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Kid dies on Disney Ride, Poor kid :(
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post Jun 14 2005, 02:42 PM
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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, cry.gif
 
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post Jun 14 2005, 02:47 PM
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wow. That's so sad.

I haven't heard of many problems with Disney rides before...mostly just Six Flags...aww..
 
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post Jun 14 2005, 03:05 PM
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wow. that puts a dampener on the vacation

will they close the ride? permenantly, i mean
 
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post Jun 14 2005, 03:07 PM
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QUOTE(MarchHare2UrAlice @ Jun 14 2005, 3:05 PM)
wow. that puts a dampener on the vacation

will they close the ride? permenantly, i mean
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Yea, I think that's what the last bit meant (I don't mean this is a rude way)
 
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post Jun 14 2005, 03:18 PM
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Wow. I've heard of people falling off roller coasters and crap, but not dying on a motion simulated ride blink.gif That's probably not the ride, just more of not following the precautions.
 
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post Jun 14 2005, 03:25 PM
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wow that sucks for that kid

that shows that disney land really does suck

j/p
 
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post Jun 14 2005, 03:27 PM
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Oh poor kid. Now I see why they have hieght requirements.
 
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post Jun 14 2005, 03:29 PM
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Wow thats so crazy, I went on the ride like..2 years ago and i don't remember it even been that bad. But if i was that young i guess it would be,
r.i.p. little guy
 
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post Jun 14 2005, 03:51 PM
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oh gosh. how old was this kid?
im guessing pretty young. Lifes too short. One simple ride could cause so much pain to so much people.
 
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post Jun 14 2005, 03:55 PM
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I was just checking to see if this topic was made already hahaha...well anyways that's really sad. If Disney was smart, they'd shut down the ride. If a death & many other health issues have occured alredy on this ride, who knows what could happen next?


oh yeah & by the way- the article I read on it said the ride was closed after the death, but was reopened the Tues. after mechanics & engineers checked the ride for malfunctions.( that wasnt supposed to sound rude lol).
 
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post Jun 14 2005, 03:58 PM
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oh my.... poor lil kid..... =/
 
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post Jun 14 2005, 04:00 PM
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that's why i get so nervous when i go on rollercoasters at six flags. kingda ka was closed because these bolts fell out and the cables got loose. im never ever going on that again.
 
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post Jun 14 2005, 04:59 PM
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wow that sucks

i should have heard of it
i was at disneyland that day too
hmm...
 
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post Jun 14 2005, 05:05 PM
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maybe they should have an age requirement too.
 
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post Jun 14 2005, 05:16 PM
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DISNEY IS THE DEVIL! I'm just kidding of course, I enjoys me some Stitch. But seriously.. If the ride does cause things like this, why was it open in the first place? And Of All Places.. EPCOT?!?!? This is the place with the different diversities of the world not of superb rides..

It's really sad the kid died, but nobody should really be blamed, but the ride.. something should've been done about it before..
 
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post Jun 14 2005, 05:59 PM
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....I'm going to Disney World during the summer. mellow.gif

That's sad, though. Disney is usually pretty safe.
 
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post Jun 14 2005, 07:48 PM
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QUOTE(MarchHare2UrAlice @ Jun 14 2005, 4:05 PM)
wow. that puts a dampener on the vacation

will they close the ride? permenantly, i mean
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they reopened the ride today.

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The $100 million ride, one of Disney World's most popular, was closed after the death but was reopened Tuesday after company engineers concluded that it was operating normally.
 
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post Jun 14 2005, 07:57 PM
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Oh God, that's terrible. And it's even wierder, considering I was just on that ride a week and a half ago mellow.gif

Poor kid. RIP.

Kind of odd, though. There have been a few times people have been seriously hurt at Disney parks. Last year, a man died and another had to have his leg cut off on one of the rides there, and at Disneyland, one of the rides that has different traint hings running at the same time collided with one another. It's not broadcasted as often, so not many people really hear about it more than 24 hours. I guess Disney just doesn't want that stuff said about them, who knows.
 
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post Jun 14 2005, 09:26 PM
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QUOTE(xoxo_koala_kisses_ @ Jun 14 2005, 2:57 PM)
I guess Disney just doesn't want that stuff said about them, who knows.[/font]
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obviously. who'd want bad publicity.

what a tragic death, dieing on the "happiest place on earth." man, i hate that quote on disney resorts.
 
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post Jun 14 2005, 09:32 PM
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Amusement parks aren't really for amusement anymore.
 
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post Jun 14 2005, 09:43 PM
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Aww.. thats so sad cry.gif i heard there was a lady who fell of a rollercoaster or something at Disneyland... and a lady fell off a water ride at knotts so sad.. it's one thing i don't look forward to when i go to theme parks..
 
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post Jun 14 2005, 10:22 PM
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Yes indeed. RIP.
That is a lesson for me and all others to always make sure you meet the height requirements and all of the other requirements listed in order to go on rides. 'Specially roller coasters. biggrin.gif
 
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post Jun 14 2005, 10:25 PM
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aww thats sad. stuff like that makes me scared to go on a lot of rides like that..even if i meet the height requirement or w/e...

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Aww.. thats so sad  i heard there was a lady who fell of a rollercoaster or something at Disneyland... and a lady fell off a water ride at knotts so sad.. it's one thing i don't look forward to when i go to theme parks..


yeah. i heard that too. i think the ride was perilous plunge, if i'm not mistaken?
 
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post Jun 14 2005, 10:41 PM
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Yeah, I heard about that on the news. So sad, it really made me upset cry.gif . I can't believe they let his height slide like that. One thing I know, you should never take a 4 year old on a ride like that. I guess they didn't end up having much fun at the "happiest place on earth".
 
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post Jun 14 2005, 10:47 PM
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cry.gif That's soo sad! I didn't think that anyone could die on that ride....but I mean they didn't follow the precautions....but still...T_T
 
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