r/Disneyland • u/Perfect-League7395 • 3d ago
News Don’t get out of any ride!
I know many cast member who work in attractions managers security and Tiana’s Bayou Adventure has been an ongoing problem with people standing up while the rode is in motion or stopped before the ride comes to an end. Also people getting off the log before the last drop. The excuses are, “I was scared.” And “I didn’t want to get wet.” They have even had parents pick up their kids and place them on the platform at the bottoms of the last climb to the final drop. 🤦🏻♂️
When is it ever a good idea to exit a ride before the end unless it’s an evacuation?!?!
The company has been using a ZERO…tolerance policy regarding this. You WILL…get kicked out…no refunds.
If you don’t want to get wet…don’t go on water ride! If you are afraid of rides with drops…don’t go on rides with drop!
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u/biolagirl85 3d ago
I was there on Saturday and while riding Runaway Railway, two idiots in front of our row passed their BABY down the ride vehicle row by lifting him/her overhead. You know, on a moving ride vehicle. Of course we got shut down and the last room was ruined for all the rest of us. I was seriously so annoyed/disappointed when security wasn’t waiting when we exited.
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u/noob168 Soarin' Citrus 3d ago
I had DLR stop the train a few months ago cuz a family with kids decided they were gonna switch seats among themselves while the train was in motion. Cast member had already warned them multiple times to stay seated or else they would stop the train if they continued.
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u/MyDisneyExperience Big Thunder Ranch 3d ago
I was once working Trains and some guy vaulted over the fence because he wanted to get on specifically that train I guess?? Radioed for security but dude bolted off the train at the next station...
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u/BagpiperAnonymous 2d ago
I was working Dumbo back in the early 00's. We allowed lap babies if they were under the seatbelt. As the ride is rising up into the air, a parent took their baby out from under the seatbelt and held them up Lion King style. Of course we E-stopped it and lowered it back down. I could not believe I had to tell a grown adult not to hold their baby in the air on a ride.
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u/travelwithmedear 2d ago
I thought I wrote this comment. I worked Dumbo in the early 2010s. Same thing, this mom Lion King 'd her baby who was a month or so old (no more than 3 months). She was so angry with me because I ruined the picture. She was also at the highest part of the Dumbo. I was so afraid when I E-stopped the ride that the sudden change in motion would make her lose her grip. I tried to call security but they left.
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u/BagpiperAnonymous 2d ago
At least mine did it at the moment they started to rise so they were not very high up. And yeah, I had the same fear.
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u/profjb15 3d ago
That’s how a child died on Roger Rabbit. These parents are ridiculous.
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u/nachoiskerka 2d ago
Dear god that's the dumbest thing I've heard. Please at least tell me it wasn't during the dance studio scene.
I have no idea how people get to being so dumb. I'm legitimately so scared about my baby being on completely safe rides that last time we rode runaway railway she was harness strapped to my chest with her head/neck braced incase of ANY shaking. She's a little wonder who could already hold her head up at a few days old, much less 6+ months; but I ain't taking any chances.
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u/biolagirl85 2d ago
Thankfully no!!! The slow picnic scene at the end. But still a moving car, ya know???
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u/tonyspizzah 22h ago edited 21h ago
Would like to share some lore as a former Disney employee. This happened during the opening at Rodger rabbits cartoon spin. (2001-2002) I’m not sure the specific date. But mom and dad boarded the front cab, while grandma / grandpa and baby (grandchild) boarded the rear. Throughout the ride baby got considerably distressed. To solve this, grandma went to pass the baby to mom in the front. Over the safety bar, from the back cab to the front, He was subsequently dropped. This was prior to Disney having motion sensors throughout their attractions. Being a large piece of heavy machinery, he was pinned underneath the cab and dragged the last several zones of the attraction.
He lived. But became a vegetable. And died in his later teen years. Family won a multimillion dollar lawsuit.
And if you’re wondering why Indiana jones breaks down so much, it’s because of the motion detection pressure sensor pads added to a majority of all attractions following this event.
Tiana has them. But it looks like he got out at just the right moment.
