Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party is supposed to end with magical memories—families leaving Magic Kingdom after an enchanting evening of holiday entertainment, special character meets, complimentary cookies and cocoa, and festive fireworks lighting up Cinderella Castle. Guests expect to board their resort transportation and head back to their hotels, tired but happy, ready to rest up for another Disney day.Credit: Inside The MagicLast night’s party ended very differently. As severe thunderstorms with intense lightning rolled through Central Florida, Disney was forced to shut down the Skyliner gondola system and reportedly the monorail as well due to dangerous weather conditions. With two major transportation systems offline during one of the busiest special events of the year, thousands of guests leaving Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party found themselves funneled into a single option: buses. And the result was absolute chaos.Photos shared on Reddit show the true scale of the transportation disaster. Massive lines of guests—easily hundreds of people per queue—stretched across the Magic Kingdom bus depot area, waiting for limited buses to arrive and ferry them back to their resorts. The crowds were so dense that the scene looked less like organized transportation queues and more like the kind of mob you’d see at a major concert or sporting event gone wrong. These weren’t just long lines; they were the kind of overwhelming crowds that make you question whether you’ll actually make it back to your hotel tonight.Line for the bus after mickeys very merry Christmas party byu/Vegetable_Ad_9385 inWaltDisneyWorldFor anyone who’s experienced Disney bus transportation during peak times, you know these waits can stretch well beyond what seems reasonable. I’ve personally waited over 50 minutes for a bus when lines were this slammed, watching bus after bus arrive for other resorts while your own queue barely moves. Last night’s situation—with weather forcing all Magic Kingdom guests onto buses simultaneously—created a perfect storm of transportation gridlock that left guests exhausted, frustrated, and questioning why they’re paying premium prices for what one Reddit commenter accurately described as being “treated like cattle.”