Woman Dies After Riding "Mission: Space"

[OrlandoRocks]

WALT DISNEY WORLD, Fla. -- In a written statement, the Walt Disney World Resort said a 49-year-old woman died Wednesday after riding ?Mission: Space? at Epcot.

The woman became ill after she got off the ride Tuesday afternoon. She was taken to Celebration Hospital.

?We have closed the attraction to reconfirm proper operation of the ride,? the statement read. ?The state Bureau of Fair Rides Inspection was notified and will be on site to monitor the inspection and review of the attraction.?

The statement expressed condolences to the woman?s family. Walt Disney World has not released the woman?s name or what caused her death.

In June 2005, a 4-year-old boy died after riding ?Mission: Space.? A autopsy report released the following November showed that Daudi Bamuwayme had an enlarged heart, which put him at risk of sudden death.

http://www.wftv.com/news/8653845/detail.html

[Deadman]

This is terrible news  

[rjholla2003]

I feel bad for the family, and Disney.  Mission Space is really going to come under heavy scrutiny now that an adult has died on it and not just a kid with an enlarged heart.  They do warn people of the risks and who shouldn't ride a lot, but people don't pay attention, or don't know they have these issues.

I hope her family is OK through this tough time though.

[coastermom]

I am getting nervous, the kids really want to ride it when we go in July but i am a little nervous getting on a ride like this with 2 deaths in 6 months. Has anyone here been on it ? is it really that bad i hate rides that make you dizzy and spin you around too much. is this the problem at MS? Anyway i pray for the family what a horrible thing to happen at the happiest place on earth .

[WadeJ]

Nothing to be nervous about.  Otherwise, I'd be dead already.  I think last year when I was in Orlando on business I hit MS over 20 times in 3 days.  One day alone had at least 10 rerides.

Seriously though, it pulls 2 G's and really isn't any more or less dangerous than many of the other thrill rides out there.  This lady could have died later that day while riding Small World.  With over 6.8 million riders so far, I don't think you have anything to worry about

IMO, its amazing that more deaths don't happen at Disney World on various attractions simply because of how many people go through there year after year.  Its basically a real city in terms of how much is happening and how many people are there each day.  Its inevitable that somebodys time will happen to come while they are there.

This is such a shame  Things like this aren't supposed to happen at the happiest place on earth  

As for the ride, don't worry about it.  Its fine.

[chilled182]

i hope its open by next week, because i really want to ride this thing.

[GADVwow]

It is open again.  It reopened this morning.

[chilled182]

oh was that released somewhere?  I was looking for a follow up but came up with nothing.  Senior trips the 25th.. i was kind of hoping i would get lucky enough to ride everything new.

[GADVwow]

It's been on CBS Radio News all day that the ride is again open.

[GADVwow]

How about the fact the news has travelled to South Africa!

http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1916635,00.html

Disney reopens Mission: Space
13/04/2006 21:46  - (SA)  
Orlando - Walt Disney World reopened its Mission: Space attraction on Thursday, a day after a German woman who became ill when she got off the ride died at a hospital.

Engineers had found that the ride was operating properly...