Disney Ride Passengers ‘Dumbfounded’ After Man Jumps from Log to Wander with His Son, Causing ‘40 Minute’ Delay

Mar. 15, 2025

Tiyana’s Bayou Adventure at Disney World Resort in Florida.Photo:Olga Thompson/DISNEY/HANDOUT

Olga Thompson/DISNEY/HANDOUT

A Disney World guest left fellow passengers on a ride frustrated after ignoring instructions to remain seated during a brief pause.

On Thursday, March 6, the unidentified man was on theTiana’s Bayou Adventurewater ride in Disney’s Magic Kingdom when he decided to “jump out of his log with his kid." The ride had been paused for around 10 minutes before his antics caused it to be delayed further, according to an anonymous member of theWalt Disney World Tips and Tricks Public Facebook Group.

“Shout out to this guy, who held up everyone on Tiana’s for 30-40 minutes because he and his son jumped out of their log,” the Facebook user wrote in a now-deleted post, per Disney news outletWDW News Today.

According to the post, the guest exited the carriage despite “very clear announcements to remain seated.”

Tiana’s Bayou Adventure at Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California.Sean Teegarden/Disneyland Resort via Getty

Sean Teegarden/Disneyland Resort via Getty

“The cast members came over the speaker three times — yes, three times — asking him to get back into the log, and he refused,” the post continued.

The Facebook member said the man “began shining his phone flashlight around, looking for an exit” and “waving the bright light in [the] faces” of the seated guests, leaving them “dumbfounded” at the situation.

“We went from a 10-minute ride pause to a 30-40 minute ride pause because of this guy,” they wrote. “… There was absolutely no need for this to happen. This guy is teaching his son that the rules don’t matter and you can do whatever you want, even if it inconveniences everyone else.”

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Tiana’s Bayou Adventure at Walt Disney World.Olga Thompson/DISNEY/HANDOUT

Tiana’s Bayou Adventure officially opened at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida on June 28, 2024, and Disneyland in California on Nov. 15, 2024.

The ride,which replaced Splash Mountain, was created in homage toPrincess Tianafrom the groundbreaking 2009 Disney animated filmPrincess and the Frogand is set in New Orleans Square.

This latest incident at Disney World comes after several recent incidents at the resort where the guests have refused to follow the rules. In January, a guest was caughtstealing an out-of-order signand putting it on her scooter. Awoman was also taseredat Disney’s Port Orleans Resort for her drunken behavior, perWow News Today.

Walt Disney World did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment on Saturday, March 8.

source: people.com