Disney Skyliner gondola trapped passengers in sky for hours

The “Most Magical Place on Earth” stalled Saturday night, leaving passengers on Disney World’s new Skyliner gondolas trapped for hours in the sky.

Passengers told CNN Sunday that they were left hanging about three stories high for nearly three hours on the line traveling between the Caribbean Beach Resort and Epcot at Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

Disney said in a statement that one of the aerial tram’s three routes “experienced an unexpected downtime,” Orlando’s WKMG reported.

Among the stranded, Emmie Palmer, told the cable news outlet the fire department arrived about 45 minutes after the much-hyped cable car system stalled — but it took hours for passengers to be fully evacuated.

Some of the passengers — as well as onlookers — promptly started documenting their downtime on Twitter.

“Evacuating two people at a time off of the Disney World Skyliner … could be very slow with 10 capacity gondolas,” Aaron Murray tweeted with a series of photos of rescue workers prepping a truck and ladder for the evacuation.

Murray’s girlfriend, Courtney Cole, who was trapped with him and six others, told CNN they were alerted about emergency kits containing first aid supplies and water under seats. Murray, however, complained on Twitter that the rescuer crew’s repetitive “LOUD messages” contained no new information.

WKMG reported that the Skyliner gondolas — which launched just over a week ago — were running again by 11 p.m. Saturday.

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