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Accident at Animal Kingdom
From the Orlando Sentinel:
Five Walt Disney World guests and an employee were transported to the hospital Tuesday morning after the Kali River Rapids ride at Animal Kingdom was evacuated.
One of the rides' sensors caused the flumes to stop as they were traveling up a steep incline, prompting an evacuation about 10:20 a.m., said Bo Jones, deputy fire chief of the Reedy Creek Improvement District.
A platform designed to help transfer guests from the ride to the exit stairs malfunctioned during the evacuation.
One Disney employee may have suffered a bone fracture and the five guests suffered other minor injuries such as bruises and neck and back pain, Jones said.
The injured people included three teenagers, one 21-year-old and two people in their 40s.
Disney spokeswoman Kim Prunty said the reason the ride stopped is being investigated along with how the evacuation platform malfunctioned.
Kali River Rapids remains closed for now, she said.
"Our primary concern is for those who are impacted by the incident," Prunty said. "We're trying to determine what happened."
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/busin...home-headlines
Last edited by Figment!; 05-29-2007 at 02:53 PM.
Reason: Replaced Orgional Post with Post Updated 5/29/07 02:43 PM
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If it is the major networks have not picked it up yet.
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If this is indeed the case I hope all injuries are not too serious. Why were they working on/over a ride when it was in use? I thought all work was done during the night when the rides were closed.
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I just checked the AP wire and there is nothing on this accident. It would be awful if it is true.
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A quick Google search didn't turn anything up, but that probably doesn't mean anything. It frequently takes some time for this stuff to break nationally.
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I checked out the tv news station web sites in Orlando and found this....
6 Suffer Minor Injuries On Animal Kingdom Ride
WESH2
POSTED: 1:07 pm EDT May 29, 2007
UPDATED: 1:24 pm EDT May 29, 2007
Six people were hurt Tuesday morning while riding an attraction at Disney's Animal Kingdom.
It happened around 10:30 a.m. on the Kali River Rapids ride, WESH 2 News reported.
Authorities said all of the injuries were minor.
Officials with the Reedy Creek Fire Department said it's not known if the ride flipped or listed severely.
Five of the victims were transported to Florida Hospital-Celebration Health and one was transported to Dr. Phillips Hospital.
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Wow, that's terrible! I hope everyone is okay.
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I searched and searched and have come up with nothing. I even found an amusement park safety site that gave accidents in parks all over the country, last listing a roller coaster malfuncation at Cedar Point in Sandusky, OH. I hope it's not true.
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Animal Kingdom Accident
I was just on {another site} and it was updated at 2pm. 6 people were sent to the hospital with minor injuries after a piece of scaffolding fell and hit one of the rafts on Kali River Rapids.
I know they say minor injuries, I just hope nobody was badly injured.
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It's true, and it's starting to pop up on the web. At least it sounds like other than a broken bone for a cast member, no other "real" injuries were involved- just bumps and bruises. I was a little afraid it was a 6 Flags type deal.....Very bad....
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CNN is now doing stories on this. No new information was in the story that I saw.
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The ride apparently didn't injure the guests. They were injured while evacuating the ride! It will probably be determined that if the active boats had just been allowed to proceed through the ride and return to the dock normally, everything would have been ok... A case of being so cautious that it actually caused harm.
Thankfully injuries were only minor.
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OK, I have to fess up. It was all my fault.
After eating for an entire week on the DDP, I sat in the raft and, unfortunately, when I plopped down, the raft flipped over.
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Originally Posted by Sharon1026
OK, I have to fess up. It was all my fault.
After eating for an entire week on the DDP, I sat in the raft and, unfortunately, when I plopped down, the raft flipped over.
Stupid Dole Whips.
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I wonder how quickly word gets around the parks when this happens. I know 3 families that are there today.
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Update from WESH2:
Disney spokeswoman Kim Prunty said a safety sensor detected an undetermined problem and stopped the ride.
Prunty said the platform is routinely check each morning, and was found to be working properly on Tuesday morning.
Five of the victims were transported to Florida Hospital-Celebration Health and one was transported to Dr. Phillips Hospital.
As of 4:15 p.m., Disney announced it has reopened the Kali River Rapids ride, removed from service the evacuation platform that malfunctioned and said they will use an alternate evacuation process to evacuate guests if necessary.
The ride has been tested for function and is running properly, officials said.
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Accident at Animal Kingdom
I am sorry this happened and hope all are well and glad to learn that Kali is up and running and safe. I heard this story on CNN Headline news late last night/early this morning.
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Goodness, I hope everythings ok! Were leaving for AK in a few minutes... I was planning to ride it, too. Hopefully it will be up and running correctly!
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They were having trouble with Kali and EE last week while we where there. We were in line to get on Kali when they shut it down. I was very disappointed about EE. We were watching one of the coasters go up the hill when the ride stalled. They shut it down shortly after that.
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