Top 10 Disney Fails, Malfunctions & Ride Breakdowns- Splash Mountain Special Edition

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[tufab]

"I kindly asked for you to stay in the boat"

Ma'am, we fully sunk 💀

[siobhanlawper]

The cast member scolding those people for escaping the sinking boat sends me every time. Yeah, I'll just sit here as the boat takes on water?!?

[pinkpeppers]

That kid saying "We need to tell a cast member!" Was so cute

[tomodaphne]

That last one looks like the buildup to a jumpscare in a horror movie, especially with the fans' singing barely audible in the background.

[Jayrod-qbzb]

5:29 Not Brer Porcupine singing “Time to be turning around” with his head literally turned around 😂😂.

[abstractkitten]

Back in 2008, my granddad and I got stuck on Disney World's Splash Mountain for 40 minutes at the bottom of the lift up to the main drop. I've experienced countless ride breakdowns (my family jokes that it's my talent) but this was one of the scariest moments of my childhood.

We were almost at the bottom of the lift up to the main drop and they seemed hesitant to fully shut down the ride and walk us off. The ride stopped and started 2-3 times, moving us even closer to the hill. They turned on the lights after a few minutes but kept the animatronics and audio running, with the clip about staying seated until it's fixed playing every couple of minutes. The three vultures just kept cackling "Everybody's got a laughing place. Maybe this one is yours." Thanks to my overactive imagination, eleven-year-old me was utterly terrified that the ride might work just long enough for our log to reach the top of the hill and trap us right before we went over the edge--or worse, get stuck during the drop itself.

Finally, they started unloading passengers. They started with the log that had already started up the hill and unloaded two logs before the ride jolted and moved us forward two positions. This made us the next flume poised to start the left by the time we were finally unloaded. We then walked all the way back to the beginning of the ride past all the moving and speaking animatronics, which felt even more impossibly huge up close.

It took me several years to try Splash Mountain again, and even then I couldn't enjoy my old favorite ride. Fifteen years later, I can viscerally remember how scared I felt sitting underneath those vultures. Even as an adult I feel a bit of fear when I think about riding Splash Mountain.

[ZadnoleyaEdits]

Would you ever consider making a mini series with animatronic fails specifically from defunct Disney rides?

It’d be a great blast from the past and I’m sure some people still have their old recordings!

[tylermetcalf]

So sad to see the splash mountain gone but it will never be forgotten.

[danjtams]

The end with no animatronics or music is nightmare fuel

[spinningpeanut]

If memory serves me right, an animatronic's head gets swiveled around like that goose when pins come loose. I think it's gradual. With each head turn it goes just a little bit more until it's facing the wrong way, hitting the pin on the other side of the neck and it can't swivel back around. There's a video of a chuck e cheese show where chuck's head was spinning wildly, the comments sections are very helpful for animatronic lovers who aren't exactly robotics engineers like my casual self.

[superninja]

Disney could probably have one day or a whole week or something where all the rides are just a walkthrough with all the animatronics still on, for maybe an extra price bump or something to even it out. I think that almost all of us would love that. :)

[Alola_Hanna-Barbera_TMS_Fan]

Splash Mountain will never be forgotten. I know for some people it won’t be a zippety doo dah day without it in the parks anymore

[TheRealGorrilaGamerVR]

That employee that said, it’s a safety hazard to get off the boat, she might as well try it herself lol

Edit Thank you for 45 Likes!

[lovelychar]

I’m interested to see how they might repurpose some, if not all, of the animatronics. I’m not sure if a few of the critters will find their way into the new Tiana themed ride, but that would definitely be a cool Easter egg!

[StlenSulz]

Even tho splash mountain closed in Walt Disneyworld and Disneyland, it will ALWAYS hold a place in my heart.

[krististarosta]

Splash Mountain may be gone forever, but we’ll always remember it in our hearts!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[MJLINKCREW.roadtok]

Thank you TPM for featuring our video! We were so excited when we saw it we knew we had to record haha. (PS I don't know if you saw but we also submitted a guardians of the galaxy breakdown the same day. If you want to use it for a future video)

[kingrallo]

I’m really gonna miss splash mountain 😢

[HEARTSMEEEEEEEEEEE]

We will forever miss you Splash Mountain!

[thebrummierailenthusiasts]

That’s fantastic and I think the people of splash mountain will certainly love that malfunction video for the attractions last appearance before closing it down