Ride breakdowns

[Delirium]

What's really bad is getting stuck on the monorail for an extended period of time. Can't get out of line and walk to the next attraction when that happens.

 

[Sevey13]

When I was a wee lad, the Haunted Mansion terrified me. I refused to ride. My parents would go through. My little sister would. But not me.

After several visits (we lived in FL at the time and had annual passes) they finally got me in the building, but I took the chicken exit. What happened out there is a story for another day

Finally they got me on the dang thing. I was terrified. Mortified. Scared out of my wits.

And then the ride stopped.

It stopped in front of the scariest room of all, the hallway with the candelabra floating eerily towards you. There's no fun music here, no 'happy haunts.' In this room, the spirits are maniacal. Desperate. They bang on the doors and beg to be let out, desperate to escape whatever dark forces have trapped them there. The sound of evil wind rushes through the room.

I was forever scarred by what felt like a two-hour stop in front of that hallway. Even today, as an adult who enjoys the attraction, I shiver when we maneuver past that room. I pray never to stop there again, for I know if I do the spirits will claim me and no longer will there be room for one more...

 

[ChloesDaddy]

We were in Diagon Alley on the 2nd day it was open. We got into the bank from outside so we were pretty far into the line. Then the ride broke down.

Someone must have said "diagonally."

 

[DisneyGeekyParadise]

I've been experiencing similar 'technichal difficulties' to these ride breakdowns, one is almost EXACTLY like the experience involving pirates, except I actually walked out of the line because I didn't want to miss the 3:00 parade. I've also been experiencing something really...off.
Almost every time I've walked past the many adventures of Winnie the Pooh on my trips, the ride has gone down under. Don't know what's happening there.

 

[Davey Jones II]

When I was a wee lad, the Haunted Mansion terrified me. I refused to ride. My parents would go through. My little sister would. But not me.

After several visits (we lived in FL at the time and had annual passes) they finally got me in the building, but I took the chicken exit. What happened out there is a story for another day

Finally they got me on the dang thing. I was terrified. Mortified. Scared out of my wits.

And then the ride stopped.

It stopped in front of the scariest room of all, the hallway with the candelabra floating eerily towards you. There's no fun music here, no 'happy haunts.' In this room, the spirits are maniacal. Desperate. They bang on the doors and beg to be let out, desperate to escape whatever dark forces have trapped them there. The sound of evil wind rushes through the room.

I was forever scarred by what felt like a two-hour stop in front of that hallway. Even today, as an adult who enjoys the attraction, I shiver when we maneuver past that room. I pray never to stop there again, for I know if I do the spirits will claim me and no longer will there be room for one more...

One time I stopped, for 5-10 minutes, in front of one of those doors; one of the first ones you pass by. It sounded like a demon roaring on the other side. Very cool. Every time I've gone through that corridor since then, I try to hear the "demon", but can never quite catch it. Maybe he's not there anymore, because he followed me home that first time??

 

[DiannaVM]

Thankfully I've not experienced many breakdowns. Usually if we have a ride that is down is for regular maintenance or just don't notice it.

However, one time my sister, her friend and I were riding HM when the ride stopped on top of the hill before you go down into the Graveyard (so in front of the never ending screen of ghost spirits floating up). At first I thought it was a mobility issue that had us stopped, but we were there for over 15 minutes, so it had to have been a breakdown. The three of us kept joking around and stuff so we didn't really mind too badly, but we were getting impatient as time drew on. Eventually we got moving again but stopped briefly about twice during the graveyard scene and once more before the ride was over.

That said, as we rode Spaceship Earth last year and I realized how dark it really is in there (I swear I didn't remember it being that dark!) I know I would probably quickly have a problem if this ride broke down while I am on it. That and Space Mountain.

 

[gorkt]

Yeah, on most of the older rides, I have experienced breakdowns multiple times, particularly Haunted Mansion.

 

[richkaryn]

Twice in same trip in 2014 we got all the way to the cemetery area (after about 20-30 mins in line) in Haunted Mansion standby line and they backed everyone out because it was down. What are the odds....twice in same week/same ride/same place in line.