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Postby [jonrev] on June 29th, 2006, 3:12 pm
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http://www.comcast.net/news/national/in ... itn_disney

Boy Dies After Disney Roller Coaster Ride
By Associated Press

49 minutes ago

ORLANDO, Fla. - A boy died after riding a roller coaster Thursday at the Disney MGM theme park, the Orange County sheriff's office said.

The theme park said a preliminary investigation showed the Rock 'n' Roller Coaster was operating normally.

The Orange County sheriff's office said the boy was 7, but Disney officials said he was 12. The discrepancy couldn't immediately be explained. He died after he was brought by ambulance to a hospital at about 11:30 a.m., a Disney statement said.

"We don't know if it is a trauma or medical call," sheriff's spokesman Jim Solomons said.

The sheriff's office is investigating. State park safety officials were also notified, Disney said, and park officials closed the ride.

A Disney Web site description of the ride says: "Zoom from 0-60 mph with the force of a supersonic F-14, take in high-speed loops and turns synchronized to a specially recorded Aerosmith soundtrack."

Disney MGM is among the Walt Disney Co.'s four parks in Florida.
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Postby Bob O on June 29th, 2006, 3:56 pm
Im sorry for the deceased and the family for there loss, it has to be terrible to lose a loved one in this manner.
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Postby FRD714 on June 29th, 2006, 4:32 pm
I migth add when the train pulled up to unload, the boy was not breathing and was unconscious.
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Postby Energizer Bunny on June 29th, 2006, 4:43 pm
if disney really wants to stop the deaths on their rides they need to have defibrilators at the exits. they shouldn't wait for something to happen and then put one in, have one as a precaution at all the thrill ride exits. at least they would be doing something to prevent this.

i know they can't help it if people don't read the warnings but such a huge iconic place should have all the precautions possible. i heard the medics got there in 5 min or something but 5 min for a stopped heart is brain damage territory if the person can be resesitated(sp?) at all.
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Postby LAFFfan4lyfe on June 29th, 2006, 5:35 pm
I hate hearing these stories, and most of them seem to be at disney theme parks....i guess it's not always the happiest place on earth..
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Postby agarr17_rb4life on June 29th, 2006, 10:02 pm
"State officials say he is the ninth person to die at Disney World since 2003. At least 14 people have died at Disney's theme parks in Florida and California since 1989."

That is why ive never and wont visit their parks, sry disney fans, :(
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Postby Drkstarboard on June 29th, 2006, 10:39 pm
LAFFfan4lyfe wrote:I hate hearing these stories, and most of them seem to be at disney theme parks....i guess it's not always the happiest place on earth..


95% of which happen at Walt Disney World. Most of which happen on Mission: SPACE.

So lets see, what are we at here:

1 death on Tower of Terror
1 death on Rock 'N' Roller Coaster
1 injury on Peter Pan
7 on Mission: SPACE

(I think thats right. Correct me if Im wrong)
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Postby zjohn1988 on June 30th, 2006, 10:27 am
Thats only the recent stuff. Other parks would be the same way if they got millions and millions of guests all the time. RnRc has given over 33 million rides btw.
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Postby Ilovthevu' on June 30th, 2006, 10:50 am
I know of two Walt Disney World Space Mountain accidents. One of them was due to falling objects. I imagine they both were.

http://www.themeparkinsider.com/reviews ... accidents/

Plain and simple, they need to put bigger height restrictions on these rides. I don't care if a 7 year old can fit on this ride, but they are too young to experience a higher intense roller coaster like that. It's just as simple as making the height limit higher. It might not solve everything, but at least it's a start.
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Postby Energizer Bunny on June 30th, 2006, 10:57 am
agarr17_rb4life wrote:"State officials say he is the ninth person to die at Disney World since 2003. At least 14 people have died at Disney's theme parks in Florida and California since 1989."

That is why ive never and wont visit their parks, sry disney fans, :(


do you know how many people go there? if that many people went to say sfgam we would have more deaths too.

when people hear about these deaths they freak out but if it happens at some other theme park no one really cares so much. disney is just under so much scrutiny(sp?) because they are the theme park golden standard. if you read the precautions at disney and follow them, assuming you know all your health conditions, you will be alive when the ride is over.

the exact same thing could happen at sfgam if someone with a hidden heart condition rode say ragin' cajun....it's not always the ride, usually it's the person.
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Postby !)EJAVU-FAN! on June 30th, 2006, 2:48 pm
LAFFfan4lyfe wrote:I hate hearing these stories, and most of them seem to be at disney theme parks....i guess it's not always the happiest place on earth..


Omg i hate them too i get sick and then i think about dying on arollercoaster if i was soo nervous i get soo sick from hearign these stories it makes me afraid to go on something now... like im totally serious i get really shaky.
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Postby greatamerica2003 on June 30th, 2006, 3:29 pm
agarr17_rb4life wrote:That is why ive never and wont visit their parks, sry disney fans, :(


Most of it comes from the inability of foreign and illiterate tourists who cannot understand or read the warnings.

But the toll at places like WDW are higher only because of the sheer number of people that visit. When you factor in how many people visit WDW against how many people visited Great America, the fatality percentage will be pretty much the same.

