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Fire closes Astro Orbiter
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 2:21 pm
by avengador1
Fire closes ride at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/loc ... 9631.story
A power outage and small fire has shut down a ride at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, according to WESH.com.
The TV station is reporting that the Astro Orbiter ride in Tomorrowland remains out of service after the incident happened this morning at about 9:30.
No one was injured, the report states, and no one was on the ride at the time of the fire.
Re: Fire closes Astro Orbiter
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 11:50 am
by Big Wallaby
Wow! So EXCITING!
I guess.
Slow news day.
Re: Fire closes Astro Orbiter
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 12:15 pm
by Freak
About as exciting as when
DL's Pinocchio Ride caught "on fire" a little while ago. (Conduits started smoking, no damage to the dark ride, slow news day as well)
Re: Fire closes Astro Orbiter
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 2:58 pm
by Mr. D.
Big Wallaby wrote:Wow! So EXCITING!
I guess.
Slow news day.
That and the media love to print ANYTHING negative about Disney.
Re: Fire closes Astro Orbiter
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 10:39 am
by avengador1
I think the slightest news story that gets out of WDW will be blown out of proportion, especially if it is a negative one. Thankfully, the ride was operational by the next day.
Re: Fire closes Astro Orbiter
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 11:31 am
by WEDFan
We should keep in mind, though, that the media loves those stories becuase *we* love those stories. Maybe not a lot of the people here, but The public loves stories of Walt Disney World, and they love stories of other's misfortune, so put the two together and you're guaranteed to get eyeballs.
I'm guilty of it. I see a headline about a fire at Walt Disney World and I'll click through to read the article.
Re: Fire closes Astro Orbiter
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 7:58 am
by February
Man, I should have contacted those people about the time we were on IASW and the little skater girl got stuck...she wasn't spinning, kind of shaking and throwing sparks from her works! That would have led the news for sure that night...
Re: Fire closes Astro Orbiter
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 2:21 pm
by felinefan
If I read about a fire at DLR, I'll read it to see if everyone's okay.