Shanghai Disneyland ride breakdown leaves visitors suspended in air for half an hour
The 4D-ride, Soaring Over the Horizon, which can carry up to 90 people, stops working temporarily, leaving some people reportedly up to six storeys in the air
Some Shanghai Disneyland visitors were reportedly left hanging up to six-storeys in the air for half an hour after one of the theme park’s rides broke down because of a mechanical problem on Tuesday night.
The 4D-ride, “Soaring Over the Horizon” – an indoor flight motion simulator attraction that shows scenes from around the world on a big projection screen, and can accommodate up to 90 people – stopped working at about 7.40pm, the news website Xinmin.cn reported.
Visitors are clipped into seat belts in rows of seat as they are lifted into the air on a mechanical arm, as their feet are left dangling in the air.
However, the attraction stopped working after five minutes, leaving people suspended in the air, the report said.
The lights around the attraction then went off and a message was broadcast to visitors asking them to be patient while staff sorted out the problem.