Rockwork falls off Matterhorn onto track - Ride partially closed

Travel Junkie

Travel Junkie

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All part of the plan. Much like creating their own Star Wars story in GE, Disney is immersing guests into living their own Matterhorn adventure, complete with real life rock slides!
 
Mac Tonight

Mac Tonight

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Here's a dramatic re-enactment. No actual rocks were harmed during filming.

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JD2000

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It was probably along the inside. As when escorted through, it looks to crumble and be patched year round. And with it being larger than normal, the extra precaution was taken. But who knows.
 
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Model3 McQueen

Model3 McQueen

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Phrubruh said:
It's Disneyland in 2003 all over again! It's all magic and pixie dust until someone dies due to poor maintenance. I guess that one way to get new leadership.
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Are you referring to Big Thunder? Was that incident due to poor maintenance? I know a wheel jammed but not sure what the cause of that was..
 
TROR

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1LE McQueen said:
Are you referring to Big Thunder? Was that incident due to poor maintenance? I know a wheel jammed but not sure what the cause of that was..
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It was poor maintenance. So was the falling of the tiki perch at the Adventureland entrance.

Squishy said:
You really think the current Disney would want to construct a non-ip ride?
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Matterhorn's basically an IP at this point, right? At sixty years old it's a unique and iconic part of Disneyland's identity. More people have probably ridden the Matterhorn than have seen Frozen.
 
Phroobar

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1LE McQueen said:
Are you referring to Big Thunder? Was that incident due to poor maintenance? I know a wheel jammed but not sure what the cause of that was..
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Yes.

  • On September 5, 2003, a 22-year-old man died after suffering severe blunt force trauma and extensive internal bleeding in a derailment of the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad roller coaster that also injured ten other riders.[24] The cause of the accident was determined to be improper maintenance.[25] Investigation reports and discovery by the victim's attorney confirmed the fatal injuries occurred when the first passenger car collided with the underside of the locomotive. The derailment was the result of a mechanical failure which occurred due to omissions during a maintenance procedure. Fasteners on the left side upstop/guide wheel on the floating axle of the locomotive were not tightened and safetied in accordance with specifications. As the train entered a tunnel, the axle came loose and jammed against a brake section, causing the locomotive to become airborne and hit the ceiling of the tunnel. The locomotive then fell on top of the first passenger car, crushing the victim.[26] Some people blamed the new cost-conscious maintenance culture brought in by Paul Pressler and consultants McKinsey & Company in 1997, which included Reliability-centered maintenance.[27]
 
Monorail_Orange

Monorail_Orange

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Maybe I'm just missing something...how does a failure of the rock facade equate with lack of sufficient maintenance? This seems to be a VERY different situation than the BTM loco, although strangely similar to the rockwork in the "earthquake" tunnel in BTM failing a few years back. (Hence why the rocks no longer move on either coast - DL got projections and effects, MK got static rocks - woohoo!)
 
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TROR said:
I say Disney uses this as an opportunity to tear down the Matterhorn and construct this old concept for Magic Kingdom in its place.

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As long the scale and general layout is the same.

But you know the Frozen IP would be attached. They could literally swap everything on there with stuff already being constructed. And re-theme the mountain to some other from the movie(s). That could already be the rumored plan.
 
Phroobar

Phroobar

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The problem with the Matterhorn's track is that it was hand bent to fit the cement mountain. It was the first steal tube coaster ever. It makes it hard to put in pre-manufactured track for a smoother ride. The only way to get a smoother ride is to demo the entire thing and rebuild it in the image of Expedition Everest. (minus disco Yetti)
 
Model3 McQueen

Model3 McQueen

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Phrubruh said:
Yes.

  • On September 5, 2003, a 22-year-old man died after suffering severe blunt force trauma and extensive internal bleeding in a derailment of the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad roller coaster that also injured ten other riders.[24] The cause of the accident was determined to be improper maintenance.[25] Investigation reports and discovery by the victim's attorney confirmed the fatal injuries occurred when the first passenger car collided with the underside of the locomotive. The derailment was the result of a mechanical failure which occurred due to omissions during a maintenance procedure. Fasteners on the left side upstop/guide wheel on the floating axle of the locomotive were not tightened and safetied in accordance with specifications. As the train entered a tunnel, the axle came loose and jammed against a brake section, causing the locomotive to become airborne and hit the ceiling of the tunnel. The locomotive then fell on top of the first passenger car, crushing the victim.[26] Some people blamed the new cost-conscious maintenance culture brought in by Paul Pressler and consultants McKinsey & Company in 1997, which included Reliability-centered maintenance.[27]
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Terrible
 

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