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    Squirrel on Tracks Halts Monorail at Grand Floridian

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    I for one would have been perfectly alright with the wait! I do find it pretty comical, though! Too bad it wasn't a chipmunk!

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    So glad I wasn't on that monorail!

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    That made my DD laugh for ages!

     

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    Aww he was so cute and when he laid down for a second, too sweet. I think it's nice the driver didn't squish it. Thanks for sharing.

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    Squirrel on Tracks Halts Monorail at Grand Floridian

    That is unacceptable for Disney in my opinion. The people on the monorail are paying good money to be at Disney and they have to sit on a monorail for 45 min just because of a little squirrel! That is unacceptable for Disney!!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Disney1218freak View Post
    That is unacceptable for Disney in my opinion. The people on the monorail are paying good money to be at Disney and they have to sit on a monorail for 45 min just because of a little squirrel! That is unacceptable for Disney!!
    Anything other than the way this was handled would have been unacceptable. Kudos to the driver and her supervisors for allowing her to take this course of action.
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    So imagine if the monorail did run the squirrel over, then there would be so many upset people and children. So the driver did the right thing! I agree, Kudos to the driver!

    Could you imagine the headlines? "Monorail runs over squirrel and killing it." ASPCA would be all over that one!

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    We've seen them wait for ducks to move off the tracks at DL. Not for 45 minutes but quite a while.

    It was kind of fun, actually.

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    that poor squirrel. Can you imagine how terrified it was that this big thing is coming after it and honking at it. then as it runs away it runs in to a huge crowd of people. I for one am happy that the driver waited for the squirrel to get off the track.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Disney1218freak View Post
    That is unacceptable for Disney in my opinion.
    It's really hard for me to believe that this is what you really think. What were the options? Wait it out or run it over. Those were the options. Disney doesn't control the wildlife around its property. If a squirrel gets on the track, then they have to wait it out. Or do you now want legal to step in and put fences and nets around everything to make sure a critter doesn't get on the track?
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    I think it's interesting that everyone is assuming that it was an isolated decision on the monorail pilot's part. Don't you think that the pilot was likely in continual contact with the tower, and that the tower had the final decision?


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    It would almost have to be that way. Otherwise the tower would be yelling at the driver to get the lead out.

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    Regardless of what the tower says, I think it's actually the DRIVER that really has the final say. The assumption that it's the other way around is that the driver would care more about his/her job than a life. If I were in the situation, I don't think I'd be able to run it over even if my superior was telling me to. And in the end, it's the driver at the controls of the train, not the tower. The tower could be yelling bloody murder (pun intended), but that doesn't mean the driver HAS to listen if they are willing to risk losing their job to save an innocent animal's life. Sure, if the tower is saying to move and the driver refuses, the driver could lose their job, but just because the driver held back doesn't mean the tower gave him/her permission.

    However, I would like to think they did.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Disney1218freak View Post
    That is unacceptable for Disney!!
    What would you have them do?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Disney1218freak View Post
    That is unacceptable for Disney in my opinion. The people on the monorail are paying good money to be at Disney and they have to sit on a monorail for 45 min just because of a little squirrel! That is unacceptable for Disney!!
    Oh come on! Squishing A squirrel in front of families would surely have been worse. It was cute. 45 minutes of cuteness on vacation. Everyone's got time for that!
     

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    based on the general consensus (thus far), probably a good thing I wasn't driving (what squirrel?)

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    Compassion for anyone weaker than us is what makes us human. Way to go monorail pilot!

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    Awesome Video!

    Not sure if anyone has seen this, I came across it on God Vine, but it just shows how great WDW CM's are!! Even for a little squirrel!

    http://www.godvine.com/Squirrel-Stop...-End-1576.html


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    DisneyDaisie, I merged your thread with one already in progress. Thanks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by iceman559 View Post
    See the Video Here

    I for one would have been perfectly alright with the wait! I do find it pretty comical, though! Too bad it wasn't a chipmunk!
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