Power Outage Causes Monorail Evacuation at Disneyland Resort
No injuries were reported during the evacuation.
After a power outage at the Disneyland Resort, 6 dozen people were evacuated from the Disneyland Monorail after being trapped aboard the transportation system.
What’s Happening:
- CBS News is reporting that dozens of guests were trapped aboard the Disneyland Monorail after a power outage caused the attraction to stop mid-ride.
- Happening late afternoon on Thursday, January 8th, the outage affected two different trains on the transportation system.
- About 60 guests were on the monorail near the Space Mountain attraction when it came to a stop.
- First responders brought ladders to help people off the Monorail, which was predicted to take up to two hours to fully evacuate.
- Anaheim police shared that no one was injured in the ordeal.
- Guests within the park also shared video on social media of the experience.
- Just Ask Danny on X shared a video from the resort, sharing the monorail had been stuck in place for over two hours.
- Another social media account __aracelyyyy21 on TikTok shared footage from inside the Disneyland Monorail.
- As one of the guests, she shared that Disney took care of passengers who had several hours of their day eaten up by the ordeal.
- According to her comment, Disney gave guests snacks and drinks, food and merchandise vouchers, tickets to come back for an additional day, and multiple experience Lightning Lane passes.
- While it is uncommon for major evacuations of the Monorail to happen, just like any attraction, evacuations are normal for all theme park experiences.
- For many Disney fans, evacuations are bucket-list experiences, especially on classic attractions like Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean.
- The media may sensationalize this, albeit, rare experience, guests visiting the resort should take comfort knowing that Disney has safety procedures in place for situations like this.
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