California Screamin' Disneyland Rollercoaster Stops Right at the Top - Find Out Why

The selfie mania has done it again after a perfectly fun rollercoaster ride was literally stopped at its tracks to avoid untoward incidents at Disneyland California.

Riders of the California Screamin' rollercoaster at the local Disney Adventures Park were halted mid-ride because of a passenger's need to take a photo of himself, a popular craze known as the "selfie."

According to Time, the amusement park ride was stopped for nearly one hour after a passenger used his selfie-stick, an elongated rod used in a similar manner as a tripod, during the ride on Wednesday, June 24.

Apparently, the ride was stopped right before the coaster was about to take the dip, stranding passengers at the highest peak of the rollercoaster tracks.

Reports were unable to determine who the culprit was but the Los Angeles CBS station was able to get some of the passengers' opinion on the matter after Twitter was flooded with posts about the incident.

"California screaming is shut down for 2 hours and stopped right at the top before the drop because someone pulled out a selfie stick," Twitter user Tori Kosct posted, while a tourist with Twitter username "Psy" noted how the ride "broke down at the very top," adding the hastag #screamin4real.

According to CBS News, guests of Disney Adventure Parks who choose to ride similar attractions are usually required to keep all their belongings while the ride is in progress.

A Disneyland spokesperson confirmed this to CNN on the same month, saying that though these sticks are not totally prohibited from being used inside the amusement park, guests are advised to "store" these objects during the ride.

In fact, things that inadvertently cause accidents, such as selfie sticks, have been banned from the amusement park in California since May this year.

In the CNN report, the management of the park had experienced similar incidents in the past where visitors carelessly pull out 3-foot long sticks while the ride was still going on.

CBS News' John Dickerson called this physically-endangering stick and the 'selfish use of technology' as a "plague" that Americans should be aware of in an report cleverly titled, "Left to our own devices."

"We have become so consumed with ourselves that we cannot walk more than a handful of paces without tending to the overwhelmingly self-centered activities encased in those little devices--the Facebook posts, the Super Important Email, the search for the emoji juste," he said.

He also noted how people have a tendency to forget that revealing their every thought to the world can become so annoying since most do not have an inkling of interest in it.

Below is a front-seat point-of-view of the roller coaster ride in question.