Eight injuries reported at Disney World during third quarter

[CR Resort Fan 4 Life]

http://thedailydisney.com/blog/2009/11/eight-injuries-reported-at-disney-world-during-third-quarter/

 

[tutter99]

So basically a bunch of older people who got dizzy and fell or had seizures after riding rides they probably would have figured out they shouldn't have been on in the first place if they read the warning sign before getting on the ride.

Don't get me wrong, I still want to be going to the parks when I'm retired but hopefully I'll be smart enough to know my limitations, after I turned 35 I figured out it wasn't a good idea to ride Everest back to back.

 

[Cricket2]

Unless someone is betting on injuries in Vegas, I'm not sure how this is relevant to anyone for any reason.

 

[ilovethisplace]

This is the DISNEY Rumors and NEWS board. This article came from a news source and it is about Disney.

 

[Cricket2]

I agree posting it here is relevant, it's the content of the article I'm questioning.

 

[DC7800]

So basically a bunch of older people who got dizzy and fell or had seizures after riding rides they probably would have figured out they shouldn't have been on in the first place if they read the warning sign before getting on the ride.

Only one or two of the persons could be considered "older" (66 and 74). Everyone else was 57 years or younger. Whether any of these individuals had health issues which might have impacted if it was advidsable to ride a certain attraction isn't indicated, but "thrill" attractions typically have height or health restrictions, not an upper age limit. There are eighty years olds (admittedly a tiny minority!) who safely enjoy these attractions, just as there are a handful of teens who could never tolerate Space Mountain (and then there are us chickens of any age...).

 

[doconeill]

The article is written oddly. 8 "injuries" (some of those symptoms I don't think fit that definition - it would be more correct I think to report them as "significant medical issues") at Disney, and not a single one at any other location? And they point out the six-month guest count at Universal, but not anywhere else...

How about comparisons against previous quarter? Same quarter previous year? Are the number of "injuries" up? That might be news...but just saying some things happened, which have always happened, really isn't so much.

 

[Uncleromulus]

Agree. Only one or two sound like genuine injuries--the rest seem like medical problems with people who perhaps shouldn't have been on the rides in the first place.

Which, for me, puts this "news" into "that's nice to know but so what"? category.

 

[snookiedoodles]

You won't get me on mission space!!!

 

[maxiesmom]

So basically a bunch of older people who got dizzy and fell or had seizures after riding rides they probably would have figured out they shouldn't have been on in the first place if they read the warning sign before getting on the ride.

Don't get me wrong, I still want to be going to the parks when I'm retired but hopefully I'll be smart enough to know my limitations, after I turned 35 I figured out it wasn't a good idea to ride Everest back to back.

You are so right!

Btw, I just figured out at age 42 that I shouldn't ride Big Thunder Mountain three times in a row. It sucks to get older, but it does beat the alternative.

 

[Stumpy]

I have to question the accuracy of this data since each park voluntarily reports injuries. Are these true apples-to-apples comparisons, or do some of the competitors "bend" this rule about in order to let the main competitor look a little worse? Also, some of these injuries such as a seizure on Space Tours seems quite indicative of a prior medical condition that may or may not have had anything to do with the ride.