Originally Posted By JThad So we were on Splash Mountain on Tuesday and had to be evacuated off the ride because some yahoo decided to keep standing up on the ride. So it was shut down. Got to go backstage and it was cool and everything, but I was wondering if anyone knew what happened to this dolt who ruined the ride for everyone?
Originally Posted By DlandDug He was DECAPITATED! (No, not really. Just thought I'd get that rumor rollin' along...)
Originally Posted By Scutr Well he obviously wouldn't miss his head anyway. Doubt he used it for much.
Originally Posted By SuperDry I would hope that they do something more than just a stern talking-to, as there should be a strong disincentive to being disruptive enough on a ride to make them do an e-stop. If it were up to me, I'd probably take down their identifying information, eject them from the park that day, and make it clear that if this happens again, the next time they'll get trespassed off the property and won't ever be allowed back.
Originally Posted By JThad Apparently my wife spoke with the person who evacuated us while we were getting our "go through the exit passes" and the cast member said that the dolt would have to pay for the time it took the cast members to do the evacuation and also the time it took to get the ride going again or something like that.
Originally Posted By Pollyana Stupid is as stupid does. I would like to see this person ejected from the park!
Originally Posted By tashajilek I wonder if it was the same guy i was on Slash Mountain with last year. I actually video taped it lol. They didnt evacuate because there were only a few people riding at night. The guy ended up playing the "no english" card. Some people just have no common sense.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORGOCH: Yeah, it's sure dumb a somebody ta be standin' up in a ride like that--makin' things dangerous fer ev'rybody else. But it's pretty scary when ya gotta ride a ride with a big fat sister witch who chomps down on Krispy kremes the whole dang time, too. Then ya got another sister witch ta deal with who flirts up a storm with ev'ry dang man in sight! It's a real embarrassment ta be at the parks with two looney sisters like mine! ORDDU: Then why do you bother to tag along with us, dear? ORGOCH: Well, somebody's gotta protect the rest a the world from the world's worst theme park hag, along with the world's biggest roamin' garbage disposal. ORWEN: But most of all, we're the two who have to protect the rest of the world from all your many BINGES after drinking too much brew from the cauldron, old biddy! How many F.U.I.'s have you had to date, anyway??? (That's flying under the influence for those who don't know.) ORDDU: Odd how she shuts up whenever you mention her many F.U.I.'s, isn't it?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I'm pretty sure that it never happened on any ride, but I always heard the rumor for Space Mountain...
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< He was DECAPITATED! >>> It served him right for wearing that jumpsuit!
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Fifteen-year-old Mark Maples of Long Beach, CA was decapitated when he tried to stand up on the Matterhorn Bobsleds. The accident occurred May, 1964. Source: <a href="http://www.snopes.com/disney/parks/deaths.asp" target="_blank">http://www.snopes.com/disney/p...aths.asp</a>
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< Fifteen-year-old Mark Maples of Long Beach, CA was decapitated when he tried to stand up on the Matterhorn Bobsleds. The accident occurred May, 1964. >>> That's not what the linked article said. It said that he was *killed*, not decapitated, and that his skull injury happened when his head hit the track, not something overhead has he stood up.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Oops... my bad... I must have read that in because I expected it. I truly thought that was what it said. I guess the thing to note is that although two deaths have occurred on The Matterhorn, none have occurred on Space Mountain.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< Oops... my bad... I must have read that in because I expected it. I truly thought that was what it said. >>> What happened to you offers fascinating insight into how false rumors get started, spread, and "confirmed." Especially ironic is that you did so by using Snopes as your reference!
Originally Posted By RoadTrip There are many supposed "news sources" that have reported the decapitation story, which is why it was easy for me to think I saw that on Snopes. I had the wrong event though... the decapitation supposedly occurred in 1984 and killed Dolly Young. <<There are many reports of people who died on rides or attractions at Disneyland taking up permanent residence there. Dolly Regene Young was 48 when she either jumped or fell out of a Matterhorn bobsled and was decapitated by the sled behind her. Grim, but riders say they can see her in an area of a ride renamed "Dolly's Dip" after the 1984 tragedy.>> Source: <a href="http://www.examiner.com/haunted-places-in-seattle/disneyland-the-mansion-ain-t-the-only-thing-that-s-haunted" target="_blank">http://www.examiner.com/haunte...-haunted</a>
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance I'm pretty sure I read in MouseTales that someone died on Space Mountain.
Originally Posted By Manfried There was a death related to Space Mountain. I wish I could find the details on it.
