6 Hurt on Disney World Water Ride

[kevin harrison]

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) - Five Walt Disney World visitors and an employee were injured Tuesday after a water ride that simulates a trip down a rain forest river malfunctioned, authorities said.

Disney spokeswoman Jacquee Polak said the injuries were not life threatening, but she couldn't be more specific.

Polak said it was not immediately clear what happened on the Kali River Rapids ride, but somehow it malfunctioned about the point that guests transfer from floats to a walkway. The ride simulates a river rapids trip through a rain forest in the Animal Kingdom part of Disney World.

"Nothing like this has ever happened," she said.

Disney closed the ride to investigate.

 

[daipp]

Wow !!

Hope everyone is allright.

David

 

[UKDEB]

There's a well-subscribed thread currently running on UK Community.

 

[Cyrano]

Hopefully this will not be down for too long for those who enjoy this ride and thankfully incidents like this are a rare event

 

[eeyoresnr]

here's the latest........

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

One of the rides' sensors caused the flumes to stop as they were traveling up a steep incline, prompting an evacuation about 10:20 a.m., said Bo Jones, deputy fire chief of the Reedy Creek Improvement District.

A platform designed to help transfer guests from the ride to the exit stairs malfunctioned during the evacuation.

The injured people included three teenagers, one 21-year-old and two people in their 40s.

Kali River Rapids was closed until about 4:15 p.m. after the ride was inspected.

Disney spokeswoman Kim Prunty said the company conducted safety checks of the ride and did not find any problems. It did determine, however, that the platform used to evacuate people from the ride vehicles "disengaged and slid."

She said the company will use an alternative method to evacuate people from the ride if necessary.

 

[NEVERENOUGHWDW]

Happily everyone is okay.....

 

[Haworthfamily]

I was realyl shocked to read this, I like the Kali River Rapids but..... something in it always makes me nervous, I think it's the slope. I don't know of any rapids here in the UK that have slopes lol.
I think I always hold my breath as we go down and never let go of the bar lol

 

[Alexander!!!]

I got stuck in the bubble works at Chessington once in the bit that takes you up to the section where you go under all the fountains (if that bits still there) although thankfully that wasnt quite as steep!

And Thorpe Park Ribena Rapids has a slope which takes you back to the entrance/exit bit too!

(Thats my second post involving Ribena in as many minutes)