Mad Tea Party
Last Updated: November 2, 2023
Guests spin around in circles as fast or slow as they desire in giant tea cups from the Alice in Wonderland film.
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TMS-478
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Onstage: 41
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Deaths: 0
Injuries: 4
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1
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Mad Tea Party Deaths and Injuries:
11-Year-Old Boy Is Thrown From The Mad Tea Cups
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Accident Date: 1/1/1991
Accident Type: Injury
January 1991:--An 11 year old boy is thrown from the Mad Tea Cups and struck by a second cup. He sustained a fractured spine, shoulder injury and nerve damage in one arm.
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Woman Stated She Felt Dizzy After Riding, Causing Her To Fall And Injure Her Right Ankle.
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Accident Date: 7/13/2010
Accident Type: Injury
Jul 13, 2010:--A 59 year old Woman stated she felt dizzy after riding, causing her to fall and injure her right ankle. She was seen by a resort nurse and transported by paramedics to the hospital. Investigation was conducted and no safety hazards were
Guest Said She Got Hurt When The Ride Started While She Was Still Standing On The Platform.
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Accident Date: 7/31/2010
Accident Type: Injury
Jul 31, 2010:--A 35 year old woman said she got hurt when the ride started while she was still standing on the platform. Cal-OSHA inspected and found the ride operation did not verify that visitors were clear of the cars before the ride started. Disney
Visitor Said She Slipped On The Wet Table When She Exited The Teacup
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Accident Date: 6/12/2011
Accident Type: Injury
Jun 12, 2011:--A 36 year old woman said she slipped on the wet table when she exited the teacup. The weather was damp and cloudy. She was seen by a resort nurse. She was taken by ambulance to the emergency room at UCI Medical Center. An inspection was done
One of the original Fantasyland attractions that debuted in 1955 the Mad Hatter's mad tea party has gone through several changes the preliminary
concept drawing show. Basically what guess seen now the whirl of teacups with an Alice in Wonderland themed that Echoes the 1951 Disney film. The
most conspicuous stylistic differences between what was drawn and what was built concern the track layout in the attractions centerpiece one early
illustration show 22 teacups circling a central Hub as if they were on a racetrack with bank curves.
Originally the main platform upon which the cup spun was grey later it was painted with a giant red and orange psychedelic spiral.
Guests instantly took to the crazy cups enthusiastic about the control wheel in the center of each cup that enabled riders to spin themselves faster
or slower clockwise or counterclockwise.
So frantic is the action that many guests don't realize the 90 second mad tea party is one of the shortest rides in the park.
Promoting the Mad tea party has always been pretty easy for Disneyland publicist. The attraction is easily understood and basically sells itself.
When it opened the Mad tea party and its colorful tea cups were positioned in the Sleeping Beauty Castle Courtyard to the west of Mr. Toad's Wild Ride a location now occupied by the King Arthur Carrousel.
While, it may seem nauseating and perplexing to some older guests millions still enjoy the Thrills that have kept this particular party going for over five decades.
Currently the music that plays is "The Un-Birthday Song" from the Alice In Wonderland movie
In early 1982 Disney designer shut down the teacups for over a year so they could be relocated near the Alice in Wonderland attraction about 150 ft to the east. The carousel which was already in the castle Courtyard move north to fill the Mad tea parties former location and the teacups filled what had once been an empty walkway new party lights for strong above the cups and the Very Merry unbirthday Song from the Alice film was piped-in to enhance the connection.
During the rides first two years, the Tea Cups had no brakes or clutches--nothing to limit how fast they could be spun. Mad Tea Party And Dumbo are the only attractions to switched locations.
The Mad Tea Party has three small turntables, which rotate clockwise, each holding six teacups, within one large turntable, rotating counter-clockwise
Required a "B" ticket in 1955-1957
Required a "C" ticket in 1959
Required a "C" ticket in 1964-1965
From WED Disneyland Dictionary 1968
Mad Tea Party is inspired by the Mad Hatter's wild celebration as described in the story of Mice in Wondentand, This attraction features a merry whirl in spinning cups and twirling saucers.
Required a "C" ticket in 1970's
From Steve Birnbaum brings you the best of Disneyland 1982:
The sequence of Walt Disney's 1951 production of Lewis Carroll's novel Alice in Wonderland, in which the Mad Hatter hosts a tea party for his un-birthday, is the theme for this attraction. A group of oversize pastel teacups that spin and whirl on a spinning platform as wildly as many old amusement parks Tubs o Fun. As a result, it's always a great hit with the 9-to-20 crowd. (However, it does tend to make more riders sick to their stomachs than any other attraction in the park, so watch what you eat beforehand, and at least let a reasonable interval pass after eating before you embark on this mad whirl.) When this now closed attraction reopens in 1984, it will occupy the space between Storybook Land and Alice in Wonderland, where a fast-food facility had been previously situated.
Mad Tea Party Specifications:
THEORETICAL CAPACITY
This figure is what the attraction should yield under ideal conditions utilizing all units in the system with no loss in efficiency at any position. This figure should be seldom or never attained. It is an ideal against which to measure.
Theoretical Capacity:
1440 per hour
DISPATCH INTERVAL
The time interval between the dispatching of units.
Dispatch Interval:
2:54
INSTANTANOUS CAPACITY
Number of guests that can be handled when ride opens
Instantanous Capacity:
72
Trips:
20 per hour:
Audience Control Capacity:
172
DISTANCE
Distance Traveled
Distance:
158 feet
CAPACITY PER UNIT
Capacity for each vehicle or show
Capacity Per Unit:
6
SPEED
Average speed vehicles travel
Speed:
2.20
CYCLE TIME
From the time a unit passes any given point in the cycle until it returns to that same point.
Cycle Time:
3:00
QUEUE FACTOR
Average wait time; the number of minutes from the time a guest steps into a line until he actually sets foot on an attraction. 1965
Queue Factor:
0-5 min
LOAD TIME
From the time the guest(s) begins to enter the unit until the guest(s) is seated and the unit is safe to dispatch.
Load Time:
1:30
TRIP TIME
From dispatch to unload.
Trip Time:
1:45
ATTENDANCE FACTOR
(Total Guests Carried/Total Main Gate Attendance) * 100 (1964)
Attendance Factor:
25.6
UTILIZATION FACTOR
Capacity Percentage * Attendance Percentage (1964)
Utilization Factor:
12.4
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