Scary experience on the monorail from our trip...

Never, ever, ever stick your arm in a closing elevator door unless it's okay if you lose it. Use a purse, bag, phone and wave it in front of the eye in an emergency (unless the elevator is buzzing and then you have kept the door open too long and it is going to close none the less). Or hit the door open button.

Great point. I see people put their arm/bag/STROLLER in subway closing doors all the time.
 
So, just letting you all know, monorails can break down at any time and sensors can break down so be cautious when walking off monorails from now on.

I'm really sorry that happened to you guys. It can be scary to think about what "could" have happened. Although, that baby is pretty well protected in that belly of hers ;) I can't tell you how many times I smacked my own pregnant ginormous belly into a counter, a table, etc. As far as I know, my kids are fine. LOL

But I do kind of think that the quoted statement is a given. KWIM? I mean, it's mechanical, and operated by people (human error). So of course it's prone to malfunctioning from time to time.

But again, sorry that happened to you.
 
Hello everyone...

My wife and I just returned from a GREAT trip at the Walt Disney World resort.

However, we had a scare the last couple days we were there. My wife is close to 6 months pregnant and we were riding the monorail to go see Wishes at Magic Kingdom.

On the monorail we were on, it was taking a while for the monorail to actually open up the door...it seems like they were trying to shift to line up to the metal gates?

Finally, the doors opened and everyone was getting out. My wife and I were on the tail end of the crowds. All of a sudden, the doors closed right in front of our faces, leaving us trapped. The people right next to us had a double stroller and the door closed right in the middle of a double stroller...there was also a little girl approaching and getting in and the doors closed on her and she was screaming and crying because she was trapped.

It could have been a terrible experience if my wife would have just walked out in the middle when the doors were closing and it could have smashed into her belly.

So, the monorail people were trying to get everything figured out. Finally, they got the doors open. However, NO ONE checked to see if we were ok or did anything to try to make us feel better. My wife was shaken up the entire night. The people with the double strollers were complaining to the monorail people and asked, "What are you going to do for us now that you have made all my family nervous?" It was not a pretty sight.

My wife and I are now a little paranoid when exiting monorails because of what happened. So, just letting you all know, monorails can break down at any time and sensors can break down so be cautious when walking off monorails from now on.

But that's also a problem for the Cast Members. Guest #1 might just want to exit and get to Wishes while Guest #15 wants five Fastpasses to make up for the event. Sure, leave Guest #1 go but what do you do with Guest #15 and a crowd of people around? Give out five Fastpasses to those left and have to deal with others who come back and now want five Fastpasses?

As others have mentioned throughout this thread, expectations of "compensation" vary wildly. From nothing (like this original poster) to Fastpasses. What does a Cast Member do to make it fair to all without making a huge incident to affect others not even involved (and you know people out there would take advantage without even being near the monorail at that time).

Let's face it, unless you were personally there and experienced this, you shouldn't be saying what kind of compensation should have been given out (or not given out).
 
oh my heavens people: some of yall are being just MEAN!

op: i am so sorry that happened to you. while pregnant, balance can be off as it is so that was probably a VERY close call for you for something awful to have happened!


thank you for the heads up for monorail!
 


...it's mechanical, and operated by people (human error). So of course it's prone to malfunctioning from time to time.
Now this would be my comment. I was under the impression the doors are not automatic and somebody had to physically push the button to close them. I would send an email to Disney to let them know this happened. Disney seems to be having a lot of issues with the monorail system at this time and it may be time for the management staff to move on. On our last trip a older gentleman slipped and fell as he was getting on the train. The station CMs just stood there and watched while other guests picked him up. They did not talk to him nor even checked on him... I guess they did not want to go though the investigation that i assume Disney does when something happens... We our selves had an issue with a station CM who insisted we squeeze our wheel chair onto a full car. When we did not want to and he got nasty. Most of the station CMs are great, i like to talk to them between trains and they are usually friendly and interesting but you do get one here and there that just isn't on the ball or seems to not care. The OP should send an email to Disney to let them know it happened. I would bet it was never reported.
 
Thanks for the heads up regarding the monorail doors. My family will pay more attention when we are exiting now.

It makes me sad that people are so worried about lawsuits and so centered on themselves that they can't be bothered to ask if you are ok when something like this occurs. A simple gesture of kindness should not be too much to ask.

I don't post here a lot because there are so many people whose first instinct is to be mean.
 


Wow talk about making a mountain out of a mole hill (no pregnancy pun intended ;))

Bottom line: Monorail doors can close unexpectedly. Be aware of your surroundings people.
 
I glanced through this thread and see that it' gone off in different directions and comments based on what people perceived from original post.

Bottom line to me is I don't trust the monorails and prefer not to use them at Disney. This post along with other posts and personal experience of monorails getting stuck, being delayed and having to wait on the track or service being interrupted due to a problem makes me rather take the bus!

