It’s been well…a YEAR for everyone, but especially for Disney World’s PeopleMover. The Magic Kingdom attraction closed over a year ago and we’re still waiting for it to reopen.
Patiently waiting…
The reopening was delayed, then delayed again, and then delayed AGAIN. But earlier this week, Disney announced that the ride would be up and running “late this weekend.”
We have seen a lot of testing going on with the ride recently. We were at Magic Kingdom first thing this morning to see if it was ready, and…well…nada. What is going on here? Is it really doomed like we initially guessed? We were told by Cast Members it could open later today or even tonight. We’ve been watching the progress today, and we noticed some chefs were going for a test run!
Have a good ride!
But a few minutes later, the ride stopped and the chefs were evacuated from the ride!
Cast Members Evacuated
Although the PeopleMover is supposed to reopen today, it’s not looking too promising… .
Cast Members being evacuated off the PeopleMover pic.twitter.com/v5Y4BdoC5e
— AJ Wolfe (@DisneyFoodBlog) April 25, 2021
We’re not sure what happened here, but we’re following the situation closely (while guests escape the rain under the PeopleMover’s tracks). We’ll be sure to keep you updated! Hopefully, this is only a minor snafu, and we’ll be happily cruising along on the most chill ride at Disney World soon!
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The PeopleMover goes back to the beginning of Walt Disney World. It is challenging to comprehend how an attraction with such simple technology compared to the sophisticated technology of today’s attractions can present park operations with so much difficulty. It doesn’t appear that anything significant occurred with the ride experience other than possibly fresh paint so this entire downtime had to be tied to the mechanics of the ride.
The people mover not doing to well by stopping . Disney will get it going again .Maybe it needs more work to be able to keep running . We all will have to wait to see what happens .