Epilepsy

[littlelaura]

we are taking my cousin (who has epilepsy) with us on our next vacation. Which rides/shows use strobe lighting and should be avoided?

 

[Holly Sox]

we are taking my cousin (who has epilepsy) with us on our next vacation. Which rides/shows use strobe lighting and should be avoided?

I would avoid the Dinosaur ride at AK. There were a lot of strobe effects on that one. Surprisingly, Space Mtn was not really bad. There was the one tunnel with lights, but they were not strobe-type flashing lights.

There are a couple of very good threads in the FAQ post for this board that discuss epilepsy.

We had a great trip, and the only seizure ds had was not in the parks at all, but in our villa prior to breakfast one morning.

Holly

 

[mechurchlady]

I dug through the search engine to find these.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=765520&referrerid=&highlight=strobe
This thread has a list of attractions that may have strobe light type of effects. Not everyone will notice these let alone react to them. See the next thread for one person's comments on strobe lights. It is two years old.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1586595&referrerid=&highlight=strobe
Rock n Roll is very bad and Fantasmic is bad according to the 3 post. Tower of Terror in the drop shaft should be ok but sometimes there are strobe like lightening flashes.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1301632&referrerid=&highlight=strobe
This thread discusses strobe at Universal Studios.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1255073&referrerid=&highlight=strobe
This started with the Nemo ride and then went on to Buzz and other stuff. The problem with rides, it points out, is that a single strobe may not be a problem but if a ride stops at that point then there might be a problem.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=658416&referrerid=&highlight=strobe
The thunder scene in Pooh and teh camera flash where your picture is taken.

Flashing lights are important info not just for epileptics but people with migraines for example. I would sit in a chat and when people had flashing avatars I got sick and headaches. I would have to scroll the page down for a while then read the new stuff or tape over the area on the screen where the flashing avatar was. I do not get migraine or have epilepsy but give me a flashing avatar and I am knocked for a loop.