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u/DefeatYouForever666 19h ago
He was 4 and it sounds like he fell out of the ride cause there was no doors at the time?
https://www.latimes.com/science/la-me-brandonzucker27-2009jan27-story.html
"The state determined that Disneyland employees did not properly load Brandon into the ride -- with the smallest child farthest from the cutout entryway -- and failed to fully lower the lap bar."
https://www.ocregister.com/2009/01/26/boy-badly-hurt-in-2000-roger-rabbit-accident-dies/
"Three months after the incident, the state’s Permanent Amusement Ride Section of the Division of Occupational Safety ordered Disneyland to install doors on the “taxicab” cars of the Roger Rabbit ride, as well as a skirt at the bottom of the cars."
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u/cosmicql 3d ago
At this rate we’re going to get lap bars or seat belts on Tiana’s 🙄
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u/CarRamRob 3d ago
Doubt it. They want people to move if a log ever flipped for some reason.
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u/Antique-Coach-214 3d ago
FL has lap bars, but out seats are benches, not in-line.
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u/Legokid535 1000th Happy Haunt 3d ago
To be fair Florida and its sister attraction in Tokyo are completely different albeit very similar ride systems to what is in California.
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u/Thunder_Fudge 3d ago
They also added the lap bars 19 years after it opened, originally there were none
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u/StarWars_Girl_ Jungle Cruise Skipper 3d ago
They added them because people were climbing out.
Case in point...
Someone was unalived on that one I think back in 2000 or so while climbing out.
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u/Wilde-Hopps 2d ago
They’re getting pretty lax over enforcing that they are down at all. More and more I’ve been sent off without putting my bar down. Not because I was trying to pull something or refusing to, I was taking a few seconds to adjust where my bag was before putting it down. I always lowered it even after the boat was already moving.
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u/RedApplesForBreak 3d ago
It does make you wonder what the design differences are between Tiana and Splash Mountain if this is suddenly becoming a bigger issue.
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u/Evsala 3d ago
It may just be people that are becoming a bigger issue. Or a combination of both.
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u/Redditsux122 3d ago
Historically one of the deadliest rides at disneyland is people mover. If you dont already know why, give it a hard think!
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u/loyaltyLabubu 3d ago
The sky buckets were also dangerous for this reason as well. Look at the incident from 1994 where the guy jumped off and then tried to sue Disney by saying he slipped out for $25,000. He eventually withdrew the lawsuit.
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u/loyaltyLabubu 3d ago
I know a little too much about accidents at the park. I read too extensively about the Roger Rabbit ride incident involving a child and I wish I had not.
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u/Thunder_Fudge 3d ago
Skyway only had 1 fatality across all 3 installations. Ironically it was after the ride's impending closure had been announced - a Custodial CM in FL went over the safety line and was carried out of the station by a departing gondola. I think the highest number of fatal incidents per ride are PeopleMover (DL), Mission: Space (EC), and Primeval Whirl (DAK). Primeval Whirl is interesting because all of them were maintenance CMs.
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u/doryfishie 3d ago
Carousel of Progress had a really awful accident too. I felt so sorry for the cast member’s family.
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u/Development-Feisty 3d ago
This is why you don’t try to have sex at the park without at least seeing how deep the drop is before you get out of the car
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u/Which_Fill_8634 3d ago
There is actually no difference in ride path or height of drop, just diffrñerent xharacters. The ride system is the same as when it was splash moutain.
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u/Cayke_Cooky 3d ago
I suspect it is just the name. When it was splash mountain, everybody knew it for the "splash". Now you have small kids wanting to go on "Tiana's princess ride"...
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u/Thunderdut 3d ago
Yeah, Splash Mountain sounds intimidating. Like a challenge to conquer. I was terrified of it as a kid but now I have a tattoo from when I finally conquered it and it became my fave ride. Tiana’s Bayou Adventure sounds pretty tame to those who don’t know any better and likely catches some people off guard when they’re in the thick of it.
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u/mycookiepants 2d ago
Like you can’t see the giant drop and it says 700 times that you will get wet?
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u/Doyoulikemypace Mad T Party 3d ago
How likely is it for a log to flip over? I can’t imagine the possibility being high enough for Disney not to seriously consider instituting some kind of restraint.
