Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom A monorail traveling from the Grand Floridian to the MK was delayed today for 45 minutes because of a squirrel on the track which the female monorail captain refused to run down. <a href="http://www.clickorlando.com/news/Video-Squirrel-stops-Disney-World-monorail/-/1637132/14411662/-/c9aqnp/-/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.clickorlando.com/ne...dex.html</a>
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer Good for him. But I would have backed up and gotten the guests off. LOL.
Originally Posted By u k fan ^^^ Agreed, if I'd been driving that monorail there'd be a squirrel colored streak along the line!!!
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I like the guests cheering for the little guy. Clearly they decided to have fun with the moment, rather than get angry about it. Good for them!
Originally Posted By MinnieSummer Hooray for the squirrel. I am so happy the driver didn't squish him. I swerve for squirrels, frogs, lizards, and any other living thing so this story made me happy.
Originally Posted By CarolinaDisneyDad I have to side with the driver. Can you imagine the children's reactions if they had sat and watched the squirrel get smushed. But 45 min is a long time!
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Can you imagine the children's reactions if they had sat and watched the squirrel get smushed." Not to mention Snow White, Princess Aurora, Cinderella and all the other Disney princesses who have close rapport with small animals.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom Yes, I have to admit my "Friend of Aurora" card would have been immediately revoked!
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Wouldn't the squirrel have moved if they got close to it? Couldn't someone from below encouraged him to move along? Throw him a peanut or something?
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt ^^LOL This whole story would be a good foundation for a Donald Duck cartoon with Donald as the Monorail driver.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost If it had been me there would have been someone walking around chewing on a furry, flat turkey leg. Squirrels are nothing more then bushy tailed rats.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance ^^^ Can I get all the balls back that fell on your side of the fence between 1980-1989?
Originally Posted By CDF2 So how was the issue resolved? Did the squirrel just decide to leave? Was there Disney security there to shoot it with a tranquilizer dart so they could capture it and release it to the wild?
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom It ran away when it got to the MK station. The video I posted shows the squirrel running off the track.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>Can I get all the balls back that fell on your side of the fence between 1980-1989?<< ROFL!
Originally Posted By CDF2 Just wondering what the Disney response was to the "emergency"? How many security folks were dispatched, what does the manual call for in such a situation and how many temporary barricades or cones were placed to protect the guests? I know in our smallish company that if someone spills a cup of coffee and security/facilties hears about it, they will dispatch multiple people, set up safety cones and eventually a trained security officer will oversee a maintenance person who will apply a towel to the spill. Just curious as to how Disney operates on something like an "animal intrusion" into their park operations ......
