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Credit: H. Michael Miley, FlickrOver the weekend, Walt Disney World Resort guests observed yet another boat sinking on the Living with the Land attraction. This is the third recorded incident on the EPCOT attraction in less than a month.
Two Boats Sink On Living with the Land
The first recorded incident on Living with the Land occurred on October 31, 2025. Two TikTok videos went viral showing different views of a boat taking on water on the EPCOT attraction. Guests on board the boat attempted to tip it back and forth to redistribute the weight, but jumped off when their attempts were unsuccessful.
@finleyfamily We were on the ride Living with the Land at Epcot yesterday and it felt like we hit a pot hole but we know it’s on a track in the water. So as we kept going the water up front kept coming in apparently a lot. We were in the back but they loaded the boat heavily upfront we had two rows of empty seats behind us. One of the people in the front was a man who was probably 6.5” we all think it was loaded unevenly. But back to what happened. The people in the second row had about 4 inches of water they were moving there stuff around and it altered us and we could see that the front was so far down/listing…we knew something was wrong so we tried to move to the back of the boat to counter balance it. That didn’t work things started to shift and the boat, because it’s still being moved by the track, started to tilt pretty abruptly and we all felt scared and jumped off of it. Nobody was hurt just scared and wet thank goodness! @MichelleWalksDisney
Later, on November 18, another boat sank on Living with the Land, soaking guests who were sitting on the affected ride vehicle. This time, Disney cast members arrived in time to evacuate the guests on board. Everyone was given vouchers for new (dry) shoes and complimentary Lightning Lane passes to either return to Living with the Land or experience another EPCOT attraction without waiting in line.
After these incidents occurred, Disney cast members shut down Living with the Land and evacuated everyone from the attraction, including those in unaffected boats. The ride reopened shortly after the evacuation in both cases.
Another Issue on the EPCOT Attraction
Over the weekend, yet another boat began sinking on Living with the Land. TikTok user @beka027mmp shared this video, taken from the attraction vehicle behind the one that was tilting dangerously close to the water. “Living with the Land boat might be going down,” the Disney Park guest wrote.
@beka027mmp Luckily, they made it! But it looked worse in person. Glad we didn’t have a Titanic situation on our hands. #titanic #livingwiththeland #epcot #boat #overboard
This time, guests didn’t need to evacuate Living with the Land, though the guest said the issue “looked worse in person.”
In the comments, several current and former Walt Disney World Resort cast members confirmed that the boat wasn’t functioning correctly.
“The boat shouldn’t be that low down… -A former land cast [member],” @marthaemmewade wrote.
Several commenters shared their similar experiences on other boat rides at Walt Disney World Resort.
“It felt like this was gona happen to me two weeks ago and we were the only boat out😂 no boats in front of behind us. It was very weird,” @rileyyyyyyyyyyyy89 commented.
“This just happened to us on pirates,” said @superfund_. “Exact same issue. Boat overfilled w adults and we started bumping and leaning to the right. They even sent us down the drop and the boat behind us slammed into us and sent water over us.”
Walt Disney World Resort hasn’t issued any public statements about the recent technical issues on Living with the Land. The EPCOT attraction had reopened and was operating normally at the time of this article’s publication.
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