[Huntress]

I wonder if he ever got that song out of his head.

[freeagle]

Heck, I’d develop the disorder after being stranded for that long!

[stanne]

I know I haven’t; and it’s been about fifty years.

Horrible, atheist, depressing Disney tune. It’s like torture.

[JRios1968]

3 hrs stuck with the song continuously playing?

New method for interrogations at Gitmo, I’d say

[KarlInOhio]

People that psychologically fragile shouldn't ride "It's a Small World" even at normal speed.

Now that #($%*#( song is stuck in my head and I'll have to dig it out with a screwdriver.

[andyk]

that was really what started everything rolling

Snort. I can't think of a worse song to have to listen to for 30 minutes.

[nascarnation]

We visited DW last December. I swear that 10% of the visiting population is on motorized scooters. They make the shuttle bus loop take forever as they have to be boarded on, jockeyed into place, strapped down, etc.

[yldstrk]

what the hell is a wheelchair bound man with a panic disorder doing on a carnival ride????????????????? have people lost their ever loving minds

[mardi59]

Now sue the victim for being an irresponsible idiot by getting on the ride in the first place knowing he had a panic disorder.

[sickoflibs]

RE :”A wheelchair-bound man was awarded $8,000 by Disneyland after the “It’s A Small World” ride broke, stranding him for a half hour while the theme song played continuously, according to an attorney for the plaintiff.”

“It’s A Small World” was Disney’s main attraction at the 1964/1965 Worlds Fair in Flushing (Queens) NY. My parents took 8mm home movies when we visited that Fair, no sound though. Still remember home movies of that ride.

We are talking a ~ 45 year old ride

[Pan_Yan]

I’d like a lot more information like:

How much does the lawyer get? 30%? That’s what, $2400?

How much did he sue for? Had to be at least six figures.

How big was the settlement they turned down?

Disney can say they are disappointed but it looks like they came out of this just fine, other than paying lawyers fees.

[wideawake]

What an utterly frivolous lawsuit.

This guy is no different from a pnahandler.

[ZULU]

Couldn’t have happened to a better set of politically correct bastards. Too bad it was only $8,000.

Maybe if he was gay and black as well as Hispanic and disabled, he might have gotten more money.

[Celtic Conservative]

If it had been the haunted mansion or pirates of the caribbean no big deal, but good god not it's a small world! the poor bastard earned every penny (and I LIKE Disneyland).

CC

[svcw]

Anyone who has any disorder should have not gotten on the demonic ride in the first place.
What was he thinkg?

[ProudFossil]

I wonder if he ever got that song out of his head.

Having been on that ride I can definitely state: "That song will drive you batty in no time. Once is enough but over and over and over and ..."

[DoodleDawg]

Only 8 grand? Disney got off cheap.

[circlecity]

That’s what we call a nuisance settlement. I guarantee the plaintiff’s attorney has more than $2600 (his third) in time and expenses invested in the case. He lost.

[diamond6]

1/2 an hour!!! Oh good grief, I swear some people are such wimps! I was stuck for about fifteen minutes on Space Mountain, near the top. You didn’t hear me whining about it. Although at first I was concerned that maybe the car behind us might run into us but that didn’t happen.

If this man has panic attacks, then maybe he shouldn’t go on rides.

[Borges]

That song is the single most performed and most translated piece of music on Earth. One shudders.

[Cyber Liberty]

$8K is way too low for that.