2 trains collide on DL's BTMRR

Zingo....if you were at Solace, it woulda been pretty hard to miss our group...ROFL.

I sure hope they get this worked out by say.....New Year's...;)

I'm not going on that ride , it isn't safe.

Well, ya'll can take this with a grain of salt, but Mouseplanet posted the following statement supposedly from a spokesperson for the Disneyland Resort:

"During a reset operation Saturday night, without any guests present, one train ran into the back of another. Both trains were damaged. No guests were injured because this proceedure is only performed at Big Thunder Mountain Railroad when guests are not riding the attraction. It (the ride) reopened Sunday."
Asked what Disney did after the accident, he said "We reviewed our operating proceedures. Some were not followed and we retrained accordingly."

He added that "The attraction is running with one less train, and we hope to add the 4th soon."

We are developing more information about this incident, and will report it as we can clarify some points. Although the accident was not "DOSH-reportable," Disney did file a report, and we hope to have a copy of it shortly.

As for the cause, Mouseplanet also posted this:

OK, I've just received and reviewed the DOSH report, and it confirmed some other information I had received.

The incident was caused by human error, specifically due to a failure of the ride operator to follow correct proceedure. Morrigoon - you win the "Mickey's Detective School" award, because you nailed the cause. According to the report, "the tower cast member did not verify the position of train #5 that was occupying brake zone #4 prior to giving the clear to start lift C with train #3 occupying the lift." They also faulted the lead for not "overseeing the reset proceedure."

In other words, there was no "computer glitch" - it was purely human error. The cast member released a train into a brake zone that already held another train.

Had this been a computer problem, or another mechanical failure, I would be right with JoeCanadian on the sidelines. But this was ride operator error during a proceedure that guests would never be part of, according to both Disney and to the DOSH report.

As others have said, this is all just hearsay until a official statement from DLR has been issued, but if you're interested, here's the link where the above info came from:

http://mousepad.mouseplanet.com/showthread.php?t=27151&page=2&pp=25

Wolfhound,

That's why I'm asking if the ride operators at Disney are able to operate a ride in manual mode. I know that block logic does not apply to several rides when they're operated in manual mode which would make it easy for someone to crash a train. I can't imagine ride operators have the ability to change the operating mode from manual to automatic. Such a task usually requires a key carried only by qualified maintenance employees.

Well, clearly the circumstances we're given meant that the ride was in manual mode. For all anyone knows there could have been a maintenance guy there or it's just plain standard procedure to set it into manual mode and thus it is able to be done by any operator (more likely a lead).

I don't understand disney and there ride operation rules. If it is true that they allow ride operators the ability to control when trains go over the hill or when they get sent into the breaks then I don't wanna go on one of there rides. I don't trust ride operators...(no offense to all of the good oens on this site) but it seems like they goof off to much at certain places and don't take there job seriously. Maybe not at disney.

Once again I am not trying to be rude or mean when I say these things. They are just personal opinion.