Maleficent Dragon Float Catches Fire During Festival of Fantasy Parade

Well, that’s not good. The float in parade is supposed to breathe fire, but it ended up catching fire during the parade this afternoon.

The Festival of Fantasy Parade is Disney’s afternoon parade that makes its way from Adventureland down Main Street U.S.A. All the floats are fun to look at, but the most impressive float is the one with the fire breathing Maleficent dragon. It’s very cool to see in person.

According to the Orlando Sentinel, the fire occurred today when the float was in Liberty Square. Disney was able to put the fire out quickly and luckily there are no injuries. In the article, a spokeswoman for Disney said that they will be looking into why this happened.

Here’s the video that the Orland Sentinel posted:

Video: Fire at Disney World’s Festival of Fantasy parade https://t.co/0Lyivsu3In pic.twitter.com/leyfUilODX

— Orlando Sentinel (@orlandosentinel) May 11, 2018

I’m not sure how long the dragon is going to be out of commission, but I’ll keep you posted. It will be interesting to see if the dragon is still going to breath fire when it’s repaired, or if Disney is going to take that feature away. We’ll see. I’m just glad no one was hurt!

Thanks for reading!

*Liz*

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Liz

I love all things Disney, but my main love is for Disney World and I'm always planning for the next trip. Before becoming a Disney blogger, I was a radio DJ, so I guess I'm just continuing in the communication industry, just in a different form. I love talking Disney and I could talk about Disney all day. That's why I started blogging and created the Facebook group. The Disney community is full of friendly, helpful, and happy people...and I love being a part of it! If there is any Disney subject you would like to see covered just let me know! Need help planning your Disney vacation. Feel free to contact myself or Melissa at Never Stop Dreaming Travel Co. We love helping people plan their trips! Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy! Don't forget to check out our Countdown to Disney app! Feel free to email me with suggestions of things you would like to see in the app :-)