Did you see this?

[Magical JenK]

A man died on Expedition Everest yesterday. How sad.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/busin...l_tab01_layout

[m 'n c]

I had heard about that. It was sorta freaky that he was alive in the picture they take towards the end of the ride and then dead when it was over.

[gpp2001]

That is sad. To look at it another way - What a way to go, riding a roller coaster. If it's my time I want to go having fun! No disrespect to the man that died or his family.

[Magical JenK]

I had heard about that. It was sorta freaky that he was alive in the picture they take towards the end of the ride and then dead when it was over.

Oh I had not heard that at all!! WOW!!

That is sad. To look at it another way - What a way to go, riding a roller coaster. If it's my time I want to go having fun! No disrespect to the man that died or his family.

AND the most magical place on earth!! (Again, no disrespect!!)

[m 'n c]

Yeah someone had posted an article about it on the DIS yesterday and it was in the article. It did not say if he was sitting next to anyone or what happened. I'm assuming it was like most early deaths that there was an undetected condition. So sad right around the holidays as well.

[Magical JenK]

Yeah someone had posted an article about it on the DIS yesterday and it was in the article. It did not say if he was sitting next to anyone or what happened. I'm assuming it was like most early deaths that there was an undetected condition. So sad right around the holidays as well.

I need to learn not to skim articles!!

[SunshineGirl]

That just freaks me out. And I made poor Cassie ride that one even though she cried!

I guess when it is your time to go, it is your time to go. But it still gives you pause when it comes to riding some of these things. I know it will be a LONG time before anyone in my family rides Mission Space.

[Hedy]

That just freaks me out. And I made poor Cassie ride that one even though she cried!

I guess when it is your time to go, it is your time to go. But it still gives you pause when it comes to riding some of these things. I know it will be a LONG time before anyone in my family rides Mission Space.

I totally get that, but on the other hand, people die of cardiac issues or have them creep up at the most random times (I had a peer who had an undiagnosed heart issue go awire in math class). I feel like sometimes when these stories come out, it's OMG the roller coaster, rather than, medical oddity.

[SunshineGirl]

Yeah...that's what keeps me going back on them. LOL! I am afraid of Mission Space though. Probably because it affected ME so much and I'm a big person. I am afraid how my girls would feel on it as tiny as they are. Of course, I won't let them ride the Beast at King's Island anymore because I got banged up on it so bad and can't imagine how their little bodies feel after getting bounced around. So I guess I base that stuff more on how I react to the rides than what I read about them.

[Magical JenK]

Yeah...that's what keeps me going back on them. LOL! I am afraid of Mission Space though. Probably because it affected ME so much and I'm a big person. I am afraid how my girls would feel on it as tiny as they are. Of course, I won't let them ride the Beast at King's Island anymore because I got banged up on it so bad and can't imagine how their little bodies feel after getting bounced around. So I guess I base that stuff more on how I react to the rides than what I read about them.

I agree that kids should be bigger to go on Mission Space for sure!! DH is not afraid of rides, but that one...HE'S the one thinking we shouldn't do it! Not me! I LOVE that ride!! Now...Tower of Terror on the other hand....I'm always looking for a way out of that one!!