just for fun, re: broken rides..

[Cheloconnell]

My DH, DS3 and DS6 were stuck in Carousel of Progress for five cycles of the same time period. We all tried twice to get up and go and each time were told to sit back down. The worse part was it happened at the very beginning and we had to sit through the other timeframes. It wasn't a great big beautiful tomorrow for us

[tinkerbellybutton]

Ok, so I have to admit I'm a little scared of the dark (alright a lot scared) well, I had gone to the Magic Kingdom alone for a solo day and decided to go on HM. This was before the refurb and the stairs area was pitch black. Wouldn't you know that's the spot I'd get stuck for 10 minutes..... I was almost in a panic, I actually had my cell phone out and was going to call my boyfriend just to calm me down when the ride started back up... note to self, no more dark rides alone

[andreallybadeggs]

Speaking of traumatic experiences in Small World...
Several trips back our DD REALLY wanted to ride it once more and convinced her 2 teen DB's that we should do this as a family once more before we left the MK. They were surly but agreed to endure it just to make her hush. We had just entered the attraction and were still on the ramp above the boarding area.
A boat came in but before it could dock properly a little girl tried to jump out and slipped between the boat and the dock. The CM's quickly saw what had happened, told everyone to stay seated so they could nudge the boat away and pull her up. Would have been fine but her Dad, who was not in the boat but was filming his family, panicked and jumped over all the rails to get to her. Made things worse because the boat was no longer steady. Long story short, the little girl was fine, the Dad suffered a broken bone or two, IASM was shut down for the rest of the evening and our sons now have a "legitimate excuse" to avoid that ride. They call it the death trap.