Earthquake Hits Disneyland as Customers Forced to Evacuate Rides

[Kennywood]

Disneyland was forced to shut a number of rides at its theme park in Anaheim, California, on Monday night, following a 3.5 magnitude earthquake.

The U.S. Geological Survey reported an earthquake striking at around 8:09 p.m., with the epicenter recorded at just over a mile east of Fullerton—two miles north of Disneyland. A smaller aftershock was reported to have struck at around 8:30 p.m.

While there were no injuries or damage reported in the immediate aftermath of the quake, Disneyland took mandatory precautionary measures by shutting dozens of its popular rides as staff carried out safety checks.

"Damage, very unlikely, but guests will be inconvenienced while rides are inspected," read an 8:24 p.m. post on the news on X, formerly Twitter, by unofficial Disneyland information source MiceChat.

Around 20 minutes later, the account shared a post that read: "All attractions and queues are now closed. Guests are being informed that attractions will reopen after safety checks."

According to The Orange County Register, all rides at the theme park were closed, with the exception of Jungle Cruise and the Mad Tea Party. At the neighboring Disney California Adventure park, rides that remained open included Inside Out Emotional Whirlwind, Mickey's Philharmagic and holiday versions of Luigi's Joy to the Whirl and Mater's Jingle Jamboree.

Disneyland has not made any comments regarding Monday's temporary shutdown on its verified social media accounts.

Source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/ne...1&cvid=7e073edd7c8f4b8debfeae2bcac7ba98&ei=15

 

[starlite_]

Good on them for putting Guest and Cast Member safety first.

 

[BrianL]

Good on them for putting Guest and Cast Member safety first.

Yeah, not like Universal. One time I was on the Backlot Tour and this HUGE earthquake hit. There was water rushing in, gas lines bursting into flame, and a train crash! They just went on like nothing happened. I was shocked thinking it couldn't get any worse...then King Kong attacked us!

 

[irlandaise]

Disneyland has not made any comments regarding Monday's temporary shutdown on its verified social media accounts.

Source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/earthquake-hits-disneyland-as-customers-forced-to-evacuate-rides/ar-AA1l1MD5

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There would be no reason for Disney to make a posting about such a minor event. They followed their safety procedures and brought everything back online again. End of story.

 

[Lumpy1106]

This is not So Cal bravado - earthquakes start at 5.0. You might feel a 4.0, might actually see things swaying at 4.5, but a 5.0 will wake you up. If a building suffers damage at anything less than 5.0 it wasn't designed very well in the first place. The media reporting a 3.5 just tells you it was a VERY slow news day. After all, in So Cal we go into 24/7 full news coverage every time it rains (and no, that is not an exaggeration).

 

[Wesley815]

It was felt stronger in Anaheim due to epicenter being in Fullerton. Rarely have they been that close to the park.

 

[twitch]

We were in the park when it happened. Didn’t notice the quake, and didn’t experience any downtime. Based on the timestamp, we were walking between BTMRR and Tiki Room when it happened. Tiki Room didn’t shut down, and by the time we got out of Tiki Room, everything seemed back to normal. Didn’t even know there had been a quake until later while we were waiting for fireworks (canceled due to wind).
Tiki Room did not close.

I think the articles on this were all overblown.

Slow news day.