FunFinder265....Cody 36 Posted September 5, 2016 Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 Local news, WFTV, reported a story that a firework from the Star Wars show went rogue. I haven't been able to watch the video as my wifi out here is spotty. Video: Misfire during Disney's Star Wars fireworks show causes rogue explosion on roadway http://www.wftv.com/news/local/video-misfire-during-disneys-star-wars-fireworks-show-causes-rogue-explosion-on-roadway/437330280 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fladogfan aka Gretchen 259 Posted September 5, 2016 Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 Scary for the car's riders. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
arthuruscg 34 Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 I am surprised the road is not shut down during the fireworks. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
djsamuel 322 Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 13 hours ago, arthuruscg said: I am surprised the road is not shut down during the fireworks. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk Since this occurred on World Drive, that would certainly cause a major traffic headache each night, especially since the Studios Fireworks start 30 minutes after Illuminations. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tri-Circle-D 2,059 Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 9 minutes ago, djsamuel said: Since this occurred on World Drive, that would certainly cause a major traffic headache each night, especially since the Studios Fireworks start 30 minutes after Illuminations. Didn't Disney just move the launch location for the Hollywood Studios fireworks to that spot across World Drive? Don't they close down the roads behind the Magic Kingdom when they launch MK fireworks? It seems like someone may have goofed by relocating the Hollywood Studios fireworks launch site to the spot near World Drive. TCD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
djsamuel 322 Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 3 hours ago, Tri-Circle-D said: Didn't Disney just move the launch location for the Hollywood Studios fireworks to that spot across World Drive? Don't they close down the roads behind the Magic Kingdom when they launch MK fireworks? It seems like someone may have goofed by relocating the Hollywood Studios fireworks launch site to the spot near World Drive. TCD A couple of weeks ago, they were shooting them off on the Studios side of World Drive as we were driving by. Good question though. I didn't know they were relocating them. I thought that spot across from Studios was just for retention ponds. Yes, they do close the roads behind the Magic Kingdom during fireworks; at Center Drive for Wishes, and at the Contemporary for the special fireworks like MNSSHP. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tri-Circle-D 2,059 Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 31 minutes ago, djsamuel said: A couple of weeks ago, they were shooting them off on the Studios side of World Drive as we were driving by. Good question though. I didn't know they were relocating them. I thought that spot across from Studios was just for retention ponds. Yes, they do close the roads behind the Magic Kingdom during fireworks; at Center Drive for Wishes, and at the Contemporary for the special fireworks like MNSSHP. This article is one of many I recall reading about them moving the fireworks launch area to the other side of World Drive: http://blogmickey.com/2016/02/new-hollywood-studios-fireworks-launch-site-under-construction/ Here's some photos from that article: Before construction: During: As the article explains, the reason for moving the launch area was because they had to close down parts of the park when launching fireworks from the old launch area, which was located in the area of now closed Backlot Tour. What boggles my mind is that they used to take the precaution of closing parts of the park to guests when the fireworks launch area was close to where guests would be, but then they move it to right next to a road and allow normal traffic on the road? Fireworks exploding on a roadway could easily cause a fatal accident. That's why they close roads for the MK fireworks. TCD djsamuel 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
djsamuel 322 Posted September 9, 2016 Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 You may see them rethinking this. There's no way they would close World Drive since it is the main road out of Disney. But you are right, the risk would seem, to me anyway, unacceptable. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
arthuruscg 34 Posted September 11, 2016 Report Share Posted September 11, 2016 Close the rd or move the fireworks. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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