What rides have you been stuck on when they broke down?

Mark86 · Post by **Mark86** » Feb Sun 22, 2009 12:27 pm

I have been stuck on the haunted mansion and buzz. They only broke for 15 minutes though.

Post by **Dr. Ravenscroft** » Feb Sun 22, 2009 2:09 pm

Mark86 wrote:I have been stuck on the haunted mansion and buzz. They only broke for 15 minutes though.

Ooh, you just reminded me about Buzz, I did get stuck on Buzz once and it was for a while. The annoying thing was that I wasn't in the ride yet. This was in Disneyland, just as you leave the load area you get to a castmember that makes sure you don't get hurt when the front half of the Omni-mover closes that is where I go stuck. The cool thing about it was that I got to see the safety procedures first hand. They use padlocks to lock down the control board so no one can activate the ride while they are checking it out, just like when you do work on an electrical panel and you don't want someone turning the power on. Then, this is the even cooler bit, they head into the ride walking alongside the omni-movers, and on the screen on the control panel you can see their foot prints. I have heard that this is the same thing that happens over on Tom Sawyer Island when they shut it down, they have sensors all over it. But back to the Buzz ride, I could see exactly where they went and where they stopped. After about 10 minutes they started on their way back and you could see them stop at a few omni-movers, either to check them out or answer questions from concerned guests.

So that was my breakdown that I can remember, thank you Mark for jogging my memory.

Peerless83 · Post by **Peerless83** » Apr Wed 08, 2009 10:47 pm

okay let me preface this by saying that I dont get scared at anything but snakes..but I was on dinosaur when it broke down..and it was in a pitch black area..and you couldnt see anything at all...and all around you were sounds of velociraptors and other dinosaurs breathing ....it was a really freacky experience

Atomic · Post by **Atomic** » Apr Fri 10, 2009 12:13 am

Haunted Mansion multiple times
Indiana Jones in the dark spot where the bugs appear, and the car lights were off, it was scary
Matterhorn once, they let us ride it twice because of it

Amy · Post by **Amy** » Apr Sat 18, 2009 8:25 pm

The day we were leaving DL I got stuck on Peter Pan right above the London scene. We were there for a long time and then they turned on the lights. We were there a lot longer after the lights came up. I was so bummed that I didn't have my camera. I was traveling light because I only had an hour or so until the bus left for the airport. It was cool to see what looked so real in the dark and black lights was really pretty simple when seen in the regular lights. I'll never forget the "cars" on the streets were just little l.e.d. lights going around on a track. Fun to see but it really does ruin the illusion, plus it hogged a lot of my very little time I had that morning to see a few last things.

momeja · Post by **momeja** » Apr Sat 18, 2009 10:25 pm

You just reminded me of a Buzz breakdown, too. I once had my best score ever on Buzz Lightyear erased in the last room by a ride shutdown and reboot. It was very upsetting.

keneka · Post by **keneka** » Apr Sun 19, 2009 2:47 am

the awful monsters inc ride in california adventure and tower of terror in wdw

napastoy · Post by **napastoy** » Apr Sun 19, 2009 3:00 am

Haunted Mansion, Splash Mountain, Buzz, Indy and Mr Toads Wild Ride.

HauntedMansion74 · Post by **HauntedMansion74** » Apr Mon 27, 2009 1:24 pm

The only ride I have gotten stuck on for about 10 min one time was Test Track! It seems to break down alot!

disneylizzy · Post by **disneylizzy** » Aug Tue 25, 2009 12:07 pm

Haunted Mansion, Spaceship Earth and most recently Dinosaur...that one we had to exit the ride vehicle and walk out

MmeLeota · Post by **MmeLeota** » Aug Tue 25, 2009 1:17 pm

Space Mountain...did not get evacuated, but got to finish the ride with the lights on. Unfortunately, we were in the last braking section before the spiral sequence at the end. It was kind of creepy though at first because it was pitch black when we first were stopped and you could hear the other trains still going through gravity sections...we didn't know if we should brace oursevles or be excited. As soon as the lights came on we went nuts!

Soarin08 · Post by **Soarin08** » Aug Wed 26, 2009 8:44 am

Test Track..... we thought we'd be evacuated but the ride started back. And SSE once- it was broken down for about thirty minutes! And HM.... multiple multiple times.

And Splash Mountain one time...... I had to hear a never-ending loop of "Ev'rybody's Got a Laughin' Place" for at least twenty minutes.

MomPaula · Post by **MomPaula** » Aug Wed 26, 2009 8:54 am

Dinosaur, Alice in wonderland, Pirates of the Carribbean and Adventures in Innerspace. The last one made the biggest impression, I can still hear the echo 40 years later!

rknrlrcstr · Post by **rknrlrcstr** » Aug Wed 26, 2009 10:50 am

Soarin, I would have hated to be stuck on a broken down SSE for a half hour if it were during the descent back to "the present". Being held up, lying in that backwards sloped position sounds uncomfortable.

disneylizzy · Post by **disneylizzy** » Aug Wed 26, 2009 12:16 pm

rknrlrcstr wrote:Soarin, I would have hated to be stuck on a broken down SSE for a half hour if it were during the descent back to "the present". Being held up, lying in that backwards sloped position sounds uncomfortable.

Actually the worst part is that the speaker is really close to your ride vehicle in that area and it's like they're screaming in your ears "Please stay in your ride vehicle...."

And, if they ever turn on the lights in that planetarium part of the ride it just really spoils it b/c of what you can see.

Exiting Dinosaur wasn't too bad really b/c even w/ the lights on it's pretty good theming in there w/ the plants and all.