Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy I'm monitoring the 6:00 KABC News out of L.A., and they just had a little segment about California Screamin' making an emergency stop and refusing to budge. Riders are taken off via catwalks, and workers recycle the ride to see what caused the stop. Kind of surreal to see that ride I was on nearly 2 years ago on my lone trip out to CA, lol.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Well, it was like a short 1-minute segment at the end of the newscast right before the final story. I guess it wasn't big enough to warrant much coverage, lol. They also mentioned that last year it collided with another car and some people were (I think) hurt. They showed where the ride was stopped.
Originally Posted By oc_dean No one is halucinating, something did happen. At least one other "Disney" discussion board reported the incident. Though it did spring back into operation later in the day ... It is unknown what exactly happened.
Originally Posted By kmovies And this happens how many times and to how many coasters - I would believe that it is fairly standard and happens all of the time.
Originally Posted By PirateJohn An attraction e-stop and evacuation is about as much news as an airplane being delayed a half hour from LAX.
Originally Posted By iluvdisneyland I too saw the news broadcasts. To say it must be a slow news day has got to be a huge understatement - to broadcast a daily occurence at every amusement park in the world and and call it news... That's ridiculous
Originally Posted By Scar I was in line with my hubby friday early evening. We were next to get on Screamin and had to turn around and walk out. RATS
Originally Posted By 550Deano A hat from a guest flew off and was stuck on a sensor on the track causing an auto E-Stop...No big deal...All guests were removed with no incident...
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy I know it wasn't a big deal, but I thought it was neat since I'm in Kentucky and I got to see this Disney ride that I rode 2 years ago on the news. At least it wasn't at the top of the newscast, otherwise it would have been a reeeeeeeally slow news day---they had to get all the shootings and crimes out of the way first, lol.
Originally Posted By Horse Crazy It would be a big deal to me if I was one of the people who had to get out at the top of the coaster and climb down the "catwalk". To me, that would be terrifying, and I would probably not ever get on another coaster again. Since that hasn't happened to me, I will keep riding them in denial of what could be~!
Originally Posted By dr jones On our trip to DLR last year we were getting coffees at that little cart near the Wharf area, and noticed that they had stopped the coaster at the top of that hill where it's covered. They kept everyone seated for quite awhile, then got everyone out and walked them down the maintenence stairs back to the ground. The ride was operating a little while later.
Originally Posted By alexbook >>It would be a big deal to me if I was one of the people who had to get out at the top of the coaster and climb down the "catwalk".<< Actually, climbing the catwalk sounds like more fun than riding the coaster. Too bad they don't lead tours up there.
Originally Posted By DyGDisney There is no way I could have climbed the catwalk from the top of the hill. My brain just wouldn't have allowed my legs to do it.
