PaulMartz37 Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Two Disney buses collideUpdated: Thursday, 16 Jul 2009, 9:11 PM EDT Published : Thursday, 16 Jul 2009, 5:09 PM EDT ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) - The collision of two buses at Walt Disney World has left a dozen visitors with minor injuries. A Florida Highway Patrol reports says one Disney bus rear-ended another Thursday afternoon near the Contemporary Resort. About 50 people total were on both buses. The 12 injured passengers were taken to four nearby hospitals for treatment. "Nothing is more important than the safety of our guests and Cast Members. We are currently focused on the well-being of those involved in the situation. We are working closely with law enforcement on this matter," read a statement released to FOX 35 by Andrea M. Finger of Walt Disney World Resort. The accident comes 11 days after 21-year-old monorail pilot Austin Wuennenberg died when another train accidentally backed into his train at Disney World. http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/orange_news/071609disney_buses_collide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Starr Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 C'mon Disney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paintballer Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 ^ This isn't Disney's fault, Shit happens ya know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natatomic Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 ^^Think of how many auto accidents happen every single day. Disney's record seems to be pretty good considering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro_Gaga Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 First the monorail and now this.... the media will attack them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X2coasterfreak Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Jeez, Disney World is cursed or something. Thank goodness no fatalities this time. Glad everyone is O.K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mochtroid Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Who wants to take bets on what collides next? prolly won't happen for a while now, they used up all their collisions for this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megamatt Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Wow... Did whoever the hell owns disney now cut off a voodoo priest in traffic or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCW_Nut Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 I really hate how once one thing happens, a murder, a kidnapping, etc. the media just starts hovering and blowing everything out of proportion. That is exactly what's happened here... It's unfortunate that it happened, but now everytime something goes wrong at Disney, BAM, they are gonna get slammed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginzo Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 To those who think the media are guilty of malfeasance here, what exactly did they do wrong? I can't find any problem with the story. It seems like a newsworthy event and the reporting seems basically factual. Am I missing something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHILLERLC1 Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Two, two, two. Is there a next one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro_Gaga Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 When it's Disney, the media just blows it out of proportion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dandaman Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 ^Normally I'd agree, but the media seems to be reporting on this quite well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Alex Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Wow. Next up on the Disney Dodge-it List: An onslaught of Dumbo the Flying Elephants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UberBeavis Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Well, the planets have started spinning again on Astro Orbiter at Disneyland. Maybe something will go horribly wrong there next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMartz37 Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Next up: The Yeti becomes loose and, for once, actually grabs a train full of passengers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParkTrips Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 ^ This isn't Disney's fault How on earth do you say that? A Disney bus hit another Disney bus on Disney property... despite my initial suspicions that Shamu cut the brake lines to cause the accident and further tarnish the Disney name, I'm gonna guess that SOMEONE at Disney can be to blame for this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Starr Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 ^ This isn't Disney's fault, poo-poo happens ya know? I wasn't saying that this was Disney's fault, but it's just another incident to bash Disney's reputation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginzo Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 ^How is it bashing if they're just reporting what happened? Isn't that the job of the press? To tell people about newsworthy events? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natatomic Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 ^ This isn't Disney's fault How on earth do you say that? A Disney bus hit another Disney bus on Disney property... despite my initial suspicions that Shamu cut the brake lines to cause the accident and further tarnish the Disney name, I'm gonna guess that SOMEONE at Disney can be to blame for this one. But unless Disney hired someone without a license, didn't inspect one of the buses properly, or something of that nature it's not exactly the company's fault. People get into fender benders everyday. It's not exactly something you can blame upper-management for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParkTrips Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 People get into fender benders everyday And how often are one of the parties found at fault? How often are outside forces blamed? I can't think of a reasonable way that Disney (or someone who works for Disney and therefore represents Disney) wouldn't be blamed, other than possibly the manufacturer if there were mechanical problems which led to the accident. How often does that happen versus how often someone just screws up? Again.. chances are, someone at Disney screwed up. Whether one driver, both drivers, a mechanic.. whoever! Disney can be held liable along with the driver, and is far more likely to be served in the case. Its vicarious liability * btw, I'm not blaming Disney just yet, but let's not let them off the hook just yet because this is a site of theme park fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayateq Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 WOW i guess 09' is the year that disney just wanted to get their accidents out of the way. Still love ya Disney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homeboy23 Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 ^^ There is two ways it could be Disney's fault. One is if it was mechanical or second, if they had the employees work too long. If it wasn't one of those two you can't blame Disney since it would be one of the two drivers' fault. Yes Disney will take care of it, but it won't be there fault. Well, I guess you could always blame them for hiring drivers that wreck.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Nobody really knows enough to say who is to blame for what yet. It's up to the police and maybe the courts to sort out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netdvn Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 First CP has two mishaps (MF's cable lift & TTD stalling). Now WDW has had two mishaps (Monorail crash & bus accident). Anybody wanna place their bets on which park is next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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