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When you visit a Disney theme park a highlight is experiencing the world-class rides and
attractions but sometimes they do break down from time to time.
This can be very frustrating, but if you’re a huge Disney fan like myself, this can be
a dream come true.
Breaking down on a Disney ride, having to go through an in-show-exit is something we
all hope happens at one point or another.
A couple years ago we did a part one of this series which you can find in the card on the
right side but today we’ll be looking at breakdowns from 10 new rides.
So be sure to keep your hands, arms feet and legs inside as we count down the top 10 Disney
Ride Break Downs and In-Show Exits pt 2.
Number 10 We’re gonna start the list with Snow White’s
Scary Adventures at Disneyland.
This classic dark ride is a pretty scary Disney ride; as I kid I have memories of being terrified
of the witch and I’m sure many of you have the exact same memory as well.
I mean look at her.
Well you know when this ride isn’t scary?
{Off Camera} Well that’s not scary.
Yup, when you break down and get to walk through with the lights on during an in-show exit.
{Off Camera} You can still hear the music.
Wow, that’s so cool.
Don’t walk so fast,
Now this specific breakdown happened just before the ride closed for its refurbishment.
With these dark rides, it's fascinating to see how cheap and simple the sets look with
the lights on.
It’s just a lot of plywood flats painted with blacklight paint.
Then in this other breakdown video, it offers a cool glimpse into the lights and projectors
above the ride path.
{Off Camera}Say Let us go!
Number 9
{Off Camera} We’re stuck on Toy Story Mania-
If you’ve ever taken your eyes away from the screens in Toy Story Mania and had a look
around, the show building at Disney’s Hollywood Studios looks like a big warehouse with oversized
props.
When it breaks down you aren’t really given an experience that’s drastically different
but here’s what you can expect.
{Announcement} A cast member will be with you momentarily.
{Erik}Ohh we’re being evacuated.
Well first things first, the game stops then the lights come on while cast members begin
the in show exit.
{Erik} Well, if you ever wondered what it looked like inside Toy Story Mania with the
lights on.
It’s not much different.
Erik and his family here definitely made the most of the experience.
Above this area on the ride, there appears to be catwalks that would be used to access
lightning and other equipment needed to make the magic happen.
Then once a cast member came to release the restraints, it was a pretty much a straight
forward in-show exit.
Walking through you get to see just how wide the ride path really is, and it reinforces
that there really isn’t much to ride aside from the screens.
Number 8 Peter Pan’s Flight is a unique Omni-mover
system since you’re suspended in the air soaring over the scenery.
Now you may have had the ride stop and heard this-
{Announcement} This ride has stopped temporarily and will resume motion at any time.
Please remain seated for your own safety.
Thank you.
Usually, it does get moving again but there might be the rare time that you see the lights
come on.
{Announcement} Show to be turned off for effects to be turned down
{Off camera} We’re stuck
But now you’re probably curious, how do they get down?
Well, in Magic Kingdom’s Peter Pan’s Flight, you’ll find these wooden staircases all
throughout the ride.
They’re really only noticeable in this extreme low light footage and these are actually the
evacuation zones.
So in the event of an in-show exit, each ship is moved to the closest staircase, a cast
member then releases the safety bars and the guests are assisted out of the ships.
Next time you’re on Peter Pan’s Flight see if you can spot these staircases on the
ride.
Number 7 All of the Fantasyland Dark rides at Disneyland
do a fantastic job of utilizing small compact spaces like Mr. Toad’s wild ride.
{Off camera} So I’m stuck here on Mr. Taod with Mr. Ian Hink.
I've never seen this ride broken down before…or stopped.
Now it’s really cool to see this ride with the lights on, cause just like in Snow White’s
Scary Adventures, the sets are very simple and are just brought to life with the magic
of black light.
But what’s really interesting about breaking down in this specific room is what you hear.
Take a listen.
{Off camera} And the only thing we can hear-
I’m not sure where I am either.
