tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post3763091224440863316..comments2024-03-18T04:26:52.991-07:00Comments on Meet The World: America Sings Opening & Cast Member Tragedy - 1974TokyoMagic!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-71996609290934898852016-06-02T02:47:49.448-07:002016-06-02T02:47:49.448-07:00I have friends who worked in Tomorrowland and Amer...I have friends who worked in Tomorrowland and America Sings with her. She had just gotten engaged. It was devastating to everyone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-62156519505236172692016-05-27T08:26:25.711-07:002016-05-27T08:26:25.711-07:00BTW, I forwarded this item along to a FB site dedi...BTW, I forwarded this item along to a FB site dedicated to those CMs who have passed on. It prompted a number of comments of CMs familiar with the incident...one of whom was working on the attraction that night.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-50762123235237469832016-05-13T11:35:29.472-07:002016-05-13T11:35:29.472-07:00KS, I'm glad to hear that the link was able to...KS, I'm glad to hear that the link was able to provide you with more information. Thanks for leaving a comment!TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-62843725804493835352016-05-13T10:50:54.418-07:002016-05-13T10:50:54.418-07:00Thank you for posting this remembrance. Being a C...Thank you for posting this remembrance. Being a CM at the time (on the Westside), the news spread around the Park like wildfire. All of us were saddened and shocked. Reading the article at the blog you cited helped to bring back the memories. Since there was no formal ceremony by Disney for the employee family, I learned more about Debbie today than I ever knew before. KSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-90510295010368646672016-05-12T10:16:09.109-07:002016-05-12T10:16:09.109-07:00Major, It is a little surprising, but we have to s...Major, It is a little surprising, but we have to stop and remember that things were very different back then. I wrote to them quite a bit in the mid to late seventies and always received a personal letter back. More often than not, the letter would be accompanied by either the latest issue of Disney News Magazine, a publicity photo, a decal, or even a Disneyland pictorial souvenir book, if you can believe that! Yep, it was a different time altogether.TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-81101519121227815822016-05-12T09:51:46.664-07:002016-05-12T09:51:46.664-07:00As always, I am amazed that they took the time to ...As always, I am amazed that they took the time to answer your question personally - no form letter response. A few years ago I wrote a real letter (not an email) to Disneyland, to compliment them on the cast members that had impressed me so much the day before. I received a letter back, but it was obviously the most generic "thank you".Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-27689994970193745522016-05-07T03:05:45.756-07:002016-05-07T03:05:45.756-07:00Connie, It's nice to hear from you! I hope al...Connie, It's nice to hear from you! I hope all has been well with you!<br /><br />Ken, I think David Koenig writes in one of his books about how the guests would constantly ask the cast members working the attraction, for details about the death. I think one female cast member said in order to shut people up, she would tell them that she was her sister!TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-154656062264023252016-05-07T03:03:06.016-07:002016-05-07T03:03:06.016-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-10157669137961445412016-05-06T15:51:59.585-07:002016-05-06T15:51:59.585-07:00I remember the day the cast member was killed on A...I remember the day the cast member was killed on America Sings. It made the news all the way up here in Northern California. It was very sad and shocking. Then I remember afterwards certain guests would talk to others about it while waiting in line to go on America Sings. They would go into all the grisly details and then a child hear it and ask his parent if it was true and the ride was dangerous. I thought it was kind of tacky they'd do that around people waiting in line to see it. Thanks for the post, TokyoM!K. Martinezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960970051790617367noreply@blogger.com