Disney World Skyliner gondola breaks down leaving visitors stranded for two hours just six days after opening

DISNEY World’s Skyliner gondola ride has reportedly broken down just six days after it opened, leaving visitors stranded for more than two hours on Saturday.

Fun-seekers at the park in Orlando, Florida, posted pictures and videos indicating the ride had malfunctioned leaving people stranded in the air.

Those posts showed the emergency services at the site.

So far Disney has not confirmed the incident or if people had needed to be rescued.

However a statement from the company said the ride had been experiencing “unexpected downtime,” according to Fox 35.

A Disney blogger called ‘MiceChat’ claimed one cabin jumped the cable leaving, causing five other cabins to bump into one another.

It is not clear if anyone has been injured.

The blogger on Twitter though said all the guests had been evacuated in a post written earlier this morning.

The Skyliner ride carries visitors to the park between the Caribbean Beach Resort and the Epcot centre.

The gondolas, which hold about ten people in each car, travels at around 11mph and rises as high as 60 feet in the air.

One man who was on the ride with his disabled mother when it broke down told the Orlando Sentinel that Disney had given them both four-day passes and a gift card worth $200.

Some social media posts criticised Disney for a lack of information on the incident.

One wrote: “Been stuck on the new #disneyskyliner for an HOUR now this is insane!!! #disney #skyliner they aren’t communicating with us at all about what’s going on”.

Another said: “Hello?! We’ve been trapped in the sky on the Gondolas for an hour with no explanation what’s going on???? #disneyskliner.”

The Sun Online has contacted Disney for a comment.

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