Disney World Halts Several Rides After 6.1 Cuba Quake Shakes Central Florida
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 9
Disney World Halts Several Rides After 6.1 Cuba Quake Shakes Central Florida
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 9
Summary
Several Magic Kingdom attractions went temporarily offline around 2 p.m. Monday after tremors from a magnitude 6.1 earthquake near northwestern Cuba were felt across Walt Disney World.
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Tiana's Bayou Adventure, TRON Lightcycle Run, Space Mountain, Seven Dwarfs Mine Train and The Barnstormer were among the affected rides, according to BlogMickey.
Big Thunder Mountain, Space Mountain and TRON later reopened, while some other attractions stayed unavailable longer; Disney had not said whether the shutdowns were directly caused by the quake or precautionary checks.
Officials said the quake posed no tsunami threat, but FOX Weather called it the strongest recorded in Gulf waters since 1959, making the tremors unusual for Central Florida.