Wait-
{Off Camera} Apparently that’s Alice in Wonderland.
Yea the Cheshire Cat’s here.
If you didn’t know, the Alice in Wonderland dark ride and Mr. Toad’s Wild ride share
the same show building.
Alice is on the 2nd floor and Toad is on the bottom floor.
So somewhere around this area in the Town Square room is this scene from Alice in Wonderland.
{Cheshire Cat} I’m not sure where I am either.
{Alice} Wait, don’t go, please
{Cheshire Cat} I’m not sure where I am either.
{Alice} Wait, don’t go, please
{Off camera} No all we can hear is Alice in Wonderland.
Yea
And even though the dialogue from the Cheshire Cat and Alice is prominently heard during
this breakdown, you don’t ever hear it on the actual ride with the Toad music, dialogue,
and sound effects.
Number 6 So there was this one time I was stopped right
here in front of Figment while he just stared into my soul.
I was hoping the ride was gonna break down and then the car started moving again and
my dreams were absolutely crushed.
BUT it did break down pretty much in the exact same spot while Paging Mr. Morrow and the
WDW Couple were on the ride.
So they were stuck in front of Figment, the ride started moving again and then their car
bumped into the car in front and was pushing it.
{Off Camera} Oh My lord.
We just battered the car in front of us.
They are scooting us out of here
Now it's not as bad as it sounds since the front and back of the trains have these bumpers,
so you could say it was just bumper to bumper traffic.
{Announcement} Oh, Dr. Channing here.
Um bit of delay, terribly sorry.
Umm- ah please remain seated your vehicle will begin moving again at any moment.
Thank you.
{Off camera} This is awesome!
{Announcement} And oh, ahh.
Please continue to umm, ummm, fly.
Once the lights come on a cast member comes to rescue the guests and they proceed with
the in-show exit.
This lights on walkthrough offers a great glimpse into the ride track which is not the
typical ride system used in a dark ride.
Then once they evacuate into the last scene it ends how an in show exit should end with
true Disney fans.
{Singing} Imagination.
A Dream.
Can be.
A Dream come true.
With just one spark for me and you.
{Off camera} I love the ending.
Number 5 Smugglers Run takes you into the cockpit of
the Millennium Falcon and since the graphics are rendered in realtime, this attraction
is pretty much a giant video game.
Now there might be the odd time where the game slightly glitches like this.
Or you could be on your descent back into Batuu, and it glitches out big time like right
here.
{Off camera} Oh-wait!
Reset?
Well, that’s awkward.
What Happened?
We should probably do it again just to get the full experience.
So you might be wondering what am I looking at?
Well, what you see is the Skybox.
In the gaming world, a skybox is created to allow a three-dimensional world to exist around
the main environment which in this case would be the terrain and buildings of Batuu.
So this scene with the clouds and dirt road was created as a base where the only part
you see on the ride are the clouds themselves.
If you look at these two stills you can see the exact same cloud formation from the breakdown
exists on the ride.
Now the attraction operates on a large turntable with 7 individual cockpits as is seen here
from the Imagineering Story but what happens if you’re in one of the other 6 cockpits
while there are delays and complications.
{Passenger} Oh we broke down!
We broke down!
Well, Disney developed sequences with Hondo and Chewbacca that keep you entertained until
you can exit the cockpit.
{Hondo} So here we are, passing sometime.
R-5 will play you some music
{Droid sounds}
{Hondo} Or instead he’s gonna make noise.
{Guests Laugh}
Number 4 We all know that Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
is the Wildest Ride in the Wilderness, and when the ride breaks down at Disneyland it
can be a wild time.
Here the happy Place Explorers got stuck on the very last lift hill with the dynamite.
{Announcement} Attention show effects will be turned off for effects to be turned on.
Outside to be gated.
{Off camera} How bout that
And when this happens it only means one thing
So, are we gonna walk off?
You know it.
