It looks like there's been another incident! :o The back car in one of the trains derailed while it was moving slowly. No one was injured.
glad to hear noone hurt or injured, without this sounding selfish i hope that this isnt closed when i visit in december its one of my faves!
If it was just the one train that had the problem, they'll probably just check the wheels on all of the cars, tighten all the nuts and bolts and maybe replace the train with a different one.
Oh dear lord it's falling apart. Let's hope we don't see the events of California appear over here.
I'm sure it won't, but two indents in one year on the same ride. The only time a ride has had several in one year was mission space at epcot.
Oh dear
There aren't many details yet apparently, but here is the link:
http://disneybrit.com/2011/10/disneylan ... -reported/ (http://disneybrit.com/2011/10/disneyland-paris-big-thunder-accident-reported/%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;)
I hope it isn't anything too bad.
According to
@Photomagiques on Twitter, nobody was hurt or anything. So that's some 'good' news, I guess...
Quote@Photosmagiques: Another Big Thunder Mountain incident this evening the last car of a train derailed while riding at low speed No injuries
Ah good news!
Hi
Big thunder mountain was shut down last night and fire crew were going into it. Looks like it's not going to open for Mickeys not so scary arty later. The big green boards are up and staying up so far. Oh dear :cry:
Yep. There was an accident, yesterday. :( See this topic:
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=11016&start=60 (https://forum.dlpguide.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=11016&start=60%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;)
Oh dear , we were On a train waiting to depart and they took us off. Glad that I wasn't up there but a shame for the party. Feel a bit cheated but would rather be safe. Had been looking forward to it as the Q time was 90 mins some days.
You were about to get on when it happened? :o Gosh.
That must mean the derailment happened on the island. Where were the fire crews going?
They were going up into the mountain. About 7 in total. Yeah we were right on the train waiting to go. Excited too as it had broken down on our last fast pass too.
The train is still in the sme place stuck on the last outside climb.
Official tweets about the incident from @Disney_ParisFR:
QuoteCe soir, un incident à faible vitesse est survenu sur l'attraction Big Thunder Mountain. Aucun blessé n'est à déplorer. #Disneyland Paris
http://twitter.com/#!/Disney_ParisFR/st ... 8462496769 (http://twitter.com/#!/Disney_ParisFR/status/129661198462496769%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;)
QuoteL'attraction est fermée pour vérification comme le veut la procédure. #Disneyland Paris
http://twitter.com/#!/Disney_ParisFR/st ... 0292874241 (http://twitter.com/#!/Disney_ParisFR/status/129661340292874241%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;)
Basically - an incident occurred at low speed on the Big Thunder Mountain attraction this evening. No one was hurt. The attraction is closed for checks as is normal procedure.
Nothing mentioned on the English @Disney_ParisEN account, but then personally I don't think incidents like this need to be mentioned on their public Twitter feed at all, especially this kind of uselessly vague statement simply announcing an "incident" with no detail. Should their followers just make it up in their head? They should have a separate official channel for press releases. Posting out 140-character statements looks very unprofessional.
Photo of the closed entrance from 1 hour ago: http://twitpic.com/7706z4 (http://twitpic.com/7706z4%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;)
BTMRR does not have much luck in any of the parks!
tokyo has never had problems. but then tokyo never has problems
I had a fastpass time for 50 minutes after this happened O.o
We were in the queue for Indiana Jones when people were talking about how BTM had just closed, and when we came off and went over to check, sure enough it was shut down.
Then the next day (Friday) they had put boards around it and there were people in suits telling everyone that they had "Technical Issues".
I only just found out it crashed. I'm glad no one was seriously injured like in California. :(
Big Thunder Mountain reopened this morning.
"We confirm the reopening of Big Thunder Mountain this morning, after the authorities made all the verifications and gave us their approval."
http://twitter.com/#!/Disney_ParisEN/st ... 0138564608 (http://twitter.com/#!/Disney_ParisEN/status/130958270138564608%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;)
Again, another random tweet which would leave anyone unfamiliar with the situation completely confused/concerned!
I'm confused, BTM opened today but will be closed again tomorrow (1st) until 14th November, I thought the closure was related to the derailment as it wasn't announced on the schedule until today. To re-open and close again doesn't make much sense??
No, And why is it closing for a refurb after the lengthy refurb in may?
Quote from: "MrsPirate"I'm confused, BTM opened today but will be closed again tomorrow (1st) until 14th November, I thought the closure was related to the derailment as it wasn't announced on the schedule until today. To re-open and close again doesn't make much sense??
Good news, it's now been removed from the closure schedule
I just saw a photo of the derailment on the Disney and More blog. :o
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I hope they don't mind if I hotlink the image here.
What I don't understand is, how exactly did it derail? Roller coaster trains have so many wheels on them (upstops); they're literally bolted to the track. Did something break, snap or come loose?
Knowing that Big Thunder Mountain can suddenly derail doesn't give me much confidence in riding it in the future. I know these things are rare, but there's nothing particularly fun about being harnessed/trapped in a roller coaster car, that can suddenly leave the track!
It almost looks like one wheel might have snapped off. I can only see one wheel on that car