Boy dies on Disney "Mission Space" Ride

desksgo · Post by **desksgo** » Tue Jun 14, 2005 7:51 am

I don't know if any of you have been on this ride, but I always thought it was pretty intense for the general public.

I wouldn't be surprised if the kid had a pre-existing condition, but what a tragedy.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/06/14/disney ... index.html

http://www.wesh.com/travelgetaways/4605206/detail.html

bizjet_mania · Post by **bizjet_mania** » Tue Jun 14, 2005 8:07 am

Well at least they are helping the family out. Tragedy really!

JBI · Post by **JBI** » Tue Jun 14, 2005 1:53 pm

That is too bad. I was just on that ride two weeks ago. I really enjoyed it but could see how it could be hard on the public, but friends of mine who I went with (and they go to Disney a lot) think that they actually made it tamer since it first opened up.

Even still, I'm not sure if I would have brought a 4 year old on. But who knows.

That really is a tragedy.

TTail · Post by **TTail** » Tue Jun 14, 2005 2:01 pm

JBI whats the nature of the ride? Do you just got shot straight up with a hefty force? I'm quite shocked that days after the death the ride is back up and running for the public.

JBI · Post by **JBI** » Tue Jun 14, 2005 2:12 pm

you sit in a centrifuge pod and there is a video screen in front of you. If you connect to the links you can see roughly what it looks like. You go through a 'launch' and flight to mars and the centrifuge immitates the forces you'd encounter. First with the lauch, then with a brief period of weightlessness. Then you dodge some astroids and then 'land' on Mars.

The landing and approach feeling is actually pretty realistic (for a plane, I've never landed the space shuttle) although they turn final way too tight and subsequently over run the runway...yes, there's a runway on Mars...with a giant canyon at the end.

Overall, a pretty fun ride. They really really emphasize the 'don't ride if you're not of perfect health' thing though. Much more than any other ride at Disney.

Doc · Post by **Doc** » Tue Jun 14, 2005 2:19 pm

My daughter was on it a couple of years ago. She was seven. All she wanted to do, was do it again!

Miss Mae · Post by **Miss Mae** » Tue Jun 14, 2005 4:17 pm

I was on that ride myself when I was about 8 years old, I remember being pretty scared..I have to wonder why there isn't an age restriction on rides like that....so terribly tragic to hear about that poor little boy.

Jetman28 · Post by **Jetman28** » Tue Jun 14, 2005 5:09 pm

Ok, so the ride was opened in 2003, and you went on it when you were 8, so that would make you 10 now, should you be reading some of the stuff Hazatude posts???

desksgo · Post by **desksgo** » Tue Jun 14, 2005 6:37 pm

She's got it confused with "It's a small world"

swede · Post by **swede** » Tue Jun 14, 2005 7:06 pm

What a crock of crap. People are not meant to ride around on freaking centrifuges, especially young children. Has the whole world gone brainless or what???

There is no cure for stupidity, the parents are idiots.

Miss Mae · Post by **Miss Mae** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 4:51 am

[quote="Jetman28"]Ok, so the ride was opened in 2003, and you went on it when you were 8, so that would make you 10 now, should you be reading some of the stuff Hazatude posts???

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I had the ride confused with space mountain..but that sounds like a walk in the park compared to the ride the boy died on.