Universal Orlando fined

[jeffk410]

Your post is full of retardation.

Thats really disrespectful to say. Please do not say it like that. Be kind.

 

[trr1]

Investigation of Universal's Dueling Dragon accident
By Leah Zanolla
Jul 14, 2009

Investigations are ongoing regarding an accident that happened with Universal Orlando's Dueling Dragons roller coaster earlier this month. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced today that it has received a referral about the accident. Around 7:30 am on July 1, a worker was hit with one of the ride vehicles and was sent to the hospital with serious injuries. Universal officials have said the incident did not affect the ride's safety. ?

we never did find out what happened to the employee did we ?

 

[JT3000]

Universal postponed its expected opening date more than once. Check this out: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/trav...sal-hollywood-rip-ride-rockit,0,4407333.story As you can read in that link, an Orlando newspaper reported on April 23, 2009, that Universal was announcing the ride's opening was being delayed and it would be opening "late spring/ early summer." So at that point in time, Universal was already back tracking on its announcement of when the coaster would open.

As I said before, Universal never announced an official date for the ride's opening, meaning they made no promises. They told the Sentinel that the ride's opening would be delayed past their original planned window, nothing more.

If the ride opened as you say in early August, I'd like you to know that is neither late spring nor early summer. People who booked trips down to Orlando to go to Universal in the late spring or early summer to ride the new coaster at Universal wasted their time if riding the coaster was their goal.

They did waste their time. THEY wasted their time. Not Universal.

Maybe you don't consider it wasting time to sit in a queue for a ride not knowing when or if it will open, but I do.

I do as well. There's plenty of other attractions worth riding that are open.

 

[Coaster3001]

I usually don't reply to threads like this. Though I can't stay quiet about this one. At Universal the Tm's will check your lap bars at every ride. At Disney the Cm's are not allowed to touch them. So how exactly is Disney safer? Just saying.

 

[cmatt]

Thats really disrespectful to say. Please do not say it like that. Be kind.

he isn't saying anything - just brain farting all over his keyboard :king:

 

[EvanAnderson]

I usually don't reply to threads like this. Though I can't stay quiet about this one. At Universal the Tm's will check your lap bars at every ride. At Disney the Cm's are not allowed to touch them. So how exactly is Disney safer? Just saying.

Yep, I know exactly what you're talking about. I see it ALL the time when I visit the Disney parks. Even at Rock N Roller Coaster! The Cast Members give a visual inspection and off the train goes. I tell all the Disney fans this and they all say "no I've had my restraint checked every single time" and I think they're lying only to not have any negative light on the all majestic Walt Disney World. Next time, I'm going to take a camera there and film all the rides being loaded.

 

[Fade_to_Blah]

Yep, I know exactly what you're talking about. I see it ALL the time when I visit the Disney parks. Even at Rock N Roller Coaster! The Cast Members give a visual inspection and off the train goes. I tell all the Disney fans this and they all say "no I've had my restraint checked every single time" and I think they're lying only to not have any negative light on the all majestic Walt Disney World. Next time, I'm going to take a camera there and film all the rides being loaded.

Your right, they always tell people to pull up on their lapbar / restraint but dont do it themselves. Thats interesting, I wonder why Disney does it this way and Universal actually has TM's check the restraints. There has to be some reasoning

 

[EvanAnderson]

I've heard it has to do with liability. That if the restraint fails and opens during the ride, it's the guests responsibility, not Disney's because it's the guest that checked it.

 

[JT3000]

I've heard it has to do with liability. That if the restraint fails and opens during the ride, it's the guests responsibility, not Disney's because it's the guest that checked it.

That wouldn't hold up in court. Disney would have to be incredibly stupid to think otherwise. It's better to actually make sure your guests are safe in the first place.

 

[EvanAnderson]

Then maybe Cast Members complained about touching harnesses (germs), or back problems or something, I don't know.