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echo: disney
to: JOHN TATUM
from: JOHN BOYER
date: 1996-07-25 20:48:00
subject: Re: People Movers

 >BM> Castmembers have told various Echoears that it was due to a lack of
 >BM> seismic stability, to a problem with wheelchair access, or to a
 >BM> problem with Cal-OSHA and worker safety. With so many answers, we have
 >BM> a hard time believing any of them.
 >JT> I will now debunk the rest... seismic wise... it is one of the safest
 >JT> attractions in the entire park (so that is not a good reason... just
 >JT> rumor)... wheelchair access (ADA does not require the park to be 100%
 >JT> accessable... so waivers would cover this attraction... just like the
 >JT> monorail... which is technically inaccessable since a freight elevator
 >JT> is used on the hotel side and there is a 'people mover' type ramp on
 >JT> the park side  and you can not
 >JT> "ride on" a wheelchair on to the monorail.... so once again... another
 >JT> rumor that is unfounded).  Worker safety to a very small part and an
 >JT> open ride that some idiot can imitate an olympic diver by doing a "swan
 >JT> dive" into the concrete 20+ feet below... is the main reason... and
 >JT> again... low ride capacity, and not enough riders doomed it as well.
That was one of the rides I liked!  It made for a good, long sit-down break 
of a ride! What I don't understand, isn't this ride at both DL and MK?  Are 
both being taken down or just the one at DL?  I go to WDW but haven't been to 
DL in ages.
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