News Guest dies, found unresponsive after riding Stardust Racers

[donaldtoo]

This whole thread needs a gummy or something…

Yea, it really needs to be retitled the “Guest dies, found unresponsive after riding Stardust Racers, wild or otherwise speculation thread”.

 

[Sir_Cliff]

Why do you think it's distasteful to discuss safety measures? This whole thread is just speculation.

I didn't say I found it distasteful to discuss safety measures. I find it distasteful to speculate on the 'body type' of the man who died and how it contributed to his death. I understand people are having a discussion based on little information and some speculation based on various scenarios will happen. However, this line of discussion is a little too close to jumping to dismiss the likelihood of issues with the ride itself because the guest who died had a disability, often involving pure speculation about his spinal issues.

Because he died from blunt force trauma and the press release saying that the ride was operating as intended, to me it presents what most likely happened. I am not here to disrespect anyone's disability.

But the ride could be operating as intended and something occurred that had not been anticipated in the design or testing process. In other words, the ride operating as intended does not preclude there being some design flaw.

 

[donaldtoo]

I had a shot of bourbon and was told to not drink and post.

I already had 3 “high gravity” 24 ouncers today………..so far…….

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I had a shot of bourbon and was told to not drink and post.

To say that is slander…

Ok it isn’t…but it’s not cool no matter what it is

 

[Tom Morrow]

• Guests must be able to independently walk a short distance under their own power, including on stairs, in the event of an evacuation.

This was not a boarding requirement. But maybe it will become one as a result of this situation.

Edit: I see that you were proposing this as a new boarding requirement, but the post you quoted to reply to makes it misleading.

Clearly TMs didn't care about this... If they remembered to think about it at all.

The state already confirmed that the ride was functioning as intended and all procedures were performed correctly. "I bet those idiots didn't even do their job right" is such an uninformed "Facebook comments section" statement.

 

[flynnibus]

I didn't say I found it distasteful to discuss safety measures. I find it distasteful to speculate on the 'body type' of the man who died and how it contributed to his death

"Body type" is simply another way of saying "different people are different". Just because it doesn't apply to YOU doesn't mean it doens't apply to ANYONE, etc. It's not a pick specifically about disability - it's saying DIFFERENT PEOPLE ARE DIFFERENT. Maybe his disability is a factor, maybe its not. But either way, all points current point to the accident being an intersection of him and the ride.

 

[Rich Brownn]

2 different coasters with 2 different trains with different seats on different tracks may not result in the same results. Not to mention we don't know exactly where he hit himself. I've heard some rumors about the back of the previous seat to me, it would make more sense if these were blows to the more fragile back/side of the head from his own seat.

Nonetheless, just because you can't actively reach a seat by yourself doesn't mean a body of deadweight unconcious can't as you are not longer dealing with your bodies pain and "too much" systems that tell you when you are overextending.

If this ride was dangerous for his body type, he should not have been allowed to ride so either the restraints didn't fit quite right or something else happened.

Either way I would definitely wait to see what the official investigation finds. This is a very very unfortunate tragedy and I do hope that the family gets some level of closure.

It's the way the restraints are designed. Although from different companies, the way they work are exactly the same. Its why its the preferred restraint now days from most coaster companies that aren't B&M

 

[Poseidon Quest]

It's the way the restraints are designed. Although from different companies, the way they work are exactly the same. Its why its the preferred restraint now days from most coaster companies that aren't B&M

Penguin Trek at SeaWorld has B&M's take on this new(ish) style of restraint. I expect to see more of that coming from them soon.

 

[Disneyhead'71]

I had a shot of bourbon and was told to not drink and post.

3 shots of bourbon here.

Last post today.