Five Walt Disney World guests and an employee were transported to area hospitals yesterday after the Kali River Rapids ride at Animal Kingdom was evacuated. They were later released.

One of the rides' sensors caused the rafts to stop as they were traveling up a steep incline, prompting an evacuation.

A platform designed to help transfer guests from the ride to the exit stairs 'disengaged and slid' during the evacuation.

Safety checks were carried out and no problems with the ride itself were found, only with the platform used to evacuate people from the rafts.