Now the only places you would actually get stuck on Thunder Mountain would be at the
break runs before the lift hills or on the actual lift hills themselves.
Like right here.
Now safety is always first.
{Cast Member} Now the way we’re gonna do it is one row at a time so please stay seated
until you are told to stand up.
One of the most interesting parts of this in show exit is learning that the last lift
hill and first lift hill are actually right beside each other.
{Guest} that’s something you don’t get to do every day.
No, I know, right?
It’s really cool seeing this perspective of the ride.
After they crossed the track at the designated crossing point, they were led to the exit
and given a Fastpass.
Number 3 Dinosaur at Disney’s Animal Kingdom is probably
one of the darkest Disney rides there is…maybe a little too dark, but if you’re faced with
the ride breaking down then you get a much different perspective of the attraction.
{Announcement} Attention time travellers.
Due to technical difficulties, we must suspend all-time travel tours at this time.
Please remain seated in your vehicle.
A Dino-Institute technician will be with you momentarily.
Again, please remain seated thank you.
With the lights on in this first scene which is usually very loud—
it's eerily quiet with subtle movements coming from the animatronics.
Once a cast member came to assist the guests for the in-show exit, walking through this
area lets you see just how detailed the sets are.
It’s a shame we can’t see more of this detail on the ride since its so darn dark.
Alright come on lady, that’s not our dino, go go go.
With the ride path being so wide, this was a pretty straight forward in show exit that
just took the guests back to the load area to exit Dinosaur.
Number 2
{Cast Member} You guys ever been stuck on a ride before?
The Incredicoaster can be found on Pixar Pier but this next breakdown is gonna take us back
in time to when it was California Screamin.
Like Thunder Mountain, the common places to get stuck on the coaster are on the lift hills,
and if you have a fear of heights, this experience might not be your cup of tea.
{Music}
And when you get stuck on the lift hill there’s only one way down.
{Maintenance Cast Member} I’m making sure it’s safe to drop.
Safety is their priority.
They needed to move the train backwards for the evacuation and a safety harness was placed
on the back of the train to ensure it wouldn’t move any further.
{Cast Member} Alright folks here we go!
We’re gonna be moving in 3, 2, 1.
Go
During the entire time, the cast members were always very reassuring that everything was
gonna be okay.
{Cast Member} is everybody okay?
yea?
This is one of those tedious in-show exits that take a lot of time.
{Shah} We’re walking down the stairs now…this is crazy.
-and when they walked off the coaster it had been over 80 mins since they initially broke
down.
But in true Disney fashion, Disneyland took care of the guests giving them bottles of
water, food vouchers, and fast passes.
Now this is about 120 feet above the ground which is a pretty high vantage point and I
mean they did get a great view of what was then Paradise Pier.
Number 1 If there’s one ride that any Disney fan
wants to break down on its probably the Haunted Mansion.
I don’t know what it is but getting to see this ride with the lights on would be a dream
come true.
It doesn’t seem to break down that often but every time I ride I’m waiting to see
and hear this-
{Announcement} Ladies and Gentlemen we are experiencing some technical difficulties.
Please remain seated in your doom buggy.
A cast member will be with you in just a moment.
I mean how cool is this that Innovention Media got a chance to see what’s pretty much a
behind the scenes look of that iconic pepper’s ghost effect in action.
All the animatronics are completely visible and here with the Ghost blowing out her candles,
the light that turns on and off to create the illusion is still visible.
By this point, they were stopped for over 10 minutes and finally, a team of cast members
came over to the doom buggies to release the restraints- then it was on with the in-show
exit.
Now during this walkthrough, what you realize is that a lot of the sets up to this point,
minus the ballroom, aren’t overly detailed.
The whole breakdown is such a fascinating experience and even though everyone was given
two Fastpasses on the way out, I’d totally be okay with accepting nothing for a chance
to experience this in-show exit.
Wouldn’t you?
So have you ever broken down on a Disney ride?
What was that experience like?
I’d love to know!
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