{"id":183479,"date":"2026-02-18T21:27:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T21:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/183479\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T21:27:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T21:27:07","slug":"disneyland-tree-falls-on-visitors-during-a-crazy-windy-night-redlands-daily-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/183479\/","title":{"rendered":"Disneyland tree falls on visitors during a \u2018crazy windy\u2019 night \u2013 Redlands Daily Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Nevada couple visiting Disneyland were hit by a large tree just off Main Street U.S.A. that snapped and fell on top of them during a \u201ccrazy windy\u201d night at the Anaheim theme park, according to social media reports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy husband and I were the ones hit,\u201d LeWanda Joseph of Las Vegas wrote on the <a href=\"https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/groups\/magickeydisneyland\/permalink\/2394018577677783\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Disneyland Magic Keyholders Facebook group<\/a>. \u201cThe tree fell directly on top of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A ficus tree fell on Tuesday, Feb. 17 around 11:40 p.m. on the Plaza Inn patio that was unoccupied due to the rain, according to Disneyland officials.<\/p>\n<p>Two Disneyland guests in the area were treated by Disneyland First Aid for minor grazes and released, according to Disneyland officials.<\/p>\n<p>ALSO SEE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/2026\/02\/17\/disneyland-fans-dont-love-millennium-falcon-ride-new-disney-ceo-plans-to-change-that\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Disneyland fans \u2018don\u2019t love\u2019 Millennium Falcon ride \u2014 new Disney CEO plans to change that<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Disney Fire Department worked with multiple Disneyland teams to clear the tree overnight, according to Disneyland officials.<\/p>\n<p>LeWanda and Mark Joseph were not seriously injured by the tree that fell near the Little Red Wagon corn dog cart between the Plaza Point shop and Plaza Inn restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had just sat down to take photos at the table when the tree snapped and fell,\u201d LeWanda Joseph wrote on Facebook. \u201cWe\u2019re okay for now. The medical staff came through ASAP.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Disneyland First Aid is located just a few steps away from where the tree fell next to the Baby Care Center.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were walking that way and heard it fall,\u201d Alejandro Javier wrote on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>Kimberly Barnwell-Joe said in the Facebook group that it was \u201ccrazy windy\u201d at Disneyland on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>ALSO SEE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/2026\/02\/16\/downtown-disney-traffic-jam-forces-disneyland-to-reroute-walkway-during-portos-construction\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Downtown Disney traffic jam forces Disneyland to reroute walkway during Porto\u2019s construction<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Falling trees have injured Disneyland visitors in the past.<\/p>\n<p>A 20-foot-tall oak tree that fell in Disneyland\u2019s Frontierland in 2001 near the Golden Horseshoe Revue injured 20 people, including five children and two park employees, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/archives\/la-xpm-2001-may-05-me-59765-story.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Park visitors with abrasions and contusions were taken to six Anaheim-area hospitals for treatment.<\/p>\n<p>ALSO SEE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/2026\/02\/13\/disneyland-to-play-walt-disney-and-abe-lincoln-animatronic-shows-in-rotation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Disneyland to play Walt Disney and Abe Lincoln animatronic shows in rotation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Five Disneyland visitors suffered minor scrapes and scratches in 2008 when a tree branch fell near the Cafe Orleans restaurant in New Orleans Square, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/2008\/06\/26\/falling-tree-branch-hits-people-at-disneyland-2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Orange County Register<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Eyewitnesses said the injured visitors were pulled out from underneath the fallen tree.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Nevada couple visiting Disneyland were hit by a large tree just off Main Street U.S.A. that snapped&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183358,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[2223,163,165,164,7,2222,1341,611,420],"class_list":{"0":"post-183479","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-anaheim","8":"tag-amusement-parks","9":"tag-anaheim","10":"tag-anaheim-headlines","11":"tag-anaheim-news","12":"tag-california","13":"tag-disney-california-adventure","14":"tag-disneyland","15":"tag-orange-county","16":"tag-things-to-do"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}