Parts of Adventureland were evacuated Saturday night when Maleficent, in dragon form, caught fire during a performance of “Fantasmic!” at disneyland
Our on-site reporter captured footage of the dragon, still burning, as the show came to an untimely end for safety. Fire fell from the dragon’s mouth onto Tom Sawyer’s island below. The cause appears to be a leak of flammable liquid, which is seen dripping from the mouth moments before the fireball effect was fired.
Guests on the west end of the park were quickly evacuated and all deals west of the Jungle Cruise were quickly closed.
Sources told WDWNT that the Maleficent Dragon collapsed as crews raced to put out the fire. Unconfirmed reports have claimed that the entire stage area of the nighttime spectacular has also collapsed. Future performances of “Fantasmic!” have been removed from Disneyland’s schedule, with performances not scheduled until May 26 at the earliest. The Anaheim Fire Department has confirmed that there were no injuries as a result of the incident.
Less than an hour after the evacuation began, Adventureland reopened to guests, while Frontierland, New Orleans Square and Critter Country remain closed as of this writing.
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“Fantastic!”
“Ghostly!” is a nighttime spectacular that debuted at Disneyland on May 13, 1992. The show stars Mickey Mouse as he explores the possibilities of his imagination, but Disney villains join forces in an attempt to create a nightmare for him unstoppable . Featuring characters and music from Disney films such as “Fantasia,” “The Jungle Book” and “Pirates of the Caribbean,” the show features water screen projections, pyrotechnics and both the Sailing Ship Columbia and the Mark Twain Riverboat as they sail. past guests on America’s rivers.
“Fantastic!” entered an extended hiatus as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and it finally resumed operations at the end of May 2022. Since then, the nighttime spectacular has performed with minimal, if any, incident at Disneyland closed unexpectedly for just over two weeks last January. MagicBand+ interacts with “Fantasmic!” as the center disk changes color and flashes in sync with the show.
At Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Walt Disney World, the show, which debuted at the park in 1998, went on a longer hiatus, returning last November with new scenes inspired by “Mulan,” “Frozen II” and “Moana.” . Last March, a TikTok user captured a video of an incident where a performer portraying Aladdin missed the ledge they were supposed to stand on and crashed into the side of the mountain from the set Guests who attended the performance noted that the performer reappeared later in the show, seemingly unharmed. This week, the Florida production will run once a day on a reduced schedule before a brief renovation shutdown currently set for May 1st and 2nd.
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