Merida’s Horse Gets Caught in a Balloon at Disney World Magic Kingdom During Small Princess Parade

Merida’s Horse Gets Caught in a Balloon at Disney World Magic Kingdom During Small Princess Parade. A toddler ran out into the parade route. The father grabbed the toddler to safety, but the balloon the toddler was carrying kept going into the route and spooked the horse. Both Merida and the horse were okay. I recorded this video myself and I own all rights to this video.

[lele-vucr]

Disney needs to give those handlers a raise. Job well done

[MandalorianDragonTrainer]

You can tell Merida actually knew how to ride, props to Disney for not sticking an actress with no equestrian experience on a horse!

[nicolledieterly]

Props to everyone especially Merida’s wig the real mvp

[HannahCobana]

As an ex cast member, I do firmly believe child leashes are a fantastic idea for kids at Disney for safety. However, it doesn't appear that it would have done a thing in this situation. Kid accidentally let go of the balloon. Merida did a wonderful job staying on and dismounting when safe, the handlers did great soothing and handling Jacob the horse, and the parade team was on standby but not getting involved and adding more issues. Overall, it was handled exactly how I expect cm's to handle it, wonderfully.

[RayMak]

She jumped out very skillfully and gracefully. So glad everything was under control.

[zippyducky]

In the horse's defense, the balloon straight up came at it out of nowhere.

[paytonmargaronedisneygirl]

And this, my friends, is why the cast members say “Watch Your Children” to avoid stuff like this!!

[SirJamesIGamerfuzion]

great job on all the cast member parts including Merida keeping calm and getting the horse to relax they handled that situation like a pro

[ryanjstannard]

Poor horse. She was just frightened by the balloon. I hope she’s alright. This is why you tie the balloon to your child’s wrist! That’s like balloon parenting 101 😂

[ASMRPhan]

Wow!! This could’ve gotten so much worse. Those are amazing employees. Handling the situation and taking control ❤️.

[sjscalf]

This video might have just convinced me that this girl is the real princess straight from the movie. That was Brave.

[qwrktks]

To the lady who asked the child “ why are you crying for “ please educate yourself on how seriously fatal that could’ve ended for both horse and rider. I’m sure no apology would been made from her as she clearly thought it was fine. Two amazing staff on the ground keeping hold

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[rellie]

This Clydesdales name is Jacob and is gentle as lamb . He is always used as Merida's horse in the parades and for Disney Fairytale Weddings upon request .He was our carriage horse and follows commands very well. Thats how they calmed him down so quickly .

[SVIIVII]

Merida grabbed the reigns with both hands even before the balloon touched the horse. She saw it coming and reacted so quickly. She's definitely skilled with horses.

[adventureswithkm]

Merida jumped off like it was nothing. I'm impressed with the cm playing her obviously rides horses before.

[EvanBear]

Merida being an actually good rider and doing an emergency dismount at the appropriate time?! I'm kind of impressed!

[BriarandSpindle]

I'm impressed. The horse must be really well trained to calm down so quickly. Horses get spooked easily and when they do, they won't stay still for anybody. It's why, when a horse spooks themself in an arena, everybody just lets it run around the arena for a while to calm itself down before even attempting to approach it. The horse let the handlers stay near him, and calmed down in what, like 20 seconds? That's good training, and shows good trust between handler and horse. Elsewise that horse would have broken away from the handlers and run amock (nobody can control a giant horse like that if the horse doesn't want them to)

[galligallagher]

This is not a bad horse, its just a horse doing what comes naturally to him, do love draught horses❤, i think belle should ride Philippe and have a ride together with Merida and Angus

[BrandontheBeldam]

1. In all seriousness, I'm relieved the cast member and the horse weren't injured.
2. That mom is Totally becoming 2020 meme material.

[BlueyHeelerHere]

All the cast members who were in this situation deserve a raise. They handled this perfectly.