Posts Tagged ‘monorail’

Disney to create new position for workers who direct monorail movements

(Walt Disney World photo) Walt Disney World plans to create a new position — and a higher pay scale — for the employees who direct the movements of its monorail trains. The new “central monorail controller” position will be responsible for overseeing traffic along the resort’s 15-mile-long...

August 2nd, 2010 | Featured, Jason Garcia, News | Read More

Disney World plans small monorail expansion

(Walt Disney World photo) Walt Disney World is preparing to expand its iconic monorail system — at least a little bit. Disney said Tuesday it will build a 62-foot maintenance spur off of the system’s Epcot line to serve as a permanent staging area for one of the work tractors used by the resort to...

July 27th, 2010 | Featured, Jason Garcia, News | Read More

Disney monorail pilot injured by electric shock

Walt Disney World monorails were out of service briefly Saturday evening after a monorail pilot received an electric shock while flipping a switch, authorities said. The pilot was mildly shocked in the arm while switching on a beacon that identifies the beam the monorail is traveling on, a fire official...

July 17th, 2010 | Featured, News | Read More

Top federal regulator lashes out at Disney, SeaWorld, other entertainment venues

Monorail station at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World where a crash early in the morning on July 5, 2009, killed the driver of one of the trains.(George Skene, Orlando Sentinel) A top federal regulator accused the entertainment industry Thursday of a lax commitment to worker safety, singling out...

May 27th, 2010 | Featured, Jason Garcia, News | Read More

Disney’s rides aren’t common carriers, but what about its monorail?

NOTE: This story ran in today’s paper with ‘Disney wins important legal ruling setting safety standards for rides.’ Florida courts long have held that amusement park rides such as Walt Disney World’s Twilight Zone Tower of Terror are not common carriers. But what about a theme-park’s...

May 17th, 2010 | Jason Garcia, News | Read More

Disney wins important legal ruling setting safety standards for rides

Even before a jury ruled in its favor last month in a lawsuit that claimed one of its marquee thrill rides was unsafe, Walt Disney World had already scored an important legal victory. In the weeks leading up to that trial — in which now-80-year-old Marvin Cohen said an artery injury and stroke he suffered...

May 17th, 2010 | Featured, Jason Garcia, News | Read More

To ride down Main Street in style, get to Disney’s Magic Kingdom early

Climb aboard various old-time vehicles around Town Square at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom. (Kristin Ford\Orlando Sentinel) It’s no secret to parents that young children are fascinated with various methods of transportation. By extension, that makes getting around Walt Disney World even...

April 1st, 2010 | A Mom and The Mouse, Featured, Kristin Ford | Read More

Disney World has many inexpensive activities for kids outside the parks

One half of Disney's Winter Summerland Miniature Golf is the Snow course, where guests encounter ice castles, snowmen and the “North Hole.” (Walt Disney World photo) Seasonal passholders begin a blackout period Saturday in the four Walt Disney World parks for the busy Easter period (March 27...

March 26th, 2010 | A Mom and The Mouse, Featured, Kristin Ford | Read More

‘Tron-orail’ divides Disney faithful

By Jason Garcia, Orlando Sentinel One of Walt Disney World’s monorail trains has undergone a radical makeover. The familiar, single-striped paint job has been replaced by the image of a motorcycle set against a blue background on the front cab — with a shimmering trail of light that extends...

March 25th, 2010 | Featured, Jason Garcia, News | Read More