We enjoy the EPCOT resorts and in staying there most of our trips very rarely need to use the monorail.

One thing I do wish they would do and maybe need to do is offer bus service from EPCOT to MK. One day we were leaving EPCOT to go to MK and I suggested we try a bus and well, duh, there are no buses from EPCOT to MK. Yes it makes sense as there is the monorail, but maybe if they alleviate some of the monorail traffic it will help cut back on break downs and malfunctions....
 
:eek: Sorry for your experience OP. Too make you feel better, a few years ago I was on a crowded monorail with my friends and a small child was having a full conversation with her finger and then staring at me with this evil eye. I was and still am convinced she was a demon child cursing me to the depths of the extinct land of Mr Toads Wild Ride. :woohoo:
 
That would not be a pleasant experience, but I doubt anyone was seriously injured. If (which is pointless to talk about "ifs", since it's over and done with) your wife would've been nailed in the stomach, she and the baby likely would've been fine. Women take hits all the time during pregnancies. No, it's not ideal, but the mothers body is a fairly safe and protective environment. This must be your first baby?
 
I just want to say that the OP didn't say he wanted compensation, He also did said the mother or father were complaining asking what they were going to do about it. That doesn't always mean $$ or stuff.
I'm sorry, if I am pushing a double stroller out with my 2 kids and a door closes with half my family hanging out, I think I would be more worried about this NEVER happening again and my words to a CM might be "what are you going to do about it". Same as this parent. Never did OP say mom jammed the stroller in to try and stop the doors from closing. Where does this stuff come from???:confused3
We weren't there so instead of making up our own scenario let's just use the OPs. Sorry this happened to you OP. I hope they fixed it. Machines are suppose to work properly or be fixed.

P.S. Snakes was a little funny. Inside joke, I guess!!
 
troyseyfert said:
Whoa...whoa...whoa people....

Was gone for a little while and look what happened.

Want to address a few things:

1) As far as the "snake comment", I was trying to address that you don't put something up in a thread like that. Not trying to gain extra sympathy.

2) People have been misreading, misreading, misreading. My OP was about warning people. I'm not trying to gain sympathy. I was surprised about the reactions of the CM's, but I wasn't trying to gain extra sympahty.It was other people that took it too far...which takes me to my 3rd point...

3) All of you who have said, "Well, if it was me..." do not fully understand. Her belly could have gone right up against the door and smashed in there...you're trying to make light of what we had felt. And until you actually experience it, you can't try to put in your two cents or you end up saying something wrong.

4) I might have only 67 posts, but I have been to Disneyworld 8 times in the past 7 years...so guess what, I know a lot...I just don't post much on Disboards...I was trying to warn everyone about the monorail malfunction...that's it. Guess I should have thought about what I had posted before. Not much love here, is there?

So let me see if I understand you - we shouldn't comment unless we've experienced what you did, but you originally posted this as a warning to others. Am I the only one that sees a disconnect there?
 
There are a lot of parents who have been through pregnancy or the pregnancy of people we love. I fell on ice down a flight of stairs at 7 months. Scary yes. But babies and pregnant abdomens are tough stuff. Was I scared, yes. But experience says that thankfully she wasn't squished and that it is better to let it go. Dwelling doesn't do either of you any benefit.
 
Thank you for the warning OP. I will add it to my growing list of concerns with the monorail. I have to agree with others that it's a shame some posters work so hard to create drama where there was none.
 
So let me see if I understand you - we shouldn't comment unless we've experienced what you did, but you originally posted this as a warning to others. Am I the only one that sees a disconnect there?

I think it's just a first time parents freaked out because they have this vision in their head of their child being smashed inside the wives belly. Which... is not likely going to happen from a monorail door. I can't even imagine how it would shut on a pregnant belly, I mean it's not like an arm. But, I think the problem is they are just a paranoid first time parent. I honestly don't think they are trying to cause drama, but I think they just wanted an outlet for their nerves. And, when everyone didn't say, "Oh you poor thing", they felt slighted.

I guess I can't say I've had a personal experience of having an accident while pregnant (because I've never been pregnant, I hate babies, I love kids, but I hate babies), but growing up in farm counting I've seen plenty of pregnant bellies take hits/kicks from animals, doors, machinery, etc.. I've only known one person to miscarry as a result, and that was a domestic violence situation.
 
3) All of you who have said, "Well, if it was me..." do not fully understand. Her belly could have gone right up against the door and smashed in there...you're trying to make light of what we had felt. And until you actually experience it, you can't try to put in your two cents or you end up saying something wrong.

I think a lot of us understand better than you think. First time parents freak out about everything, but those of us who have been there and are past it can't help but find it amusing. Trust me, there is simply no way that the monorail doors could have caused your wife to lose the baby - that baby is incredibly well protected.
 

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