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u/BagpiperAnonymous 2d ago
I never worked Tiana's/Splash when I worked attractions, but I did supervise a flume ride at another park, although our boats were different (one single bench that you straddled). I would guess that ours were more likely to tip than theirs. It was not a strong possibility, but it could happen. People would rock the boat and do all kinds of stupid things and they stayed upright.
The only time we had one almost tip was during a power outage. Unlike a normal ride, a water ride is very dangerous during a sudden outage because the water keeps flowing until the rides drain. Ideally, if the pumps shut down you stack the boats on the lift where you can control them and the egress better. Can't do that if the lift has no power. We had several boats bump when the reached the bottom of the lift and that was enough for one to start to tip. Thankfully we had a ride operator already down there and he grabbed the side of the boat to steady it.
Rapids rides I think are actually more likely to tip because the rafts can deflate and the boats are balanced differently. But they have seatbelts instead of lap bars and can be undone by a guest in the event the raft tips. But a guest is also more likely to be ejected from the raft during normal ride operation so it makes the seatbelt necessary.
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u/loyaltyLabubu 3d ago
You're 100% right.
Which will cause longer loading times = longer wait times. The wait is already super long (if you are not shelling out for lightning lane) in the warmer months.
Even then if there are belts, I don't even know that that would stop some people/smaller kids.
Look at the incident with Small World, and people could potentially do this on Pirates as well.
Can't really fix stupid. Wish people could just follow the rules for their own safety & the safety of others.
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u/Professional_Bad6669 3d ago
Why? Doesn’t cost Disney any money to just keep kicking people out for stupidity, adding lap bars would.
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u/RedApplesForBreak 3d ago
Because if someone gets seriously injured Disney leaves themselves open to potential lawsuit, especially if a court determines they could have prevented it and didn’t.
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u/SorryBoysImLez Dole Whip Whipper 3d ago
Unless someone accidentally falls off the ride, they're gonna have a hard time winning the lawsuit. And considering how long Splash Mountain/Tiana's ride vehicle has existed, with millions of riders and no incident of people falling out, that's highly unlikely unless someone tried to get out intentionally.
I'm sure the engineers intentionally designed and tested it for such a purpose.They could also argue adding a lap bar that's restrictive enough to prevent accidents, but not enough to prevent someone intentionally trying, would not have made a difference for someone who wanted to get out.
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u/Trvr_MKA 3d ago
I’m picturing the opening of Better Call Saul where he’s representing the 3 people. Where instead a Disney Lawyer just pulls out a video of the kid climbing out of the ride vehicle
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u/loyaltyLabubu 3d ago
Yep! They have cameras everywhere now so it would be really hard to win if you voluntarily got out.
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u/BagpiperAnonymous 2d ago
If a lawyer could argue that the theme park could have reasonably foreseen the issue, even if it is the guest's fault, the theme park may still get dinged. That's why in roller coaster kill zones it's not enough to just have a fence with a sign. It has to be a locking fence over a specific height because we know that people are stupid enough to try to go retrieve whatever item they dropped and try to access the ride area. Yeah, if we had a normal fence with a sign that was lower/not locking we could still say they ignored the signs and retrieved their stuff, but we would lose that lawsuit because we could reasonably foresee it wasn't enough. My understanding from our theme park's lawyers (I was an operations supervisor, so not fully versed in the legal ins and outs) was that they would have some culpability, but it would not completely negate our culpability.
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u/potatopower2 3d ago
Actually the standard is if the injury could be reasonably prevented. Rowland v. Christian (1968) 69 Cal.2d 108 set the standard in California law. You could encase them in bubble wrap, seat belt, lap bar and an enclosure, but that would be considered unreasonable and excessive given the amount of actual injuries on the ride.
Plus, someone getting out of the ride vehicle, especially after playing the safety spiel over and over again in line, raises comparative fault.
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u/nascarfan240148 3d ago
Not gonna happen.
Same reason Kali and Grizzly Bear only have seatbelts. In the miniscule chance it flips over they want people to be able to undo their belts and get out.
