Mickey cooling neck wraps will work for me.Fan? How about theygive ussell misting fans - before you get on? Marketing line could be: "You wouldn't want to be up there for three hours without one"
Mickey cooling neck wraps will work for me.Fan? How about theygive ussell misting fans - before you get on? Marketing line could be: "You wouldn't want to be up there for three hours without one"
I would prefer poorly made easily breakable Mickey-Head Fans personally.Maybe they’ll install air conditioning during the downtime.
No?
I would prefer poorly made easily breakable Mickey-Head Fans personally.
Yes but when gondolas suddenly crash into one another for unknown reasons and the system has to shut down for many hours stranding guests in possibly dangerous heat, one has to consider that such an event (or worse) could happen again. A prudent person must take these things into account.
As an example, I lived for many years in Homestead, Florida and I knew that the possibility existed for a major hurricane to hit that area. I always hoped for the best but I planned for the worst. My home withstood hurricane Andrew without any damage because I recognized the danger and took steps to protect my life and property.
Homestead, Florida is a perfectly safe place to live as long as you recognize and prepare for the occasional category 5 hurricane. The SkyLiner is a perfectly safe form of transportation as long as you recognize that you could be stranded for three hours or more while a dangerous heat index causes some passengers health issues including vomiting, dehydration and the need to go to the bathroom all while in close proximity to all the other passengers. I think prudence is advisable.
Have you ever seen what broccoli looks like after being steamedIf the gondolas get stuck mid-day during heat, could they just shoot water up to hose them off? Would that dissipate the deadly heat?
Only if they do the Hurricane SimulationIf the gondolas get stuck mid-day during heat, could they just shoot water up to hose them off? Would that dissipate the deadly heat?
Can we become a clan next?
Hmmmm. Might have to add that to my list of places to check out next time I visit. I got a few now.
Good tip
So you are cherry picking specific comments unless the other comments have been deleted by a mod.
You came late the party.
Just go back and look how I was treated simply after my very first post. Attempts to insult or belittle me before any attempt to discuss. And if I am attacked...I attack back. I don't bend to the whim of insecure bullies.
This was in February 1983. Don't feel sorry for me! I'm doing alright, better then most, in fact! At the time I was able to make a road trip with a family of four, from Vermont to Florida, for over a week and see far more things than most of you folks that sequester yourselves in the Mickey Mouse Cash Depository. That trip included three days at Magic Kingdom, an attempt to go to EPCOT Ctr. but was turned off by the length of the lines so went to the Kennedy Space Ctr. instead. We saw the Spanish Moss hanging from the Live Oaks in Georgia, drove on the beach in Daytona, Florida Citrus Tower just West of WDW, toured Silver Springs and Washington, DC. Altogether we budgeted 2K and came home with a couple hundred in travelers checks left over. We had a great time, one that, to this day is excitedly remembered by every single person in the family in detail. One of them was only 6 at the time. So don't feel sorry for me, feel sorry for those that spent unnecessary amounts of money in a quest to have a good time, when all that was necessary was the joy of the total adventure.Actually it should. If you couldn't afford $45 even in the 70s that means you were in the bottom percentage of social economic status. I'm so sorry.
What happened in 1974?Apparently you missed the part where the monorail accident in 1974 happened because Disney deliberately overrode safety protocols endangering guests and employees. The skyline incident was a fluke.
You don't remember . I thought it was the sixties you couldn't rememberWhat happened in 1974?
At the time, Disney insisted on having more trains on exterior than the system was designed for. They wanted the system to seem seamless, so as soon as one train exited the Magic Kingdom station, another would literally come in behind. The only way to do this was to bypass the MAPO/WABCO system which would have kept the trains a distance apart. In 1974 there was a train that was having brake issues, and needed to go off but they needed it to go around once more. Per usual, the MAPO/WABCO was bypassed but when the operator realized the train in the station had not yet dispatched, he applied the brakes and nothing happened. Red and Blue collided in the station, damaging both trains and seriously injuring the driver. After that, bypassing a MAPO/WABCO was a serious violation. The undamaged parts of Red and Blue were combined to create a new Blue and Red was rebuilt more or less from scratch.What happened in 1974?
At the time, Disney insisted on having more trains on exterior than the system was designed for. They wanted the system to seem seamless, so as soon as one train exited the Magic Kingdom station, another would literally come in behind. The only way to do this was to bypass the MAPO/WABCO system which would have kept the trains a distance apart. In 1974 there was a train that was having brake issues, and needed to go off but they needed it to go around once more. Per usual, the MAPO/WABCO was bypassed but when the operator realized the train in the station had not yet dispatched, he applied the brakes and nothing happened. Red and Blue collided in the station, damaging both trains and seriously injuring the driver. After that, bypassing a MAPO/WABCO was a serious violation. The undamaged parts of Red and Blue were combined to create a new Blue and Red was rebuilt more or less from scratch.
Gold lost power over a switch at the end of September. Because of its position it was unable to be towed easily. RCFD evacuated passengers. No one was on the roof of the monorail.A youtube vlogger said that around a week or two ago one of the monorails broke down. They went on to say that the passengers had to climb through the roof top exits and walk along the monorail roof (I'm guessing with no safety harnesses?) to climb onto a rescue vehicle. Did anyone else hear about this?
I didn't but no surprise that Disney will try to keep this out of the media and if it leaks, then Disney PR gets involved. Work is done sometimes without a safety harness. The guys from Central American that replaced my home roof worked at high heights without any harness. I referred to these guys as , Spiderman.A youtube vlogger said that around a week or two ago one of the monorails broke down. They went on to say that the passengers had to climb through the roof top exits and walk along the monorail roof (I'm guessing with no safety harnesses?) to climb onto a rescue vehicle. Did anyone else hear about this?
So where is all the complaints about lack of management and safety concerns coming from, like it hasn't been that way all along. I must admit I hadn't heard about that one, but those were the good old days of Disney when everyone cared, so it is probably just a rumor. It's only the more recent uncaring, greedy management that would compromise customer safety. Isn't it?At the time, Disney insisted on having more trains on exterior than the system was designed for. They wanted the system to seem seamless, so as soon as one train exited the Magic Kingdom station, another would literally come in behind. The only way to do this was to bypass the MAPO/WABCO system which would have kept the trains a distance apart. In 1974 there was a train that was having brake issues, and needed to go off but they needed it to go around once more. Per usual, the MAPO/WABCO was bypassed but when the operator realized the train in the station had not yet dispatched, he applied the brakes and nothing happened. Red and Blue collided in the station, damaging both trains and seriously injuring the driver. After that, bypassing a MAPO/WABCO was a serious violation. The undamaged parts of Red and Blue were combined to create a new Blue and Red was rebuilt more or less from scratch.
The sixties, especially the end of them, I have chosen to forget. This, from another post was something that happened long before I ever became a Disney fool so I had no reason to know or care at the time.You don't remember . I thought it was the sixties you couldn't remember
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