Has anything scary or "unnerving" happened while you were on an attraction?

[PA.DISNEY.FAN]

During our recent December trip, my DD(9) and I were at the beginning of the Safari at AK when a woman on our truck had a medical emergency (seizure, I believe ). Our truck had to leave the "trail" and exit to a nearby parking lot to take the woman to await medical transport (luckily a doctor and nurse were already on board our truck). Everyone had to exit the truck via a ladder and were escorted back to the park. My daughter was upset and kept asking " Mommy, is that lady going to be O.K?" The personnel involved acted very professionally including the driver who could have only been a teenager or young adult. I couldn't help but think about that woman the remainder of the day and hoped for a positive outcome.

 

[perdidobay]

Yes, it's always a little sobering and scary when something like that happens. I've seen someone pass out at WDW before and I couldn't help but wonder if they were ok the rest of the day.
to you and your DD.

 

[BeckityBobbidyBoo!]

My husband and I still get upset recalling a little girl who got hurt. We were on board the train from Toontown waiting to depart. We could see the line of people waiting to board. One of the castmembers closed the metal gate that separated the train from the line, however a little girl (maybe 18mo.-24mo.) finger was in the space where the back end of the gate closed. She was doing the silent cry and her parents didn't notice, but someone next to her did, but the gate was 'locked' and the girls finger was being crushed. They couldn't get the cast member's attention for what seemed like forever and he finally came and unlatched the gate. Oh my gosh, I felt so bad for that little one, it looked like it hurt terribly.

 

[Pikester]

On our December 2008 trip my Mom and I were in Toon Town so we could meet Tinkerbell. We had just walked out of the Town Hall when a woman came out and started hollering two names. She was very frantic because she couldn't find her children. She must have called their names for what seemed like 5 minutes. My Mom started to go off and find a CM to help but just as my Mom turned to leave we heard her start yelling at these two little girls. I swear they couldn't have been more than 7 and 4 years old. She actually spanked their bottoms. Poor woman must have been scared to death!

I am so glad this ended well.

 

[pirateandprincesses]

We were in MK in November 07 waiting for the teacups with DD 3, DS 3, (I was with DD 18months sitting on the brick wall thing) and a boy in his late teens/early 20's somehow fell and cracked his head while waiting in line. His family sat him up and he fell back again-each time there was a sickening thud. My DH left the line and we went over to Pooh's.

 

[Navywife508]

I really hope she was okay. ABout 13 years ago I went to the MK with my older brother,cousins and his friends from the Marines. Well we all went on Space Mountain but my brother wasn't feeling well so he sat out. We get off the ride and were looking for him on the benches and he wasn't there. We looked everywhere for him when finally a CM from Space Mountain told us he had passed out and fell off the bench. We finally found him after they let him go after giving him lots of fluids.(Not sure where they took him) We still joke someone slipped him a Mickey.

 

[Melani]

Dec. '07 my DH & I were next in line at Space Mt. when an argument erupted with the Fast Pass CM and a guest. Next thing you know the lights came on & the ride shut down. We were told it was a technical glitch, but I still think it had t do with the fight.

The next day at AK another aggravated discourse over no more FP at Everest (I really thought it looked like the same guy)

 

[CanadianImagineer]

In January 2007 we had just entered the Philharmagic theatre. After a few minutes of waiting, it still hadn't started, so this is when we turned around and saw an elderly woman who was evidently sick. She appeared to have fainted. I imagine it must have been quite serious as it was a good half hour before she was escorted out of the show. The CM's handled the situation well and all other guests in the theatre were happy to wait and hoped for the best for the woman.

Another situation I've encountered, however this one not medical, occured at AK. We took our seats along the parade route and were sitting quite happily, until all of a sudden we here a man shout VERY loudly some not-so-disney-appropriate words. From what I could hear he was having an argument with another person over some sort of merchandise, and for some reason felt the entire park should know about it. Within 20 seconds the shouting came to an abrupt stop, so I'm sure the Mickey Task Force had taken him down.

 

[AandMsmom]

At HS I saw a lady franticly looking for her son. My family started looking around for a little boy alone. Of course he was found but I was a wreck thinking that could have been one of mine.

 

[bennyb98]

Nothing to do with someone getting hurt but on my last trip to DL I was evaced off of Soarin. I really don't know what happened but we had just "flown" over PGA West when the film stopped and our section (I was on the far left) dropped a little bit then just fell down rather than the gentle smooth it usually does after the ride is over, no one was hurt thankfully but it was rather scary.

 

[Barbossa'sWench]

The weekend before Thanksgiving I was at MK with my Dad and Step-Mom and we were on It's a Small World, well in the area where you exit we got stuck, a few boats in front of us someone had some kind of medical emergency, lots of EMT's showed up, it looked serious and we must have been stuck for over half an hour.

