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[Clamman73]

Since it‘s the exit side, maybe the blue cab didn’t get off the station line and onto the haul rope as it was supposed to.

 

[Movielover]

I’m sure of it but Disney probably took a shortcut with maintenance or employee training, doing something they shouldn’t have done

Or it could just be a freak one of a kind accident as a result of several small factors leading up to a unforeseeable accident.

 

[mighty quack]

No it is a single cable going all the way from CBR to Epcot.

I'm pretty sure its 2 different cables at riviera, 1 bull wheel/cable goes to CBR the other bull wheel/cable goes to the Epcot turn station. The cables only go in straight lines so the cabins detach at the Riviera Turn station and then reconnect to the other line on the way out.

 

[Andrew C]

Or it could just be a freak one of a kind accident as a result of several small factors leading up to a unforeseeable accident.

doppelmayr will get to the bottom of it.

 

[Lift Blog]

This is definitely a black eye. The cabins appear to already have been separated. These things happen at ski areas sometimes and rarely make the news. I hope there are no injuries.

 

[Andrew C]

This is definitely a black eye. The cabins appear to already have been separated. These things happen at ski areas sometimes and rarely make the news. I hope there are no injuries.

Any thoughts on what could have caused this?

 

[Clyde Birdbrain]

My wife and I took the Skyliner for the first time today and loved it. This is shocking. I hope there will be no injuries and that everyone will be okay.

We were in China last month and took quite a few cable cars in the mountains. The one we took at Tianmen Mountain is the longest in the world. I did not think something like this, with the cars piling up, would be physically possible. If this were to happen high up on a mountain there is no way you can get people out.

 

[Ojo4]

Any thoughts on what could have caused this?

I'm willing to bet improper weight distribution caused the cabin to come in too hot and jump the line

 

[trainplane3]

This is definitely a black eye. The cabins appear to already have been separated. These things happen at ski areas sometimes and rarely make the news. I hope there are no injuries.

It's Disney, it's going to make the news 200%.

Shame, I loved my 1 round trip on it.

I can't wait to hear the people that hate the system come out of the wood work now and scream how "it was a death trap from day 1".

 

[Animaniac93-98]

but for some reason have no onboard emergency lights (unless you can make 2 glowsticks last 3 hours) so you're sitting in complete darkness

I never thought about this. Is there any lighting inside the cabins, emergency or not?

 

[EvilChameleon]

Or it could just be a freak one of a kind accident as a result of several small factors leading up to a unforeseeable accident.

"Disasters just don't happen. They are triggered by a chain of critical events. Unravel the fateful decisions in those final... seconds from disaster."

 

[KYmickey]

I never thought about this. Is there any lighting inside the cabins, emergency or not?

Even if there were lights in the cabins they would be battery-powered in the batteries would last any longer than the glow sticks, quite possibly let's. There is no easy way, possibly no way at all, to have continuous power in the cabins.

 

[Movielover]

"Disasters just don't happen. They are triggered by a chain of critical events. Unravel the fateful decisions in those final... seconds from disaster."

Yeah! read my post again please!

"Or it could just be a freak one of a kind accident as a result of several small factors leading up to a unforeseeable accident."

 

[zakattack99]

I never thought about this. Is there any lighting inside the cabins, emergency or not?

I posted this over the other thread about the crash. Apprently there is an emergency kit with water, cool pads, light stick and a few other things

 

[Smooth]

So... should the title of this thread be changed again?

 

[begood524]

I'm willing to bet improper weight distribution caused the cabin to come in too hot and jump the line

This happened on the line heading out of the station

 

[HoldenC]

It's Disney, it's going to make the news 200%.

Shame, I loved my 1 round trip on it.

I can't wait to hear the people that hate the system come out of the wood work now and scream how "it was a death trap from day 1".

GhostHost is already spreading idiocy in this thread

 

[danlb_2000]

I'm pretty sure its 2 different cables at riviera, 1 bull wheel/cable goes to CBR the other bull wheel/cable goes to the Epcot turn station. The cables only go in straight lines so the cabins detach at the Riviera Turn station and then reconnect to the other line on the way out.

I am pretty sure we saw the three bullwheel configuration at this station that you also see at turn stations.

 

[RSoxNo1]

I'd speculate that a vehicle didn't leave the Riviera Station correctly causing the backup.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

I'd speculate that a vehicle didn't leave the Riviera Station correctly causing the backup.

But how does that happen? Wouldn't the line e-stop if something wrong happened at the station (like a cabin leaving without its doors closed?)