Kid dies on Disney Ride, Poor kid :( Options

[*paul murphy*]

Daudi Bamuwamye passed out Monday afternoon while on the attraction, which simulates a rocket launch and trip to Mars. The Orange County Sheriff's Office said his mother carried him off the ride and employees helped her place him on a bench.

Paramedics tried to revive him, but he died about 5 p.m. at Celebration Hospital.

The sheriff's office said the boy did meet the minimum 44-inch height requirement for the ride at the Epcot theme park, which simulates twice the normal force of gravity.

A cause of death could not be immediately determined and an autopsy was expected Tuesday.

Officials said the boy was from Pennsylvania, but his hometown was not immediately available. He was on the ride with his mother and sister.

The $100 million ride, one of Disney World's most popular, was closed after the death.

In 2003, Disney began placing motion sickness bags in the ride. During an eight-month period in 2003-04, six people over age 55 were taken to the hospital for chest pain and nausea after riding it, though none of them was found to have any serious injuries.





Poor kid,

[medic]

You know, there is really nothing they can do about it. They are not liable for it. The ride is Mission Space, and all they did was pack it up and move it to Disney World. I rode it, it is jerky. It is not fast anofe to make you swallow your own puke. Let it out, the least that's gunna happen is that the other people will yell at you. This is the ride



Mission Space Walt Disney World, Orlando Florida

2 people also died at a Six Flags Amusement park when the River Rapids ride flipped over. Plus the good old one about a guy who rode a roller coaster at a six flags park and his restraint came loose in a loop of a roller coaster, he fell out and hit his head at 60 mph.