A 6-year-old boy in Florida was left severely injured at a theme park after apparently falling from a ride that was nearly two dozen feet above where he was found, authorities said.

  • @Iomplok@lemmy.world
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    2411 months ago

    Isn’t this the same place where a kid died last year because one of their rides had a faulty harness or something?

        • BiggestBulb
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          111 months ago

          Oh my gosh you’re right, that’s embarrassing. I’m deleting my comment from before, oops. Thank you!

    • @ultimate_question@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      It was a vertical drop ride at the nearby Icon Park and the investigstion found that the harness had been improperly modified by the park at some point to theoretically accommodate large people in such a way that if a big enough person sat there it would fail to lock without any alert or warning; the scary thing is that it was probably like that for a long time. One thing the major Orlando parks have going for them is extremely tight safety standards, these side parks always seem like low budget attempts to prey on people who can’t afford Disney lol

    • @cogman@lemmy.world
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      311 months ago

      Good ole Florida. Gotta protect the kids from woke and socialist regulations on rollercoasters.

  • @InverseParallax@lemmy.world
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    2311 months ago

    nearly two dozen feet

    Aye, the lad be very damn lucky he fell mark twain 'thout dyin!

    That’s almost 8 yards, he didn’t get a first down.

    Not trying to lessen the tragedy, but we gotta get better with measurements, this is ridiculous.

    • @Rukmer@lemmy.world
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      1111 months ago

      Our version of this ride at Michigan Adventure requires a height of 44 inches. My kid was 5 (almost 6) in June and was 45 inches. He’s particularly small. It was his favorite ride. I’ll be putting my arm around him next time we ride it.

      Only the tiniest of children are severely limited at amusement parks. A lot of 6 year olds hit 48 inches and can ride basically anything.

      • @Son_of_dad@lemmy.world
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        811 months ago

        What kinda deuchy parents name their kid Kannon? Also, that family looks like a stock photo for a white Christian Church

    • ConditionOverload
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      2311 months ago

      I mean, Florida has Disney World, Universal Studios, and Sea World. Millions of people ride rides there.

      • @dethb0y@lemmy.world
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        -311 months ago

        Yeah a lot of people make really poor choices in life and that’s just something that’s a sad reality.

    • @TenderfootGungi@lemmy.world
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      211 months ago

      Just stick with the big parks that take safety seriously. Disney has few extreme rides anyway, they lean more into experiences. For example, the main Star Wars ride is built around factory robots that follow a line in the floor with only a drop on the elevator. It is the best ride I have ever been on. Universal is full of extreme rides but they have a great safety record.