Comments on: The latest on the early-morning crash between two Disney monorails

By: Orlando Vacation Homes

Orlando Vacation Homes — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:32:27 +0000

Our heart goes out to Mr. Wuennenberg’s family for this tragic accident.

By: Ricky

Ricky — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:51:09 +0000

Thanks. I’ve updated the post.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:19:52 +0000

For the record, Austin was not a College Program Cast Member, he was a seasonal cast member who happened to also be in college.

By: djdrew

djdrew — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:48:42 +0000

Here’s the link about it reopening.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/orl-bk-disney-world-monorail-crash-070609,0,5007407.story

By: djdrew

djdrew — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:48:11 +0000

the link is an update to say they reopened it. : )

By: JadeNature

JadeNature — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:30:15 +0000

I agree that Orlando Attractions has done a very good job of reporting on this subject responsibly. People are going to discuss a subject like this publicly regardless and at least I know that this is one source that provides reliable information and clearly states when information has or has not been confirmed by Disney. I do feel for Austin’s family and can not imagine how this must be for them, but I hope they feel the outpouring of caring and support from the Disney community and that it gives them some small amount of comfort.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:52:10 +0000

By contrast I found this article appropriate and greatly appreciated. In additon to furnishing the necessary groundwork by which a casual monorail fan could successfully process future news releases, it furnished plausible explanations and theories that provided a balm to my festering curiosity. Actually, a certain degree of relief flooded me when the link appeared on the ITM twitter, because (after listening avidly for several years) ITM has acquired an indelible association with both newsworthiness and accuracy. I, too, thank you for the post, Ricky!

By: Becky

Becky — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:35:50 +0000

Thanks for posting this, Ricky. I wouldn’t have heard about it otherwise, and even though it’s tragic news, it’s good to stay informed. Your comment regarding the late monorail pilot’s facebook status updates seems to suggest that you thought the same thing I did when I heard this, which is that perhaps the cast members are working a little too hard and a few too many hours around holidays and busy seasons. Time will tell what they determine to be the cause of this accident, but I hope that whatever it is, it inspires the company to change so this can never happen again. It just makes me so sad.

By: Ricky

Ricky — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:03:25 +0000

Thanks for keeping it civil. I will follow up with you in an e-mail.

By: Jeremiah

Jeremiah — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:58:28 +0000

Ricky – thank you for addressing that. While I did mistype about the name being released, I still do think that you as one of the main “WDW Fan sites” did add fuel to the fire. I will not say you are the only one that does this, there is a DL one that is on the news anytime someone gets sick on a ride, plus in this day and age anyone that has enough twitter followers can be taken as a “news” source. I understand that you are running a magazine and getting new subscriptions is the only way to keep it going, but I do stand by the “TMZ” type reporting statement I made. Was it really necessary to include speculation about how it happened from past Monorail drivers or even worse the info about the poor guys facebook? I don’t want to turn this into a public fight here. I have said my peace and I do give you credit for 1. keeping my post public and 2. responding here also. If you would like any more follow up I think it best done over e-mail.