Where have you been stuck?

[augusta1]

The other day we got stuck on Seven Dwarves in the uphill position in the mine.
We have been stuck on Pirates every single trip.
Also been stuck on Winnie the Pooh, Little Mermaid, Splash Mountain, It's a small world and the People Mover

 

[scrapquitler]

The thread about being stuck on Pirates got me wondering about other folks' experiences getting stuck on rides at WDW. Best/worst experiences of being stuck?

Most recently, we were stuck on the Peoplemover in the dark at the Space Mountain portion. It was only about 5 minutes, but it freaked my kids out!

The best 'we were stuck' experience we had was on the people mover. We were stuck right in the part where you can see inside Space Mountain and the Space Mountain lights were on! It only lasted about 2 minutes, but it was pretty cool.

Other rides where we were stuck: Pirates, Splash Mountain, and SpaceShip Earth. Most times it was only a couple minutes. One of the times in Pirates we were stuck for about 10 minutes or more and the CM were standing on the sides asking us to be patient and telling us that if we couldn't get going soon they would start helping us off the ride and out a back way, but it didn't come to that (though we were secretly hoping...we are really fascinated by the behind the scenes stuff and have always said that we would love to be able to go on a special "lights on and behind the scenes tour" of the MK.

 

[js]

 

[js]

Everyone was annoyed and my dh was telling them it was a dream come true for me lol. This is Toy Story last month. I have one where Im sitting on the outside of the car but its not letting me pist. Saying too big but its from my phone as the last ouc was.

We had to be escorted out. So great! Lol

 

[cheerforeverever]

Stuck for a few minutes:
Haunted Mansion, Little Mermaid, Indiana Jones (Disneyland), Spaceship Earth, Buzz, Maelstrom (R.I.P), Small World

Stuck for longer than 5-10 min:
Pirates, Peoplemover

Evac'd off :
Splash, Dumbo

Splash evac was the most dramatic. They had to call Reedy Creek (fire dept) & physically pull all boats to the side, where we could safely step out of the log & onto the emergency pathway. It was right as wishes was going on as well, so people were pretty angry

 

[ammag]

Two ten minute stops on Peter Pan, one stop and crashing back up of boats on the Mexico boat ride, spaceship earth going back wards a bit but not uncomfortable we loved being there in the stars

 

[Karl66]

I was stuck and had to walk off Splash Mountain this past Friday morning. Was almost at the end when the ride stopped. Got to walk back stage to get out which was pretty cool. Got some good pictures too.

 

[js]

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[Sam33]

The only time I ever got stuck and actually remember the experience was on the old Test Track. Stuck perfectly in the center of the hot/cold room for about 10 minutes. And they do not turn off the temperature feature when the ride gets stuck. It was quite uncomfortable.

 

[Delirium]

Get stuck with regularirty. But, probably the most interesting was in the Haunted Mansion, looking down the endless hallway. For about 10 minutes.

 

[Mouse of Mystery]

but it didn't come to that (though we were secretly hoping...we are really fascinated by the behind the scenes stuff and have always said that we would love to be able to go on a special "lights on and behind the scenes tour" of the MK.

I'm fascinated by all of that stuff as well, though I sometimes regret when I get my wish because knowing how things are done -- or seeing rides with the lights on -- does ruin it just a little bit the next time through.

When I was younger, I even remember finding out for the first time that the Haunted Mansion ride didn't even really take place in the mansion. That still bums me out a little!

 

[disneybliss2]

We've been stuck on It's a Small World and Winnie the Pooh. We had to wait 30 minutes on Pooh. It was quite the experience, and we never figured out what went wrong. They eventually had to turn on the lights, which illuminated everything and kind of ruined some of the magic (the "rain" was obviously now just lights; my oldest daughter (12) was a little bummed to see it all.) After much waiting, we had stepladders we had to climb down out of our ride and we were all walked as a group out to the exit.

 

[LBIJim]

Multiple routine momentary stops on HM, but never "stuck." I can't recall getting stuck on a ride at WDW.

At DL in California, we were stuck at the top of the big hill at Splash Mountain right before it goes down the drop. It took about 15 minutes for CMs to evacuate us. I asked if they could just push the log over the top, but they wouldn't go for it. We had to walk down the incline and thru some back stairs and hallways. CMs gave us an anytime any ride FP, but since we used a FP to get on the ride, I requested and we received another.

