Disney World guests rescued as
'Jungle Cruise' boat abruptly sinks
Western Journal,
by
Jack Davis
Original Article
Posted By: konocti95,
3/2/2020 3:50:50 PM
The magic went out and the water came in Thursday as a boat on the Jungle Cruise ride at Disney's Magic Kingdom theme park sank with a load of tourists aboard.
No one was injured and all passengers were safely evacuated by firefighters from the Reedy Creek Fire Department, a Disney World spokesperson said, according to Fox News.
"A boat took on some water. Everyone got out of the boat safely," a Disney spokesperson said, according to WESH.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
konocti95 3/2/2020 3:59:32 PM (No. 334673)
Hippos kill over 3,000 people every year. Those people were fortunate to survive the sinking.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Venturer 3/2/2020 5:05:14 PM (No. 334729)
Water there probably isn't over waist deep.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
DVC 3/2/2020 5:17:43 PM (No. 334746)
It was HORRIBLE, the water got up to their KNEES.
And #1, audio-animitronics hippos kill.....zero people, ever.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
DVC 3/2/2020 5:19:03 PM (No. 334747)
For those who never went to Disney parks, there is NOTHING living there but the patrons and the actors, and behind the scenes mechanics to keep all the machinery working. Sorta.
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These jungle ride boats either sink frequently, or this story is being recycled. Saw the same thing three or four times now since December.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
h24015 3/2/2020 5:45:29 PM (No. 334774)
It's a wee world after all...
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
DVC 3/2/2020 5:53:21 PM (No. 334780)
I once had a truly unpleasant experience at Disneyland. One of many reasons I will never go back.
There was a ride, I forget the name, some PC thing about it being "A Small World", a variation of the Coke commercial, everyone singing about how normal and wonderful everyone around the world is. Get in a car with 7 other people, and off into darkness, doors open to various rooms, animated creatures pop up and have spotlights on them, black everywhere else, and they "sing". The car moves slowly along, hits another door, which pops open and into another room, different animated creatures, different songs. HIGH VOLUME.
OK, fine, not so bad. But a kid drops a ballcap on the track, jams up a car, which automatically shuts down the whole ride. Cars don't move but all the creatures and songs continue on. Me, my brother and sister are in one car, in a room with a group of animated characters, brightly colored, very brightly lit with stage spotlights in the inky blackness, and the song "It's a Small World" being sung in quasi-"The Chipmunks" voices for 20 minutes. 20 second cycle time, repeat forever. Did I mention it was at HIGH VOLUME?!
It was funny for about 3 or 4 minutes, then mildly irritating, and eventually we were trying to decide if we should see if we could slither out from under the locked down seatbelt.bar and just start waling ---in the darkness. Even as kids, we decided that this could get you really hurt, might fall into some hole or get shocked, or crunched by a machine or powered door. So we endured it.
55 years later, when the topic occasionally comes up at Christmas or Thanksgiving family gatherings, we all roll our eyes and laugh, but with a "hope THAT never happens again" look in our eyes.
My sister goes to Disney World several times a year now, not with kids. I can't see it, but she loves it.
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Just another disaster on a cruise ship.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
bad-hair 3/2/2020 6:59:53 PM (No. 334840)
Aaaarrrgh Captain. I think she's going down. Man the lifeboats. Women and children first. Lawyers second.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Jesuslover54 3/2/2020 7:36:53 PM (No. 334858)
Good thing those mechanical crocs don't have AI.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Laotzu 3/2/2020 7:52:40 PM (No. 334867)
I would be embarrassed to be found waiting 20 minutes in knee deep water to be "rescued" within a few feet of a shore on either side. Seriously. Are we that far removed from the physical world that we don't know to get out of water. The water is only allowed to cloud so you don't see the track.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
konocti95 3/2/2020 8:02:10 PM (No. 334874)
#3...I remember seeing a documentary in the 1970s about a theme park that had some sort of animitronics that went crazy and only a couple people came out alive. I think it was called Westworld. They said nothing could possibly go worng.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
red1066 3/2/2020 8:03:34 PM (No. 334876)
The water might be about three feet deep, but while the fake hippos and crocs won't harm anyone, stray alligators might.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
konocti95 3/2/2020 8:15:18 PM (No. 334890)
#7 When I was in the military we had "resistance training" so we would know how to act/react in the event we were captured by the enemy and went through the same thing...loud, blaring, nonsensical chanting confined in a tiny space. But they had to stop for a break every ten minutes so we didn't go nuts. .
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Strike3 3/2/2020 9:01:36 PM (No. 334953)
I saw comments on one of the Disneysucks websites that people on Disney cruise ships had often been blasted with high volume Disney commercials in their six-foot cabins. Sounds like torture to me.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
DVC 3/2/2020 11:00:58 PM (No. 335038)
Believe me, #14 , after an estimated 20 minutes, we were on the verge of losing it. Close to walking out in the dark, even knowing was likely pretty dangerous.
I can see how it would be disorienting for prisoners.
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joew9 3/2/2020 11:13:24 PM (No. 335052)
When I was a kid my mother thought it would be cool to get us front row seats for the circus.
I don't blame her. She just didn't know.
The elephants and other creatures were run around the rink in some kind of fast moving opening act celebration parade. After sitting in their cages all day this sudden exercise did not sit well with their stomachs and bowels. They vomited and er... how do I say this on Lucianne? had movements, etc. It all splashed. And our legs at front row floor level were in the line of fire.
Then the lion and tiger tamers came out. It seems that the lions and tigers hold it all day long until they are brought out of their cages into the big arena cage and that's when they let loose.
As odorous as house cats. And being on the front row the fumes hit us strong.
After the first 30 minutes we got up and moved to the very top of the bleachers. We wanted to be as far away as possible. When we got home we threw away our clothes and took long showers and vowed to never see the circus again except on TV. 60 years ago and I can still smell it. I've even turned down free tickets to Cirque Du Soleil.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
DVC 3/2/2020 11:55:39 PM (No. 335068)
#17, you explained why Disney doesn't have any real animals.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Smart11344 3/3/2020 12:32:22 PM (No. 335681)
I did Disneyland in the mid 60's. DisneyWorld in the Late 70's Once for each was enough for me.
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