Disney Reorganizes WDW Transportation Management
Disney announced that Jim Vendur will oversee both operations and maintenance of the Walt Disney Word transportation system that includes the 15-mile monorail, ferryboats and a fleet of about 300 buses, according to the Orlando Sentinel. Vendur is a vice president who was previously in charge of the transportation maintenance.
Disney stated that this restructuring was already in the works before the system encountered a turbulent summer, with much publicized incidents.
In July, two Disney monorail trains collided, claiming the life of monorail driver Austin Wuennenberg, 21. The crash appears to have been due at least partly to human error, but is still being investigated by two federal agencies.
Two weeks later, two Disney buses crashed and about a dozen passengers suffered minor injuries.
Last Thursday, Disney brought 300 buses to a halt for several hours after a suspicious device was found mounted under one bus. It was eventually determined to be harmless.
The Orlando Sentinel has more information on the change.
