In the same week this summer at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, a woman fainted after riding Slinky Dog Dash while a man hurt his neck and back on the plunging Twilight Zone Tower of Terror.
Latest Theme Park Incidents
These are among the dozen Orlando theme park incidents that happened this summer when visitors were sick or hurt on rides and needed at least 24 hours of hospitalization, according to the latest state injury report released this month.
It’s always hard to know exactly what happened or how seriously someone was hurt. The state injury report, released by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, doesn’t provide many details — only the bare-boned basics.
According to the report, a 69-year-old man injured his neck and back on Twilight Zone Tower of Terror on August 23, then two days later, a 73-year-old woman felt motion sickness and fainted after exiting the Slinky Dog Dash coaster in Toy Story Land.
A 50-year-old woman with an unknown pre-existing illness had a seizure after she rode Star Wars: Rise of Resistance on September 8.
Two visitors said they felt sick on Mission: SPACE at EPCOT, a ride notorious for making visitors feel queasy over the years, especially on the intense side of the attraction. A 33-year-old woman with an unknown pre-existing medical condition had “abdominal pain” on August 7, while a 69-year-old man with a pre-existing cardiac condition felt dizzy on September 28.
At the park’s new Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind coaster, a 43-year-old woman “became disoriented” after the ride on July 8.
On Big Thunder Mountain Railroad at Magic Kingdom, a 19-year-old woman with unknown pre-existing conditions “felt faint and had abdominal pain after exiting the attraction,” the state report said.
It wasn’t just Walt Disney World visitors who ended up in the hospital.
Universal Orlando reported a 26-year-old man had an “inability to speak” on July 14 after he rode Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey at Universal’s Islands of Adventure.
An 18-year-old man had a seizure on July 31 at the Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit coaster at Universal Studios Florida.
A 39-year-old woman felt motion sickness after riding Volcano Bay’s Honu of Honu ika Moana water slide on July 29.
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