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Cast member dies from injury during "Epic" rehearsal

Posted 08-18-2009 at 08:02 PM by Mark Goldhaber (Mark My Words)

Monday night, a cast member was injured during a rehearsal of the Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular at Disney's Hollywood Studios park, and later died from the injury.

The performer was performing a tumbling roll when the injury occurred. He was transported to the hospital by paramedics, but he died later that night. Disney notified the Orange County Sheriff’s Office and OSHA of the accident.

Walt Disney World spokeswoman Zoraya Suarez told MousePlanet "We’ve lost...
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Free dining at Walt Disney World through December 17!

Posted 07-24-2009 at 10:48 AM by Mark Goldhaber (Mark My Words)
Updated 07-24-2009 at 11:15 AM by Mark Goldhaber (Added blackout dates.)

The down economy continues to challenge Disney to fill their hotel rooms, which is resulting in a continuing stream of deals for you!

Walt Disney World has just announced free dining packages for September 27 through December 17. Right now it's only available to Disney Visa cardmembers (use codes EVN or GCA), but it will open for general availability on Sunday morning.

NOTE: This offer is not available November 25-28, the Wednesday through Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend....
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NTSB: Driver of Monorail Purple tried to avoid crash

Posted 07-08-2009 at 06:25 PM by Mark Goldhaber (Mark My Words)

Austin Wuennenberg, the monorail operator killed in Sunday morning's accident, may have helped to keep the passengers on Monorail Purple from injury.

The National Transportation Safety Board released a "factual information" media advisory today related to its investigation into the collision. The facts appear to be very similar to those that were reported in Monday's Walt Disney World Update and Tuesday's MouseStation Podcast.

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Walt Disney World Monorails crash, killing one

Posted 07-05-2009 at 08:26 AM by Mark Goldhaber (Mark My Words)
Updated 07-05-2009 at 01:03 PM by Mark Goldhaber (Continuing updates as information becomes available.)

At approximately 2:00 this morning, Monorail Pink collided with Monorail Purple at the Transportation and Ticket Center (TTC), killing Austin Wuennenberg, 21, the pilot of Monorail Purple. The pilot of Monorail Pink was injured in the accident, but the six park guests aboard Monorail Purple were not injured.


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Walt Disney World to test out new Wishes Fireworks Dessert Party

Posted 06-19-2009 at 02:07 PM by Mark Goldhaber (Mark My Words)

Apparently, Disney will be testing a new Wishes Fireworks Dessert Party in the Magic Kingdom starting on Tuesday.

The test will run from June 23 through Saturday, August 29, "near" the Tomorrowland Terrace Noodle Station. Our guess is that it probably will be in the Noodle Station's lower seating area and possibly the middle level, as well. There's really no other area that can accommodate the 160 people (maximum) that the party will allow aside from the smoking area, which would...
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