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13 Disturbing Things That Have Happened On Disney Transportation Over The Years

9. April 28, 2010 A woman was badly injured when the small watercraft she and her husband were driving collided with a Disney ferry.  Barbara Wormald suffered fractured ribs and a collapsed lung when the collision between the Sea Raycer that she and her husband had rented and the large Disney boat resulted in her being pinned between the

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13 Disturbing Things That Have Happened On Disney Transportation Over The Years

8. April 1, 2010 9-year-old Chase Brubaker was killed when he reportedly veered his bike into a Disney resort bus while riding in Fort Wilderness Campground and fell under the wheels.  Florida Highway Patrol investigators issued a report claiming that badly underinflated tires on the boy’s bicycle may have contributed to the accident.   

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13 Disturbing Things That Have Happened On Disney Transportation Over The Years

7. March 23, 2010 Disney World bus driver Jean Valentin was critically injured in an accident near Epcot when his bus collided with an empty tour bus that had stopped in a moving lane of traffic.  Valentin, whose legs were crushed as a result of the accident, was determined to be partially at fault in the accident though he received a set

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13 Disturbing Things That Have Happened On Disney Transportation Over The Years

6. July 5, 2009 The only death to occur onboard a Disney World monorail happened when 21-year old monorail driver Austin Wuennenberg was killed in the early morning of July 5, 2009 during a track change.  The pink and purple monorails collided with each other in the Transportation and Ticket Center station on the Epcot line.  The pink and

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13 Disturbing Things That Have Happened On Disney Transportation Over The Years

5. October 9, 1989 A collision between a small rental boat and a Disney ferry unfortunately resulted in the death of a woman who had been enjoying a day on the water with her son.  Pat Schenk was videotaping family members on the Seven Seas Lagoon when her Sea Raycer crossed in front of the Kingdom Queen ferry boat, which was unable to st

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13 Disturbing Things That Have Happened On Disney Transportation Over The Years

4. June 26, 1985 In the late evening of June 26, 1985, the silver monorail experienced a tire failure that caused a fire which enveloped the rear car.  Lacking emergency exits and other safety features at that time, passengers were forced to kick out the windows in order to climb to safety on top of the monorail.  They walked down the len

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13 Disturbing Things That Have Happened On Disney Transportation Over The Years

3. June 12, 1982 Cassandra Lusinski, a one and a half-year old girl from Muscatine, Iowa was killed when she fell out of a parking lot tram as she and her parents were en route to a day in the Magic Kingdom.  The child reportedly fell out as the tram was making a turn.  

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13 Disturbing Things That Have Happened On Disney Transportation Over The Years

2. February 14, 1974 Predating many of the safety systems that Disney transportation would eventually install, two monorails collided in the Magic Kingdom station at Walt Disney World on Valentine’s Day in 1974.  As the red monorail was exiting the station, the blue monorail struck it from behind.  The pilot of the blue monorail, who was

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13 Disturbing Things That Have Happened On Disney Transportation Over The Years

1. June 17, 1966 19-year old Thomas Cleveland of Northridge, California tried to sneak into Disneyland on a Grad Nite in June of 1966 by climbing onto the monorail track and following it into the park.  Ignoring the warnings of a security guard shouting at him, he was struck by a monorail that was using the track and his body was dragged

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The Force Is With Us! 20 Favorite Star Wars Experiences At Walt Disney World

Dream of the Future The story may take place in the past, but we just can’t wait to see what the future holds! While it’s a bummer that such a large portion of Hollywood Studios is shut down for the next (probably) two years, it makes us giddy to think of all the Star Wars experiences to come! Talk about an awakening…

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