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MiddKid

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My wife and I visited Epcot soon after M:S opened. We sit down in our capsule and my wife and I pull our shoulder harnesses down...click, click, click. My wife screams!

There was puke all over her harness. It was locked. Plus, unlike a traditional shoulder harness, M:S has a cross beam that is much closer to your face. My wife is on the shorter side so this simply meant the protein spill was that much closer to her nose and mouth.

I'm on the end and yell for the CM who is checking another cabin. He comes over and says "whoa, you threw up already?" When she yelled at him that it wasn't hers you could see the panic on his face as he fumbled to unlock the harness.

Side note (I swear I'm not making this up) the CM's name was (ironically) Chuck. I actually knew him from a few years prior when I was on my College Program and we both worked at the TZTOT.

My wife was escorted to the exit hall where she was offered towels, a new T-shirt, and/or new pants. She wiped down with the towels.

Needless to say we didn't ride that day. In fact she went back to the hotel to shower. Great first impression! Despite finally riding it two days later, to this day she's not a fan.

We can only guess that it was a kid that threw up, was too embarrassed to say anything, and simply left. At least we try to convince ourselves that an adult would never do that.
 
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rushtest4echo

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MiddKid said:
My wife and I visited Epcot soon after M:S opened. We sit down in our capsule and my wife and I pull our shoulder harnesses down...click, click, click. My wife screams!

There was puke all over her harness. It was locked. Plus, unlike a traditional shoulder harness, M:S has a cross beam that is much closer to your face. My wife is on the shorter side so this simply meant the protein spill was that much closer to her nose and mouth.

I'm on the end and yell for the CM who is checking another cabin. He comes over and says "whoa, you threw up already?" When she yelled at him that it wasn't hers you could see the panic on his face as he fumbled to unlock the harness.

Side note (I swear I'm not making this up) the CM's name was (ironically) Chuck. I actually knew him from a few years prior when I was on my College Program and we both worked at the TZTOT.

My wife was escorted to the exit hall where she was offered towels, a new T-shirt, and/or new pants. She wiped down with the towels.

Needless to say we didn't ride that day. In fact she went back to the hotel to shower. Great first impression! Despite finally riding it two days later, to this day she's not a fan.

We can only guess that it was a kid that threw up, was too embarrassed to say anything, and simply left. At least we try to convince ourselves that an adult would never do that.
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I'd bet an adult did it.
 
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rushtest4echo

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This is the kind of stuff which goes on too often at WDW the ride should have been taken offline and cleaned or at the very least that ride vehicle should have been taken out of service
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That's standard procedure with all bodily fluids. I think he was implying that it had not been noticed by the CM (they don't check the vehicles between unload/load on Mission Space). No doubt that what you described is exactly what happened once a CM was notified. They don't mess around with that kind of thing.

It doesn't "go on" in the negative way you're asserting though. Like so many things you take issue with it's not some active neglect of the place or some management screw up as much as it's part of running a major theme park. People barf on rides, sometimes they don't tell the operators. Back when I was an operator, it's something I dealt with all the time. Probably half of the messes like this weren't reported or caught until another guest unfortunately saw/sat in/stepped in it. That's why whenever I see something like that (as I did at the TTC last week), I bring it to the attention of the nearest CM if it hasn't been seen. It's handled moments later. They can't catch everything within seconds of it happening.
 
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Ralphlaw

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My brainstorms for MS probably don't include protein spills, vomits, upchuck, pukes, hurls, dosengorgements, Ralphs (not my favorite for obvious reasons), spit ups, throw ups or any other such disgustia. What a bonus. Really creates a memory. Was this during the year of a million dreams? Or a year of a million streams? Oh, I am just so entertaining.
 
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MiddKid

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rushtest4echo said:
I think he was implying that it had not been noticed by the CM (they don't check the vehicles between unload/load on Mission Space). No doubt that what you described is exactly what happened once a CM was notified. They don't mess around with that kind of thing.
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Exactly. Last group left and no one noticed/said anything. After they got my wife out they emptied out the entire centrifuge to clean up.
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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MiddKid said:
Exactly. Last group left and no one noticed/said anything. After they got my wife out they emptied out the entire centrifuge to clean up.
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Being how your wife didn't notice anything until the restraints were pulled down, how is a quick visual check by ta CM going to notice it. An why are so many of you so quick to blame Disney and/or a CM when it was the thoughtlessness and lack of consideration of a GUEST that made that situation far worse then it should have been. Put responsibility where it belongs please.
 
Next Big Thing

Next Big Thing

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HMF said:
Thats pretty much what we have to do to prevent Disney from messing up the parks any further, yes. It's sad but true.
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matt9112

matt9112

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Goofyernmost said:
Being how your wife didn't notice anything until the restraints were pulled down, how is a quick visual check by ta CM going to notice it. An why are so many of you so quick to blame Disney and/or a CM when it was the thoughtlessness and lack of consideration of a GUEST that made that situation far worse then it should have been. Put responsibility where it belongs please.
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I blame Disney for bending over for the types of guests that do things like this. The unwillingness to toss people out of the park more so unwilling to enforce rules they themselves created.
 
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Goofyernmost

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matt9112 said:
I blame Disney for bending over for the types of guests that do things like this. The unwillingness to toss people out of the park more so unwilling to enforce rules they themselves created.
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Do things like what... leave without telling anyone? How would Disney know who did it if they had not reported it? Getting sick on one of the Disney rides? It's sort of a catch 22 isn't it? If they leave without saying anything then Disney doesn't know who to throw out! If they do say something then they did nothing to warrant being thrown out. It's a little hard to enforce isn't it?

Or are you bunching up other types of behavior and not this particular incident? This one sounds like they could have been enforcing every rule that they have and it wouldn't have prevented it. Nature can't read human rules. As far as the rest, I agree with you, however, this particular one had nothing at all to do with Disney other then it happened on a Disney ride. I suppose they could have a rule that states... "No one, Man, Woman or Child, is allowed to vomit on a Disney ride without telling us about it. If the do we will sprinkle some magic dust and they will be rewarded for their honesty. If not then as soon as we figure out who did it, although not likely, hell will be to pay for that x-guest! And we really mean it!" :mad:
 
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Ralphlaw

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I'm a good traveler. And like most good travelers, I throw up on a regular basis. Who doesn't? I don't recall barfing on Mission Space, but who can remember such things?

Okay, maybe not.

All I do know is this: It happens, and a public venue has to be prepared as much as reasonably possible, which means that sometimes it isn't noticed right away because the puke police can't be everywhere at all times..

So I imagine that reporting such an incident will result in being kicked out of the park. Dumb rule, if you ask me. What a wonderful incentive to not report it. Do you also get your money back if it happens? One can certainly hope. In that case, let's all hurl about an hour before park closing.
 
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PorterRedkey

PorterRedkey

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Can anyone clarify if this month-long rehab is just that, a rehab? Or is the closure for the rumored upgrade that MS is supposed to get?
 

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