After hearing and reading about all of these accidents, I begin to question the safety of Disney World. There are many attractions at all four parks and on anyone something can go wrong. I'm sure there are other accidents happening at other parks around the country, around the world, but those theme parks aren't in the spotlight. Disney World and Disneyland are in the spotlight and people care whether the parks are safe or not. Lets take a look at some of these recent accidents and I will give you my opinions on them.
Tower of Terror is a must ride at MGM Studios in Disney World, or is it? A sixteen year old girl from Britain was hurt on this ride and she suffered cardiac arrest. Now some of you may be surprised, sixteen years old, from cardiac arrest, I was too. There are many warning signs posted on this ride. If you have back problems, heart problems, ect, ect, ect, it will not be good to ride this ride. Those signs aren't just for show and you must follow them. There is a reason they are posted. But maybe she didn't know anything was wrong with her. I don't know how to explain this accident. But it won't stop me from riding the Tower of Terror. I'll still ride it whether someone got hurt on it or not.
I have not been on Mission Space yet, but it sure does seem like fun. I read that you actually feel like you are weightless, how cool does that sound. It sounds like a great teenager ride but for young kids or older people, maybe not. A four year old boy from Pennsylvania died from riding this ride. He passed out while riding it but he did meet the height requirement. On my opinion, I think four years old is too young for riding any kind of a thrill ride at the parks, but yours may be different from mine. Also, six people over the age of fifty-five had chest pain and after riding Mission Space. I think there should be an age and height requirement for some of the more adventurous rides. Now I know this isn't fair to the people in great health but it is just for safety.
Again, I'm sure there are warning signs posted all over this ride because of how extreme it is.
In Disneyland, on the ride the Storybook Land Canal Boats, a small child's finger was broken and severed when it was caught between the boat and the loading platform. I've never been to Disneyland and I've never rode this ride, but from what I read about it, the ride does seem calm and kid friendly. It seems odd that someone would be hurt on such a calm ride. But getting your finger caught between the boat and the loading platform seems that it could pretty much happen on any ride that is in water. The warning of keep your hands and arms inside the vehicle until it has completely stopped and the pictures of the dummies with their legs and arms outstretched that's on the ride always seemed a little funny to me. I would maybe try to stick my hands up at some points on rides but not keep them up for the whole thing. I guess, I and maybe other people should start paying more attention to warnings. I would never stick my arms out of the ride if I thought I would get injured in any way.
Now with this recent accident happening on the California Screamin' ride in California Adventure (I've never been there either) with the two trains colliding, I don't know what to think of Disney's safetyness of attractions anymore. I read that the trains collided at the loading platform and the one must have been going pretty fast to get so many people injured. Who is in charge of slowing and stopping the trains? Is it a machine that does it or an actual person?
I would still go on all of these attractions even though people have gotten hurt. Yes, once in a while people will get hurt and Disney will be in the spotlight for it for a while. But I feel that Disney World and all of the other Disney parks are the safest amusement parks, because, I don't know how the whole suing process works, but can't people sue if they find a way to. I'm sure Disney doesn't want a lawsuit to deal with and will do anything to make sure their guests are as safe as they can be.