Back in August, Splash Mountain riders were subject to a different kind of ride malfunction. According to Inside the Magic, a log flume full of guests began to take on water mid-trip. A guest named Skyelar Ingersoll described the incident: "We were almost at the end of the ride. We started to notice [the boat] taking on water after the final drop... As soon as we stepped out the whole log was pretty much submerged underwater."
Ingersoll also shared the details of their experience on Twitter. They posted a video of a partially submerged flume, and stated that they got out of the log shortly after it began to take on water, but that "the Disney World employee decided to tell us that we should've stayed in the boat."
Another presumed passenger replied to that tweet with a video of their own, captioned, "Minutes before our boat actually went under, it got cut off but you can hear them say 'powering off.'" On the short clip, you can see the inside of the ride, and hear a cast member begin to make the announcement that the ride is shutting down. Yet another guest shared an image of their feet submerged in water at the bottom of the log.
It may not have been the Splash Mountain experience the guests were hoping for, but it certainly was a unique one. As if backstage exits and sunken log flumes weren't enough, Splash Mountain was in the news for another reason over the summer. But that story is about an issue with the ride that has nothing to do with mechanics.
