Originally Posted By Rebekah This topic is for discussion of the 2/22/2002 news item <b><a href="http://www.latimes.com/editions/orange/la-000013565feb22.story" target="_blank">LATimes: For Stranded Monorail Passengers, It's a Stalled, Stalled World</a></b> The February 22nd <I>Los Angeles Times</I> reports about 65 passengers were briefly stranded on the monorail. They were safely evacuated with the assistance of fire department ladders.
Originally Posted By Doobie The Monorail stopped on the segment of the track that's used to bring the tractor on, so the switch couldn't be made. Doobie.
Originally Posted By three_a_production otherwise known as a big uh oh... myabe this will be a key on getting better replacement parts and such to make this not happen again. Yes i know that it could cause anything can and will happen but normally they dont break beyond repair. this same thing almost happened at WDW in Jan. Pink died a glorious death on the epcot switch. It took a good 20 min before we got it to go backwards by overriding all systems etc. We have a pretty good matience crew but they are lacking for good parts- (when coral was being repainted it was basically gutted for parts cause they needed them,,) -em
Originally Posted By driftwood714 I think what will most likely happen is them building a platform along the monorail switch track where it was stuck. I know there is one currently on the track closer to Harbor because they managed to evacuate less than half the train from it on the 21st. Otherwise, if it was stuck anywhere else, they could just as easily use the Mule to push it to a station.
Originally Posted By TomSawyer I think it's amazing how many miles and passengers the Disney monorails have carried without incident. This is the first time this kind of an evacuation was necessary in 43 years, isn't it? If only all public transportation systems were this reliable...
Originally Posted By iluvdisneyland A cast member said that part of the monorail was able to evacuate by a platform next to the switch, but the other two cars had to be evacuated by ladder because they were not next to the platform.
Originally Posted By driftwood714 Tom Sawyer: The Monorail has ridden somewhere in the range of 80 million guests about 2 million miles since 1959. iluvdisneyland: You are correct. 2 of the 5 cars on the train were next to a platform for evacuations, the other 3 were next to the switch track requiring the use of a different method of evacuating (ladder).
Originally Posted By iluvdisneyland Ladders..what fun! I went last night to DL, 2/22/02 (lol!) and I wanted to go on the monorail but I was like um I'm not going on orange! lol! Only purple and orange were out. After hours, SlashFreak and I saw one of the tractors on the beamway! How exciting!
Originally Posted By iluvdisneyland The should put another switch into place I think. It would take care of the 100 billion to 1 chance that the monorail will break down on the switch, and this way the could get a tractor out still.
Originally Posted By iluvdisneyland After the breakdown on the beamway, I was told they had to get a crane to pull it off th switch and then it was dragged to the Barn. A cm said it took them a whole one hour to fix it and it was back out on the curcuit. What train did they put out to replace orange when it was taken to the Barn I wonder...red probably!
Originally Posted By Adam Collings Thank you, Doobie and Rebeckah for your kind response regarding circumstances surrounding the "monorail incident."
Originally Posted By wahooskipper You know, this really brings up a good point. Think of the billions and billions of rides give at WDW, DLP and all of the other amusement parks across the country. When there are one or more deaths in a given year the politicians swarm like mosquitoes to a blue light. I'd bet that more people are killed in Washington D.C. in one year that have been killed at amusement parks in the past decade. Maybe they should get their own house in order before worrying about the Mouse House.
Originally Posted By iluvdisneyland "You know, this really brings up a good point. Think of the billions and billions of rides give at WDW, DLP and all of the other amusement parks across the country. When there are one or more deaths in a given year the politicians swarm like mosquitoes to a blue light. I'd bet that more people are killed in Washington D.C. in one year that have been killed at amusement parks in the past decade. Maybe they should get their own house in order before worrying about the Mouse House. " I feel ya brotha! LOL Yes I totally agree. To expand on that, more people are killed in D.C. the have ever been killed at all the theme parks in the world COMBINED.
Originally Posted By raer Being stuck on the Monorail is horrible, especially when it is warm out. We were stuck once for almost an hour over what was the parking lot, we just sat there and waited for the towed in. Nothing else we could do but sit and wait. Once we got to the hotel and were let off, they just said "Sorry, it's just one of those things". No drinks or nothing after sitting in the hot sun.
Originally Posted By kristokn Being stuck on RocketRods is also fun. Little kids down below heckling you from their Autopia cars. "haha! you're stuck loser!" Was anybody else ever stuck on RocketRods? hehehe.. sorry dumb question. -Kristo
