News Guest dies, found unresponsive after riding Stardust Racers

[Disgruntled Walt]

Too much risk in all honest. They'd redesign restraints or something to prevent it before adding that warning (it'd scare too many people from riding and is pretty vague in its language legally speaking).

I was actually kidding when I wrote the warning. I was responding to someone who was implying they wouldn't change anything after this. Something clearly needs to change since someone passed out and died hitting their head on something!

 

[Andrew C]

So you think they will just keep it as is? Add a warning that says, "If there's a chance you could pass out, don't ride this coaster!" ?

We should probably understand the specific cause first...usually helpful.

 

[Jrb1979]

I was actually kidding when I wrote the warning. I was responding to someone who was implying they wouldn't change anything after this. Something clearly needs to change since someone passed out and died hitting their head on something!

What if the man passed out due to a medical condition? If that is the case, they likely don't change anything.

 

[Andrew C]

This should not happen, at all.

You say this should not happen, when we don't even yet know what happened.

 

[cjkeating]

Mission Space killed people and it’s still open. Other than creating Mission Green do we know if anything else was modified?

 

[Andrew C]

What if the man passed out due to a medical condition? If that is the case, they likely don't change anything.

who says he passed out? By all accounts, this is an assumption.

They very well may need to make changes...once they determine what occured.

 

[Andrew C]

Mission Space killed people and it’s still open. Other than creating Mission Green do we know if anything else was modified?

Missing Space didn't kill anyone. Two people rode with a pre-existing conditions. Neither death was caused by the ride.

 

[Jrb1979]

yeah that wouldn’t even be a bandaid fix. Not to mention this is already a death in less than half a year? How many more people could be claimed by this coaster before that warning is deemed “insufficient”

This is 100% on the park/coaster company imo and needs to shut down the coaster until they fix it

I can tell most don't ride coasters or follow the industry at all. The majority of people do not pass out on coasters at all. When they do it's usually due to an underlying medical condition.

Look it's very sad that a man died. At the same time there is no need to jump to conclusions in terms of ride safety and changing the trains.

 

[Jrb1979]

who says he passed out? By all accounts, this is an assumption.

They very well may need to make changes...once they determine what occured.

There has been multiple reports saying he went unconscious during the ride.

 

[Andrew C]

There has been multiple reports saying he went unconscious during the ride.

From who? And before or after he got injured/died?

 

[Jrb1979]

From who? And before or after he got injured/died?

Visitor dies after becoming unresponsive on roller coaster at Universal's Epic Universe - ABC News https://share.google/Kgcb6fAugdTwlac5I

The incident took place on Wednesday night when the person, identified by officials as 32-year-old Kevin Zavala, was riding the Stardust Racers roller coaster at the Universal Orlando Resorts park and became unresponsive in the middle of the ride, according to a statement from Universal Orlando Resorts.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Mission Space killed people and it’s still open. Other than creating Mission Green do we know if anything else was modified?

Orange riders were handed a card with all the warnings written in multiple languages.

(It was this way last time I rode but that was several years ago)

 

[Disstevefan1]

Mission Space killed people and it’s still open. Other than creating Mission Green do we know if anything else was modified?

When it opened it was only orange, a couple of folks died, then (I think they slowed down the spinning in orange) then created the no spin Green.

So todays orange does not spin as fast as opening days orange.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Orange riders were handed a card with all the warnings written in multiple languages.

(It was this way last time I rode but that was several years ago)

They don’t do that now that there are separate queues.

 

[Andrew C]

Visitor dies after becoming unresponsive on roller coaster at Universal's Epic Universe - ABC News https://share.google/Kgcb6fAugdTwlac5I

The incident took place on Wednesday night when the person, identified by officials as 32-year-old Kevin Zavala, was riding the Stardust Racers roller coaster at the Universal Orlando Resorts park and became unresponsive in the middle of the ride, according to a statement from Universal Orlando Resorts.

To get to, "he passed out," is filling in a lot of blanks there. That doesn't tell us whether he become unresponsive after or before the blunt force trauma. Definitely possible it was before, but like you said in a different post, we shouldn't jump to conclusions quite yet. Not to mention there is a difference between the way in which someone would pass out on a ride, compared to being unresponsive.

 

[Vegas Disney Fan]

You say this should not happen, when we don't even yet know what happened.

Until we actually know what happened we have no idea if the ride design had any impact and if any changes need to be made.

Sometimes freak accidents just happen and there’s nothing we can do to foresee and prevent them.

Until we know what happened it’s too early to predict if changes will be needed or not.

 

[Disstevefan1]

I wonder if they could slow down the coaster; less G's; less chance to pass out?

 

[lazyboy97o]

yeah that wouldn’t even be a bandaid fix. Not to mention this is already a death in less than half a year? How many more people could be claimed by this coaster before that warning is deemed “insufficient”

This is 100% on the park/coaster company imo and needs to shut down the coaster until they fix it

You have no idea what any fix would entail. You have no idea what occurred or who, if anyone, is at fault.

 

[Dranth]

I wonder if they could slow down the coaster; less G's; less chance to pass out?

If I remember correctly, they already did once during testing.

 

[VicariousCorpse]

So todays orange does not spin as fast as opening days orange.

Orange was not altered upon the introduction of green. This is a myth.