Footage of thousands of tourists and holidaymakers stranded outside Disneyland after a power cut affected the Californian theme park.

According to reports, tourists were stuck on rides and had to be escorted out after a transformer issue took out power in portions of the Toontown and Fantasyland areas.

"Never having seen security lines longer than 10-20 people in the past, this looked like an onslaught of a mob pushing their way into a safety zone, reminiscent of a zombie horror film," the filmer told Newsflare.

On Dec 27, 2017, the security gates entering Disneyland were backed up for over 30 min wait times to just check their bags and metals to get into the “safe zone”, where guests would continue to wait in more lines to get tickets and finally the turnstile gates to get into the parks themselves.

Never having seen security lines longer than 10-20 people in the past, this looked like an onslaught of a mob pushing their way in to a safety zone, reminiscent of a zombie horror film.

Video taken on the monorail heading in to Disneyland Park.