Horse gets tangled with Balloon

[raymusiccity]

That would be a tad harsh. Completely a freak accident, and probably will never happen again. Think of how many times the Headless Horseman has done his ride with no incident.

Well.....that's actually not true. The Headless Horesman had his horse slip right over onto his side. Really slippery conditions as he rounded A corner!

 

[MisterPenguin]

Well.....that's actually not true. The Headless Horesman had his horse slip right over onto his side. Really slippery conditions as he rounded A corner!

Replace Main Street with a packed earth walkway!!

 

[disneygeek90]

Because I don't watch the parades usually I'm not sure if Merida usually rides the horse or not but from the multiple videos I watched yesterday she seemed very uncomfortable on the horse and the horse also seemed uncomfortable so when you add the balloon to the mix just not good.
And the way she scrambled away also makes me feel like she was kinda pushed to get on the horse when maybe she did not feel comfortable. Horses can tell these things.

Have you ever been on a horse that panics? It’s incredibly uncomfortable and scary but she handled it well from what I could tell. A spooked horse is not something you want to mess with and she did everything correct.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Have you ever been on a horse that panics? It’s incredibly uncomfortable and scary but she handled it well from what I could tell. A spooked horse is not something you want to mess with and she did everything correct.

Exactly. All of the CM’s behaved exactly as you would want them to behave and reacted calmly and appropriately.

 

[Disney Maddux]

Meanwhile I just feel bad for the poor horse who was absolutely terrified... :c

 

[Queen of the WDW Scene]

Have you ever been on a horse that panics? It’s incredibly uncomfortable and scary but she handled it well from what I could tell. A spooked horse is not something you want to mess with and she did everything correct.

I said she looked uncomfortable on the horse in other videos I watched. In that clip she looked semi ok but still not like she feels comfortable on a horse in general.
Yes I have been on horses plenty and yes one that was spooked and I was almost thrown off.
I'm not saying she did not handle herself well in the situation but rather that maybe she should nor have been on to begin with.

 

[disneygeek90]

I said she looked uncomfortable on the horse in other videos I watched. In that clip she looked semi ok but still not like she feels comfortable on a horse in general.
Yes I have been on horses plenty and yes one that was spooked and I was almost thrown off.
I'm not saying she did not handle herself well in the situation but rather that maybe she should nor have been on to begin with.

I personally didn’t see an issue with how any of the cast members handled the situation or their general comfort level. Glad all were okay.

 

[Disney Analyst]

It seems like too much of a workload, especially for one horse.

It’s important to remember that horses have been bred to do this kind of work for... thousands of years. So it’s a great notion, but would also cause severe depression for the horse.

Horses will often get excited when they are the one who is chosen to leave the ranch and come over to the park to pull the carts. It’s great to let them graze all day... but these aren’t wild horses, they don’t find it stimulating enough.

 

[Andrew C]

She seemed comfortable to me. She was smiling and waving to people. She road the nearly-bucking horse like a champ. She dismounted quickly without a huge dress tripping her up. Total professional.

The horse was fine until it sensed something entangling its legs. So, yeah, horses can sense those kind of things.

She definitely has riding experience and has been trained. They aren't throwing any actor up there and telling her to hold on.

 

[Disney Analyst]

It's one thing to carry around 1 person at a ranch where there aren't large crowds. It's another thing to put blinkers (site blockers) on them and have them pull 10-20 people around with immense crowds within feet of them.

But they are trained to do it... I don’t quite understand the argument. If you just snapped your fingers today and said “no more.” All those horses would literally suffer depression. They are fully capable of pulling that cart, by them self.

If anything you would have to do a very phased approach IMO. Allow the current working horses to work still, stop breeding them/ training new horses.

 

[ChrisFL]

Brave gets Tangled

Worst...Crossover....Ever

 

[champdisney]

That’s ridiculous. It was a little kid who accidentally let go of a balloon. Why would you discipline them? I wouldn’t have ever thought, oh this ballon could be dangerous. It’s a ballon.

Read my other replies. Thank you.

 

[wdrive]

She definitely has riding experience and has been trained. They aren't throwing any actor up there and telling her to hold on.

You sure?

 

[Andrew C]

You sure?

Pretty confident...her immediate reaction shows "this isn't her first rodeo"

 

[Monorail_Orange]

Agreed, every CM, including Merida, took precisely the right steps and actions. The horse is obviously well-trained and conditioned appropriately, as even he/she dealt surprisingly well with suddenly having an entanglement around its rear leg. Merida's friend is obviously an experienced equestrian.

 

[erstwo]

Horse Caught up

WOW. What an OUTSTANDING job by every Cast Member involved! This just goes to show what quality cast members are employed by Disney. So many gifts and talents. To have someone who can not only play a face character, but have such experience riding horses. And those handlers - again I say WOW. Clearly experienced, calm and ready for any emergency situation.

Also, those cast members posted nearby - they knew what to do right away - even if it was just 'get out of the way'!

 

[Mainahman]

WOW. What an OUTSTANDING job by every Cast Member involved! This just goes to show what quality cast members are employed by Disney. So many gifts and talents. To have someone who can not only play a face character, but have such experience riding horses. And those handlers - again I say WOW. Clearly experienced, calm and ready for any emergency situation.

Also, those cast members posted nearby - they knew what to do right away - even if it was just 'get out of the way'!

Yea im not sure how that could of been handled any better. Clearly its something that they could, and did handle in a very professional way. Animal was calmed, and they made it a quick non issue. Im sure that lovely horse got an extra treat that night when it was returned to the stables.

 

[WDW Pro]

100 percent props to all CMs, the handlers did a good job trying to calm a panicked animal which is one of the most unpredictable things you could have to deal with. Merida did the very smart thing to do and quickly got out of the path of the horse. This just seemed like one complete freak accident.

Chances of a balloon wrapping around a horse's leg is so small you couldn't even come with that scenario until it occurs. Cast did a perfect job and the horse is extremely well trained.

 

[Pick145]

It's one thing to carry around 1 person at a ranch where there aren't large crowds. It's another thing to put blinkers (site blockers) on them and have them pull 10-20 people around with immense crowds within feet of them.

If police horses can be trained to deal with rioters, a draft horse can pull a cart down a busy street.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

It seems like too much of a workload, especially for one horse.

The only time the horse is really working much is starting the streetcar. At Disneyland, where they actually run the cars on a regular basis, they recently relaid the tracks so the cars roll along very easy and they also put in brick so the horses weren’t walking on pavement all day.

Those are huge horses that were bred to plow fields, pulling a streetcar is literally a walk in the park.