Child Dies On Epcot Ride

Local10.com ^ | June 14, 2005 | none named

[pageonetoo]

Twenty minutes of listening to little mechanical people sing "Small World" will drive any reasonable adult into a tequila bottle.

Dammit. It's been more than thirty years since I was there with little ones. Now it's back in my mind... and it just won't stop..... help me............

[Oberon]

[Lou L]

I would not take a four year old child on such a ride.

I just showed this story to my wife. We have an above-average height 4.5 year-old who rode Mission Space with me earlier this year. While the ride is a bit intense, she seemed unfazed. She asked me afterwards, "Dad, did we really go to Mars?"

There had to have been other medical conditions with this particular child.

[CWW]

We will likely find out that the poor child suffered from congenital defect that was ultimately triggered by the rids.

I truly mourn for his parents. Horrible, just horrible!

[A Ruckus of Dogs]

Is the Space ride also called Space Mountain?

No, this is a different one. Space Mountain is a roller coaster.

[AppyPappy]

When we went to Disney World, we saw an accident scene involving a Ford Explorer. The helicopter had just left. Luggage all over the highway.

[AppyPappy]

I was looking at the ceiling during the ride. It's pretty cool. A suspended ceiling painted black. It really shows the boxiness of the building.

[killjoy]

It was the closest one could get to taking off into space while staying on earth.

I read a story a while back about it. At the grand opening they had a number of former astronauts. One of them commented the ride was much better than any of the simulators they went through during their training at NASA.

[AndrewC]

Here you go, but for more official data the CDC is a better place. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/nhanes/growthcharts/clinical_charts.htm

[Nita Nupress]

Why anyone would willingly put himself in a position to be in close, personal contact with other people's partially-digested stomach contents and other noxious bodily fluids is beyond my ability for comprehension.

[Aquinasfan]

I hate heights but shoot I'll take a roller coaster ride over those tea cups from hell any day.

LOL! The hurl-a-whirl!

[TXnMA]

The most nauseating thing you can do on a centrifuge ride is to turn your head from side while experiencing G forces. It messes with your inner ear and, basically, induces sea-sickness.

I took my kids on a centrifuge at Six Flags that I'd ridden several times with no ill effects. On that ride, I placed one kid on either side of me, and kept turning to the side to check on them. I was messed up (nauseated -- big time) for nearly an hour. (The kids were fine...)

[Eaker]

I couldn't have kept my daughter off of it.

Depends on the kid. My son never liked this kind of stuff.

[najida]

Me too!
And it's been over 30 years, but those little bobbing heads and ARGH!

I think it was voted THE most obnoxious song ever written.

[Dawgreg]

Thanks.......*~*

[Dems_R_Losers]

I have never understood the attraction of these huge theme parks, especially for very young children. Parents have somehow been indoctrinated into believing that they are depriving their children if they do not take them to Disney, Universal, etc. They are too young for most of the rides and won't remember anything about it when they are older, you are out thousands of dollars for the trip, and end up spending most of the day standing in line for everything. Not my idea of a good time. My kids would rather go to the mountains, swim, hike, fish, and catch frogs.

[Guenevere]

Thanks!..Much appreciated.

[soundandvision]

Disney's gotta pay for this!!...

(kidding)

[r9etb]

Does anyone know what level of G-forces are exerted by this ride?

About 1 g, but zero extra. They simply tilt the room, and you get pressed back in your seat by gravity.

[ARCADIA]

I did a google search and posted a link under #17.

It looks like this thing actually goes up to 3Gs and involves a centrifugal rotation at around 35 Mph.