During Maelstrom’s last few days open the attraction traffic has significantly increased. Petitions began to circulate, letters and emails were written to Disney Executives asking them to reconsider, and some fans even began to plan a quick trip to Disney to try to ride the attraction one last time.Īs Octodrew closer and closer the fans became nervous that there was nothing left they could do. While the social media response to the change was significant, fans took things a step further. We’re not going down without a fight! #SaveMaelstrom /IagY8AGt6X Top trending words on Twitter on Septemincluded “Norway”, “ Epcot”, “Disney”, “Frozen”, and “Maelstrom”. Thousands of tweets began to flood the platform and the hashtag “ #SaveMaelstrom” was born.
When the Disney news made its way to Twitter a handle was formed. Out of all the social media platforms, Twitter received the most impact from the news. More on Kait Around The Kingdom: The All-New Mickey Mouse Club Discussion videos and parodies about the ride closure began to pop up on YouTube.
Over 1,200 photos have been posted to Instagram under #SaveMaelstrom. On Instagram people were sharing their favorite moments and childhood photos standing by Maelstrom. On Tumblr, users posted blog entries and photos of their thoughts on the matter. Someone created a Save Maelstrom Facebook page with over 550 likes. Over 100,000 shares and comments took place on Disney’s official Facebook update. Discussions broke out on various Disney fan Facebook posts about concerns with this change. As the blog post started to get shared over different social media platforms, everyone was giving their opinion on the matter.Īlthough the original news was posted on a blog, it was quickly shared to Facebook and Tumblr. Like with the closures of other popular attractions in Walt Disney World, some people were not ready to see Maelstrom gone for good. Many Disney fans were upset that Arendelle, a fictional country, was replacing Norway, a real country. The ride was to be closed permanently October 6, 2014, less than one month after the announcement. On Septema blog post was made on the official Disney Parks blog announcing the closure of Norway’s attraction, Maelstrom, to be replaced with a Frozen attraction by 2016.
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