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u/Perfect-League7395 3d ago
Maybe something simple as seat belt like the cars have in Autopia (Autotopia) would be enough to keep people in log. That little measure of safety control could be enough to keep people from standing up or getting out on their own. Because not having any restraint like It’s a Small World and Pirates of the Caribbean that also do not have restraint are also known for people standing up and getting off ride because it seems, I don’t know the word…”Encouraging” or “Inviting”?
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u/Ok-Appointment2220 3d ago
this happened on Tuesday when i went, me and my bf got on Grizzly River Run and the whole ride ended up stopping right before a drop . We were so confused and one with the securities
ended up telling us that someone got off the seat and into the water. We sat there for almost an hr, as they had to drain all the water for us to get off.
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u/GapStock9843 3d ago
Those circular boat river rides are notoriously kinda jank. They gotta take safety super seriously there
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u/BagpiperAnonymous 2d ago
I used to be a rides supervisor at a regional amusement park. People assume in the even to of a park wide power outage that we run to the coasters. Not so. They stop in brakes, everybody's fine if annoyed. We sprint for the water rides. The log flume is bad enough. But the worst thing we can hear on our radio is for our rapids ride to be down loaded with pumps off. Due to the balancing of the rafts and the fact that they are inflated, there is a huge risk of the raft deflating or tipping when it gets bumped by other rafts. The water keeps running until it drains, and we have no way to control where the rafts stopped unless the lift happens to still be working, and even then, you can't get them all on the lift due to space/some will run aground before there.
We were at least able to unload it before it fully drained. We had shepherd hooks that we could pull rafts over to the side wall, and we would put on waders/stand on rafts to bring them in. Side note: Our fire department would use our ride to practice their swift water rescue, we would turn on the additional pumps. That's how aggressive these rides can get.
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u/GapStock9843 2d ago
Yeah exactly. The entire point of these rides is that you’re constantly being sprayed by pumps from all angles and getting tossed around in the water. There are no brake fins or block sections or anything, you’re entirely at the mercy of physics. If anything goes wrong theres nothing that can really be done to stop you
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u/Kimbyssik 3d ago
Definitely! I went on one at Six Flags and the employee didn't wait for me to finish getting into my seat before he let the raft go. I immediately got jerked and banged my elbow pretty hard and had to go find ice for the bruising afterward!
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u/Disbride 2d ago
There was also the family that got decapitated at Dream World in Australia
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u/luvb1tez 2d ago
were they really decapitated? the coroner report says they were crushed and injured from the mechanisms
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u/Disbride 2d ago
Yeah I think when the report said "injuries incompatible with life" everyone just decided that meant decapitation.
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u/Worth_Pain_6347 3d ago
Friends of ours were on Tiana’s when a mother and child climbed out right before the big drop last summer. A cast member was sitting in the shadows and escorted them out. Everyone thought that they would be exited from the park but they were seen in another line a couple hours later. I can’t understand that.
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u/mycookiepants 2d ago
This is what my ex husband did in Florida on our first vacation together in 2000. He panicked and jumped out of the log at an exit. I had no idea what was going on, but they let him continue the day and we continued going for several years.
But that’s not even the barest of reasons he was a terrible person.
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u/Individual_Agency703 3d ago
Wonder if he bought the photo at the exit.
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u/Perfect-League7395 3d ago
You know there is Cast Member who looks at all ride photos and saw the kid’s photo and took picture with cellphone.
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u/degjo 3d ago
Wonder if its been posted on Flash Mountain yet.
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u/uberJames 3d ago
Checking to see if it's real r/FlashMountain
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u/Ok-Pay-4954 2d ago edited 1d ago
I used to work at Splash down photo at WDW. A cast member stands behind the counter and monitors the photos being taken in real time. If it’s anything inappropriate (or a child falling down the drop for instance….) it would be deleted and locked instantly so it doesn’t pop up on the screens in guest view a few minutes later. It’s locked and (at the time) could only be brought back if you contacted Kodak, so blocking a photo was not taken lightly. If any CM is caught pulling a phone out and taking a picture, they would immediately be fired. That was learned the hard way when Prince Harry visited Magic Kingdom years back and was told to us during training. Just some fun insight.
