10 Year Old Boy Killed By Bus On Disney Property

[XGatorHead 8904]

http://www.wcpo.com/...N6DmZGu3wA.cspx

He was apparently riding his bike near Fort Wilderness and hit by the bus. So sad that something like this happened when the family was just there to have fun.

[Colonel_SoB_fan]

Disney has had some bad luck recently it seems like

[bkroz]

Wow, so awful. Disney Transportation has been all over the news, and I fear people will start to assume there's a problem within their transportation system. These are terrible, isolated instances. So many lives have been changed in irreversible ways from each and every problem. First and foremost, thoughts and prayers must go out to the family, the school, the friends, and everyone who is touched by this tragedy.

[XGatorHead 8904]

More on this:

http://www.wesh.com/entertainment/23026301/detail.html

[Browntggrr]

I wonder if pedestrians allowed to walk/ run/ ride bikes on those roads?

I know that at CP (which is obviously much different than Disney) people are not allowed on the access road going around the park to the hotels/ Lighthouse Point.

Either way, it's a very sad story.

[PREMiERdrum]

I wonder if pedestrians allowed to walk/ run/ ride bikes on those roads?

I know that at CP (which is obviously much different than Disney) people are not allowed on the access road going around the park to the hotels/ Lighthouse Point.

Either way, it's a very sad story.

This roadway, at least, has a nice wide sidewalk alongside of it. The way the tent and tarp are placed at the scene, it looks as though the child may have slipped his bike down off the sidewalk and into the roadway.

Very, very sad. Of all places to die...

[Diamondback FOF]

I just read an AP story about this, and it said the side walk didn't have a curb, and the boy somehow ended up in the street.

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Things like this just break my heart, so sad.

[BoddaH1994]

Disney has had some bad luck recently it seems like

I think that's a half-truth.

Granted, Disney has been directly involved in all of these incidents but you have to remember that Disney World IS the city of Lake Buena Vista. So imagine every time someone got hit by a car, or had a heart attack, or robbed a bank in the city of Cincinnati, Kings Island's name was attached to it. It would look like KI had a string of bad luck, but in reality it's just a sad part of day to day life.

[Diamondback FOF]

Seriously? Disney is the city of Lake Buena Vista? I thought it was just a large part (pretty much a city in a city), but there was still more to the city of Lake Buena Vista.

[BoddaH1994]

As of the 2000 census, there were 16 people, 9 households, and 5 families residing in the city. I'm willing to go as far as saying that, with only a few small exceptions, the Walt Disney World Resort makes up the city.

[CoastersRZ]

Well, technically Walt Disney World is bigger than Lake Buena Vista. The Reedy Creek Improvement District is the governing body that governs the land upon which the Walt Disney World Resort sits. It includes the cities of Lake Buena Vista and Bay Lake, and other un-incorporated land owned by Disney. Originally, the city of Lake Buena Vista was named Reedy Creek, before being renamed in the early 1970s.

As Ryan stated, both the City of Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista have virtually non existent permanent populations. Per the 2000 census, Bay Lake had 23 permanent residents, and Lake Buena Vista had 16 permanent residents.

Reedy Creek Improvement district handles many of the essential functions within the Walt Disney World Resort, including the fire department, sewage, water, and gas and electric utilities. About the only essential function that is not provided is the police department which is provided by the Orange County Sheriff`s office.

RCID also handles the building permit process in the district. In fact, the building codes used in the Reedy Creek Improvement District are separate from the Florida Building Codes. In fact, per this site (which if you read it, contains some outdated information) http://www.rcid.org/Dept_Building_Safety.cfm, the building code used in RCID is called the EPCOT codes. Although after the introduction of the International Building Code in 2000 (upon which most states now base their building codes), the EPCOT codes now refer to the IBC for most of the code language. The building code is updated every three years. (For those wondering, the 2007 Ohio Building Code makes reference to the 2006 IBC).

I bet that was way more information than anyone cared to gain about the Reedy Creek Improvement District.

Yes, these accidents are tragic. Anytime a bid is hit by a bus it is tragic. Just look at the recent story in Cincinnati about the little girl who was killed crossing her cul-de-sac to get to a different school bus! But while the permanent resident totals in the cities within the improvement district are minor, they see millions of tourists a year. At a lecture I attended at UC in which there were several Imagineers from Disney presenting, they offered up this bit of wisdom. If there is a curb that is slightly too high, and it causes 1 out of every 100,000 people to trip and get hurt that is too much. Why? Because multiply that number by a magnitude of two. Instead of just one person per 100,000, you get 100 people per 10 million, which is a much higher number, and about the attendance of one of the Disney parks in a year!

I think I am now done with this epically long post.

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Thanks Robbie that was very informational and I enjoyed the read.

[The Interpreter]

And now an 80 year old Disney bus driver allegedly struck two passenger vehicles:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/yb3ssjd

[DeLorean Rider]

As Ryan stated, both the City of Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista have virtually non existent permanent populations. Per the 2000 census, Bay Lake had 23 permanent residents, and Lake Buena Vista had 16 permanent residents.

Those people that are residents of Walt Disney World are there to serve as a voting public for when Disney wants to pass legislation that they would not otherwise be able to pass if the land was strictly commercial use. Because there are residents within Disney's cities they can vote on their behalf. The people living on property are all cast members who's residency is co-Dependant on their status as employees.

There are two locations for which they live in. The Lake Buena Vista residents live off of Buena Vista Drive in a small subdivision that I'm sure many of you have passed right by many times. The Bay Lake people live in a small trailer park esq environment off of Reams Road.

Here is the location of the Bay Lake residents:

Here is the location of the Lake Buena Vista Residents: