Sure hearth results at Disney properties might be briefly suspended after an animatronic dragon utilized in Disneyland’s “Fantasmic” present burst into flames Saturday night time, startling the viewers and prompting evacuations.
Disney officers say related hearth results might be briefly suspended at firm theme parks throughout the globe, together with on a dragon float on the Pageant of Fantasy Parade at Walt Disney World in Florida. The float might be used, however the hearth impact might be briefly suspended, Disney officers stated.
The animatronic dragon on the “Fantasmic” attraction at Disney’s Hollywood Studios theme park in Florida makes use of a unique pyrotechnic system than the one used at Disneyland and subsequently gained’t be affected, officers stated.
Tim Turensek, an accountant from Minneapolis, witnessed the blaze at Disneyland. The hearth, water and light-weight present usually operates twice an evening from Tom Sawyer Island, and most park guests watch from the other shore, close to New Orleans Sq..
“When it first began, I assumed it was a part of the present,” Turensek stated. The dragon had been respiration hearth, and Turensek was impressed, questioning how the crew might “let the entire thing catch on hearth and nonetheless be operational.”
When it was clear that the hearth was a mishap, there “was just a little delay in relaying to the forged members what to do,” he stated, “however as soon as everybody was out, it was enterprise as common outdoors that a part of the park.”
Turensek discovered it “fairly comical they continued to play the upbeat Disney music whereas the hearth roared on.”
In a press release, Disneyland officers stated, “All forged members had been safely evacuated from Tom Sawyer Island. As a consequence of smoke and wind, sights close to the island had been safely evacuated of any visitors, and the reason for the hearth stays beneath investigation right now.”
Disneyland might be “briefly suspending hearth results related” to these utilized in “Fantasmic” at “choose reveals and leisure experiences globally out of an abundance of warning,” officers stated.
The Disneyland web site reveals no performances of “Fantasmic” scheduled till Might 12.
The flaming dragon joins a listing of Disneyland mishaps through the years.
In 2011, a flying carpet utilized in a manufacturing of “Aladdin” flipped; the present reopened after the malfunction with the carpet grounded, based on the OC Register.
In 2015, a fireplace broke out close to the “It’s a Small World” attraction, per NBC. Nobody was injured.
In 2018, a collapsing float catapulted Santa off his sleigh throughout the Christmas Fantasy Parade, Fox Information reported.
Solely final week, a pc glitch affected turnstiles used to enter Disneyland and California Journey Park, maintaining crowds ready outdoors.
