brkgnews
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Such a thing is obviously not welcome.
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Tour buses collide at EPCOT toll plaza..
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Uncle Lupe
Well-Known Member
A park wide system of Rocket Rods, problem fixed.
brkgnews
Well-Known Member
I'd never have lived past 1996 if I cared about arguments online :lol:No problem. Not much you can do about the occassional troll.......
RiversideBunny
New Member
Brings a song to mind-
Every day I get in the queue (Too much, the Magic Bus)
To get on the bus that takes me to you (Too much, the Magic Bus)
I'm so nervous, I just sit and smile (Too much, the Magic Bus)
Your house is only another mile (Too much, the Magic Bus)
Thank you, driver, for getting me here (Too much, the Magic Bus)
You'll be an inspector, have no fear (Too much, the Magic Bus)
I don't want to cause no fuss (Too much, the Magic Bus)
But can I buy your Magic Bus? (Too much, the Magic Bus)
Nooooooooo!
Every day I get in the queue (Too much, the Magic Bus)
To get on the bus that takes me to you (Too much, the Magic Bus)
I'm so nervous, I just sit and smile (Too much, the Magic Bus)
Your house is only another mile (Too much, the Magic Bus)
Thank you, driver, for getting me here (Too much, the Magic Bus)
You'll be an inspector, have no fear (Too much, the Magic Bus)
I don't want to cause no fuss (Too much, the Magic Bus)
But can I buy your Magic Bus? (Too much, the Magic Bus)
Nooooooooo!
Ziggie
Member
Ok then, my bad. All is forgiven :kiss:
No, I don't automatically think it was a cell phone (just for the record). My fear is that if it was something like that, then it would make me feel even sadder.
No problem. Not much you can do about the occassional troll.......
Excuse me? I've been here 2 years longer than you have :ROFLOL:
And yet you've posted all of 135 times in that stretch......
BrerFrog
Active Member
Brings a song to mind-
Every day I get in the queue (Too much, the Magic Bus)
To get on the bus that takes me to you (Too much, the Magic Bus)
I'm so nervous, I just sit and smile (Too much, the Magic Bus)
Your house is only another mile (Too much, the Magic Bus)
Thank you, driver, for getting me here (Too much, the Magic Bus)
You'll be an inspector, have no fear (Too much, the Magic Bus)
I don't want to cause no fuss (Too much, the Magic Bus)
But can I buy your Magic Bus? (Too much, the Magic Bus)
Nooooooooo!
The Who reference! +1 :sohappy:
Ziggie
Member
Your point? What's that got to do with anything?
Five years, 138 posts, and you automatically make assumptions as to the posts of others. If you were more active on these boards perhaps you would not assume the worst about what others write....
jt04
Well-Known Member
Actually I have thought through a lot of scenarios and a mix of relatively inexpensive systems could revolutionize transport at Disney. The idea would not be to eliminate busses but rather to create efficiencies. For instance the light rail you describe is not how to approach it as it's not efficient. So far starters Disney could add a covered pedestrian walk, with moving sidewalks from Wilderness Lodge to the TTC. Very similar and even shorter than the Uni parking to CW configuration. Now we have a way from the WL to the MK and Epcot via monorail.
And we have a segment to build on.
raven
Well-Known Member
I wish we had those managers in our department. 75% of the CMs would be gone.
PURELY SPECULATION:
Given this photo...
I wonder if perhaps the WDW bus driver was trying to keep an eye on the "merge point" to his left; and thus didn't quite notice a stopped bus in front of him. I've seen plenty of cars jet across multiple lanes from that curved ramp on the left to get over toward the right-hand tollbooths; I certainly keep an eye to my left when I drive through that part of property. People will do stupid stuff, and do it quickly, to try to avoid a line at the ticket plaza. So it would stand to reason that perhaps the driver looked ahead and saw a bus in the right lane (which is where they always wind up); supposedly its flashers were on, but thus far I've heard nothing to indicate it had out those hazard triangles that CDL vehicles are supposed to put out when they're disabled. So it's possible the WDW driver glanced ahead and saw a bus in the lane where buses normally are... didn't think much of it... and started concentrating a bit more on passenger vehicles zooming in from the left.
Again, PURE SPECULATION on my part.
Bus drivers are trained well. There is still no excuse to take your eyes off the road in front of you. They know the route well and could've slowed down well in advance for such things. I still believe it was simply a case of stupidity.
Last night I mentioned the wreck to a fellow CM. She said just 2 days ago she was tailgated by a Disney Bus trying to get into her lane to get off on a ramp. The bus got within 2 feet of her car trying to push her faster. She put her arm out the window and flipped him off. She said "I hope they had guests on board to see that and how ignorant he was." :lol:
Ziggie
Member
When we go, we always have a car with us, so we don't ride the bus very often. I do remember though, a few months ago, buses passing us at a fast clip. It was remarkable enough that I asked my husband if the speed limits were changed because of how fast they were moving.
Also, I think buses, while serving a very useful purpose, are no longer as efficient as they once were.
Also, I think buses, while serving a very useful purpose, are no longer as efficient as they once were.
niteobsrvr
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cast members are, by far, the last group of people on disney property who should be complaining about bus drivers. Consider that orange county sherriff's office runs their speed traps on propert at the exact times of day that cast are either coming to work or leaving in large numbers. They have been doing this for several years now and they are not lacking in people to stop for violating traffic rules.
Yes, some of the bus drivers would benefit from refresher drivers training but so could some of the cast.
HMF
Well-Known Member
Amazing' how know one ever blames the people at the top..
mickey2008.1
Well-Known Member
ok, i have read the whole thread, and yet i see no where that anybody states any facts other than the pictures. Lets look at our own cities, here in cleveland, tis kind of thing happens everymonth,maybe not the rearending, but the accident of public transportation, and just because its disney we expect more. I expect the same from any public transaportation anywhere. It happens everywhere, even in wdw, it cannot be helped. The best training and all protocols, it can and will happen. Just because its disney does not mean it is perfect. Alot of things can happen anywhere anytime. If it was a plane going to disney, are we still going to balme upper management at disney? Accept it, it happens to all of us. What if it was you driving the bus? Is everyone perfect: answer= NO!