It’s not every day that you catch an American President with his pants down, but that is exactly what happened at EPCOT recently. Guests visiting the World Showcase can stop inside the America pavilion and see the American Adventure show. The show is a wonderful telling of American history and includes Audio-Animatronics of some of America’s most famous figures. One of those figures is Theodore Roosevelt, who served as the 26th President of the United States.
Twitter user Tammy Tuckey was visiting Walt Disney World Resort with her family when they decided to treat themselves to some time at EPCOT. They went into the American pavilion and chose to watch the American Adventure. During the showing, they saw something completely unexpected, Teddy Roosevelt’s belt was broken, and his pants had fallen down. Thankfully, the iconic president was wearing underwear.
Tammy shared a picture of the hilarious incident on Twitter, where it is quickly gaining traction.
While having a Disney Park attraction malfunction on you may be disappointing in some circumstances, many found this one absolutely hysterical. They were also relieved that President Roosevelt was wearing undergarments, so the Guests weren’t given more of a show than expected.
Teddy Roosevelt was a self-proclaimed naturalist, which Showcase of Wishes thought was funny since the Audio-Animatronic looked like it was ready to go “au naturel.”
Twitter user EPCOT Purist was shocked to hear that Disney actually gave the Audio-Animatronics underwear, but Lost Imagination explained that the theme park Animatronics need oil to run and, if the oil pools, there can be a leak. To prevent noticeable leaks, Disney decided on underwear.
Even though many people found the incident funny, one person, Tillman Goins, said that they had visited EPCOT recently and experienced a number of ride malfunctions at the theme park.
In her original tweet, as well as follow-up tweets, Tammy said that she had let Cast Members know about the issue, so they could try to fix it. According to Tammy, Cast Members found the incident funny and said that they would be contacting maintenance. Hopefully, Teddy is given a new belt that keeps his pants up and his underwear hidden!
