Oy
Glad we went on Mission: SPACE before this happened. I would never have got her on the ride otherwise.
Death Reported At $100-Million Disney Ride in Florida
The Walt Disney Co. shut down its $100 million-dollar, state-of-the-art rocket-themed ride Mission Space at its Epcot theme park after a four-year-old boy from Pennsylvania passed out aboard the ride on Tuesday. The ride was reopened a few hours later after it was inspected by company engineers. Disney had hoped that the ride would revive interest in the park, which has seen a decline in admissions in recent years. The ride, which opened two years ago, sent seven people over the age of 55 to the hospital after they experienced chest pains and nausea while riding it in the first eight months after it was installed, published reports said. The latest incident is likely to spark renewed efforts to have theme park rides inspected by state and/or federal agencies. "The federal government regulates child seats in the back of automobiles ... but not amusement rides that approach G forces that astronauts are exposed to," Congressman Edward Markey of Massachusetts told today's USA Today.
As I've mentioned, Mission: SPACE is THE most intense ride at Disney World.