Disneyland Fantasmic Dragon Engulfed in Flames

[Californian Elitist]

That's a good call, the footage is disturbing. And in no small part because of the behavior of some guests who clearly saw something was wrong and decided to make a show of it rather than evacuate the area.

Like . . . this isn't a stand-up special, what was happening was dangerous. Use your common sense, listen to the Cast Members, skip the one-liners, and get away!

I agree. Safety is everything. I understand the initial shock that occurs when something like this happens, but leaving and finding safety should be one’s immediate action after the shock.

My own place of work had an incident with a fire right before the weekend started. The fire alarm went off and I couldn’t tell if it was a drill or an alarm. Still, I started packing my things, and then I almost immediately smelled smoke. I put a pep in my step and got out of there quickly.

 

[gerarar]

Anyone know what the steamboat would do in this case? By this point in the show, it's already on its way towards the viewing area/stage.

Would it just go in reverse because all the CMs on the boat would be stranded otherwise on the river.

Also the flying carpet is stored underneath the stage, so I wonder if that got damaged as well and would need repairs or a full replacement. That's if the stage collapsed as reported.

 

[Disney Analyst]

I do believe that was hydraulic fluid leaking and not propane as someone stated.

As far as I am aware, the dragon uses an ISOPAR flame, which is a beeswax composite (that’s how they do the world of Color flames).

 

[Coaster Lover]

Just put a strobe light on it... it'll be fine. .

 

[Magenta Panther]

I'll say it again...the wrath of Walt...
And again, I ask...didn't Iger brag some time ago on a conference call that he'd cut the budget for Maintenance...?

 

[THEMEPARKPIONEER]

We’ll we all know what’s rolling out now and not coming back to Disney World

 

[Disney Analyst]

This footage I hadn’t seen. The end is crazy.

I’m glad the tech with the water bailed.

 

[ProjectXBlog]

RIP Murphy

 

[Lilofan]

Fantasmic! Is actually my favorite Disney nighttime spectacular ever. I would be pretty upset if it never came back, WDW is my home park and I have never had the pleasure of seeing Disneyland’s Fantasmic! Something I was hoping to fix this summer…

Cannot imagine what the guest reaction would be at DHS. 8K guests in full theatre only one exit to get out.

 

[gerarar]

Cannot imagine what the guest reaction would be at DHS. 8K guests in full theatre only one exit to get out.

There's actually 2 main exits (red). The center entrance/exit and there's one on the far right when facing the stage that's used as a bypass. There's also 3 additional emergency exits at the front on both sides and on the far left (blue).

 

[Coaster Lover]

Mickey finally defeated that dragon once and for all!

 

[DCBaker]

Video of work happening at the site this morning -

 

[Disney Analyst]

Video of work happening at the site this morning -

Lift must still work, as they clearly lowered it down to try and hide most the dragon.

 

[Brian]

Lift must still work, as they clearly lowered it down to try and hide most the dragon.

I had been curious if they'd end up having to put a scrim up to cover her head to toe in standing position.

 

[Phroobar]

So they have no fire suppression system on a character that shoots fire.

 

[EvilChameleon]

Burning Man came early this year I see.

 

[BagOfGroceries]

Well, good to see the lift works.

 

[gerarar]

Lift must still work, as they clearly lowered it down to try and hide most the dragon.

Isn't that video showing the base that attaches to the dragon AA? Looks like they literally just ripped whatever was left of the dragon off the metal base.

From that it tells me the lift is still in its position from last night and they're working on putting it behind a scrim.

Edit close up shots show the upper part of the dragon sticking out including the crisped head.

 

[Brian]

From that it tells me the lift is still in its position from last night and they're working on putting it behind a scrim.

It would appear so.

 

[Vegas Disney Fan]

Video of work happening at the site this morning -

As sad as that video is it gives me hope the mechanism may still work and could be reskinned.