MK Ride Shutdown

Sloan

Sloan

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all interconnected?

I'd not seen it yet - so thanks. Seems odd that so many rides all depend upon the same system w/o any back-up or redundancy, but I guess it could be more efficient that way. I'm sure a CM will enlighten us all about this system ....
 
fillerup

fillerup

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I'm not a member. Wonder why you can't view.

<TABLE align=right><TBODY><TR><TD align=middle bgColor=#cccccc>[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Advertisement[/font]</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top><!-- Ad Space: html.ng/tag=std&site=orlandosentinel&color=orlando&edition=newspaper&content=news&channel=main&adtype=cube&adsize=300x250 --><IFRAME marginWidth=0 marginHeight=0 src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/adi/N3497.TribuneInteractive/B1576261.4;sz=300x250;ord=Iugafg,bbgsncqbRRpI?" frameBorder=0 width=300 scrolling=no height=250 BORDERCOLOR="#000000"><SCRIPT language='JavaScript1.1' SRC="http://ad.doubleclick.net/adj/N3497.TribuneInteractive/B1576261.4;abr=!ie;sz=300x250;ord=Iugafg,bbgsncqbRRpI?"></SCRIPT><NOSCRIPT></NOSCRIPT></IFRAME><!-- HTML ad style --><!-- /Ad Space: html.ng/tag=std&site=orlandosentinel&color=orlando&edition=newspaper&content=news&channel=main&adtype=cube&adsize=300x250 --></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>From Sentinel staff reports
Posted April 22, 2005


Crews at Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom evacuated 14 rides Wednesday after a loss in air pressure temporarily halted service.

The rides, including Splash Mountain and Dumbo The Flying Elephant, were closed for about an hour while employees restored power. No injuries were reported, and visitors standing in lines for the attractions were given express passes for later rides.

The problem was caused by a leak in a pipe that feeds water to the air-pressure system, which is needed to operate the rides, said Jacquee Polak, a company spokeswoman.

Polak said company engineers couldn't recall the last time an air-pressure problem knocked out service.
 
mousermerf

mousermerf

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It's just a blurb. A water-injection system that is part of the pressurized air system stopped working so a bunch of rides closed down for 1 hour Wednesday afternoon. Not a big deal really.
 
djronnieb

djronnieb

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Thrawn said:
Can you post the story so we don't have to register?
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I'll do it for him, since I had to register too and I didn't like doing that. Anyway here is the story:

[font=Arial, Helvetica]Lake Buena Vista Glitch closes 14 rides for an hour at Disney

[/font][font=Arial, Helvetica] Crews at Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom evacuated 14 rides Wednesday after a loss in air pressure temporarily halted service.

The rides, including Splash Mountain and Dumbo The Flying Elephant, were closed for about an hour while employees restored power. No injuries were reported, and visitors standing in lines for the attractions were given express passes for later rides.

The problem was caused by a leak in a pipe that feeds water to the air-pressure system, which is needed to operate the rides, said Jacquee Polak, a company spokeswoman.

Polak said company engineers couldn't recall the last time an air-pressure problem knocked out service. [/font]
 
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MicBat

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I heard Guest Relations was a NIGHTMARE. Not only had all of these rides broken down, but the park was closed due to capacity earlier that day.
 
fillerup

fillerup

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MicBat said:
I heard Guest Relations was a NIGHTMARE. Not only had all of these rides broken down, but the park was closed due to capacity earlier that day.
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Not disputing you, but I'm amazed that capacity might have been reached. Was at Epcot last night and not crowded at all.

Closing this time of year would be very rare.
 
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MicBat

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fillerup said:
Not disputing you, but I'm amazed that capacity might have been reached. Was at Epcot last night and not crowded at all.

Closing this time of year would be very rare.
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I was surprised as well. There's nothing really going on... so I dunno.
 
wannab@dis

wannab@dis

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Thrawn said:
Except that going to that site is also more difficult then him just posting it ...
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The FireFox BugMeNot extenion is awesome. Just right click on the login box and click BugMeNot. A username and password is filled in and off you go. no registrations!

Great browsing asset for all the registration required sites! :D
 
jmuboy

jmuboy

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I work at a theme park and these things happen - not frequently, but are not unheard of. Air pressure is KEY to the operation of many amusement park rides.
 
Irrawaddy Erik

Irrawaddy Erik

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This happened a few years back............I remember I was at Barnstormer and it all of a sudden all our alarms started going off. Then it was only down for something like 15 mins. It might not be a common thing but it does happen.
 
Enderikari

Enderikari

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Yes.. Guest Relations was a nightmare, briefly. However, the exact amount of time the rides were down? A little over 25 minutes... I love the Orlando Sentinel and their relentless pursuit to lie about Walt Disney World and portray it in the worst light possible.

Furthermore, Micbat.... Umm... I'll talk to the person you most likely spoke with, but I am fairly certain MK wasn't even approaching phases when it happened, especially because it happened around 10 a.m.
 

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