General Chat / Boy Dies After Riding Rock 'N' Rollercoaster

I'm amazed this isn't being discussed here yet.

A twelve year old boy passed away after riding the Rock 'N' Rollercoaster at the Disney-MGM Studios.

He must of had some serious medical problems

Well, really there are only so many ways to debate a death at a theme park: either the ride malfunctioned, there was a preexisting condition, or the person was screwing around. What else is there to really say about it?

Well, really there are only so many ways to debate a death at a theme park: either the ride malfunctioned, there was a preexisting condition, or the person was screwing around.  What else is there to really say about it?

While unlikely, it could be Disney's fault.

Edited by lazyboy97O, 29 June 2006 - 05:47 PM.

John is right. How could it be the park's fault? When you go to an amusement park you're immediately taking a risk that you decided to take. The parks put these warning signs like "Do not ride if you have this or that medical condition" in the park for a reason. They're not safe, and shit happens. If it's anyone's fault, it'd be their own, regardless of whether or not they knew about their medical condition.

RIP.
I agree...It must have been about medical problems...it's also true that it's not Disney's fault; in every ride, there's a sign with the conditions for riding it. If you are sure that you don't have any problems, then ride it...otherwise, don't take the risk, because it could be your last...minor details can become huge consequences.

Edited by RCFanB&M, 29 June 2006 - 06:27 PM.

John is right. How could it be the park's fault? When you go to an amusement park you're immediately taking a risk that you decided to take. The parks put these warning signs like "Do not ride if you have this or that medical condition" in the park for a reason. They're not safe, and shit happens. If it's anyone's fault, it'd be their own, regardless of whether or not they knew about their medical condition.

Not entirely true. Roller coasters aren't supposed to be risky. If the ride malfunctioned and thus caused this kid's death, the park would be at fault.

...indicated the ride did not malfunction.

Edited by chapelz, 29 June 2006 - 07:14 PM.

Not entirely true.  Roller coasters aren't supposed to be risky.  If the ride malfunctioned and thus caused this kid's death, the park would be at fault.

Actually, the manufactuer would be at fault there.

Unless it was a severe lack of maintenance.

-ACE

Oh. Never mind, then.

If it wasn't meant to be risky then why put the caution signs before you ride? And obviously they aren't very safe with the number of people that died (although its a very small number (this actually reminds me of the time that dude died on Superman)). If they can trigger something in a person to die then there must be a problem here.

A scary movie in theory could trigger the same response..

The fact is, roller coasters are fun because they make the body do things its not normally supposed to do. The adrenaline release is what makes it fun *we all know this im sure, this is more for discussion sake.

Like I said, A coaster does something to the body that it is not supposed to do--hence a risk is inherently involved. If you didn't realize that, then you are too stupid to ride a roller coaster.

However, if Disney is at fault, then there is valid reason for the family to sue.

From the sounds of it though, his heart stopped. It is very likely that it could be from an adrenaline overload.

If it wasn't meant to be risky then why put the caution signs before you ride? And obviously they aren't very safe with the number of people that died (although its a very small number (this actually reminds me of the time that dude died on Superman)). If they can trigger something in a person to die then there must be a problem here.

To cover their asses. And it's mostly for people who have some kind of condition.
Overall, roller coasters are hardly death defying. I can think of a lot of things considerably more dangerous than riding a roller coaster.

This is just more of Disney's tremendous streak of bad luck. This is like, what, the fifth time a person has died on a Disney ride due to an undiagnosed pre-existing conditions (I'm willing to bet that's the case with this kid).

It sucks, because it's really no one's fault. It just happened. And I fell bad for the family.

Mission:Space, however, has had more "incidents" than normal, because it is so damn intense. It's a shame, though. They advertise the intensity like crazy, so you can't really claim you weren't warned. But people don't expect to die at an amusement park, so they probably ignore them anyway.

Although they should probably have portable defibrilators nearby.

If they can trigger something in a person to die then there must be a problem here.

That's a somewhat ignorant statement to make. Take an aneurysm. A coaster can trigger it to burst. Walking down the street can also trigger it to burst. Most people would agree that regular walking is NOT a problem.

...

you are MORE likely to die ON THE CAR ROAD OVER than on the coaster itself.

risk?

The kid prolly made a remark about the coaster or something. He had it coming.

This is just more of Disney's tremendous streak of bad luck.  This is like, what, the fifth time a person has died on a Disney ride due to an undiagnosed pre-existing conditions (I'm willing to bet that's the case with this kid).

According to the reports this is the sixth death since Christmas 2004 after a guest rode an attraction at Walt Disney World (so that includs all four parks and the water parks). So yes, this very well could be the fifth since Christmas 2004 caused by an undiagnosed condition (It has been reported that the German woman who died after riding Mission: SPACE was aware of her blood pressure problem.)

I did the math earlier. If all six of these deaths occured in Animal Kingdom (the least visited of the four theme parks) all during the year 2005 that is 0.000073% of all guests. If we take the whole year and a half and remain only inside of Animal Kingdom's attendance that is 0.000049% of guests. This is based on Amusement Business estimate of 8.2 million visitors for Animal Kingdom in 2005 and using that same number for 2006 if all days saw the same attendance.

Edited by lazyboy97O, 30 June 2006 - 02:17 AM.

Wow, Walt Disney must of had a lot of bad luck as the guys who built the rides at disney.

CNN reports the re-opening of RnR.

Wow, Walt Disney must of had a lot of bad luck as the guys who built the rides at disney.

The Jews are getting their revenge...

Points to you if you get that joke.