The Characters in Flight balloon has been grounded--or, rather, it has disappeared. The Downtown Disney attraction that took guests up in a tethered hot air balloon is closed until further notice, and the balloon itself has been removed. In fact, Disney has all but erased any sign of it from their website as well.
The likely prompt to this sudden closure is an accident that injured three people at a similar venue in Hong Kong at Ocean Park last week. The balloon involved in that incident was the same model from the same manufacturer, and the same company operated the attraction.
I never experienced Characters in Flight, but I did see it in action. While it looked fun and interesting, it didn't seem to be an especially popular attraction, and I never saw a crowd near it. The attraction will very likely be closed permanently and eventually replaced with the "next big thing."
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