Reports flooded Twitter Friday afternoon when the Festival of Fantasy Parade cake to a screeching hault at Magic Kingdom. The Malificent float, which is steam punk inspired and blows fire, caught fire.
The fire was quickly extinguished, and no cast members or guests were hurt.
When someone tells you to stay calm. #festivaloffantasy#magickingdom#dragon#maleficent#fire#disneyworldpic.twitter.com/w7Sfa3js9q
— Alyssa (@alyssa_hendy) May 11, 2018
Oh no! #paradefire#dragon#magickingdom#magickingdomfire#wdw#disney#paradepic.twitter.com/zFP2sxIKk5
— Disney Dream Girls (@DisDreamGirls) May 11, 2018
Here it is. Freshly charred dragon after it caught fire during today’s Festival of Fantasy parade at Magic Kingdom. #festivaloffantasy#magickingdom#disneypic.twitter.com/I4pZquCKV2
— Matthew C. Bayer (@matthewcbayer) May 11, 2018
Here’s a video of the fire:
Needless to say, the Malificent portion of the Parade will be out of commission until the park can fix and figure out what happened to the float, and why it caught on fire.
There could be a chance that the entire parade could be scrubbed temporarily, though that seems unlikely.
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