During today’s performance of Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade at the Magic Kingdom, the head of the Maleficent dragon float caught on fire. Photos can be seen below courtesy of Twitter users who were at the park today. From what we’ve heard, no cast members or guests were hurt during this incident and the fire was put out quickly.
Video courtesy of Andrew Barondess
The Maleficent float in Disney’s Festival of Fantasy Parade typically blows fire as you can watch in our video below. Apparently something malfunctioned today.
When someone tells you to stay calm. #festivaloffantasy #magickingdom #dragon #maleficent #fire #disneyworld pic.twitter.com/w7Sfa3js9q
— Alyssa (@alyssa_hendy) May 11, 2018
#MagicKingdom at #WaltDisneyWorld has been cleared out due to the dragon catching on fire at The Festival of Fantasy Parade!! The fire has since been extinguished. pic.twitter.com/XiRBM3DR99
— The Diz Unleashed (@TheDizUnleashed) May 11, 2018
Probably one of the last pictures of a functioning Maleficent Dragon at Magic Kingdom. Shot 2 minutes for the fire. #WaltDisneyWorld #WDWLIVE @WDWNT pic.twitter.com/nzQ9kbi57H
— DisneyGoofballs (@DisneyGoofballs) May 11, 2018
Oh no! #paradefire #dragon #magickingdom #magickingdomfire #wdw #disney #parade pic.twitter.com/zFP2sxIKk5
— Disney Dream Girls (@DisDreamGirls) May 11, 2018
It’s all kicking off at the Magic Kingdom! The parade went past us and the mechanical Dragon was all good until it burst into flames! Parade closed and the fire was promptly put out. The dragon was not looking the best after as you can see. pic.twitter.com/6DsWL1NK5M
— Martin MJ (@MartinMJ22) 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 #disney pic.twitter.com/I4pZquCKV2
— Matthew C. Bayer (@matthewcbayer) May 11, 2018
I feel bad for the driver of the dragon, but my main concern is, what did the rest of the floats and performers behind it do? Usually when there’s a malfunction in front of a unit the music loops and they just repeat the same choreography a few times, but they must’ve been stopped for a while…
They stopped all the floats (obviously). They didn’t continue with choreography for long if at all. Liberty Square was cleared of guests and the performers left. The floats behind the dragon remained until the dragon could be moved. That’s as much as we know.
Oh no!!! My favorite float. I am glad no one was hurt and I hope they fix it quickly!!!
Disneyland Paris has this same float, wonder if they will still use it. Probably without the fire effect if anything.
Exactly, it‘s still there but only smoke, no fire as of now.