Three Walt Disney World Monorail Cast Members Suspended
Walt Disney World officials have announced that three Cast Members have been suspended with pay after Sunday's deadly monorail crash.
A monorail shop cast member,
the on duty monorail transportation manager
and a monorail pilot
were suspended due to the pending investigation, not disciplinary action. No names or further details have been given.
A wish I never made, come true
Fri, 07/10/2009 - 19:33 — Zanna DiMarzioThe Story of how a Disney Guest became a Disney Cast Member.
It had never been a lifelong dream of mine to work at Disney World. Honestly, from the time I fist remember visiting the park in 1982, it simply never occurred to me that just anyone could work there. So I went about my life, visiting often, content but never really wishing that could be me. Even when I was able to do a special behind-the-scenes tour of the Magic Kingdom at age 10 (they don’t run that tour anymore for those under 16 for fear of traumatizing children with a view of a headless Mickey), the people that worked there seemed to be on some separate plane of existence. They weren’t just employees at a job, they were Cast Members - part of the magic. I never thought that would one day be me.
Preliminary NTSB report on Monorail Accident released
Cast Member Austin Wuennenberg, hailed as a Hero
America’s National Transportation Safety Board has released a preliminary statement on the fatal collision of two Walt Disney World Monorails that left 21 year old cast member Austin Wuennenberg dead. This is just a preliminary report and the full report may take 6 months or more.
I fount the following comments from John Frost of the Disney Blog to be very poignant –
Hogwarts is looking for a Senior Disney Cast Member!
Interactive Disney Community Developments.
In the last couple of days I have added a couple of new features to the site that I’d like to share with you.
In the last couple of months there have been a couple of articles from the front page of the site that have drawn a lot of attention from the world outside of our Disney Cast Member community. Pages like the write up of the 2009 Layoffs and the Book of Remembrance for Austin Wuennenberg, the Cast Member who sadly died in the WDW Monorail accident of July 5, 2009 have attracted the attention of Disneyphiles, Fans and many others.
Austin Wuennenberg – Book of Rememberence
Walt Disney World – Monorail Pilot – Cast Member – Passed July 5, 2009
On July 5, 2009, in its first and only fatal accident, the WDW Monorail lost a Cast Member in an accident. As Cast Members, Disneyphiles and fans I invite you to leave your thoughts for the family and friends of this Cast Member taken from us too young.
Thank You.
Tim Jennings
Founder of After the Mouse.com
The Cast Member community.
Monorail Accident - Former Pilot Speaks
A former Monorail Pilot has made a video with what looks to be the best explanation so far of exactly what happened on July 5th, 2009 that resulted in the tragic death of a fellow Monorail Pilot Austin Wuennenberg, aged 21.
Cast Member, A Title To Be Proud of
Twitter, the global phenomenon de jour – has been credited in many sources as having been the broken the story of the tragic death of Cast Member Austin Wuennenberg in the WDW Monorail accident of July 5, 2009. Certainly the news of this terrible accident has been all over the Micro-Blogging site in the last 48 hours.
Monorail Collision - One Cast Member Sadly Dead
Reports are coming in about the monorail collision overnight at the Epcot Station. The incident happened around 2:00 AM when it apears that a Pink monorail train collided with a purple monorail train at the station, killing its driver. Our condolences go out to the family of this Cast Member, his friends and the Disney Cast for their loss.
Statement from Disney:
In Encore!, Disney World Cast Members Perform for Good Cause
One of the amazing aspects of Walt Disney World is all the amazing talent the cast members have. Not just those who audition for roles in the stage shows, but also front line cast members who are great performers in their own right.
Encore! Cast Choir and Orchestra - a volunteer ensemble of nearly 300 talented Disney Cast Members - is currently in rehearsals for their next production, “Revolution! - A Musical Flashback to the 60’s and 70’s.” Shows are planned for July 23-25, 2009 at Epcot World ShowPlace and tickets are available to the general public.
