Kutholakala eningizimu encane yeLos Angeles eCalifornia enelanga, iDisneyland iyindawo edumile yokuvakasha yemindeni evela kuwo wonke umhlaba. Ipaki yetimu ye-surreal futhi emnandi nayo ingumthombo omuhle wezinganekwane zasemadolobheni.

Abasebenzisi be-Intanethi bahlala befuna ukuphinda indaba yomlilo ekamu ngomfana omncane owazilengisa Izwe Elincane noma wabelane ngevidiyo yesipoki sangempela ku Indlu Ehlanganisiwe. Uma sitshelwa iqiniso, iDisneyland kahle kakhulu ingahle ihanjelwe ... kepha akudingeki ukuthi ithembele kunoma imaphi ama-spook enziwe kanye nama-specters ngomsebenzi wayo we-paranormal.

Kube nabantu abenele bangempela abafele eThe Happiest Place on Earth ukuze bafune isihogo ngokusemthethweni kuso.

Isigameko sokuqala sokushona kwabantu eMagic Kingdom senzeka ngoMeyi wonyaka ka-1964. UMark Maples, umfana oneminyaka engu-15 ubudala, wayegibele iMatterhorn Bobsleds, umgibeli ohamba ngesivinini esihamba phambili wokuzivocavoca, lapho esukuma ngokungachazeki wawa esihlibini sakhe. Uwele phansi kuthrekhi engezansi futhi wahlushwa ugebhezi, izimbambo eziningana eziphukile, kanye nezimo eziningi zokopha ngaphakathi. Waphuthunyiswa esibhedlela, kodwa wangaphaphama, washona ezinsukwini ezintathu kamuva.

Cishe eminyakeni engamashumi amabili kamuva, ngoJanuwari ka-1984, esinye isivakashi sasepaki saba nengozi efanayo elyily ohambweni olufanayo; Owesifazane oneminyaka engu-48 ubudala ogama lakhe linguDolly Young waphonswa ebholeni lakhe iMatterhorn waqhutshelwa phakathi kwendledlana ezayo futhi washonela khona lapho ngenxa yokulimala okukhulu ekhanda nasesifubeni. Uphenyo luveze ukuthi ibhande lakhe lezokuphepha belingakaqedwa, yize bekungacaci ukuthi ulikhumule yena yini noma alikaze livikelwe kahle ukuqala ngalo. Kunoma yikuphi, umfelokazi owaziwa ngokuthi uMatterhorn wayebanga esinye isisulu.

IMatterhorn akuyona ukuphela kwababulali abaningi eDisneyland. Ukugibela okwaziwa ngePeopleMover lokho, kuhle, kwashukumisela abantu kulo lonke i-Tomorrowland kusukela ngasekupheleni kweminyaka engamashumi ayisithupha kuya ku-1995, futhi kunamathrekhi ayo agcwele igazi lezivakashi ezimbili, okuyinto emangazayo ngoba ukuhamba kugudluke nje kufudu olufana namamayela ayi-7- ngehora. Kokubili ukufa kwaba nesizathu esifanayo; umgibeli uzame ukushintsha izimoto maphakathi nokuhamba, kwaba nemiphumela emibi. Okokuqala kwenzeka ngo-Agasti ka-1967, lapho ukugibela bekuvulwe kuphela inyanga emfushane. URicky Lee Yama oneminyaka eyishumi nesikhombisa ushibilikile ngesikhathi ezama ukuphuma emotweni eyodwa yakwaPeopleMover aye kwenye futhi wacindezelwa wafa. Isigameko esicishe sifane senzeka ngoJuni ka-1980 lapho uGerardo Gonzales oneminyaka engu-18 ubudala ewa ngenkathi ekhuphuka phakathi kwezimoto ezimbili futhi eqiniswa ngamasondo ahamba kancane kodwa azinzile ohambweni.

