Characters in Flight Balloon Closed and Removed – Possibly Permanently

Just off the phone with Disney and no one there seems to know what’s happened or why – but the Characters in Flight Balloon at Downtown Disney closed until further notice for all future available calendar dates. It may not reopen.

There was an accident recently involving the same model and make of balloon from the same manufacturer and operator as the Characters in Flight balloon at Ocean Park in Hong Kong. The same Aero30NG balloon was installed at Ocean Park, Disneyland Paris, and Walt Disne...