Longest safari ever!

nelsonj3

Well-Known Member
I just gotta say, an hour on the monorail might make me sick. If it was full of people and warm/hot, ugh!
Plus I'm slightly claustrophobic. Not being able to get off, that just makes me not want to ride the monorail, lol.
I still will, but if it stops, I'll think of your post.

It was very hot, but luckily, it wasn't too crowded, and everyone in my car had a seat. However, it got so hot that they opened the doors but told us not to get out. (We were stopped at the platform at the Grand Floridian - on the express monorail. They opened the right side doors so that there was a platform there for safety, but they asked us not to get off since that would have been an emergency exit). Apparently, the monorail that was stuck at the TTC that was causing all of this eventually had to be towed back to the "barn." At least, that's what our monorail pilot told us. :)
 

Arecheri

New Member
I was on one of the trucks during this fabulous hour long safari journey seeing lizards and trees. Our driver was very dry and boring and did not interact with the guests at all. That was a downside to being stuck. As we sat for an hour waiting for someone to fix the truck located in front of us, guests started to get aggravated and complaining of being hot and thirsty. A very nice cast member came up to the truck from below (after an hour) and said we would be evacuating shortly and would receive a fastpass and water for our troubles. We were all relieved, especially about the water. It just so happened to be the hottest part of the day being struck on the attraction. Then, it began raining so, we were hoping for ponchos as well, since my family didn't have any that day. As we were escorted in reverse to the emergency exit then down a backstage street there were firetrucks, ems, and ladders awaiting all to exit the trucks. At this time it was raining very heavily. All cast members were extremely nice and helpful except for one. We did receive ponchos and fastpasses as promised. The only thing not handed out was the water. A cast member was standing in front of the cases of water that should have been distributed. He told my 64 year old mother she could have some of his water from the bottle he carries on his costume. I instructed him that my mother doesn't drink after anyone and we were promised the waters that were right behind him. He didn't give us anything so, I just took one for her. I was really disappointed in this cast member. Needless to say, disney received a complaint email from me that afternoon. I wasn't upset for being stuck on the attraction, it happens. Although, this was the first time for Kilamanjaro Safari's. I know disney isn't obligated to give anything for your inconvenience but, when you are promising a bottle of water to people who are very thirsty after being stuck on a ride for an hour, someone should be handing out the bottles of water immediately. You should not just sit in front of cases looking at the poor guests that were leaving the broken attraction.
I did receive feedback from disney. What do I receive for my troubles, fastpasses for the next time i'm in disney. I told her I would rather them instruct their cast members on the proper way to handle emergencies for future reference.
 

docdebbi

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we were also stuck on the safari once for waaayyy over an hour. we were stuck in a non-safari area near the exit for handicap access trucks, looking at concrete sidewalls. they had shoehorned 6 of us into one row on the car. it was not easy or comfortable when we started and was definitely not comfortable one and half hours later. the sun was blaring, the heat oppressive, and we had 3 kids ages 1, 3 and 5 all crammed in, bored, and getting overactive, and we were trying to keep them quiet and actually IN our row.
it was as horrendous as a ride stop can get.
no info about why we sat there for 1 1/2 hours, no banter, no announcements, nothing!!
I was fit to be tied when i got off. nerves frazzled, hot, cranky, frustrated etc
so i told a CM how I felt about this, and did the handicap trucks usually get shoved off to the side and have to wait this long, etc. (it was the first time I had used a scooter in the park so it was all new to me)
he politely explained that it does not usually take that long, that the lady in the front truck had a stroke and they were busy trying to keep her alive and get her evacuated.
he handed me some fastpasses for my trouble, and I slunk away feeling like the absolute jerk I was. I still feel bad, and blame it on three overactive/imprisoned kids (no way it could ever be MY fault!)
but learned a valuable lesson, you never know why things are going wrong! I'll be pleasant from now on, I promise. and we couldn't even use the FP, we were late leaving the park as it was.
 

Jon81uk

Well-Known Member
we were also stuck on the safari once for waaayyy over an hour. we were stuck in a non-safari area near the exit for handicap access trucks, looking at concrete sidewalls. they had shoehorned 6 of us into one row on the car. it was not easy or comfortable when we started and was definitely not comfortable one and half hours later. the sun was blaring, the heat oppressive, and we had 3 kids ages 1, 3 and 5 all crammed in, bored, and getting overactive, and we were trying to keep them quiet and actually IN our row.
it was as horrendous as a ride stop can get.
no info about why we sat there for 1 1/2 hours, no banter, no announcements, nothing!!
I was fit to be tied when i got off. nerves frazzled, hot, cranky, frustrated etc
so i told a CM how I felt about this, and did the handicap trucks usually get shoved off to the side and have to wait this long, etc. (it was the first time I had used a scooter in the park so it was all new to me)
he politely explained that it does not usually take that long, that the lady in the front truck had a stroke and they were busy trying to keep her alive and get her evacuated.
he handed me some fastpasses for my trouble, and I slunk away feeling like the absolute jerk I was. I still feel bad, and blame it on three overactive/imprisoned kids (no way it could ever be MY fault!)
but learned a valuable lesson, you never know why things are going wrong! I'll be pleasant from now on, I promise. and we couldn't even use the FP, we were late leaving the park as it was.

You shouldn't feel bad, even if they were having a stroke, someone should have at least told you that a person had been taken ill and there would be a delay.
 

Kevin_W

Well-Known Member
Original Poster
Some people get all the fun.

Did you see any of the animals walking around the savannah on an infinite loop?

Sorry for not replying earlier - after the day at the park we went on a cruise with no internet.

We ended up on the safari for about 1.5 hours. Our driver was great (thanks, Hillary!). Other CM's were helpful as well - we had managers, a zookeeper to answer questions about animals, etc. We were just before the elephant section, but could still see them reasonably well if they were near the end of the enclosure.

The elephants pretty much ignore the trucks that go by all day, but when the air compressor fired up about 5 came running to see the commotion. That made it all worthwhile by itself.
 

LdyApxr

Well-Known Member
You've obviously never broken down in IASW...purgatory would be a welcome destination after that!!!!
The first time I ever took my oldest son(when he was 6) with my nephew(who was 7), we broke down on IASW and to this day, 20yrs later, he refused to go on it with me and my other son(17) has never gone on it because he has heard the story. LOL
 

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