anyone know more?

[DisneyFan 2000]

"On the Tower of Terror, Disney MGM Studios, Orlando. A lift car malfunctioned sending 20 people crashing down when they weren't supposed to. All had to be taken to hospital. The accident happened at 9:00am shortly after the park opened, and an emergency stopping procedure prevented the riders from falling to their deaths"


"court ordered The Walt Disney Corporation to hand over all their reports on accidents in their parks after the company was blasted for withholding information. The reports are nothing less than shocking. Hundreds of serious injuries have occurred in the Californian park alone, with many more at the Orlando site. No accidents have occurred at Disneyland Paris, which is not owned or run by The Walt Disney Corporation in any way. The prime culprit of the accidents has been the turbulent computer-controlled dark ride, Indiana Jones, at Disneyland. Hundreds of minor and major incidents have been reported on that ride, some suffering major brain conditions such as bleeding at the brain stem."

Anyone else hear this? I would expect this from six flags but Disney World????

By the Way: This is my 100th post of Magic!!!

 

[BRER STITCH]

Congratulations on your 100th Post!

If I may step into my journalistic mode for a moment.....

As a rule, it is ALWAYS a good idea to list the source when posting a direct quote, as you did in your post.

It gives the reader a chance to judge whether the story has any credibility or not.

Until then, its only fiction.

Tell us more about the source of that story so we can offer some intelligent discussion about it.

Thanks!

 

[General Grizz]

This was in September, 1998, I'm pretty sure.

 

[BRER STITCH]

Originally posted by grizzlyhall
This was in September, 1998, I'm pretty sure.

Thanks GRIZZ!

Why do people dig this old stuff up???

:brick: :brick: :brick:

 

[mkepcotmgmak]

is this for real? or does your 100th post get to be something totally made up?

 

[DisneyFan 2000]

This is for real!!!

It's on a website but these are all official news and accidents...

Go to this link:

http://www.coasterforce.com/information/accidents.shtml

 

[billybaruch1]

I'm impressed.

Originally posted by grizzlyhall
This was in September, 1998, I'm pretty sure.

What a memory! Exactly right, according to that coasterforce website.

 

[AndyP]

Originally posted by DisneyFan 2000
" and an emergency stopping procedure prevented the riders from falling to their deaths


" No accidents have occurred at Disneyland Paris, which is not owned or run by The Walt Disney Corporation in any way. ."

Nothing is 100% never going to fail, thats why they have the emergency procedures. Everyone was ok, so its fine, you can never guarantee you won't be on a ride that malfunctions while you are on it.

Walt Disney doesn't own or run the Paris resort!? that true?

 

[DisneyFan 2000]

But you ignore the fact they hid important info!!! Why Disney Why?

 

[Lee]

Originally posted by DisneyFan 2000
But you ignore the fact they hid important info!!! Why Disney Why?

Disney releases all info that it is required to release by law.
Average incidents, like sore necks or headaches do not have to be reported to any outside agency. They followed the law.

As for Indy hurting people at DL, that was mostly years ago, when the ride first opened. It was adjusted to lessen the intensity. Many of the "injuries" that they are referring to are simple the aggrivation of pre-existing conditions. Now days the most they get are motion sickness and the occasional headache.

Notice the last sentence about the ToT: "an emergency stopping procedure prevented the riders from falling to their deaths".
Folks, that's good news. No one was seriously hurt in that incident. The hospital was a precaution.

And, yes, Disney both owns and operates Disneyland Resort Paris. That one horribly incorrect statement ruins the whole article.

 

[SlideOperatorCP]

What I learned as a cast member is that no one dies at disney.... While I was on my CP a young boy drowned in the pool at AKL... It was never wide spread news because technicaly he
didn't "Die" at AKL because there are no doctors on property to pronounce any one dead... it's a major way they can avoid lawsuits...

 

[s25843]

Originally posted by DisneyFan 2000
But you ignore the fact they hid important info!!! Why Disney Why?

I dont see them hiding any info, the fact that there were Safety backups in place says it all. These backups did what they were designed to do, prevent any serious injury....

And if I remember correctly after this incident occured they immediately closed the ride and corrected the problem.

 

[Ultra Magnus]

Originally posted by Lee
Disney releases all info that it is required to release by law.
Average incidents, like sore necks or headaches do not have to be reported to any outside agency. They followed the law.

As for Indy hurting people at DL, that was mostly years ago, when the ride first opened. It was adjusted to lessen the intensity. Many of the "injuries" that they are referring to are simple the aggrivation of pre-existing conditions. Now days the most they get are motion sickness and the occasional headache.

Notice the last sentence about the ToT: "an emergency stopping procedure prevented the riders from falling to their deaths".
Folks, that's good news. No one was seriously hurt in that incident. The hospital was a precaution.

And, yes, Disney both owns and operates Disneyland Resort Paris. That one horribly incorrect statement ruins the whole article.

I'm not too sure about my source (I think it was a news article on wdisneyw.co.uk), but as far as I know, Disney owns a 39% majority stake in Disneyland Paris, a sheikh from Saudi Arabia owns 16%. Day-to-day operations of the park is conducted by a separate company called EuroDisney SCA, which licenses the Disney image and characters and contributes a cut of the profits to Disney. In return, Disney helps manage the park by sending their management over to watch over things.

Would like it if another board member can confirm this

 

[Lee]

Sort of.
The Saudi prince bought in to solve the financial problems of the mid-1990's.
Disney is the majority owner, and controls the company which runs the resort. In other words, it's a Disney owned property.

This in unlike the deal with Oriental Land Company, who runs the Tokyo resort. OLC is the owner there, with Disney getting a big chunk of the profit.

 

[Bagheera]

According to EuroDisney, S.C.A.'s 2002 Annual Report, the Walt Disney Company owns 39.1% through it's wholly-owned subsidiary, EDL Holding Company, and Prince Alwaleed owns 16.3% through his own holding company-type setup.