Ukukhangwa kokugcina okuthathe izisulu eziningi eThe Happiest Place on Earth nakho kubulala kakhulu: Imifula yaseMelika. Lona ngumzimba wamanzi ohlukanisa indawo enkulu yezwe iFrontierland ne-Adventureland esiqhingini saseTom Sawyer, futhi usubulale izivakashi ezintathu zepaki (kuze kube manje). Owokuqala wawungoJuni ka-1973 lapho uBogden De Laurot oneminyaka engu-18 nomfowabo oneminyaka eyishumi ubudala befihla esiQhingini saseTom Sawyer sekuhlwile, lapho ukukhanga kuvala izivakashi. Lapho laba sebethathe isinqumo sokuthi sebenele isiQhingi, bazama ukubhukuda babuyela ngaphesheya komfula. Umfowethu omncane wayengazi ukubhukuda, ngakho-ke uBogden wazama ukumthwala emhlane. Izindaba ezimnandi ukuthi umfana omncane usindiswe ngumuntu ohamba ngamabhasi. Ngeshwa, uBogden waminza ezinyaweni ezine zamanzi.

Eminyakeni eyishumi kamuva, ngoJuni ka-1983 ngesikhathi somunye wemigubho yaminyaka yonke yeDisneyland ye- “Grad Nite”, uPhilip Straughan oneminyaka engu-18 owayethweswe iziqu esikoleni samabanga aphakeme nomngani wakhe bantshontsha umgwaqo omatasa nokugcwala komfula. Edakiwe, uStraughan wehlulekile ukulawula isikebhe wasiphosa lapho eshaya itshe. Uwele emanzini waminza.

Igazi laphinde lachithekela emanzini eMifula yaseMelika futhi ngoKhisimusi ngo-1998. Ulayini ongavikelekile kahle waklebhula insimbi esikhunjeni seSailing Ship Columbia, umkhumbi ofana “nohamba” emifuleni emzileni . Leli ciko lishaye owesilisa oneminyaka engu-33 ubudala ogama lakhe linguLuan Phi Dawson nomkakhe, uLieu Thuy Vuoun, 43. UVuoun waphila, kepha uDawson kwathiwa ufile ebuchosheni ngemuva kwezinsuku ezimbili.

Ukuphonswa nje kwetshe kude neMifula yaseMelika kungukufa okulandelayo ohambweni lwethu lweDisney, iBig Thunder Mountain Railroad. Kuvulwa ngo-1979, le rollercoaster ehamba ngesivinini esikhulu empeleni yayinerekhodi elihlanzekile lokuphepha kwaze kwaba nguSepthemba ka-2003 lapho esinye sezitimela sisuswa ngomgwaqo, sabulala uMarcelo Torres, indoda eneminyaka engu-22 ubudala, owopha igazi wafa ngenxa yokuhlukumezeka ngamandla okubangelwe yingozi . Kulimale nabanye abagibeli abayishumi.

I-Space Mountain yaseTomorrowland iqeda i-roller coaster trifecta eDisneyland futhi yebo, nayo ibulale, futhi indaba yayo ibuhlungu kakhulu. Ngo-Agasti ka-1979, owesifazane oneminyaka engama-31 ubudala ongagagulwanga ngegama wakhononda ngokungazizwa kahle ngemuva kokugibela i-Space Mountain futhi wehluleka ukwehla emotweni yakhe. Abasebenzi bakwaDisneyland bamcela ukuthi ahlale phansi ngenkathi besusa imoto yakhe ethrekhi, kepha ophethe yena wamthumelela ngephutha futhi. Wafika endaweni yokwehlisa impahla okwesibili esesimweni sokungazi lutho. Wangena ku-coma futhi washona ngemuva kwesonto, imbangela yokufa yanquma ukuba yisimila senhliziyo esivele sikhona futhi saqala ukuya ebuchosheni bakhe. Ngamanye amagama: izimbangela zemvelo.

Esinye isigameko esibuhlungu senzeka ekugibeleni i-Indiana Jones Adventure. Kutholakala e-Adventureland, i-Indiana Jones Adventure ukugibela okuhlanganisa isiyaluyalu se-roller coaster nombukwane wokuhamba okuhle. NgoJuni ka-2000, uCristine Moreno oneminyaka engu-23 ubudala, owayesanda kushada waseSpain owayevakashele iDisneyland ngesikhathi sakhe sangemva komshado, wakhononda ngokuphathwa yikhanda ngemuva kokuphuma kulolo hambo. Ngalobo busuku, waquleka futhi walaliswa esibhedlela. Wadlula ezinyangeni ezimbili kamuva evela kwi-aneurysm yobuchopho abameli bakhe abathi kwaba umphumela oqondile wokugibela i-Indiana Jones Adventure ride. Icala lokufa elingalungile laxazululwa ngenani elingadalulwanga, kepha iDisneyland igcizelela ukuthi ukufa kukaMoreno kwakungahlobene nesipiliyoni sakhe kulolo hambo.

