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How the hell do you forget water on a water ride? Plus, at 2:30 in the afternoon.. was it shut down for maintenance and then reopened? (I'd imagine this was the first family down...)
That or a really really fat person went down and displaced all the water out of the basin...
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Popular Six Flags ride shut down Chuck Squatriglia, Chronicle Staff Writer Tuesday, June 28, 2005 A popular ride at Six Flags Marine World in Vallejo remains closed today as park officials and state regulators try to determine why it left a 7-old-girl feeling nauseated and numb. Investigators with Cal OSHA spent Monday testing and inspecting the park's Hammerhead Shark ride, which swings like a pendulum before sending riders on a 360-degree whirl, after shutting it down first thing Sunday morning. Park spokesman Paul Garcia said park officials received a call from authorities at San Francisco General Hospital who said they were treating a girl who said she had a headache, nausea and numbness. The girl told doctors she'd spent Saturday at Six Flags, Garcia said, and the attraction she described riding matched the Hammerhead Shark. "We voluntarily suspended operation of the ride and notified Cal OSHA," Garcia said. Park officials inspected and tested the ride Sunday and found nothing wrong with it, but notified Cal OSHA -- as is standard procedure, Garcia said. The ride will remain closed until Cal OSHA approves reopening it, Garcia said. Cal OSHA has not released its findings, and agency officials could not be reached for comment this morning. The Hammerhead Shark was installed in 1996 and has had no history of problems, Garcia said.
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Let me get this straight ... a 7 y/o rode something that "swings like a pendulum before ... a 360 degree whirl" ... and there's curiosity about why she was experiencing nausea?
Damn, only in California.
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No kidding. It would think that itdoesn't take too much to get nauseous on a ride like that...for instance, if you've either just eaten or not eaten at all, or factoring in heat, it wouldn't be a surprise for anyone, regardless of age, to experience nausea. Next thing you know, they're going to report that this kind of ride gives people an "unknown dizzy feeling."
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Is the ride still closed or is it operational now?
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Speaking of dying at DisneyWorld. I almost died while experiencing "Alien Encounter". Jesus, that was the scariest damn thing I think I ever experienced. And when it sounded like the Alien was ripping apart somebody on the other side of the chamber and the teen-age girls started screaming. Talk about freaking out, I thought I was going to have heart-failure.
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Yes folks, they got another one. I'm organizing a march or something.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disneyland ride closed after woman becomes ill Wed Jun 29, 2005 04:03 PM ET Printer Friendly | Email Article | Reprints | RSS LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Disneyland closed the roller-coaster-style Matterhorn Bobsleds ride at its Anaheim, California theme park for about a day to investigate a 62-year-old Peruvian woman's complaints that she became ill while riding, authorities said on Wednesday. The woman, whose name and condition were not made public, was taken to a hospital after experiencing dizziness and nausea at about 6 p.m. on Monday, Anaheim police spokesman Rick Martinez said. The ride was reopened at about 4 p.m. on Tuesday, a Disneyland spokesman said. The incident came about two weeks after a young boy died after going on a space ride at Walt Disney World in Florida. In an unrelated case, the California Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that the Walt Disney Co and other theme park owners have a heightened duty to ensure the safety of guests on rides. That ruling clearing the way for the family of a 23-year-old woman to sue Disney over a fatal brain injury that came after she rode the Indian Jones ride during her 2000 honeymoon. On Monday, the Peruvian woman rested for about an hour at the park's medical station but was taken by paramedics to a nearby hospital when her condition did not improve, Maria Sabol, Anaheim Fire Department spokeswoman said. The woman's condition was not immediately available on Wednesday. Disney officials said in a statement that the ride was closed for about 24-hours so that it could be inspected by state health and safety officials. "We are concerned for the health of this guest and our first priority is to ensure that she gets the care she needs," the statement said. hxxp://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=8931889
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Once again, a serious example of "WTF did you expect to experience on this ride"?
Maybe it's time for Disney, et al to start screening the rank idiots at the gate.
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Let's see.. articles on a 7 year old, 62 year old and the original was what.. a 5 year old?
