Mon 3 Sep 2007
Stuck On Coaster
One of the benefits of living in Orlando is Florida resident Disney passes. They let you spend a few hours at the park and still have fun. We went yesterday afternoon and rode a few rides then came home.
Our ride on the Big Thunder Mountain roller coaster was the best. In the middle of one of the chain-pull uphill sections we suddenly stopped. The PA initially said there was congestion ahead, but after ten minutes of waiting we figured it was something more than that. The next PA announcement said they had some difficulties, and they were shutting down the ride. So a few minutes later one of the ride operators came out to where our coaster was stuck and helped us all off onto the walkway. We walked back through some hidden doors and hallways and finally exited out the now-empty loading area.
As compensation they gave us passes to jump on to another ride without waiting, so we went and did Space Mountain. Only it ran like usual and was far less interesting.
September 4th, 2007 at 8:21 am
my dad and i had a similar experience on splash mountain. except it was pouring rain when we got stuck right and got no cool passes like you.