Well He Shouldn't have been standing there.

[mechurchlady]

http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/wdw/co ... heelchairs
Polar you are correct that it is 18+ at WDW also.

[Taryn]

Thanks for the confirmations, guys. I'm brand new, and all of the rules I supposedly need to know are making my head reel...I've basically just kept an eye out for things that don't seem safe (*cue corny music* Because Safe D begins with me! :p: ) and asking the guest to please refrain, regardless of whether I know for *sure* that it's a rule or not. Just common sense type of things, like "Hey Buddy, if you keep climbing that fence you might fall into the water!" or "Princess, could you pop you wheels back into your shoes, we don't want an accident!"

And of course "I'm sorry, but I think your son is a little young to be allowed to drive that incredibly heavy, potentially dangerous piece of equipment we like to call the ECV"

[mechurchlady]

REMEMBER that the 18+ rules and no carrying people in the ECV only applies to ECVs rented from Disney at their parks. Guest may bring their own ECV, let their 4 year old drive it, load it up with 500 pounds of supplies, and have 10 people riding on it. Staff of course can intervene it there is a safety issue.

Stupid guests do not understand the concepts of danger or the ramifications of their actions. I got a good nudge in my disintergrating disc yesterday because someone would not wait for me to move. Christopher Reeves got hurt from falling off of a horse. Most people do not realize that falling off of a parapet wall, bicycle, or fence can cause severed brain damage or even paralysis if you land the wrong way and that there is not right way.

[hhsrat]

Because Safe D begins with me!

really, I could have sworn that it began with "s", but I guess I'm just behind the times ;)

[CBeilby]

Most people do not realize that falling off of a parapet wall, bicycle, or fence can cause severed brain damage...

It's impossible to get brain damage if you don't have a brain to begin with, which is the category that so many guests fall into...

[Taryn]

[quote="hhsrat"]really, I could have sworn that it began with "s", but I guess I'm just behind the times ]

Oh shut up :p:

But honestly, is it just me, or is that honestly the most stupid thing you have ever had to watch in my entire life?

[felinefan]

I remember as a kid my older brother told me that one time a couple of kids were playing around while riding in the Skycars(?), the door came open, and one of the kids fell out and landed on the spiked fence that they had around the park and places in Disneyland back then. Needless to say, he didn't survive. I believe that this was the first fatality at DL, which goes to show SG go back aways, this supposedly occerred in the 60s. Whether it's true or not, I don't know. As for the ride, it's the little cable cars that went one in one direction, one in the other direction, they may have passed through the top of the Matterhorn at the midpoint, at the time I think they were the second most popular ride after the Monorail. I doubt if my brother would have kidded about that. And when I say 60s, I mean Walt was still alive. If anyone can confirm or deny this, let me know. I doubt if my brother remembers telling me that now.

[Zazu]

I remember as a kid my older brother told me that one time a couple of kids were playing around while riding in the Skycars(?), the door came open, and one of the kids fell out and landed on the spiked fence that they had around the park and places in Disneyland back then. Needless to say, he didn't survive. I believe that this was the first fatality at DL, which goes to show SG go back aways, this supposedly occerred in the 60s. Whether it's true or not, I don't know.

I do. It's pure...


No one ever died falling from Disneyland's Skyway, and only one person ever died falling from Magic Kingdom's Skyway, and he was a CM (and friend).

[mechurchlady]

I have heard many myths at DLR and I never ever heard this story. Nothing came up on Google either.

The last time a cast member was killed on the job at Walt Disney World was in 1999, when a 65-year-old custodial cast member was swept from the Fantasyland loading platform of the Skyway attraction by a moving gondola and fell about 40 feet to his death. That accident resulted in a $4,500 OSHA fine for a “serious” violation of safety standards. The attraction permanently closed a few months later. [Editor's note: The article originally stated that the cast member killed on the Skyway was an attraction operator.

[ThunderCat]

"Princess, could you pop you wheels back into your shoes, we don't want an accident!"

More often, I'm saying "Could you please remove the wheels from your shoes during your visit to The Magic Kingdom? I'm afraid we don't allow roller skating anywhere in the park." Can't tell you how many parents have actually thanked me for that.... (far more than have cursed at me for it).