So agarr17_rb4life, your comment does not make sense. You have as much of a chance of dying at WDW as you do at Great America. You actually have a FAR better chance of dying in a car accident or injuring yourself with a toothpick than dying on an amusement ride.
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Postby LAFFfan4lyfe on June 30th, 2006, 3:53 pm
i heard on some television program that the boy had an enlarged heart. i don't remember which show, but that'd definetly a contributing factor.

last night on fox news though, the lawyer of the family was on, since the family is suing, and he said they were trying to make a point that the attraction didn't have a difibulator (probably spelled it wrong) in the station. I thought it was interesting, since i thought disney, being how big of a park they are, would have these there. It's definetly a good idea...
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Postby agarr17_rb4life on June 30th, 2006, 4:26 pm
Ok
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Postby Drkstarboard on June 30th, 2006, 5:04 pm
Energizer Bunny wrote:
agarr17_rb4life wrote:"State officials say he is the ninth person to die at Disney World since 2003. At least 14 people have died at Disney's theme parks in Florida and California since 1989."

That is why ive never and wont visit their parks, sry disney fans, :(


do you know how many people go there? if that many people went to say sfgam we would have more deaths too.

when people hear about these deaths they freak out but if it happens at some other theme park no one really cares so much. disney is just under so much scrutiny(sp?) because they are the theme park golden standard. if you read the precautions at disney and follow them, assuming you know all your health conditions, you will be alive when the ride is over.

the exact same thing could happen at sfgam if someone with a hidden heart condition rode say raging cajun....it's not always the ride, usually it's the person.


Or you can change Ragin' Cajun to Raging Bull and that would give us a real life situation.
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Postby Energizer Bunny on June 30th, 2006, 5:43 pm
^no i meant ragin' cajun....it doesn't have to be an extremely scary or intense ride to trigger a heart defect. anything could set it off...they said in the case of the young boy on mission space his defect could have been triggered doing nothing. besides ragin' cajun throws riders around quite a bit.
also notice i said "it may not always be the ride, usually it's the person"
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Postby twixmix0303 on June 30th, 2006, 6:53 pm
Ilovthevu' wrote:Plain and simple, they need to put bigger height restrictions on these rides. I don't care if a 7 year old can fit on this ride, but they are too young to experience a higher intense roller coaster like that. It's just as simple as making the height limit higher.


Height and age don't always correlate as you think they do.
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Postby Ilovthevu' on June 30th, 2006, 7:13 pm
agarr17_rb4life wrote:"State officials say he is the ninth person to die at Disney World since 2003. At least 14 people have died at Disney's theme parks in Florida and California since 1989."

That is why ive never and wont visit their parks, sry disney fans, :(



It's much worse driving to any amusement park than actually going on the rides there. I think that you should reconsider, and give Disney a chance.
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Postby Sireze on June 30th, 2006, 8:09 pm
I was at Universal Studios Yesterday and by the time we get back to our time share my mom turns on the TV thats when she tells me that A boy died.
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Postby greatamerican on June 30th, 2006, 8:39 pm
yeah I read this in the paper
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Postby Drkstarboard on June 30th, 2006, 9:49 pm
Energizer Bunny wrote:^no i meant ragin' cajun....it doesn't have to be an extremely scary or intense ride to trigger a heart defect. anything could set it off...they said in the case of the young boy on mission space his defect could have been triggered doing nothing. besides ragin' cajun throws riders around quite a bit.
also notice i said "it may not always be the ride, usually it's the person"



No, I meant if you changed Ragin' Cajun to Raging Bull, that would provide you with a real life situation. A girl did die on Raging Bull a couple years ago because she had a heart condition she didnt know about. It also doesn't help that she was chocking on her gun also, but she did have an unknown heart condition.
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Postby Becky O 33 on July 1st, 2006, 11:53 am
twixmix0303 wrote:
Ilovthevu' wrote:Plain and simple, they need to put bigger height restrictions on these rides. I don't care if a 7 year old can fit on this ride, but they are too young to experience a higher intense roller coaster like that. It's just as simple as making the height limit higher.


Then it should be the parents who tell their kid that they are too young to ride this just because they are tall enough. Yes they may be able to ride it, but it's the parents who should have the last say-so in saying if they should ride it or not. That's just something I think parents should take more responsiblity (sp?) in. Now this situation doesn't have to deal with what i;m talking about, but in other situaions it does. I was about 7 when I rode this ride and i was perfectly fine. It's not always the age, sometimes it can just be if they can handle it yet. Making the height limit higher isn't going to change much except for making people unhappy.
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Postby Bob O on July 1st, 2006, 4:39 pm
The heart restriction had nothing to do in reagards to the tragic death of this person.
He had a heart problem that the family wasnt aware of. This type of incident cant be reduced unless we will require that every one who goes into a theme park will be required to get some type of medical checkup that is far more detailed than a check up that people normally get.
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Postby yeti_cat on July 1st, 2006, 4:45 pm
As for never visiting a disney park, I'd have to agree with everyone that you have a much higher chance of hurting yourself walking to the bathroom in the middle of the night than anytime at Disney.

UNLESS you live really far away from both disney parks, and you don't want to drive there; THAT's where'd you get hurt.
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Postby Becky O 33 on July 1st, 2006, 9:59 pm
I agree! People shouldn't want to go to Disney just because of some deaths that had nothing to do with the ride. It is mostly from health issues that people never realized. The rides are perfectly fine.
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