The treehouse is accessible to the general public by stairway or electric lift. Then there’s the rope bridge. It’s a favorite of just about everyone who visits.

A visitor who witnessed the incident shortly before 5 p.m. wrote on Twitter that a father was jumping on the bridge in order to show his children that the structure wouldn't break.

A father who tried to show his children it was safe to cross a rope bridge at Tarzan’s Treehouse in Disneyland broke a slat by jumping on it, forcing the attraction’s closure.

Tarzan’s Treehouse at Disneyland was closed Sunday evening after a wooden slat on the attraction’s bridge broke. (Credit: Robert Lachman / Los Angeles Times) ...

A father who tried to show his children it was safe to cross a rope bridge at Tarzan’s Treehouse in Disneyland broke a slat by jumping on it, forcing the attraction’s closure.

A Disneyland visitor who witnessed the Tarzan’s Treehouse incident on Sunday, Nov. 10, said a father broke the slat while jumping on the bridge to show his children the bridge wouldn’t break ...

A father who tried to show his children it was safe to cross a rope bridge at Tarzan’s Treehouse in Disneyland broke a slat by jumping on it, forcing the attraction’s closure.

Disneyland’s Tarzan’s Treehouse in Anaheim, California, on Thursday, Dec 14, 2017. Tarzan’s Treehouse has concrete roots and the limbs are made from concrete-cladded steel.

A Disneyland visitor who witnessed the Tarzan’s Treehouse incident on Sunday, Nov. 10, said a father broke the slat while jumping on the bridge to show his children the bridge wouldn’t break ...