On June 28, the “Big Flying Car” in Shanghai Legoland suddenly broke down, and tourists were suspended in the air, which attracted attention. On the 29th, the park’s customer service told Nandu reporters that after the incident, the staff immediately organized tourists to evacuate, and after confirming that the facility meets safety standards, it has now resumed normal operation. “For safety reasons, once the facility detects an abnormal situation, it will automatically stop. It has been in trial operation for the past few days, and the facility is in the debugging and maintenance stage.”
On the 28th, a tourist said that he had queued for more than an hour at Shanghai Legoland, but was told that the “Big Flying Car” was broken. The video shot by the tourist showed that the “Big Flying Car” stopped running on the track, and the tourists were suspended in the air, and a staff member was on the side to rescue them.
On the 29th, the park’s customer service told Nandu reporters that after the incident, the staff immediately organized tourists to evacuate, and after confirming that the facility meets safety standards, it has now resumed normal operation. “For safety reasons, once the facility detects an abnormal situation, it will automatically stop. The facility is in the debugging and maintenance stage during the trial operation these days, and currently all facilities meet safety standards.”
Nandu reporters learned that on the 24th, the Shanghai Market Supervision Bureau, together with the Municipal Emergency Management Bureau, the Municipal Culture and Tourism Bureau, the Municipal Fire Rescue Bureau, the Jinshan District Government, etc., conducted a “welcome the opening of the park, ensure safety” emergency response drill for large-scale amusement facilities in the Shanghai Legoland Resort, saying that a fire ladder was dispatched to “rescue” tourists trapped 25 meters above the ground in 40 minutes.
Public information shows that the Shanghai Legoland Resort, the world’s largest park, started trial operation on June 20 and will officially open to welcome visitors on July 5. It is understood that the Shanghai Legoland Resort covers an area of 318,000 square meters and has eight theme areas with more than 75 rides, performances and entertainment attractions. According to “Shanghai Release”, the world’s first LEGO “Big Sky” is the longest roller coaster in the Shanghai Legoland Resort, with a total track length of 530 meters. Visitors can take the LEGO “Big Sky” and travel between giant LEGO brick sculptures.
