A great article written by Jason Garcia at The Daily Disney talking about the events that occurred the night of the fatal crash at Walt Disney World involving 21-year-old Austin Wuennenberg of Kissimmee . Here is just a small portion of this tragic piece: At about 2 a.m. July 5,
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Disney World monorail returns to service following electrical shortage
The Walt Disney World Monorail System resumed service this morning (Oct. 1) after an electrical shortage at the Magic Kingdom platform shut the system down on Sept. 30. According to Orlando Sentinel reporter Jason Garcia, who broke the news on his Twitter at about 10 a.m., all monorail lines serving
Monorail collision triggered by worker’s failure to activate track switch
From the Orlando Sentinel: The chain of events leading to a fatal crash on Walt Disney World‘s monorail system was triggered by an employee who mistakenly radioed others that he had activated a track switch, according to multiple people familiar with details of the accident’s investigation. The employee was working
Disney visitors remember monorail pilot Austin Wuennenberg
Looks like the video embed has been disabled. If you goto the Orlando Sentinel website you can watch this touching tribute to Austin. Just click on his picture for the jump.
Disney monorail crash kills conductor with video
Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family… Two monorail trains smashed into each other at Walt Disney World in Orlando early Sunday morning, killing one conductor and injuring the other. A Walt Disney World spokesman said the crash happened at about 2 a.m. Sunday on the monorail’s last
