Originally Posted By dshyates Last night around1:30am a failure of a computer hard drive shuts down the monorail system. 7 trains were running on the system and passengers were trapped without lights or air conditioning for almost 3 hours.
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Originally Posted By CarolinaDisneyDad Wow, what was the temperature last night? That would be a tough way to end a long day of touring.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros That's a pretty unfortunate time to get stuck on the monorail. If it were me, I think I would try to take a nap, but I'd probably be too busy freaking out along with everybody else. I'm glad to hear that beside the delay, there weren't really any major issues and everybody was able to get off safely.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost I heard from my daughter, in WDW, yesterday and it was only in the 60's during the day so I doubt that "air conditioning" was an issue, heat wise. To bad, but how many people would be on the monorail at that time of night?
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: Do the Disney World monorails have windows that pop open a bit to admit fresh air? My sisters and I had always thought not. If we're correct, it would still become hot and stuffy regardless of the outside temperature. ORWEN: There've been too many issues with the monorails this past year. I just don't ride them anymore-- ORGOCH: --mostly 'cause yer too dang fat ta fit in one of 'em, but also 'cause ya fin'ly wised up an took a smarter witch's advice and found out just how dangerous all those monster rails really is!!!
Originally Posted By mousermerf I guess what i find surprising is that a computer failure causes power loss and a power loss results in a complete inability to move the trains. It seems like a total lack of redundancy.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: Oh, it's redundant enough. What's lacking is a proper back-up rescue plan. Having to get out cranes and cherry pickers to rescue guests is so...so....medieval!!!
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: We just heard an interview from somebody who was trapped on the monorail when all this happened and they said it WAS hot and stuffy inside those monorail cabins. Can you imagine what it would have been like for somebody who's claustrophobic or who has panic attacks or...dare I say...diarhea....
Originally Posted By brotherdave Don't they have some sort of gas powered 'tow' vehicle for the monorail trains just in case of a problem? Why couldn't they use it to tow the trains to the nearest station???
Originally Posted By -em sigh- my beloved 'rails... If what I heard was right Red was between 2 other 'rails on the resort beam which made it pretty much stuck. They were able to tow 2-3 other 'rails to stations (and 2-3 others were empty or already in stations) So I'm now thinking that after oh 12:45 am- is not the safest time to ride the 'rails as all their big issues have come after then...
Originally Posted By Longhorn12 >I guess what i find surprising is that a computer failure causes power loss and a power loss results in a complete inability to move the trains.< I don't think it is that surprising at all. Especially since the crash. The safest thing to do when the trains can't connect and "talk" to each other would be to power them down.
Originally Posted By danyoung >Do the Disney World monorails have windows that pop open a bit to admit fresh air?< Yes, they do - kind of a small wind-wing type of window. But I'd guess that it wasn't enough to cool down a car full of tired park stormers. I'm really glad I didn't get caught in this, as my claustrophobia would have made things very unpleasant!
