Death by Kiddie Rides

[lizzytizzy]

 

[eyehartdisney]

Of all the inane and pointless stories out there, I think this one might be in the top 5.

 

[mshanson3121]

Agree. I mean, I'm sorry. THere were obviously underlying health conditions (even if unknown), that caused these women to lose conciousness, and die. Why would they even bother reporting it. Their injuries/deaths etc... were not caused by the rides.

 

[SillyInventor]

Because one can make a headline out if it, including both "Disney" and "Death". That will guarantee clicks for the advertising on their site. No other point to it.

 

[Tonka's Skipper]

If a person has health issues that would cause your death on a slow boat ride like IASW, you best not leave your home.

I am sorry the ladies died, but it had nothing to do with any kiddie rides, anywhere for that matter.

AKK

 

[PSUGuy]

I'll skip the jokes about being bored to death by Small World and get right to the point. What's surprising to me is that people aren't dropping dead daily at WDW. My city's population is about what the average daily attendance (estimated) for one WDW park is so figure all 4 parks have maybe 120,000 people each day. Let's not quibble about actual figures, the point is that in WDW on any given day are enough people to fill a decent sized American city. Check the obits in your newspaper for a week or so, throw out the deaths by accident and violent crime, ignore the very old or those who die after a prolonged illness and you're left with some people who just, die, suddenly and unexpectedly.

The surprise to me is that we're not hearing ambulance sirens on a regular basis. I recall the last few deaths reported at WDW. One was a guy off his meds at Splash Mtn who stepped out of his log and was crushed, another was a teen from PA who died on or shortly after ToT who was found to have an diagnosed heart defect, same for a girl who died on Rock n' Rollercoaster, a German woman with known blood pressure issues who died after riding Mission Space.

Simply put, death happens and if you put a chair on a room in WDW and had an endless file of people just sit in it for 3 minutes then walk away, a number of people would die while sitting or shortly after.

Bill From PA

 

[mom2rtk]

I'll skip the jokes about being bored to death by Small World and get right to the point. What's surprising to me is that people aren't dropping dead daily at WDW. My city's population is about what the average daily attendance (estimated) for one WDW park is so figure all 4 parks have maybe 120,000 people each day. Let's not quibble about actual figures, the point is that in WDW on any given day are enough people to fill a decent sized American city. Check the obits in your newspaper for a week or so, throw out the deaths by accident and violent crime, ignore the very old or those who die after a prolonged illness and you're left with some people who just, die, suddenly and unexpectedly.

The surprise to me is that we're not hearing ambulance sirens on a regular basis. I recall the last few deaths reported at WDW. One was a guy off his meds at Splash Mtn who stepped out of his log and was crushed, another was a teen from PA who died on or shortly after ToT who was found to have an diagnosed heart defect, same for a girl who died on Rock n' Rollercoaster, a German woman with known blood pressure issues who died after riding Mission Space.

Simply put, death happens and if you put a chair on a room in WDW and had an endless file of people just sit in it for 3 minutes then walk away, a number of people would die while sitting or shortly after.

Bill From PA

Ostensibly though, the ones in precarious health situations stay home. Not to say people couldn't just drop dead of a heart attack, but the odds of that are much smaller.

 

[MakiraMarlena]

They had medical issues that killed them. The rides did not kill them. Small World is not going to cause the death of anybody who was just sitting there in a boat.

There were two persons who died after riding Mission:Space, a four year old boy and a 48-year-old woman. Both had serious preexisting medical conditions which caused their death; the ride didn't cause it. Which is why that ride is still operating (although it's said they lessened the intensity of it even on the "orange" side).

 

[DebbieB]

Ostensibly though, the ones in precarious health situations stay home. Not to say people couldn't just drop dead of a heart attack, but the odds of that are much smaller.

Many times they did not know they had a pre-existing condition. The kid that died on RnR did not know he had a heart problem.

 

[mom2rtk]

Many times they did not know they had a pre-existing condition. The kid that died on RnR did not know he had a heart problem.

I understand that. But when the ones who know about their health issues stay home, the numbers are greatly reduced and would not be similar to what one would find in one's home town.

 

[DebbieB]

I understand that. But when the ones who know about their health issues stay home, the numbers are greatly reduced and would not be similar to what one would find in one's home town.

It depends on what their condition is. You shouldn't have to stay at home for the rest of your life. Of course, watch for the rides that have health warnings and follow doctors orders. If she died on Small World, most likely she would have died no matter where she was.

 

[MakiraMarlena]

There are plenty of rides at WDW that do not carry warnings for those with medical conditions because they don't need to. If one were going to drop dead while riding on Small World, then it was going to happen no matter where they were at the time. I'm sure this woman didn't think that she was going to drop dead at Disney World.

 

[pigletgirl]

That's unfortunate. Maybe the 22 year old had an underlying heart condition or something.

 

[AngelEyez]

Because one can make a headline out if it, including both "Disney" and "Death". That will guarantee clicks for the advertising on their site. No other point to it.

Exactly!

 

[disnut8]

I had to stay clear of Disney thrill rides for five years while I recovered from a broken neck and two brain surgeries. I know I am "at risk" because of the former problems but have my doctor's consent to ride the attractions. In face, he said "I have a bigger problem with you driving in the Atlanta Metro area on any given day than riding a theme park attraction".

I just had a health screening this week and was told I might have high blood pressure so I will get that checked out.

My husband has hypertension and four other things things he takes meds for.

We enjoy everything at Disney World at this point because we don't have limitations but when we do (like I did several years ago), we just don't do what we can't do.

But if you don't know, then you don't know.

 

[alvernon90]

Every single person who has ever visited WDW is either dead or will die at some point in the future. Please click through to my news site to read more about it. I promise there will be no more than 34 pop-up ads.

 

[ellie05]

It is not uncommon for people to die while they are on vacation. Many people think they can relax their everyday habits including their medicine.

 

[mom2rtk]

It depends on what their condition is. You shouldn't have to stay at home for the rest of your life. Of course, watch for the rides that have health warnings and follow doctors orders. If she died on Small World, most likely she would have died no matter where she was.

Never said they have to stay home. Just saying there's probably a higher concentration of "at risk" people in one's hometown than at Disney. That's all.

 

[TGM]

I forget where I saw it, but there was a picture of Mission Space, and it said "Why?! Horizons never killed anybody"

 

[Robo]

Nobody in this thread followed "Rule #1."