Disney employee struck, injured at Tomorrowland Speedway

ericpabear · Airport Utility Worker Joined: Nov 14, 2005 Posts: 200

http://thedailydisney.com/blog/2010/03/disney-employee-struck-injured-by-guest-at-tomorrowland-speedway/

Disney employee struck, injured by guest at Tomorrowland Speedway
Featured, Jason Garcia, News â€” By Jason Garcia on March 15, 2010 at 9:58 am

A Walt Disney World employee broke his leg Sunday afternoon after he was struck by a guest driving a car at the Tomorrowland Speedway in the Magic Kingdom, authorities said.
The unidentified employee was airlifted to Orlando Regional Medical Center in stable condition, said Bo Jones, deputy fire chief with Reedy Creek Emergency Services.
The accident occurred just before 1 p.m., Jones said. Disney temporarily closed the attraction but re-opened it less than three hours later.
The gas-powered ride vehicles used in the Tomorrowland Speedway have top speeds of 7 mph.

GrumpyDaddy · Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 4:02 am Post subject:

Just goes to show that even on those slow moving cars you still need to be
carefull.
Hope the Cast Memeber makes a full recovery.

Figmentathm · Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 4:16 am Post subject:

Was Patrick "Patches" Kennedy driving? (RI humor!)
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WDWFan · Pilot Joined: Mar 01, 2006 Posts: 10863

This is horrible for the employee...
I am not a big fan of this attraction. The noise, the odors, the low capacity, and the large amount of space it takes up all seem to make it a poor choice.

Now if they made them computer controlled Mag Lev, then I'd be more in favor of it. particularly for tomorrowland.

doombuggy · Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 12:16 pm Post subject:

I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often...
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alsirrap · Parking Lot Shuttle Driver Joined: Nov 01, 2008 Posts: 47

Even though things like this have to happen anywhere there are humans, I hate to see it happen at Disney because the media loves to jump on this stuff.