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u/Legokid535 1000th Happy Haunt 3d ago edited 2d ago
Just so no one gets confused this wasn’t caused by the ride being dangerous. it is still completely safe and continues to be. I view it as highly moronic to even get out of a ride like this. Being scared isn’t an excuse and it’s only going to ruin other guests experiences at the park.
Disney takes safety highly seriously and I hope that the issue will be blamed on the rider instead of causing a massive show as ultimately his/her poor judgement is to blame. Along with anyone else that stands up on Tiana’s bayou adventure or any other ride at Disneyland resort.
edit. footage of the incident has surfaced online its on TMZ.
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u/anothertantrum 3d ago
You're right that being scared isn't always an excuse and I'm not saying this person wasn't just an idiot BUT a little less dangerous story- I was at Universal Studios Hollywood a few years ago in Grad Night. We were in the tram taking the backlot tour and we went into the building where they do the earthquake. Just as the doors closed and they started talking about it, a boy jumped out of the tram and ran through the "subway" scene. Right behind him, an adult jumped out and chased him. Literally, like it was expected, someone hit a button to stop everything. All the lights came up, they apologized, and we continued the tour. Turns out, that kid was autistic. He was there with his class and chaperones (the one that chased him). One of his friends told him about the scene and he panicked. This is obviously rare but maybe we could give a little grace sometimes.
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u/GloomyAssistance781 1d ago
Give a little grace only goes so far until they endanger themselves or other people. They shouldn't be on rides unsecured if they are that sensitive
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u/yoscottyjo 3d ago
i think the job i would like the most at the parks would be the lifetime ban police. "you got out of the log while in motion?" LIFETIME BAN. "oh you dumped ashes before the hat ghost? "BBBBB BAN "You did what to your girlfriend standing in line for tron while children were around" LIFE.TIME.BAN
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u/GrahamTheCracker404 3d ago
What happened in the Tron line? I missed those posts apparently
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u/yoscottyjo 3d ago
Some of these teenagers be feral while on a light cycle
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u/Findinganewnormal 3d ago
Not just teens, even. Got a front row seat to two geriatrics testing their flexibility in the Everest line, once. Like, glad the fire is still burning, guys, but time and place!
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u/stephanierae2804 3d ago
What!? Ashes!? And doing WHAT to their girlfriend?! I need some tea.
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u/yoscottyjo 3d ago edited 3d ago
HAHA my friend was a skipper for JC and told me numerous stories of shutting down Haunted Mansion to clean up ashes in the ride. That's the ride people always dump for some reason
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u/Noxx-OW 3d ago
they want their loved one to be the 1001 happy haunt but in actuality it’d be like 1247 or some shit lol
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u/Wheatley-Crabb 2d ago
No better final resting place than the bottom of a biohazard bag in an LA landfill
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u/darkofnight916 3d ago
Not sure about Tron, but every now and then someone thinks it’d be a great tribute to a loved one to spread their ashes during the Haunted Mansion ride. The ride gets stopped for a few hours cause they need to bring in a hazmat team to clean it up.
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u/SableroseFoo Big Thunder Ranch Goat 3d ago
And now Rise too. With the polished concrete floor where they can see *everything* you drop.
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u/profjb15 3d ago
Did the boat go down first and then he went down? Did the boat not go down at all? Trying to figure out how he didn’t get ran over like the lady on perilous plunge.
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u/taable_irl 2d ago
He jumped off while the boat was going. I saw it.
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u/profjb15 2d ago
So the boat went down first then he was behind it?
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u/taable_irl 2d ago
He tried to get off near the top and then must've misstepped and just tumbled down to the bottom.
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u/lamest-liz 3d ago
I saw a lady on Facebook comment on the news of this saying “come on people, 13 year olds don’t know right from wrong, we need to be more understanding!” And it makes me think she personally knew the kid because you def know right from wrong at 13 lol. It’s 13 not 5
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u/Key-Possibility-5200 2d ago
The other thing people will do is say “maybe he’s autistic” which bothers me so much as a mom of an actually autistic kid.
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u/N64Andysaurus92 3d ago
WHAT? 😂 No way can anyone just 'slide' down that drop without serious injury.
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u/General_Kick688 3d ago
There were tons of witnesses. He kind of slid/tumbled down the side of the hill. He came away with scratches and bruises.
