Apparently guests were evacuated last night after a ride vehicle took on water and became submerged.
Here’s the video of the event from Sky on Twitter:
so we got out of our boat because it was sinking while we were stuck there and the disney world employee decided to tell us that we should’ve stayed in the boat but it went under as soon as we all stepped out… nice #DisneyWorld #splashmountain #MagicKingdom #disney not okay???? pic.twitter.com/15zMnP1wgX
— sky💫 (@skyelaringrsoll) August 3, 2020
The poster says they got out of the boat because it was sinking while they were stuck there. Then they said a Disney World employee told them they should have stayed in the boat, which is protocol. But as they pointed out that it went under as soon as they got out.
Another person from the boat:
We deadass almost drowned 🥴 pic.twitter.com/VCEhlHZUie
— jennifer (@_jayy09) August 3, 2020
And another rider:
Before and after (my boyfriend and I were in the back seats) pic.twitter.com/IqJUsIIoZE
— Karen Ramirez (@Kai_cece98) August 3, 2020
Now, the water isn’t that deep, so unless they were very short or a child they likely wouldn’t have drown, but it shouldn’t have ever happened.
not to mention homegirl sat there and yelled at us basically for jumping out of a sinking boat, like what were we supposed to do, sit there be like “we good” #WaltDisneyWorld #MagicKingdom #SplashMountain @WaltDisneyWorld @Disney @DisneyParks @DisneyParksNews pic.twitter.com/Ef2YyIbTSp
— uaplt1 (@uaplt1) August 3, 2020
Minutes before our boat actually went under, it got cut off but you can hear them say “powering off “🤦🏽♀️ pic.twitter.com/VGSWnmopUv
— jennifer (@_jayy09) August 3, 2020
I’m torn on this one. Because it is the protocol to stay in the seats as they could have gotten hurt in other ways, but I can’t think most people would have stayed in the sinking vehicle. Instinctively people will get out.
Of course the comments were on point:
— P A S S H 😷 L E (@APasshole) August 3, 2020
“Stay in the boat please”
Guests: pic.twitter.com/ObxMwhFUpT— Nico Villasana (@nico_villasana) August 3, 2020
Arriving at the end of the ride like: pic.twitter.com/vO8Pl4Pq9J
— Patrick (@want_a_high5) August 3, 2020
“ Looks like Brer Fox, and Brer Bear are causing some kind of comotion downstream. Please stay in your boats while we take care of things..”
Guests: pic.twitter.com/UlhQ9GjzkJ— Becca (@UnicornPoachin) August 3, 2020
Splash Mountain has always had issues, but since reopening in July, the issues seem to have been intensifying. I wonder how long till they just shut it down and say it’s going to stay down till it’s rethemed and done? But that won’t happen today. They reopened it.
What do you think? Comment and let us know!
Sources: Full credit to @skyelaringrsoll, @_jayy09, @uaplt1, @Kai_cece98
Other comments all credited to their posting accounts!
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