Originally Posted by
Aurora
With all due respect, that tragic accident had nothing to do with monorail maintenance. It was a combination of operating procedure, systems and staff errors (not on the part of the driver). The official reports of the accident are readily available online with full details.
And let me be clear. I'm not discussing "inconvenience." I'm talking about the safety of hordes of people leaving the Magic Kingdom after the fireworks. There is about a 30- to 45-minute window for catching the monorail now at the end of the evening, and it has never, ever been that short. There have been many, many, many comments about people fearing for their and their children's safety in that situation. With the monorail operating on such a tight ending schedule at the end of the day, I fear for the day when someone is injured because of the crush of people.