Please stand clear of the doors… In this case, that’s a warning that shouldn’t be taken lightly as Monorail Red took off with passengers inside and the doors still open. Several days ago the monorail doors malfunctioned on its way to Epcot at Walt Disney World.
We all know that love is an open door, of course that’s only as long as it’s not a monorail door. A video posted to social media recently is quite concerning as a door on one of the Disney World monorails was open while the train was in motion.
As you can see in the video, guests were on board the monorail at the time of the incident and though they may be giggling at the mishap this was clearly an unsafe situation.
The person who posted the video wrote in the post, “Monorail red is not having a good day and I’m having a panic attack.”
A second video uploaded by the same user showed the door remained open as it arrived at the Epcot station.
It’s unclear, at this point, how the doors opened in the first place, but no injuries were reported.
To make sure this doesn’t happen the doors of each monorail car are equipped with sensors that alert the driver if any doors are still open before they depart. Obviously this system must have malfunctioned in this case. Lucky no one was hurt during the incident.
Stickers were recently placed on the monorail doors by Disney that read: “Caution: Do not lean against door.” It’s not clear if the warning signs were in response to the incident.