Seattle Times, WA: Disney theme-park ride sends some to hospital

Update: Disney to close “Room of Hatchets” Ride, Additional Rides.

Orlando, Fl—Walt Disney World spokeswoman Rena Langley has announced that Disney is closing several Epcot Center and Disneyland Rides in addition to the ‘Mission to Space’ ride closed earlier this week. These rides, which include ‘Room of Hatchets,’ ‘Closet with Crazy Person’ and ‘Oops,’ while popular with Disney guests, have been suspended barring major revisions in the wake of several fatalities. “ ‘Room of Hatchets’ was one of our earliest rides” stated Langley “We developed it in the early days, when we were on a budget.. it is basically a room full of hatchets. As visitors enter, the hatchets begin to swing up and down before flinging themselves back and forth from wall to wall—we thought that it had a ‘Snow White’-meets-‘Sorcerer’s Apprentice’ feel to it but apparently, many of the guests kept ducking at the wrong time.” ‘Oops’ and ‘Closet with Crazy Person’ suffered the same problems despite height and age requirements and multiple posted warnings including the proviso “You will most likely die as soon as you step into this room.” “ We can’t figure it out,” said Langley, “These were clean, wholesome rides and this has become a fiasco, just like our ‘Bucket O’ Glass Space Launch’ two years back.”

- posted by JB @ 10:18 PM