Glitch prompts towing of Disney monorail train

sarah91182

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-disney-monorail-glitch,0,4086800.story

Glitch prompts towing of Disney monorail train

A glitch aboard a Walt Disney World monorail train forced it to be towed this evening, a company spokesman said.

The incident took place on the express line about 6 p.m. as a train was traveling between the Transportation Ticket Center and the Contemporary Resort. An on-board computer detected a possible mechanical problem, triggering the train to power down.

The train was towed to the next stop and the passengers were let off.

The problem was resolved by 6:30 p.m.

daguru · Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 4:30 am Post subject:

I think you are going to see this more and more, I think the system is probably starting to show it's age. I know they do regular maintenance, but the trains are 20 years old and the system is 38/27 years old... I don't remember any major overhaul or updates, maybe now is the best time for it. The bad thing is that I don't think that Disney is going to pony up the money, especially with all of the funds going to Fantasyland...
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daguru · Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 5:19 am Post subject:

Disney is launching their own internal investigation into the most recent Monorail incidents: http://thedailydisney.com/blog/2009/12/disney-reedy-creek-examining-slow-monorail-evacuation/
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WDWFan · Pilot Joined: Mar 01, 2006 Posts: 10863

I would love to see the system updated and expanded.

But I suspect updated is more likely than expanded. And updated a bit costly for immediate work.

sarah91182 · Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 10:04 am Post subject:

Matt and I were discussing why it seems that all of a sudden the monorail is having all these issues. Until the accident, you really didn't hear much of it. Now it feels like every other week it's in the news.

daguru · Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 12:00 pm Post subject:

They probably always had minor glitches like this, but with the accident earlier this year, the press/public are paying more attention and looking for these kinds of issues...
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