DHS Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular Boulder Incident

[EagleScout610]

Here's the most forum-friendly video of it I could find. The others showed the aftermath and it isn't pretty.

 

[vikescaper]

 

[FoodRockz]

It was a valiant thing to do, and I really hope he didn't suffer a life altering injury (e.g., TBI).

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

This is awful. Has anything like this ever happened before @wdwmagic ?

 

[Touchdown]

Oh my Goodness! He’s extremely close to the retaining wall, as bad as a slam into a concrete floor can be, slamming at an angle so the neck violently flexes is even worse. I hope he’s ok.

 

[muddyrivers]

I believe I saw elsewhere that he was helped to his feet so he didn't need a stretcher to take him to the hospital at least. It kind of looks like while he realized the ball is lighter than people think, he didn't account for its momentum and so when he thought he could just essentially push back and force the ball in another direction, the laws of physics told him otherwise.

I do wonder how the ball jumped its track in the first place.

 

[wdwmagic]

This is awful. Has anything like this ever happened before @wdwmagic ?

Nope, first time as far as I know.

 

[DisneyFreak]

I do wonder how the ball jumped its track in the first place.

From the video, it looks like it started out too fast from backstage.

 

[DCBaker]

 

[WondersOfLife]

I'm pretty sure I saw this happen on a video one time before but I think the video was years ago and nobody attempted to stop the ball. Didnt do anything tho.

How long now till Disney axes this show? Or will this just increase its popularity.

I'm super surprised that this old show still plays to full houses every time I attend. And you never know which section of the show isnt going to play. Its been years since Ive seen every scene or stunt in the show performed in one sitting. Something is ALWAYS missing these days.

 

[GhostHost1000]

Yikes. It’s time to get rid of this show.

 

[jah4955]

I'm pretty sure I saw this happen on a video one time before but I think the video was years ago and nobody attempted to stop the ball. Didnt do anything tho.

How long now till Disney axes this show? Or will this just increase its popularity.

I'm super surprised that this old show still plays to full houses every time I attend. And you never know which section of the show isnt going to play. Its been years since Ive seen every scene or stunt in the show performed in one sitting. Something is ALWAYS missing these days.

It's why it's lasted as long as it has...huge peopleeater...

 

[Captain Barbossa]

This isn’t the first time the ball has come off the track, but as far as I know, this is the closest it’s ever been to the audience when it has.

 

[WondersOfLife]

With as many shows as this performs daily since it first opened, this isnt technically a cause for concern.

BUT

The two times it has happened COULD have been prevented with either a redesigned track or setting the audience higher for safety reasons.

But also... it only takes one out of a billion showings to cause concern.

 

[Baloo124]

From the video, it looks like it started out too fast from backstage.

I thought the same thing.

 

[dmc493]

Yikes. It’s time to get rid of this show.

I'd prefer it stays put, would rather this old show (which I still think is great for most guests) than an empty theater or corny replacement

 

[Bocabear]

What is if were a great attraction replacing it...something tied into the location of Hollywood Boulevard.... I would gladly trade in Indiana Jones Stunt Show for a completely revitalized central corrider to the park with new and refreshed attractions that thematically fit "The Hollywood that never was...and will always be". The stunt show always felt like an early filler for a new theme [park that was woefully underbuilt from the start.....

 

[JohnD]

Yikes. It’s time to get rid of this show.

An accident that has never happened since opening on May 1, 1989, until now and it's time to cancel the show. Got it.

 

[EricsBiscuit]

That cast member is a hero!

 

[JoeCamel]

With as many shows as this performs daily since it first opened, this isnt technically a cause for concern.

BUT

The two times it has happened COULD have been prevented with either a redesigned track or setting the audience higher for safety reasons.

But also... it only takes one out of a billion showings to cause concern.

Nets, lots of nets