Posted on 05/12/2018 9:52:33 PM PDT by Hojczyk
Video footage shows the dragon—a likeness of Maleficent from "Sleeping Beauty"—continuing to bob its head up and down as the flames consumed it. In a surreal scene, parade music blared from speakers as onlookers stared in amazement at the flaming monster.
The steampunk-style dragon normally breathes fire as part of the show, but something malfunctioned and the entire head of the metal beast went up in flames. Perhaps thinking the fire was part of the show, people milled about, seemingly not alarmed by the flames. Most didn't flee the scene and continued to watch until they were ushered away by park staff.
Local firefighters responded to the fire, but it had already been extinguished by the time they arrived.
According to "Disney Dan," the fire was extinguished quickly and cast members confirmed that "everyone is fine."
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PCBs. Nice.
Perhaps thinking the fire was part of the show, people milled about, seemingly not alarmed by the flames.
They're probably thinking...Oh look, they lit the head on fire for our entertainment.
Is that Yoko Ono leading it?
Great. Now they'll have to figure out how to make it do this every time.
Meanwhile, try this video of the new one at Cedar Point. It's had some opening day problems (a train coming to the end of the run bumped the train being loaded, no one seriously hurt; that led to a few hours of down time), and after some concerns is only running one train while the company that built the ride is making adjustments, probably beefing up the braking zone at the end. I would like to ride it, but I could barely endure just watching the vid.
The pic is from near the top of the vertical drop at the outset of the ride.
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The music fits well with it too.
And kudos to the engineers and builders. The thing is full on in flames and the neck and jaws are still operating!
Live by the flame, die by the flame
I hate dragons
I want to be in the last car, on that ride!
Not a fan since Walt died.
This is poetic justice and actually hilarious.
Revenge of the righteous against political correctness media culture?
Burn baby, burn?
That Cedar Point is a good video of a long ride. There’s a YouTube video of a local TV personality riding it for the first time — and he’s NOT a brave coaster rider. (I watch roller coaster videos but wouldn’t dare to actually ride on one in real life!).
Somebody yelled “KILL IT WITH FIRE!!”, and they did.......
I saw a documentary on how and why the dragon was made and it was very interesting. Saw it at Disney World a few years ago and loved it. Too bad this happened...glad no one was hurt.
A common failing of dragons when they stifle a sneeze.
That was extremely hard to watch.......but I survived
https://youtu.be/FaHEusBG20c
Watch the video. This looks awesome!!!!
Watch the video. This looks awesome!!!!
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