>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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