Yize lokhu kufa kufana nokuthela amanzi, okulandelayo kubi kakhulu. Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngemuva kokuvakashelwa nguCristine Moreno, ngoSepthemba ka-2000, uBrandon Zucker oneminyaka emine wayegibele uRoger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin ehamba nonina nomfowabo ngesikhathi ewa emotweni esheshayo futhi ephinwa ngaphansi imizuzu. Umfana ompofu walimala kaningi, kufaka phakathi i-diaphragm eqhekekile, iphaphu elibhidlikile, i-pelvis ephukile kanye ne-spleen. UBrandon akazange alulame ngokuphelele ekulimaleni kwakhe futhi ekugcineni washona ngo-2009, cishe eminyakeni eyishumi kamuva. Nakulokhu futhi, kwatholakala isivumelwano esivumela iDisney ukuthi ikhokhele ukuqhubeka nokunakekelwa komfana ngaphandle kokwamukela icala ngokulimala okwagcina ngokuholela ekufeni kwakhe.

Akubona bonke abantu ababulewe eDisneyland abaye baba izivakashi zepaki; kube namalungu amaCast amabili ashonele emsebenzini nawo. Owokuqala wawungoJulayi ka-1974 lapho uDeborah Stone oneminyaka engu-18 ubudala esebenza ukuheha okusha kweMelika Sings. I-America Sings ibinendandatho ejikelezayo yezigaba eziyisithupha ebezizungeza izinkundla zemidlalo yaseshashalazini eziyisithupha, ukuze njalo emizuzwini emine izethameli zizongeniswa ngengoma ngesethi ehlukile yezinhlamvu ze-animatronic. Ngeshwa uMiss Stone wayemi eduzane kakhulu nolunye lwezindonga ezijikayo lapho beqala ukunyakaza, bemngenisa futhi bemchoboza phakathi kodonga olujikelezayo nolumile. Kubikwa ukuthi izivakashi eziningi zasepaki zazicabanga ukuthi ukukhala kwakhe ngosizi nokwesaba konke kwakuyingxenye nje yombukiso.

Elinye iLungu leCast elahlekelwa yimpilo yakhe eDisneyland empeleni lalisebenza eDisney's California Adventure, epaki eliseduze nendawo efanayo neDisneyland. Ngo-Ephreli ka-2003, uChristopher Bowman oneminyaka engama-36 ubudala owayesebenza esiteji wayelungiselela iMagic Carpet Ride ye-Aladdin Show epaki iHyperion Theatre lapho ewa ngamamitha angama-60 ukusuka ekhejini, efika ekhanda lakhe. UBowman akazange aphinde abuye futhi wafa ngemuva kwamasonto amane. Amahhanisi akhe okuphepha awazange ananyathiselwe ezintweni zokubopha ezi-catwalk.

Akuwona wonke umuntu ofela endaweni yeDisneyland aze angene epaki; insizwa eyodwa yahlangabezana nesiphetho sayo izama nje ukungena. NgoJuni wowe-1966, ngesikhathi elinye iphathi likaDisney “iGrad Nite”, uThomas “Guy” Cleveland oneminyaka engu-19 ubudala wazama ukungena epakini ngokukala uthango nokuhamba emikhondweni yeThe Monorail, ezokuthutha ezinjengezitimela ezihamba zizungeze iDisneyland, zithatha izivakashi ezivela eDisneyland Hotel ziye epaki. Unogada wambona, kwathi ngokuxhamazela kukaCleveland ukugwema ukubanjwa akezwanga izixwayiso zikanogada ngemoto esondela eMonorail. Imoto yashaya uCleveland yamhudula izinyawo ezingama-40 ngomkhondo ngaphambi kokuma. Abasebenzi bezokugcinwa kweDisneyland kwakudingeka bakhiphe izinsalela zikaCleveland ezansi kwethrekhi.

