Downtown Disney Orlando recently added a tethered balloon experience, Characters In Flight. It takes guests 400 ft into the air for a glorious panoramic view of the Lake Buena Vista area. When it opened the attraction was notorious for closing down for safety with even a light breeze in the area. It’s rumored that they brought in a new operations team and these days the balloon flies in even a stiff breeze.
Of course, this can make things interesting from time to time. From what I’ve seen the flight up is fine, but sometimes the landings can be a bit shakey. The video below wasn’t even the roughest landing I saw all day, but it’s still an e-ticket experience. Check out the passengers clapping at the end. Happy they all survived it sounds like.
When landing in a breeze Downtown Disney's Characters In Flight balloon becomes a real E-Ticket Ride – http://is.gd/4XzMH see the video.
RT @TheDisneyBlog: When landing in a breeze Downtown Disney's Characters In Flight becomes a real E-Ticket Ride – http://is.gd/4XzMH
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