We’ve been covering Disney news for a long time, and we thought we’d seen it all. Then someone at Disney World said, “Hold my churro.”
Gran Fiesta Tour Starring the Three Caballeros
Our tale today takes us to EPCOT’s Mexico Pavilion, which is home to a seriously underrated ride: Gran Fiesta Tour Starring the Three Caballeros. Now, we love this ride. It’s air-conditioned, it’s a great place to cool off, and it has some of the best background music in World Showcase. But even we, with all our Disney obsession, have never once looked at that river and thought, “You know what this needs? Me.” Once again, this is why we can’t have nice things at Disney World.
Dear Disney World parkgoers, why must you be the way that you are? Don’t get us wrong, this certainly isn’t the majority of the people who go to the parks, but every once in a while, someone does something that just makes us scratch our heads and really reconsider the whole “human race” thing. Recently, posts started coming out on social media that showed a video of what appears to be a man diving into the water on the Gran Fiesta Tour Starring the Three Caballeros. You can see the video below, which was posted by Michelin-starred Chef Michael Collantes.
According to Chef Mike’s post, this was the second “kid” — though he looks like an adult to us — to jump into the water on this ride. He also said that he thought security would be waiting for them when they got off the ride, but he didn’t see anything. Other comments on the post claimed that security caught up with them later and escorted them out of the park, though.
However, a representative for Walt Disney World Resort said in a statement to PEOPLE, “This behavior was unsafe and a clear violation of our park rules. The guest and his party were trespassed.”
Fiesta Hoy!
Needless to say, this is a very, very, very dumb thing to do. Not only will you get caught — Disney has cameras everywhere and they know what you’re doing — and security will likely trespass and ban you from Disney World for good, but the water on these rides isn’t that deep. Diving straight into the water like this dude did could have ended with at best a concussion or worse, a traumatic brain injury.
Unfortunately, this isn’t the first time someone has gotten up to shenanigans that make us seriously question their critical thinking skills, either.
Donald will be disappointed in you
Recently, a guest fell down the 50-foot-drop on Tiana’s Bayou Adventure after exiting the ride vehicle right before the drop, and in the past, we’ve seen people try to climb the Mexico pyramid as well.
Tiana’s Bayou Adventure
Not only that, but one time, on Living with the Land, someone was so determined to grab a fresh cucumber that they literally jumped out of the ride vehicle mid-ride. They got in trouble immediately, and now, they will not be living with the land ever again.
We’re not sure what causes people to behave this way at Disney World — maybe it’s intoxication, sheer hubris, or the fact that people feel entitled to do whatever they want when they’re paying to be there. In any case, we certainly don’t condone it — so think before you act, people!
A cucumber grown on the ride!
We’ll be on the lookout for even more shenanigans taking place in Disney World — though we hope we don’t have to report many more in the future. In the meantime, make sure you stay tuned to the Disney Food Blog for the latest Disney news, and check out even more bizarre things that have happened at Disney World in our video below!
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