Little Mermaid queue globe falls and shatters

[wdwmagic]

 

[Ayla]

How could someone be playing with it? It's like 20 feet in the air.

 

[Purduevian]

How could someone be playing with it? It's like 20 feet in the air.

Throw something at it, or possibly a parent picking up a child

 

[Stupido]

That’s super scary, imagine having your kid under that? Hopefully this doesn’t lead to them removing the hanging balls, they were one of my favorite parts of the queue. Being ridiculously tall, I always appreciate theming that pulls the eye up.

 

[ImperfectPixie]

How could someone be playing with it? It's like 20 feet in the air.

The end of the rope looks frayed...I'm wondering if a bird or rodent possibly got at it and was pecking/chewing for nesting material.

 

[Ayla]

The end of the rope looks frayed...I'm wondering if a bird or rodent possibly got at it and was pecking/chewing for nesting material.

My guess is it totally rotted out due to lack of maintenance.

 

[Squishy]

My guess is it totally rotted out due to lack of maintenance.

How do you do maintenance on a ball

 

[ImperfectPixie]

My guess is it totally rotted out due to lack of maintenance.

Maybe?

But with rope that thick, I would think it would need to be rubbing and getting wet/drying out pretty consistently for it to just fray and break.

 

[Disstevefan1]

I blame it on COVID

 

[Patcheslee]

The white one looks to have one portion severely frayed too.

 

[Bob]

How do you do maintenance on a ball

 

[GimpYancIent]

The white one looks to have one portion severely frayed too. View attachment 631161

Uhhhhh OK it would be wise for maintenance to check the balls.

 

[drew81]

Safe D begins with ??

 

[Ayla]

How do you do maintenance on a ball

The ball was hung in a rope net.

 

[flynnibus]

Hobby Lobby strikes back!

 

[Squishy]

The ball was hung in a rope net.

The rope maintenance person was probably fired by Chapek

 

[wdwfan22]

My guess is the ride will now have to close until a check of the entire queue can be performed.

 

[James Alucobond]

When they source a replacement, can they also order some for the Polynesian entrance?

 

[monothingie]

This would not have happened under Iger. He had balls.

 

[ToTBellHop]

How do you do maintenance on a ball

With care. Ask any man.