breakdowns and evacuations can happen often at theme parks, but visiting earlier this week were in for quite the experience when they were left hanging, literally, during an emergency stop on Soarin’ Over California.
The popular offers views of each region of California from the perspective of a hang glider as are seated but raised up about 50 feet off the ground. are safely strapped in during the experience, however in this instance even after the pre- check the system alerted Cast Members of a malfunction with a seatbelt in the middle section, causing an emergency stop and
Take a look at the video below from TikTok users @bobandkelly who were on the attraction at the time:
@bobandkelly Riding Soarin Over California at Disney California Adventure and there was an emergency shutdown due to a seatbelt malfunction in the middle section #soarinovercalifornia #soarin #ridebreakdown #disneyridebreakdown #stuck #rideevacuation #disneyland
Thankfully, everyone riding the attraction at the time was okay, and while a situation like this might seem frightening for Guests, Cast Members are trained to evacuate everyone as safely as possible. And, if you do end up being evacuated off a Disney attraction, you would likely receive a pass to come back and ride again later without having to go through the standby line.
While we don’t know the exact issue that took place with the seatbelt that caused this recent stop on Soarin, we cannot stress enough the importance of wearing your seatbelt properly on anything (and making sure your kids do the same.) Cast Members will perform seatbelt checks on before a begins depending on the nature of an , but it is still a good idea to make sure your seatbelt is secure in the first place.
Soarin’ was not the only recent to keep waiting up in the air. Earlier this week, some at found themselves in a similar situation before being evacuated off of the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror at ‘s Hollywood Studios. ‘s Flight is another where a might be hanging out quite literally before the could take place. Still, Guest is the priority for Cast Members whether on in Disneyland or ‘in the skies’ above California.
If you do find yourself in an off a , be sure to follow all Cast Member instructions, and enjoy your surprise behind the scenes look at the ! And if you are visiting the soon, be sure to Soarin’! The is only operating as Soarin’ Over California for the Food & Wine Festival through April 26, 2022. After this , it will be back to being consistent with the EPCOT version of the with Soarin’ Around the World.
