The Day Toy Story Stopped

DCP - Day 78 - October 30, 2012

Last night was a first for me.  Well.  I thought it was a first.  But after talking to m mother about it, apparently it’s happened before.

But anyway.  Last night I was emergency evacuated off a ride. 

After I got off work, I met Erika and took her on a quick tour of backstage before we rode Tower of Terror two times.

By this time it was about 7:30 and the park was closing at 8.  So I suggested we ride Toy Story Mania since the lines are typically shorter as the park closes and Fantasmic is going on.  So we walked back to Pixar Studios and got in line.  The wait time said it was 45 minutes but we didn’t even wait 15.  We rode the ride and I won.

And then we decided to ride it again since we had about 15 minutes before the park closed.  We walked right up to the spot where you get your 3D glasses and the guy directed us to the Fastpass line so we got to bypass the rest of the standby line.  We walked right up to the ride and got on.  We were so excited.  At this rate, we could ride it again!

Then on the second game, the car didn’t move when we were finished.  A ‘Hold Time’ game came up where you can practice hitting the targets without getting any points for a few seconds and then the ride was off again.

And then on the next game it stopped again.  Another Hold Time game came up and I told Erika not to shoot so we could save our arm.  For those of you that haven’t rode this ride, your arm seriously hurts by the end from shooting so much.  So we just halfhearted tossed rings around the aliens.  For about ten minutes.  I looked at Erika and said, What if we have to e-vac this ride?  She said that would be cool.

Not long after that, a Cast Member came on the intercom and told us to remain seated and wait for a Cast Member to come around and unload us.  They were closing the ride because of technical difficulties.  We waited probably another five minutes for someone to come around and get us out of our car.  A Cast Member walked us out of the ride and gave us a Fastpass to use on the ride today or tomorrow.  Of course, I work all day both of those days.  But still.  It was pretty cool.  We can now say we’ve emergency evacuated a ride…and remember it.