Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site uwmacc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!uwvax!uwmacc!oyster From: oyster@uwmacc.UUCP (Vicious Oyster) Newsgroups: net.travel Subject: Re: EPCOT- monrail fire (?) Message-ID: <2005@uwmacc.UUCP> Date: Thu, 27-Feb-86 10:05:08 EST Article-I.D.: uwmacc.2005 Posted: Thu Feb 27 10:05:08 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 1-Mar-86 16:44:24 EST References: <894@hou2d.UUCP> Reply-To: oyster@uwmacc.UUCP (Vicious Oyster) Organization: UWisconsin-Madison Academic Comp Center Lines: 21 In article <894@hou2d.UUCP> lws@hou2d.UUCP (lwsamocha) writes: >>From the keys of Steve Henning, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, PA mhuxl!smh >>One caution, they had the monorail fire while we were there. ... >>Disney Corp. is >>great at avoiding bad publicity so it didn't hit too many papers but it >>was scary. > >HUH? >Please expand on this. I do not remember reading or hearing >anything about a fire at Disneyworld. >I guess their PR people must really be good at putting a lid >on this kind of thing afterall! > I worked at a large amusement park many years ago, and you can be assured that they take great measures to keep any negative publicity (which would impact gate receipts, and hence profit) scarce. Disney, Inc., with their many years in the business, is probably very good at this. - Joel ({allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!oyster)