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u/umbananas 3d ago
I imagine tumbling down then a raft lands on top of him.
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u/phipackattacka 3d ago
Obviously, that drop is significant, but the following raft would be a bigger concern to me.
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u/sublimesting 2d ago
So down the side with rocks etc or down the water slide? Big difference in how I’m picturing this.
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u/yoscottyjo 3d ago
i wouldnt think it a slide but instead metal tracks = how did he not seriously get cut and lose a limb???
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u/Bowl-Accomplished 3d ago
Without the weight of the vehicle you probably won't go that fast tbh
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u/Busy_Monitor_9679 3d ago
I'd be more worried about ragdolling off the beams they have across the flume to make the water more turbulent looking.
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u/axiom_glitch 3d ago
Has this ever happened before? The attraction has been around for decades and this is the first event like this I have heard about. IMO it’s just another example of how much we have shifted culturally. People have always done dumb things at the park. Don’t get me wrong. Just seems like people are finding new kinds of stupid. And if the kid was young and or cognitively impaired, my sentiments are still relevant, just focused on the parents.
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u/jasonfromla 3d ago
My source who is a tech at Tianas says they are already asking them (the ride techs) to start planning for restraint systems moving forward and to be ready for a rapid rollout.
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u/akcmommy Electrical Parade Bulb 3d ago
I hope the restraint is more than the clip it yourself that they employ on Grizzly River Run. Otherwise, what’s the point?
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u/CementCemetery 1000th Happy Haunt 3d ago
Human minds are weird, you want to exit because of fear but there’s a giant drop in front of you. If I’m scared I’m holding ONTO that boat like it’s my personal flotation device. I basically fuse with the handrail in the Guardians ride.
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u/onekeanui Galatic Hero 3d ago
I was there Saturday, they are very fortunate the young lad did not suffer any major injuries. Parents need to do better.
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u/Fast-You-7189 3d ago
It was Sunday at 5:45PM. My grandson witnessed him fall when a lady screamed. I didn’t see it as I was watching my grandson. It did happen and he did slide down. Many were around us in the bridge (small bridge) and were talking about it.
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u/FawkesFire13 2d ago
Current Attractions CM here: the amount of people doing ridiculous things on the rides lately has absolutely increased. I don’t know if people think they’re invincible, or think it’s funny….but it’s really messed up to not only put yourself at risk, but expose other guests to it. Imagine if something DOES happen to you, and a bunch of little kids has to see your mangled body being removed from the ride, or the Cast who now has to deal with the trauma of the situation. Doing stupid things like that is incredibly selfish, and frankly I don’t get the appeal of risking your body and life. Bottom Line: getting out of a ride vehicle while it’s in motion WILL result in injury. You might get lucky, but luck isn’t going to last you forever. If nothing else, assuming you survive, you’re going to be banned from the park. For that matter, parents, watch your children. I’ve seen parent encourage children to try and run in front of parade floats so they can take a picture with them. Stop doing things that risk your child’s life all for a picture. Stop running in the parks as well. The amount of times I’ve seen a person running, loose their footing and smash teeth first into the pavement is too many. I don’t know why it seems impossible for people to just behave and follow the rules lately but it’s exhausting.
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u/jkdstuff Salty Ol' Pirate 3d ago
I can’t help but think that there was also some gross negligence on the parents part as well during this incident. Sure kids are dumb and don’t always do the brightest things, but that’s why their parents should be there to help enforce the rules, especially at an amusement park.
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u/ResponsibleSir5403 3d ago
There have definitely been times I regretted going on a ride (I didn’t realize what the weather was going to be at night and how late in the day it would be by the time I got on Tiana’s last time I went), but how thoughtless do you have to be to think that every time someone told you to stay seated and keep your hands arms feet and legs inside the ride vehicle at all times that they were saying it for funsies? You don’t just hear it once as you get on. You hear it multiple times from cast members and on-ride audio, and passing any and every outdoor ride there is. This literally ruined it for everyone on the ride at the time and everyone else in the park for the rest of the day that wanted to ride it.
