Funniest Ride BreakDown Stories

[Tinkerbellfan144]

In 1999 my sister and i did a wdw trip for just the two of us. We were on TOT and it was my sisters first time on the ride and she was very scared. When we reached the very top the ride broke down and she was screaming her head off! It was very funny because they took the picture right then and when she went to look at the picture she saw her face pure white and she looked like someone was dying! It was very funny and something I will never forget.

 

[OK!]

Fortunately we haven't gotten "stuck" on a ride, but lemme tell you.. going through Splash mountain with no sound is really VERY creepy. All those llittle lifeless animatronics is not something I want to experience again!

Ditto! In Dec. 2002, we rode it one night during MVMCP and got stuck shortly after "Slippin' Falls" for about 35 minutes. Thankfully, after maybe 5 minutes, they killed the sound, so since there was another log stuck right in front of us, we idled away the time chatting with them and trying to find out from the CMs what was going on. I should mention that I was there with a group of handicapped adults, my mom, and the mother of one of the handicapped adults (I was their videographer, so the whole sorry episode's on tape ). Ed, a very sweet man in his late 30s who has Down's Syndrome, had opted out of the ride, so he was waiting by Splashdown Photos the entire time. We all had visions of him panicking and becoming very upset, as he'd obviously start to wonder what the heck had happened to us. (As it turned out, he'd been busy chatting with one of the CMs and had hardly missed us.) Since my mom was basically in charge of our little entourage, she was trying frantically to get the attention of a CM so that he or she could get word to Ed that everything was cool and that we were all OK and would be down soon. Waving her arms didn't work. Yelling didn't work. (Bear in mind that this was after what'd already been a 15-minute delay with no word from ANYONE as to what was happening.) Finally, she hit on the solution: she stood up in the log. *POOF* A CM magically appeared on the stairway to see what was the matter. She managed to avoid a lecture by explaining the special circumstances, but we were all advised that we should remain seated, as "the logs would resume moving shortly." (That was the first of maybe 5 times they advised us of that; we all eventually began to ignore the PA announcements and thus were all a little startled when they finally DID move.)

So anyway, after the ride finally started moving again (turned out someone had slipped and fallen while getting out at an "inappropriate" location and hit his head, so they had to call in medical people to tend to him), the ride's soundtrack remained off, which was rather disconcerting. However, it wasn't nearly as disconcerting as when--nearly in unison--everyone in our log and the log in front of us started singing "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah," very loudly and very off-key to take the place of the missing soundtrack. Incidentally, that seems to be a highly effective way to get the CMs to kick the normal music back on in a big hurry.

Oh, and this past Dec., we again got stuck on SM (thankfully, only for about 5-7 minutes or so), and Ed was again stranded waiting for us at the exit. Collectively, we decided that someone's gonna have to break it to Ed that he's coming with us on the ride next time even if we have to drag him on; we seem to be jinxed when he's not on it.

 

[OK!]

Oh, and the post about being inside Peter Pan when the lights came on reminded me of something--am I the only one who, when I was little, wanted desperately to live inside one of the dark rides?

 

[CourtasanSatine]

Star Tours,the door had gotten stuck open but the fun part was the car I was in was full of Star Wars junkies.They made it fun by quoting lines from all the movies and the whole car got into it.Plus we got a extra ride

 

[snappy]

I had the same experience as Disneyworldnum1, getting stuck in Buzz and maxxing out on points. Once during our Easter 2003 trip I was able to max out in the first room with the big orange robot where you get 100,000 points if you bullseye his arms. Kind of made the rest of the ride boring but the funny thing was that ended up being the last ride of our last day. Talk about ending on a high note.

On our trip last week Buzz stopped again and I was in that same room. I notice that you get fewer points if you hit the targets on the robot's arms but not in the middle of the bullseye. I was frantically trying to max out again. By the end of the ride I had and I could finally relax.

I also noticed last week how many rides broke down. We were on Big Thunder going up the first hill before you go under the water fall when we stopped. Since we were on an incline it was fairly difficult to exit the vehicle,
at least for this 50+ year old. They did get everyone out of our train but it took a while. They were very careful and gave us a pass for that ride that could be used anytime in the future. It was down for a long time afterward. We also saw Space Mountain down several times, and Test Track was down after it rained on Thursday am for hours. We got tired of going over to check if it was going. It would be nice if they had a board or two strategically located around the park that could tell you if a ride was down.

 

[DisneyAddict_M]

Oh, and the post about being inside Peter Pan when the lights came on reminded me of something--am I the only one who, when I was little, wanted desperately to live inside one of the dark rides?

You're not the only one. I always wanted to live in the Haunted Mansion.

 

[eeyore0062]

This isn't mine, but one I heard while at the Magic Kingdom last year. The POTC broke down toward the end of the night. Family of 5 including 2 young kids, mom, dad and mom's mother. The breakdown was about 30 minutes of Yo Ho Yo Ho, A Pirate's Life for me. The kids were upset and crying softly, the mother in law was screaming like a banchee at the poor dad about the ride breaking down (like he could do anything about it). They were sitting in the back of one boat and the boats were full. Finally after about 10 minutes of the woman screaming the rest of the guests sitting in that boat, and even the boat in front of that boat turned around and yelled at the woman to SHUT UP. Would have loved to have been a fly on the wall for that one!