Yize lezi zigameko zivame kakhulu, ukubulawa kwabantu abambalwa beDisney empeleni bekungukubulala okuyiqiniso. Ngo-Mashi ka-1981, osemusha oneminyaka engu-18 ubudala ogama lakhe linguMel Yorba wagwazwa wabulawa nguJames O'Driscoll oneminyaka engama-28 endaweni yaseTomorrowland eDisneyland. UYorba kusolwa ukuthi wenza ngokungafanele entombini ka-O'Driscoll, kwaqala impi phakathi kwala madoda amabili.

Impela eminyakeni eyisithupha ngemuva kokubulawa kukaYorba, ngoMashi ka-1987, kwaqubuka impi yamaqembu eziqiwini yokupaka eyaphenduka isibhamu. Ngesikhathi kushunqa intuthu, uSalesi Tai oneminyaka engu-15 ubudala, owayeyilungu lezigelekeqe waseCompton, wayeseshonile, wadutshulwa wabulawa amahlandla amane (amathathu emhlane). Ilungu leqembu eliphikisayo elineminyaka engu-18 ubudala elibizwa ngokuthi uKeleti Naea liboshwe labekwa icala ngaleli cala.

Futhi-ke, kukhona ukuzibulala; yebo, abanye abantu beza endaweni ejabulisa kakhulu emhlabeni ukuzozibulala, kepha abakaze bakwenze epaki uqobo lwalo. NgoSepthemba ka-1994, uJoachim Chi Tu oneminyaka engama-75 wagxuma esuka kuvulandi wegumbi lakhe lesishiyagalolunye esitezi eDisneyland Hotel. Kwakunemibhalo emibili yokuzibulala, eyodwa ngesiNgisi kanti eyodwa ngeyesiShayina, etholwe emzimbeni wakhe. Eminyakeni emibili kamuva, ngoJulayi ka-1996, indoda eneminyaka engu-23 ubudala egama linguDavid Daigle yeqa noma yawa kuvulandi ophansi weshumi nane. Kwakungekho inothi. Kwathi ngoMeyi ka-2008, enye indoda, uJohn Newman Jr., oneminyaka engama-48, naye wagxuma esuka esitezi seshumi nane ngesikhathi osebenza naye ebhizinisini ehleli naye egumbini.

Ngemuva kwalokho, kubukeka sengathi indawo edumile yokuzibulala isuke ehhotela laseDisneyland yaya eMickey & Friends Parking Structure, njengoba uGhassan Trabulsi oneminyaka engama-61 agxume esuka ezitezi eziphezulu zesakhiwo ngo-Okthoba ka-2010 (inothi lisola issues ”kwatholakala emzimbeni wakhe) kwathi uChristopher Tran oneminyaka engu-23 ubudala wagxumela ekufeni kwakhe endaweni efanayo ngo-Ephreli ka-2012 (akukho nothi).

Okokugcina, kodwa okungenani, ukufa okujabulisayo eDisneyland. Ngo-Okthoba ka-2013, uMichael Zarcone, umsunguli wesibhedlela sezingane ezikhubazekile, wavakashela leli paki ukuyobheka imihlobiso yaminyaka yonke ye-Halloween. Le ndoda ibisiphethwe yisifo sikaParkinson iminyaka eminingana, futhi yehla ngesikhathi ihamba futhi yawa. Ngesikhathi ezama ukuvuka, wahlaselwa yisifo senhliziyo. Wayeneminyaka engama-63. Indodakazi kaZarcone yathi kwakufanele ukuthi ayofela endaweni ayithandayo emhlabeni - iDisneyland.

Kusobala kulezi zindaba ukuthi, ngaphandle kokumbalwa, ukushona okwenzeke eDisneyland ngokuvamile kube ngumphumela wobudedengu, ukunganaki, noma kwesinye isikhathi ubuphukuphuku obucacile besisulu. Akunasizathu sangempela sokwesaba ukuya eDisneyland, kepha ngokuzayo lapho uvakashela indawo ejabulisa kakhulu emhlabeni, qiniseka ukuthi ugcina ikhanda lakho lishintsha futhi uhlala phakathi kwemigqa emhlophe. Ngaleyo ndlela, ukuphela kwento okuzodingeka uyesabe izipoki eziningi ezinamahemuhemu, zombili ezivela emiphefumulweni enebulewe ebulewe epaki nasezindlini zabathandekayo izivakashi eziqhubeka nokugcizelela ukulahla iNdlu YeHaunted .