Umm.. aren't there signs about dangers for the young and old?? Ohh.. wait a minute. I'm feeling kinda sick right now.. Skydog, please close this forum down for 24 hours.
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I'm sure this has nothing to do with the recent death and increased visibility and possiblity of liability. Everyone's just being super cautious because it's a lightning rod right now.
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Autopsy shows boy died at Disney from heart condition
Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. - The death of a 4-year-old boy after he went on a rocket-ship ride at Walt Disney World was caused by abnormal cardiac rhythms from a heart condition that he apparently had since birth, according to an autopsy released Tuesday. Daudi Bamuwamye died after riding "Mission: Space" in June. He had an abnormality of the heart muscle called idiopathic myocardial hypertrophy, with fibroelastosis of the left ventricle, the Orange County Medical Examiner's Office said. "People with this condition are at risk for sudden death throughout their life due to abnormal electrical heart rhythms," the medical examiner's office said. "This risk could be increased under physical or emotional stressful situations. This condition may also eventually lead to heart failure." The $100 million Epcot ride, one of Disney World's most popular, was closed after the death but reopened after company engineers concluded it was operating normally. "Mission: Space" spins riders in a giant centrifuge that subjects them to twice the normal force of gravity, and it is so intense that some riders have been taken to the hospital with chest pain.
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11-15-2005, 11:51 AM | #77 |
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Should have asked him back in June.
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Is rkmsuf for real?
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They've got the water parks now. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Teen drowns at Gillian's water park (Friday, September 2, 2005) - At Gillian's Wonderland Pier and Island Water Park in Ocean City, New Jersey, a 14-year-old girl drowned in a ten-foot-deep pool at the end of a water slide called Shot Gun Falls. She was unconscious when lifeguards pulled her from the water. Attempts to revive the girl were unsuccessful. The victim went into cardiac arrest and was rushed to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The edge of the slide is raised six feet above the surface of the pool. The park's website says that the ride is "for the more adventurous." Police are investigating.
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Someone drowned in the Atlantic ocean a few weeks ago... I think we should shut that down. Actually if I think about it the should have shut it down after the sinking of the Titanic... heads should roll for this!!!!
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Ah - ha! They got Canada now!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Boy drowns in theme park wave pool (Sunday, August 7, 2005) - A 12-year-old boy drowned in a wave pool at the Magic Mountain water park in New Brunswick, Canada. He was found floating in the park's wave pool. Lifeguards pulled his body from the water, but were unable to revive him. He was rushed to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead several hours later.
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They need a study to figure this shit out? No one made this link before, they just threw it on the warning signs for shits and giggles?
Roller coasters raise risk in heart patients: study 1 hour, 25 minutes ago Keep your hands inside the cars may not be enough warning for people with heart disease who want to ride roller coasters, a new study presented on Wednesday found. "The rising heart rate in riders with pre-existing heart disease could result in heart attack, irregular heart rhythms and possibly sudden cardiac death," said Dr Jurgen Kuschyk, who presented the findings of his study at the American Heart Association's annual scientific sessions. The German study of 37 men and 18 women volunteers with no heart disease and average age of 28 found heart rates increased dramatically both during and after the ride to an extent that could cause arrhythmias, or a dangerous irregular heart beat, in some people. Forty-four percent of the participants had marked heart rhythm irregularities that lasted up to five minutes after their ride on the Expedition GeForce roller coaster at Holiday Park in Hassioch, Germany, researchers said. People with high blood pressure, a previous heart attack, an implanted pacemaker or defibrillator and those with heart disease should not ride roller coasters, the researchers said. Kuschyk, a cardiologist from University Hospital in Mannheim, Germany, suggested that roller coaster operators keep a defibrillator on hand. "A lot of people don't know they have heart disease, yet they are riding roller coasters," he said.
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The Germans know what the f*ck they are doing.
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Yeah, they know what everyone else knew decades ago, it seems.
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Uh, I'm pretty sure that every roller coast I've ridden has a "people with heart conditions should not be within a mile of this aparatus" type sign.
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