4 year old died on Mission Space today?

[SorcererDonald16]

i hate to bump up an incredibly depressing topic, but i was at WDW when this happened and went to Epcot the day afterwards and saw one of the Orange County Sheriff's office police/squad cars and a couple of officers under the monorail entrance/exit ramp. it's so awful, and my prayers go out to the family and the little boy who lost his life. made me very thankful during my vacation that i was blessed enough not to have anything so tragic happen to me or my parents.

all i know for sure is it was horrendously hot out there the day that happened and the day before. i was at MGM and then MK and literally almost passed out during the Backlot Tour, again in the Commissary, and yet again on Main Street the next day after the 3pm parade. my heart was pounding so badly at MGM, i thought i was going to have a heart attack and had to put my head between my knees to keep from passing out. the temperatures get bad here in VA, but not that bad. and i highly doubt they get that bad in PA. after my 2nd full day in it, i got used to it, but the first 2 days were terrible. maybe the heat combined with him possibly getting scared on the ride caused something to happen? i don't know, but i do know my heart breaks for that family.

 

[Luv2Roam]

Very good point. Yesterday was esp hot again, and with no breeze. Which is unusual for here.
Yesterday I saw a young girl guest being attended to at Splash Mountain. It was obvious she had been overcome by heat exhaustion.
We all know how a WDW can be exhausting in itself.

 

[mitros]

And the thing is, if you follow the precautions that everyone knows about being in the heat and humidity, you should be OK as far as suffering from the heats effects.
But people want to get there money's worth, since going to Disney can be a wallet draining experience, so they push themselves and their kids to do as much as they can. Since DW and I spend so much time at WDW, we see a lot of folks suffering from the ravages of heat, humidity and exaustion, on a regular basis.

 

[manning]

Water, water, water, water, water-----drink it like crazy!!!!!

And get into air conditioning periodically!!!!!

Slow down.

 

[seashoreCM]

Safety has to do with rides malfunctioning or operating in a manner known to cause injury.

This Mission Space issue is not a safety issue. The ride as far as everyone knew, performed exactly as intended with no predictable injuries to riders.

The G-forces and other parameters of the ride were known. It was just a matter of choosing what G-forces to utilize and what rider height requirement to impose.

It so happened that one particular person's body was unable to cope with the ride parameters. Disney did not find anything they regarded as a failure. Therefore it is not unreasonable to open the ride again for guests until such time as some investigator wished to conduct some tests of his choosing without guests in his way. Incidentally I think it is impossible to come up with tests that will prove who can and who cannot ride safely.