Posted on 10/17/2025 6:07:59 AM PDT by V_TWIN
The Walt Disney World hotel to which an Illinois woman traveled before she took her own life is notorious for suicides.
The body of Disney superfan Summer Equitz, 31, was found at the Contemporary Resort Hotel at the Florida park Tuesday night.
Equitz, from the Chicago suburb of Naperville, got married last year, honeymooned at Disney World in October and announced she was pregnant two months later. It’s unclear if she delivered the baby.
The iconic hotel where Equitz took her life opened in 1971 and has been the site of several similar tragic incidents in recent years.
On March 22, 2016, a guest jumped to their death from the central A-frame tower of the resort, according to reports at the time.
On a March 2020 afternoon, a woman jumped from the Contemporary Resort in front of horrified guests.
And in July 2023, a man allegedly took his own life at the resort hotel.
Jim Hill of the “Disney Dish” podcast previously talked to The Post about the horrific association between the Contemporary Resort and suicides.
“There’s this weird phenomenon where people who are severely depressed but want to have that one last good happy family memory will go to Walt Disney World,” Hill said in 2022.
“They’ll deliberately book a room at the Contemporary Resort, which is 14 stories tall. And after that happy family time, they will throw themselves off the building,” he said.
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I've lived 2 hours from DW for over 50 years and I've never heard this.
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Possibly post-partum depression with this last suicide. Where’s the child? Where’s the new husband?
My brother in law is a travel agent specializing in Disney- he says he hasnt either.
The 2-3 hour wait times for major rides finally broke her.
2016,2020,2023.
Not exactly a big trend.
Probably p*ssed about that new woke Cinderella movie. I can’t blame her.
Really screwed up selfish move. Messes up a lot of other people’s vacations.
This is a surprise to me too but I guess its not exactly the type of tourist publicity that Disney publicizes. But it makes sense. Some people are enamored by Disney so if some of them are mentally unstable, I can imagine suicide at Disney would be their goal.
The child is with the father. One day she she packed up and left the house.
I think it’s more about the location than anything else.
Eh, that doesn’t apply to on property guests. You get a pass where you can pretty much walk on.
And a super-duperfan does what, exactly?
Before the credit card bill come due...............
Back in 1992, an off-duty Walt Disney World Cast Member fell 11 stories to his death at Disney’s Contemporary Resort after being startled by a swarm of wasps.
Police said the accident happened as Brian Hribek was showing his roommate the view from an observation deck on the 15th floor of the hotel.
Remembering When: Off-Duty Cast Member Died After Falling 11 Stories at Disney’s Contemporary Resort
Ohhh…you’re bad this morning!
It’s the happiest place on Earth. Except when it’s not.
A super-duper fan spends half the family income at DW.
Eh, no.
Who provided the swarm of wasps?
Eh, yes. You clearly don’t know how to work the app.
We walked on everything with ease just this month.
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