 

[NeverlandClub23]

We were stuck on it's a small world before they started to do work on it and in the very last room we sat there for 15 minutes listening to every country sing that song. We were all about to kill each other. I also absolutely hate getting stuck on HM and it happens every single time and I always get stuck on the scariest parts. My cousin and I were in the same doombuggie (she was 12, I was 19) and she was already scared to death. My brother and two male cousins were in the one behind us and in one place we stopped they reached out and started banging and yelling on the back of our doombuggie. She was so scared she swore off that ride forever. We have also been stuck on Splash Mountain at the happy place and my dad loved it. He said if he had a beer he could have stayed there forever.

 

[Steffi]

ooops...posted under my mom's name!

 

[pumpkinfish]

Like a few of my fellow DISers, I was stuck on Buzz last year! It was great, because I always beat my DH on MIB, but he ALWAYS beat me on Buzz! Well, after being broken down for a few seconds, I realized that I kept getting points! It wasn't until I reached the max that my DH realised I had finally beat him Ahhh...good times! It wasn't so much fun when they completely shut the ride down (including the computers) and my score was lost forever. By the time it came back up, my score had been erased and DH knew my secret.

Another Haunted Mansion story for ya...my sis and I were in one doom buggy, and my mom and dad were in another back in 1996. We stopped in front of the room with the candelabra (sp?) moving towards us. My sis and I still swear to this day, that it really is moving towards you!! I cower towards my DH everytime we get to that point in the ride!

 

[CherCrazy]

A few years ago when we were down for a night at the MVMCP we were there with my mother in law who was leery about rides in the first place, let alone at night and a night that was hovering in the 30's. We talked her into going onto Splash Mountain w/ us and we told her that she would'nt get much splash if she sat in the back. Well, in the jumping waters room, the jumping waters weren't jumping, instead, one of the jets was aimed directly at our heads and was not turning off, needless to say we were all soaked! Then on the big lift hill the ride stops, and we are next to go over the top, after a few minutes we didn't think anything of it until we hit the pond at the bottom, where all of the water had been piling up w/ no logs splashing water out before us the wave going over us was like going under a waterfall the hard way, not just seeing the back side of water. At this point my MIL is just about to kill me, I was glad I was in the front seat, when how could it get anyworse, but the ride stops again and we are under the little waterfall just before the last small drop into the paddlewheel room and you guessed it the log is stuck w/ my MIL right under the waterfall and we were there for 20 minutes! We watched the shadows of the christmas parade on the mountain above us as we sat there getting even more soaked. Needless to say, my MIL now will no longer believe anything I say regarding a ride experience. I can't wait for another year when I get to go again w/her and the family!

Wish I could have done that to my MIL!!

 

[eeyore0062]

Wish I could have done that to my MIL!!

I wish I could do that to my Sister in Law!!!!!

 

[ekmdisney]

I have only been stuck on Splash Mountain. Right before you go down the big hill, and you are right under the vulteres.

But I would love to get stuck in the HM, but right at the ball room. There is just so much to look at. I always want to stay there longer than my Doom Buggy will let me.

 

[marypops!]

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[wfloyd]

I guess our funniest breakdown was on POTC. We were taking the Keys to the Kingdom tour and that was the ride we were on. It turns out we were the offending boat that caused all the others to stop as well. The CM come out and everyone has to put their arms in the air and rock back and forth.

We get unstuck and go about 6 inches and we get stuck again. So we had to do the arm waving rocking again and they told us not to stop as quickly this time. We made it to the end finally but it was definately an interesting experience. We made sure to harass our fearless leader since we were sure that he planned the whole thing.

 

[marypops!]

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[LtlTee]

We have also been stuck on Splash Mountain at the happy place and my dad loved it. He said if he had a beer he could have stayed there forever.

 

[joanb]

we got stuck in the zurg room in Buzz light year and really racked up the points!
and right before accending the hill before the big splash at splash mountain-and wer'e trying to figure how we could get the crow to shut up!

 

[vettechick99]

I can say that I experienced every person's breakdown nightmare. Yes, the one where the ride stops and then you hear some rumbling. Rumbling and twisting and turning and pain...right in your intestines. At first I started to laugh at my predicament. Then after 15 minutes passed and we still weren't moving, I started to panic and sweat. My ex told me I looked pale.

Ya think? I'm going to crap myself on a Disney ride and these poor Disney go-ers will have to witness a grown woman breakdown in hysterics. I could never show my face in Disney again.

Fortunately, with the help of tight butt muscles and fast-working coaster mechanics, I made it to the bathroom. And I tell ya, in the nick of freakin' time.


Should I be embarrased I just told that story?

 

[Rose_Greenthumb]

Only been stuck on a few rides. But my favorite is when we get stuck on Spaceship Earth and the seats are backwards. I kind of scouch down... and , you know... fall asleep...

Oh you're not the only one! We went on it last year after getting off the cruise line and because we're Brits, we had to be up really early for immigration. My mum desperately wanted to ride Spaceship Earth and eventually we decided we would do. There was me and my two brothers in one buggy and then my mum and dad in the one behind us and I don't know whether it was the darkness or the slow movement or what but I don't remember much after the Romans because I just kept dozing off. The funniest part of it was that after we got off, it turned out we had all done the same thing!