Accident on Pirates

[NowInc]

Anybody know if the rumors of someone losing a finger on the ride today are true?

 

[cw1982]

How would that happen?

 

[NowInc]

How would that happen?

From what I've heard:

Guest puts hand in water. Boat goes down the drop. Finger removed.

 

[EpcoTim]

Not just a finger, the flask I dropped is still floating out there somewhere too.

 

[Ausdaddy]

Not just a finger, the flask I dropped is still floating out there somewhere too.

No, it's not. *hic*

 

[NowInc]

Rides been closed for the past almost 5 hours now. Could be nothing, but I've heard otherwise. Was wondering if anyone else did or not.

 

[Katiekitten1207]

I can imagine it could happen easily if someone put their hand in the water. But don't know if it's true or not

 

[NowInc]

All I can say is:

Theres a reason why 1.) They want you to keep your hands and arms inside at all times, and 2.) You seat your kids on the INSIDE (this incident apparently involved a child)

 

[cw1982]

All I can say is:

Theres a reason why 1.) They want you to keep your hands and arms inside at all times, and 2.) You seat your kids on the INSIDE (this incident apparently involved a child)

I can't say for sure either way, but speculation leads me to think that the child would have had to have been leaning pretty far out of the boat or have pretty long arms in order for little fingers to go deep enough in the water for this to happen. Sounds like there may be more to this story (if it's indeed true).

 

[NowInc]

I can't say for sure either way, but speculation leads me to think that the child would have had to have been leaning pretty far out of the boat or have pretty long arms in order for little fingers to go deep enough in the water for this to happen. Sounds like there may be more to this story (if it's indeed true).

The ride being closed this whole time would indicate that if true, that there is an investigation going on to explain exactly how it occurred.

 

[cw1982]

The ride being closed this whole time would indicate that if true, that there is an investigation going on to explain exactly how it occurred.

As there should be. I'm just saying it doesn't really add up, at least with the little information in this thread.

 

[seascape]

Anybody know if the rumors of someone losing a finger on the ride today are true?

I just looked on Google and the Sentinal web page but can't find anything on this.

 

[lebeau]

Really hope this isn't true for a number of reasons.

 

[mikeh]

Really hope this isn't true for a number of reasons.

Me too. This would be really sad if true

 

[backinaction]

He or she will probably end up taking disney to court and winning(only in america) . on a side note, does anyone have a source for this info? is it all hearsay at this point?

 

[cw1982]

He or she will probably end up taking disney to court and winning(only in america) . on a side note, does anyone have a source for this info? is it all hearsay at this point?

At this point, it's completely hearsay. I too just Googled it, and the most recent information I can find on any accident involving Pirates of the Caribbean is dated October of 2013.

I guess we'll all know soon enough.

 

[NowInc]

He or she will probably end up taking disney to court and winning(only in america) . on a side note, does anyone have a source for this info? is it all hearsay at this point?

My only source on this is someone working there...but as for their reliability on THIS issue, I can't 100% confirm it, and thus why I asked if anyone else had any news.

 

[stevehousse]

I remeber this exact scenario played out at my local six flags. A guy had his hand testing outside of the cart and as it pulled into the station his hand got wedged between the car and the station platform entrance! Ouch!

 

[RayTheFirefly]

From what I've heard:

Guest puts hand in water. Boat goes down the drop. Finger removed.

 

[seahawk7]

Maybe someone dropped something in the water. Its my understanding that Disney pays close attention to if anyone drops something out of any ride vehicle and immediately shuts the ride down to be thoroughly cleaned.