Back in the mid to late 90s, there was something called the Rocket Rods. It used the former People Mover's elevated track. It was notoriously unreliable and quite frankly a sucky ride. Anyway, we got stuck about 3/4 of the way thru the ride, and it took over an hour for us to be evacuated by a cherry picker truck. A CM handed us a slip of paper and told us to go to Guest Relations for some compensation. We expected maybe a free Mickey Bar, or perhaps even a comped meal, but lo and behold they gave us a free ticket to return another day.

Not Disney, and not me personally (so why are you posting this, nilla?), but we saw the Superman coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure get stuck going up the first hill.

For those of you not familiar with that ride, it's a suspended coaster where you are leaned forward to simulate flying like Superman, meaning riders were stuck on their bellies, looking straight down, held in by nothing but the harnesses.

I LOVE rides, and don't really mind heights when I'm on rides, but that would probably freak me out!

I feel like I'm "stuck" every time I ride Superman-Ultimate Flight at Great Adventure. They usually run two trains, and it takes so long to load, that your ride is already over and you're hanging there looking face down for a minute or two on the brake run before it returns to the loading station.

I prefer the loading style of Batwing at Six Flags America outside Washington DC for flying coasters. You're pulled up the hill backwards laying on your back, then the train flips over and you're face down frontwards for the rest of the ride.

Did you happen to notice if those riders on the incline were evacuated, or did they eventually re-start the ride and let them finish?

 

[mandis77]

We have been stuck on Splash Mtn a few times but we have never minded that. Most memorable was Buzz Lightyear... we were stuck right in front of Emperor Zurg. I was worried my 3yo would be terrified but she was far from it. She just sat there trash talking him until the ride got moving again. It was hilarious.

 

[anniebean]

Been stuck on Haunted Mansion, and Splash for a few minutes, but only been evacuated from Pooh, and Radiator Springs at DL. That was really cool. We all got our cameras out and started snapping pics, then the intercom announced for everyone to put their cameras away...It was still cool though. We got to walk part of the track.

 

[nilla]

Did you happen to notice if those riders on the incline were evacuated, or did they eventually re-start the ride and let them finish?

They eventually got it running, but it was a good 20-30 minutes that they were stuck up there. That would've been too long for me

 

[PoshMom]

We were stuck on Nemo ride last yr. We were in the tunnel that has the turtle swimming with all the fish. It was just me and my 4yo dd. At first it wasn't too bad but it became unnerving after several minutes of the loud music. i did envision us walking out of our ride even though the message periodically came on saying please remain seated....

 

[Eeyore's Wife]

I did an entire week at Disney World with my mother-in-law in the adjoining room. Now THAT was the definition of being Stuck!

 

[philharmagic fan]

Our three most annoying "stuck" experiences: Goofy's Barnstormer (before they moved it) - cast member hit emergency stop when he noticed that the guy in front of us had his daughter on his lap instead of next to him, and they were unable to restart for ~15 minutes. Luckily we were still in the station and in the shade, but the second train was just outside the station in the August sun (a cast member brought over a mister fan and sprayed guests while they waited). Second, on Splash a guest in the log in front of us wriggled out of the log halfway up the long hill and tried to pull her son out (the kid was apparently freaked out by the ride); a voice came over the intercom ordering everyone not to move, and a cast member walked up and escorted them out. Third, on EE we were at the first switch point, and a guy a few rows behind us stood halfway up in his seat to turn around and look at the switch mechanism. We had to wait until a cast member (poor guy!) walked up to our train before they could restart.

Seriously, why do some people think it's OK to do something stupid that holds up everybody else on that ride and in line waiting?

 

[fly girl]

Stuck on quite a few, the regulars. But a few that stood out:

Nemo: stuck in the jellyfish scene. You can only watch them go up and down for so long.

Pirates: 15 minutes by the jail with the dog who has the keys. The whistling got old quick.

Small World: white room which was probably 10-15 minutes but felt like hours. Seriously, that could use that as a form of torture.
Dh said he was about 3 minutes away from getting the water and walking out.

Spaceship Earth: in the green room right before the exit. 2 steps away and stuck for 45 minutes. They went from top to bottom to clear
people out. It makes sense, but it stinks when you are second to last off the ride.