying that these specialists are sometimes ignored upon declaring a ride unsafe, we’re dealing with a truly alarming scandal that deserves to be front-page news. But if Space Mountain is continuing to pass its safety tests, I don’t see any cause for worry.

 

[marni1971]

Forget top brass; I’m more interested in the opinions of the specialists who actually inspect the rides. If you’re saying that these specialists are sometimes ignored upon declaring a ride unsafe, we’re dealing with a truly alarming scandal that deserves to be front-page news..

I wouldn’t be so bold as to insinuate such a thing.

 

[LittleBuford]

I wouldn’t be so bold as to insinuate such a thing.

Then I shan’t have any qualms getting on the ride next month during my next visit.

 

[marni1971]

Then I shan’t have any qualms getting on the ride next month during my next visit.

Like I said, I did.

 

[lazyboy97o]

But I was under the impression that these things underwent routine, legally mandated safety tests. I suppose I’m struggling to understand how Disney could get away with operating a ride that had been found to be dangerous. Wouldn’t regulations render this scenario an impossibility?

Disney knew the attraction was falling apart and had a replacement ordered. The increased state oversight in California came after the death at Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. In Florida, large parks are responsible for their own safety inspections.

 

[jt04]

Unload is directly underneath load. Alpha and Omega both have second lifts to bring the cars up to load.

Wow never knew this. Now it makes sense. Always felt disorienting.

 

[TestTrack99]

I noticed this noise way back during my last visit in 2015 and probably prior trips too. Been like it for awhile.

I noticed it in 2010.