Originally Posted By danyoung >Come to think of it, the backwards portion probably disappointed me the most. It was just too smooth, regardless of the number of Gs -- not much of a shock to the system.< And again, we disagree - how odd! That backwards part is just about as intense as I ever want to experience while I'm supposedly having fun!!! >I know that EE is rather mild but why would I want to push my luck knowing that I am already in the caution zone?< There are different levels of heart problems. I have a mild arrythmia that's been diagnosed as no big deal. Until a doctor (or a chest pain) tells me differently, I'm right there on all the fun rides. Perhaps the gentleman just didn't realize how bad his problem was. Or perhaps he felt that he wasn't going to let his physical condition slow him down.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom <<(Everest is lame. I can't imagine how someone could have died on this ride. You are more apt to die on the tea cups.) I guess you could die anywhere if you have a heart condition... so it really had nothing to do directly with the ride... You could do reading the newspaper... >> The entire article implies that the ride somehow contributed to his death. Otherwise the newspaper would have said, Man dies at Walt Disney World. The newspaper in my opinion downplays the fact that the man had a prior medical condition. And in my opinion this ride is lame. An opinion that I am entitled to.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper I don't know if lame is the word I would use...but it probalby isn't a ride I would wait a long time for again. I will say the backward portion of the ride did have me feeling a little queasy. That said, I think the reports I read pain the unrealistic picture that AED machines should be at every ride. I run a park system and that would be like saying I should have an AED at every ball field. I have them in the parks, but not at every single field.
Originally Posted By jonvn So if I go on this ride, what are the chances I will get to sit in the same seat the dead guy sat in? That might add an extra thrill. Maybe they could paint the seats that people die in a special color so you can grab it when it's your time to board.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Would it be safe to say this poor guy was Yeti-sonned to heaven? Or if he had died on SSE, would he had taken the decent to hell?
Originally Posted By barboy "what are the chances I will get to sit in the same seat the dead guy sat in?" Not knowing which seat of which row of which train I would roughly estimate 1 in 140 if you were seated randomly. ---Just guessing here without too much to work with.
Originally Posted By jkayjs Did this ride somehow contribute to this man's death? Sure it did. Was it Disney's fault? Absolutely not. There are more warning signs then hairs on my husband's head(sorry honey sad but true). You can call this ride anything you like, lame or thrilling it doesn't really matter it still has a direct effect on your body. You can't always feel all the forces @ work in your body, if you could there would be fewer fatal events. I see folks all the time that claim not to be effected by situations but their vital signs and test results tell me otherwise. It is unfortunate that this gentleman either didn't or wouldn't grasp the gravity of his situation, he paid for it literally with his life. I know that folks often think we are just practicing CYA when we give them warnings concerning their limitations due to a diagnosed health problem. I'm here to tell you we are not! Would this fellow have passed while reading the paper maybe but less likely unless he was reading something that really upset him. These rides physically stress us that's why we like them and for the lion share of us they are extremely safe. But make no mistake rides can and do contrbute to deaths but so does a good run in the park & only in someone with a predisposition or known health problem. Blaming Disney in this instance would be like blaming your partner if you died during sex.
Originally Posted By sherrytodd >>>Blaming Disney in this instance would be like blaming your partner if you died during sex.<<< Yet both ways I wouldn't mind going out of this world, though in both cases I hope I depart this world at the end of the ride and not half way through.
Originally Posted By barboy "though in both cases I hope I depart this world at the end of the ride and not half way through." well timed, LOL
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 <<Did this ride somehow contribute to this man's death? Sure it did.>> "Sure"?! We're certain the attraction caused this death? When a man dies on an plane, is it "surely" a consequence of flying? Maybe the cumulative effect of minor turbulence? Maybe the heart-stopping excitement of learning through the in-flight magazine that one can have one's business logo emblazened on wristwatches? If he dies in church, is it for "sure" that it's because the pastor excited him to the point of death? If someone strokes out while driving, is it certainly because Honda created a deficient vehicle? When someone dies in his sleep, is it "surely" the fault of his Sealy Posture-pedic mattress?
Originally Posted By wahooskipper sherrytodd...I think you just squeezed in with the best LP line of the year. Let's not get hung up on "did the ride contribute to his death". I've got news for you: People die at Disney FAR more often than we ever hear about. And, why wouldn't they? The law of averages alone suggests they will. If you have 100,000-200,000 people on property on a given day it stands to reason some may die...and pretty frequently. The cause is almost irrelevant.
Originally Posted By danyoung There's a great secret within the cruise industry - people die on ships! It happens more often than you'd think, especially with the prestige lines that are popular with the older tour groups. So if you're wandering around the ship in the middle of the night and see a couple crewmen wheeling a big table covered by a sheet down the passageway, you might be seeing the last voyage of Uncle Wilbur or Grandpa Jones!
Originally Posted By DVC_dad <<<I bet if they put up a bunch of signs that read "WARNING: There is a good chance that you might die riding this ride!" People would show up in flocks to ride it.>>> LOLOLOL so so so true.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad I really love Everest. In fact Everest and Rockin' are my fav two "thrill" rides. I don't think either one of the is a bad or poor or lame ride at all. Evidently, I am not alone as these rides draw some of the longest lines in WDW. I hate that the guy died on EE, but I can think of worse circumstances.
Originally Posted By jkayjs <<Did this ride somehow contribute to this man's death? Sure it did.>> "Sure"?! We're certain the attraction caused this death? If you re-read my post I said "contribute" not "caused". Every action we take "contrubutes" to the outcome. Of course another thing that can "contribute" to stress in our lives is taking things so literal.
Originally Posted By jkayjs Once again posting this early in the am without glasses ends in typos. Sorry.
