California Screamin' roller coaster gets stuck at Disney California Adventure

[Jerry Horne]

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/...sney-california-adventure-20150403-story.html

 

[iKristin]

I always love reading this stuff...makes me laugh

"A Times analysis of California theme park injuries shows that of 2,089 injury reports filed in 2007 through 2012 with the state Department of Industrial Relations, California Screamin' generated the third-highest number of reports among Southern California attractions, with 76 reports that included nausea, seizures, fainting and shoulder pain."

Nausea should not be included as an injury. People get motion sickness all the time. Also, people riding the ride with known issues shouldn't count either.

 

[lalasmama]

And there is my worst nightmare on that ride!

 

[iKristin]

Don't worry, the ride can NEVER get stuck on a loop. Nothing to be scared of Unless you're afraid of heights

 

[beachdreamr1229]

It happens at all theme parks. Disneyland has better safety and ride maintenance than either of the 2 California theme parks I've worked at. I don't know why this is even news.

 

[Imdboss]

It made news here is WA because a former Mariners pitcher was stuck on it. Won't stop me from riding, love CS!

 

[bumbershoot]

Nausea should not be included as an injury. People get motion sickness all the time. Also, people riding the ride with known issues shouldn't count either.

From the article..."California theme parks are required to file a report with the state whenever a visitor suffers an injury or ailment and then requires outside medical attention."

So the problem is actually in calling it an "injury" report.


Although it's actually pretty amusing, looking at the chart they compiled.

(the formatting I tried to do did NOT work at all, I apologize)

date - ride - park - injury category - description

8/16/2010 - Grizzly River Run - Disney's California Adventure -other -caught a cold


Or this one?

1/23/2011 - California Screamin - Disney's California Adventure - fainting/dizziness/nausea -faint, weak eating marijuana


Are we SURE that feeling faint and weak while eating marijuana should really be blamed on Disney?



And yet NONE of those were from Mater, the ride that quite nearly broke my son's cheek. If only we had sought outside attention after the RNs at 1st Aid checked him out, we could have been on that list. ha. I'm just glad we reported it and helped to get padding put on that ride!!!! (hard side of a ride right at face level for kids, and it's a ride that appeals to kids...kids who might ride with parents who are bigger than them, and it's a ride that can shove a person up against another person and if the other is smaller, they might smack into the side...the formerly UNpadded, hard, side...imagineers were NOT thinking that day!)

 

[SMD]

It didn't even make the evening news because the bigger story was there was a suspected suicide at Universal today. Between the 2 incidents, I'd much rather get stuck on Screamin.