Boy, 4, dies after riding Epcot attraction

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  • MikeB
    Confirmed User
    • Feb 2002
    • 2012
    #51
    50 happy days gone bad.

    Here's a picture from my site, http://rideinsider.com...it's amazing what 2 loose bolts can cause....

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      • MikeB
        Confirmed User
        • Feb 2002
        • 2012
        #52
        please note that pic is from the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad Accident 2 years ago, not the accident this week...

        Mike B

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          • loverboy
            When it rains, it pours
            • May 2003
            • 20609
            #53
            poor kid, rip

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              • Mako
                Confirmed User
                • Jul 2004
                • 1986
                #54
                Originally posted by LadyMischief
                Not very intense for an adult, perhaps, but for the fragile body of a 4 year old child? A lot would be "intense" to them that we wouldn't even register.
                You'd be surprised. They'll do an autopsy I'd imagine, and I'd be willing to bet the stress from the ride (or any ride at any random point thereafter) triggered something in his heart that it couldn't deal with due to being defective. The AMA estimates that as many as 5M people in the United States have defective valves, genetically inferior hearts, etc, and have no idea because it's not something that can be easily caught. Even EKG readouts don't pick them up often, and how many of us have ever even had one performed?

                Either way it sucks for the family, and it sucks for Disney too.

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                  • David!
                    By the wrath of Agamemnon
                    • Apr 2004
                    • 6501
                    #55
                    UPDATE: Autopsy finds no obvious cause of 4-year-old boy's death. Link
                    .

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                      • Mako
                        Confirmed User
                        • Jul 2004
                        • 1986
                        #56
                        Originally posted by PussyMan
                        UPDATE: Autopsy finds no obvious cause of 4-year-old boy's death. Link
                        Damn, hopefully this won't lead to calls to soften the ride up or alter it. It's pretty cool actually, and it's not hardcore at all.

                        Disney is redesigning Space Mountain out here in Anaheim, supposed to open next year and feature an indoor, dark, loop.

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                          • taibo
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                            • May 2005
                            • 3720
                            #57
                            Originally posted by GatorB
                            http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/06/14/dis....ap/index.html
                            i seen a special on disney's accidents within the years. there has been many that i never knew about. sad but shit happens

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                              • LoriAnderson
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                                • Feb 2003
                                • 1713
                                #58
                                thats so sad.. I would never take a 4 yr old on a ride like that..
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                                  • Hornydog4cooter
                                    Confirmed User
                                    • Jan 2005
                                    • 2859
                                    #59
                                    wow i am 31 and the that was a intense ride for me. I was messed up for the whole day after that ride. I feel bad for the boy and the family

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                                      • Rich
                                        So Fucking Banned
                                        • Jan 2003
                                        • 11486
                                        #60
                                        Originally posted by GatorB
                                        Hmmmm

                                        I havent been on that particular ride, but me & my kid have been on every ride at Disney in Anaheim except for Space Mountain

                                        How could you not ride space mountain??

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                                          • David!
                                            By the wrath of Agamemnon
                                            • Apr 2004
                                            • 6501
                                            #61
                                            Originally posted by Rich
                                            How could you not ride space mountain??
                                            Oh my, I must agree with you there
                                            Let me get my Paxil now
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                                              • Rich
                                                So Fucking Banned
                                                • Jan 2003
                                                • 11486
                                                #62
                                                Originally posted by PussyMan
                                                Oh my, I must agree with you there
                                                Let me get my Paxil now

                                                Do you really take Paxil?

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                                                  • MikeB
                                                    Confirmed User
                                                    • Feb 2002
                                                    • 2012
                                                    #63
                                                    Originally posted by Mako
                                                    Damn, hopefully this won't lead to calls to soften the ride up or alter it. It's pretty cool actually, and it's not hardcore at all.

                                                    Disney is redesigning Space Mountain out here in Anaheim, supposed to open next year and feature an indoor, dark, loop.

                                                    Actually I think it will be opening soon. Castmembers have already been riding it, they will probably be doing some soft openings soon. The date July 17th sticks out in my head as a possible open date for the new ride. Many people I've talked to "in the know" say it has no loops.

                                                    Regards,

                                                    Mike

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                                                      • Drake
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                                                        • Mar 2003
                                                        • 12508
                                                        #64
                                                        Why would any parents put their 4 year old on a ride like that

                                                        ""Mission: Space," a ride so intense that it has motion sickness bags and several riders have been treated for chest pain."

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                                                          • David!
                                                            By the wrath of Agamemnon
                                                            • Apr 2004
                                                            • 6501
                                                            #65
                                                            Originally posted by Rich
                                                            Do you really take Paxil?
                                                            Nah, drugs don't do nothing to me. Except the damn actifed that puts me t sleep
                                                            .

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                                                              • VHNet
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                                                                • May 2005
                                                                • 386
                                                                #66
                                                                I was just on that ride last week.

                                                                I've never been on a ride that tells you atleast 5 times to back out of you cannot take it. It also explains the warnings of the ride, and even the people that run the goddamn thing tell you "this is your last chance to back out."