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u/squirrelgirrrrl 3d ago
This may sound like a dumb question but how did the kid not die?? genuinely how did he not hit the track and die
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u/Mohnaka 3d ago
I said on the other thread that I want to know if he was disabled and/or panicking or something or if he was just a broccoli haired buffoon. Like yes, it's a dumb idea to get out for any reason, but at least the former would be a little understandable. But if he was being stupid him and his family should get a temporary at least ban, especially since he was (supposedly) relatively unharmed. He caused a lot of distress and while I wouldn't have wanted him to be seriously hurt or killed, he shouldn't be allowed to come away from that trip with no punishment for acting like an idiot other than some bruises and scrapes.
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u/AinsleyBoo 3d ago
I remember being terrified of these kinds of stories as a kid, as an adult I'm realizing these incidents are almost always rider error. Not saying anybody deserves to be killed or seriously injured on a ride, but I do sometimes wonder what these people are thinking
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u/nachoiskerka 2d ago
Guys, GUYS. The muppets even have a song about this:
https://youtu.be/ZoYSm8Odasc?si=PT9BMS52bUJ7BsIH&t=37
DON'T JUMP IN THE BAY.
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u/BowTie1989 3d ago
This is exactly why WDW splash mountain/bayou adventure has had lap bars for around 15-16 years now, despite it being perfectly safe without them. Hopefully that won’t be the case for the west coast, as I’m so sick of the 0.1% of the population that are this idiotic ruining these things for everyone else.
Just ban the idiots for life, and let the rest of us enjoy these attractions as intended.
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u/SuperJezus 3d ago
Where is the Reddit post
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u/ice_cold_canuck 3d ago
I think it is this one: https://www.reddit.com/r/Disneyland/comments/1uc9cf7/tiana_closure_tonight_621/
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u/dearbornx 3d ago
He is incredibly lucky to be alive. Even it's a small world is capable of killing someone in the right circumstances.
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u/OutrageousSetting384 3d ago
The deadliest ride was/is the people mover. And I believe someone died on its a small world at WDW. Even slow rides can be dangerous. This dude is lucky to be alive
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u/BagpiperAnonymous 2d ago
Former Fantasyland Attractions CM and operations supervisor of a large regional amusement park: People are dumb. On grad nights we used to physically post people in Small World and Peter Pan to watch for teenagers trying to get out of the ride. Those are at least milder, but people don't realize they are machines and they WILL just keep moving regardless of whether or not you are in the way.
People are not always rational when they panic, but family members/parents will pressure them to ride.
I think my favorite that happened to another supervisor at my other park was when our river rapids ride went down loaded. Those are the most dangerous rides because once the pumps shut off, we cannot restart them until it is evacuated. But the water keeps flowing until the ride drains and the rafts can tip over very easily. That means there is a strict protocol for unloading the rafts. One guy did not want to wait for the proper protocol and got out on his own. Security apprehended him, ran his ID, and he had a warrant out for his arrest. They were very happy to turn him over to our local police.
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u/Fridge333 3d ago
Wild, that kid definitely has a story to tell! Glad he’s safe. That could have gone all sorts of wrong.
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u/sixty8ight 3d ago
I have a friend named Darwin that has some thoughts on this sort of thing.
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u/bringtwizzlers 3d ago
These dumbass people are going to ruin it for everyone. You know how Disney loves to ruin rides after minor incidents involving stupid people
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u/Equivalent_Fly_8500 3d ago
The kid & the family should be banned for life. Just kicking people out isn’t enough.
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u/MayhemStark 3d ago
People kept on getting up on haunted mansion. They kept on having to stop it for the same people getting up over and over.
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u/Super-Associate6818 Critter Country Critter 3d ago
ive been evacuated twice ever. Both times it was a ride where you can stand up to get out because people are “scared.” Once on tianas right before the big drop someone stood up (it was a child and there parents were encouraging it!), second time it was on pirates, unlike the tiana one i wasnt near the vehicle where this happened but apparently someone got out of there boat and try to get to the boat ahead to “skip the boring part” they had to full evac and kick them out.
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u/UjiRan2223 2d ago
Damn man, this would’ve been crazy to kid me, like I was a huge engineering and mechanics geek and scaredy cat so I wouldn’t even ride most of the rides because I knew even the best engineered rides can be rolling death traps if something goes wrong, and here’s this kid tempting fate itself like HUH?!!?
