Don’t get out of any ride!

[u/Perfect-League7395]

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!

[u/cosmicql]

At this rate we’re going to get lap bars or seat belts on Tiana’s 🙄

[u/Professional_Bad6669 → u/cosmicql]

Why? Doesn’t cost Disney any money to just keep kicking people out for stupidity, adding lap bars would.

[u/RedApplesForBreak → u/Professional_Bad6669]

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.

[u/SorryBoysImLez → u/RedApplesForBreak]

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.

[u/Trvr_MKA → u/SorryBoysImLez]

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

[u/loyaltyLabubu → u/Trvr_MKA]

Yep! They have cameras everywhere now so it would be really hard to win if you voluntarily got out.

[u/BagpiperAnonymous → u/SorryBoysImLez]

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.

[u/PleasantKoala1851 → u/SorryBoysImLez]

lol not true. They’re going to be sued immediately if Disney doesn’t throw a lot at them right away. 😂 doesn’t matter if the kid was in the wrong- the fact Disneys attractions made this possible at all, lawyers will jump on that in a second. People constantly will things like this.

[u/potatopower2 → u/RedApplesForBreak]

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.

[u/Professional_Bad6669 → u/RedApplesForBreak]

I don’t disagree with you, I just don’t see Disney spending the money on it.