Post by drwadadli on Oct 7, 2019 15:17:03 GMT
On September 29, 2019, the Disney Skyliner had its grand opening and over the (October 5, 2019), the new transportation system had to be shut down due to its first accident. Luckily, no guests were involved in the crash, which occurred within the Riviera Resort station, but some guests were stranded for up to 3 hours while the Reedy Creek Fire Department performed emergency evacuation procedures.
According to Blog Mickey, "Reports began to surface shortly before 8pm that there was an incident at the Riviera Resort station and that the Disney Skyliner gondola system had stopped. It took Disney hours to get all of the guests off of the system.
A Disney spokesperson reached out and said that an “empty car was delayed, a second empty car bumped it. No Guests were involved”."
(photo courtesy of Blog Mickey)
In the above photo, you can see the teal gondola at an unusual angle. This is carriage that was damaged and had the back window broken.
By the very early morning of Saturday, October 6th, all guests have been evacuated from all Disney Skyliner gondola cabins and Doppelmayr is on site to assist. Doppelmayr is the company that built the Disney Skyliner gondola system. Disney was able to take the Disney Skyliner gondola cabin in question off of the line and continue movement to let most guests exit from the stations.
According to Blog Mickey, "Reports began to surface shortly before 8pm that there was an incident at the Riviera Resort station and that the Disney Skyliner gondola system had stopped. It took Disney hours to get all of the guests off of the system.
A Disney spokesperson reached out and said that an “empty car was delayed, a second empty car bumped it. No Guests were involved”."
(photo courtesy of Blog Mickey)
In the above photo, you can see the teal gondola at an unusual angle. This is carriage that was damaged and had the back window broken.
By the very early morning of Saturday, October 6th, all guests have been evacuated from all Disney Skyliner gondola cabins and Doppelmayr is on site to assist. Doppelmayr is the company that built the Disney Skyliner gondola system. Disney was able to take the Disney Skyliner gondola cabin in question off of the line and continue movement to let most guests exit from the stations.