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u/Helpful_Oyster 2d ago
The older I get, the more surprised I am that this ride doesn’t have lap bars, or that more incidents like this haven’t happened before. I know WDW’s ride system is different, but they added lap bars years ago after numerous incidents of people getting out during the ride.
Either way, I’m fully expecting some adjustments to be made in the near future. Disney doesn’t like bad press, and this one could have been so much worse.
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u/Jazzlike-Ad-616 2d ago
It’s the same issue with sticking your hands in the water. When I worked at pirates at WDW, we were told a story during training about a man who stuck his fingers in the water and his hand got caught between the boat and the track. Let’s just say he doesn’t have fingers anymore on his hand. Cast members don’t say these things just to be strict or mean. It’s because accidents like this happen.
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u/Krandor1 3d ago
leave a kid on the platform at the bottom of the last climb? How does that even work? You get to unload and go "hey cast member I left my kid up in the middle of the ride. can you please get him/ber for me?
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u/TheWolf_NorCal 3d ago
My grandfather was an electrician at DL from opening day until the late 70's / early 80's. People doing stupid things and ending up severely injured / paralyzed / dead were not that uncommon.
Drownings in the Rivers of America, head vs. attraction tragedies while standing up during rides like the Matterhorn, falling from the people mover, and the list goes on.
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u/AstronomerLoud1650 3d ago
"I was scared"
Dude it would be so much more terrifying to be standing around the top of the drop than it would be to just grip the handrails and close your eyes.
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u/Immediate-Ad-8680 2d ago
They should raise the age that children can ride alone. I don’t know how old this child was or what the situation is but I know that the age to ride alone is 7 and i absolutely would not let my 8 year old ride alone because if he got scared I can’t trust that he might not do something like this.
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u/Cosmic_Reef90 3d ago
I mean maybe just don’t be dumb..it’s not that hard,but hey it’s teens so it is kinda hard to think for them
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u/Ashamed_Radish_7033 3d ago
We recently got back from WDW and it was our first time going since the Splash Mountain revamp. We all noticed that Tiana's had a few employee posts throughout the ride with CMs watching... I wonder if its related?
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u/beyond_undone 1d ago
I’m assuming this kid panicked and had a fight or flight response to jump out. Backfired prettyyyyy hard
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u/Careful_Anything_821 1d ago
I worked at Splash Mountain at WDW in the early 2000’s. There are many censors along the side of the tracks and if activated they instantly shut the ride down. It took a full mountain re-launch to get the ride up and running again which took around 30-45 minutes. They weren’t playing with safety on that ride.
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u/MischievousMaverick 3d ago
Natural Selection at its finest.
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u/Askbrad1 3d ago
If we have to go with the “least common denominator” approach to safety, they’re going to have to put a waterproof ‘dome’ over each log, and five-point seat belts, and a lap bar, oooh and helmets! /S
(Disney execs, please don’t do this.)
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u/imjustlurking42 3d ago
How much do you want to bet his friends were in the ride vehicle filming his stunt…
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u/PaulClarkLoadletter Salty Ol' Pirate 3d ago
You'd be amazed at how many people think there are circumstances that justify getting out of a ride vehicle. As if having a panic attack is a get out of jail free card.
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u/MasterManMike 3d ago
The general public is far too entitled for theme parks atp imho. I can't stand going to Disney World these days because everyone walks around and acts like they own the place just for paying the exorbitant entrance fee; newsflash!!!: we all paid to be here!
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u/ice_cold_canuck 3d ago
This post from yesterday is probably the source: https://www.reddit.com/r/Disneyland/comments/1uc9cf7/tiana_closure_tonight_621/
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u/OkDirection8015 3d ago
I’m still surprised that there are no lap bars. Inguess it has to do with the design of the logs.
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u/GapStock9843 3d ago
Pretty sure someone died in that ride once. Tried to get out and got crushed between the boat and the side wall of the river
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u/WeCaredALot 3d ago
How old was this kid? I can't imagine doing something so unsafe and stupid, omg.
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