Today's Groupon for the Orlando area is up to 44% off of Characters in Flight, the tethered hot air balloon experience at Downtown Disney. It will cost you $11 for one person (and $18 value) or $20 for two (a $36 value), and you can purchase up to 10 Groupons. The Groupon expires May 31, 2013. If you've always wanted to try this experience, and you have a trip coming up soon, this would be a great deal to purchase!
Showing posts with label Characters in Flight. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Characters in Flight. Show all posts
Friday, January 18, 2013
Monday, July 2, 2012
'Characters in Flight' Grounded...Permanently?
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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