                                                                The parents are the ones to blame, allowing their kid, after so much warning, to go on a ride that realistically pulls somewhere around 2-5G's. I don't have motion sickness, but after that ride I was weezy as hell.

                                                                They also tell you not to look side to side or close your eyes...I did that, and almost puked myself. I bet that the idiot both closed his eyes, looked at his mom and killed himself.

                                                                It's the parent's fault.
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                                                                  • sickkittens
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                                                                    • Jul 2002
                                                                    • 25100
                                                                    #67
                                                                    Originally posted by VHNet
                                                                    I don't have motion sickness, but after that ride I was weezy as hell.

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                                                                    Same here. Fucked with everyone's head who I was with. Definately not a ride to hit at the end of the day when you're feeling crappy and hungry.

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                                                                      • Peaches
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                                                                        • Oct 2002
                                                                        • 13933
                                                                        #68
                                                                        Originally posted by VHNet
                                                                        I was just on that ride last week.

                                                                        I've never been on a ride that tells you atleast 5 times to back out of you cannot take it. It also explains the warnings of the ride, and even the people that run the goddamn thing tell you "this is your last chance to back out."

                                                                        The parents are the ones to blame, allowing their kid, after so much warning, to go on a ride that realistically pulls somewhere around 2-5G's. I don't have motion sickness, but after that ride I was weezy as hell.

                                                                        They also tell you not to look side to side or close your eyes...I did that, and almost puked myself. I bet that the idiot both closed his eyes, looked at his mom and killed himself.

                                                                        It's the parent's fault.
                                                                        The more I read, the more it sounds like you're right

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                                                                          • imafuckingaussie
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                                                                            • Jul 2003
                                                                            • 1497
                                                                            #69
                                                                            How horribly sad, it said he passed the height limit, but still, I dont think I'd let my boy on a ride like that, poor parents......

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                                                                              • Sarah_Jayne
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                                                                                • Dec 2002
                                                                                • 40077
                                                                                #70
                                                                                I almost died at the Armegedon ride at Disneyland Paris - and I am not joking. It was only because at the last minute I thought there was something odd about where they had placed me to stand that I moved right before a huge fireball thing came out exactly where they had stood me.

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                                                                                  • NTSS
                                                                                    Confirmed User
                                                                                    • Mar 2005
                                                                                    • 5688
                                                                                    #71
                                                                                    Only four years old? That's very sad...They should raise the age requirement to like 6-7 years old. 4 is too young for a ride like that.
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                                                                                      • GatorB
                                                                                        The Demon & 12clicks
                                                                                        • Oct 2001
                                                                                        • 18208
                                                                                        #72
                                                                                        Originally posted by NTSS
                                                                                        Only four years old? That's very sad...They should raise the age requirement to like 6-7 years old. 4 is too young for a ride like that.

                                                                                        There isn't an AGE requirement. There is a HEIGHT requirement.

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                                                                                          • Mako
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                                                                                            • Jul 2004
                                                                                            • 1986
                                                                                            #73
                                                                                            Originally posted by MikeB_CE
                                                                                            Actually I think it will be opening soon. Castmembers have already been riding it, they will probably be doing some soft openings soon. The date July 17th sticks out in my head as a possible open date for the new ride. Many people I've talked to "in the know" say it has no loops.

                                                                                            Regards,

                                                                                            Mike
                                                                                            Ah ok, thanks Mike, good info.

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                                                                                              • pxxx
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                                                                                                • Mar 2004
                                                                                                • 12114
                                                                                                #74
                                                                                                Damn, that is a sad story.

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                                                                                                  • KRL
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                                                                                                    • Oct 2002
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                                                                                                    #75
                                                                                                    Can't imagine anything worse than losing your child.

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                                                                                                      • MandyBlake
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                                                                                                        • Nov 2002
                                                                                                        • 17761
                                                                                                        #76
                                                                                                        oh my god. that's sad.
                                                                                                        good thing i never went on that. not sure if i'd die but i'd get sick.
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                                                                                                          • sniperwolf
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                                                                                                            • Mar 2005
                                                                                                            • 17743
                                                                                                            #77
                                                                                                            Originally posted by HpicAnn

                                                                                                            Originally posted by Sosa
                                                                                                            4 year old should have never been on the ride in the first place.
                                                                                                            That's what i was thinking too..
                                                                                                            exactly...both parties are guilty.. still, management played a big part here(faulty shit)Failure to exercise the degree of care considered reasonable under the circumstances, resulting in an unintended injury ... too bad these things happen..
                                                                                                            Last edited by sniperwolf; 06-14-2005, 07:38 PM.
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                                                                                                              • LexiLexxx
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                                                                                                                • Feb 2003
                                                                                                                • 2510
                                                                                                                #78
                                                                                                                I'm so sad to hear this story :-(

                                                                                                                I have a 5 month old son, if I keep reading stuff like this, I will never let him out of the house!

                                                                                                                The parent is to blame....so sad for her! Imagine her thinking over and over, I should have never let him ride that ride! One thing, is she did ride it with him.

                                                                                                                I feel for everyone involved!

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