 

[WhateverLolaWants]

Last month we got stopped on Nemo shortly after we got in our clams because an older gentleman fell as soon as he stepped on the moving platform. The CMs present were all tiny little things and he was with older females and they were having trouble getting him back up. Luckily, there was a man whose clam had not closed yet and he got out and lifted the man up. I was worried something serious had happened to him that caused him to fall, but it was just that he didn't realize the platform moved or something. I think some jerks a couple clams down from us were taking pictures of the man on the ground

 

[dipin]

On thanksgiving '07, we were waiting for a bus in front of the contemporary. A car dropped a man of on the sidewalk in the parking lot and headed towards the parking spots, while the man came walking towards the resort, and, suddenly, fell down and started having seizures. We rushed towards him, as well as about 4 other people. The sad part was that the people who saw it happen first just boarded the bus which had just arrived as if nothing happened.

We helped to contain him so he wouldnt hurt himself, and called 911. His wife, who was driving the car, rushed to his side. As we waited for the paramedics, the wife asked to go over to the car and keep an eye on her kids, who were sleeping in the back seat. The poor kids woke up, but we were able to distract them enough so they didnt see their father on the ground. It took a while, but soon some CMs from the hotel also arrived and took care of the kids while the mother went with the husband to the hospital. Never learned what happened after this, but hopefully everything was ok.

 

[winterman]

During our recent December trip, my DD(9) and I were at the beginning of the Safari at AK when a woman on our truck had a medical emergency (seizure, I believe ). Our truck had to leave the "trail" and exit to a nearby parking lot to take the woman to await medical transport (luckily a doctor and nurse were already on board our truck). Everyone had to exit the truck via a ladder and were escorted back to the park. My daughter was upset and kept asking " Mommy, is that lady going to be O.K?" The personnel involved acted very professionally including the driver who could have only been a teenager or young adult. I couldn't help but think about that woman the remainder of the day and hoped for a positive outcome.

I hate to sound heartless but were you given fast passes or something to make up for the disruption?

 

[dougsmom98]

My MIL has some mobility issues. She can walk, but she has compressed discs in her back so she has a hard time lifting her legs and maneuvering quickly. She got onto the moving walkway for Peter Pan's flight, but when she tried to turn to get into the boat, she fell down really hard. They had to stop the entire ride for a minute so she could get up. She won't go on that ride anymore, because even if you are transferring from a wheel chair, they won't stop the ride for you.

 

[bizeemom4]

Within 20 seconds the shouting came to an abrupt stop, so I'm sure the Mickey Task Force had taken him down.

Thanks for the laugh. The visual has me cracking up. A sliding tackle by Grumpy followed by a left hook by Cruella. Woody tied him up and took him 'Backstage'.

 

[Sorahana]

Working at Everest, there was one day 5 people passed out. 4 were guests and we had one cast member pass out right on the unload platform. It freaked all of us out. It was a hot day as well. The cast member was sick, and the guests had medical problems or weren't drinking enough water.

Another time a guy collapsed after getting off the ride onto the unload platform and his family thought he was faking. But they realized he wasn't and started freaking out.

Just riding the other day, the train would get up to the part before it goes backward and there would be a delay with the train moving, same with going down the big drop. I was thinking technically when this happened so I'm like "Hey Everest...don't go down while I'm on it!!" lol. It was because they had put 5 trains on (5 trains...IN JANUARY?! We used 3 or 4 when I was there) and dispatch intervals and such are way shorter then normal so the trains get backed up.

Seriously though, that day with the 5 people was the scariest day while I was working there (for me anyway) =(.

 

[chipper10]

This past September 2008, we were exiting Jungle cruise right before the MNSSHP was to start (we had tickets). I was carrying DS,who was 21 months at the time. Somehow on the conrete, my ankle rolled. I fell and as I fell I dropped DS right on his head. It was the worst sound any one can every hear. I was in shock. Then I started screaming for someone to please help us. It felt like it took forever for the paramedics to get there. A castmember helped DH get us up. Then they got me in a wheelchair. DS was just screaming bloody murder. I felt terrible. The paramedics finally got there (they were helping someone on the other side of the park). DS was fine. He ended up with a giant goose egg on his head. I didn't even realize until they told me DS was fine, that my knee was completely scraped up. The paramedics bandaged me up and told me to stay in the wheelchair for the party.

I stayed in the wheelchair for about an hour (until I got sick of DH running DS and I into people). DS fell asleep around 10 and we stayed until about 11:30. We got really lucky that DS was okay.

 

[maxiesmom]

Nothing to do with someone getting hurt but on my last trip to DL I was evaced off of Soarin. I really don't know what happened but we had just "flown" over PGA West when the film stopped and our section (I was on the far left) dropped a little bit then just fell down rather than the gentle smooth it usually does after the ride is over, no one was hurt thankfully but it was rather scary.

I really didn't need to see this. I ride Soarin because eveyone else wants to, but it does freak me out a little. I don't like the feeling of being suspended up high. So now I can add being worried that I will suddenly fall into the mix. Great.

 

[J. Galt]

On our last trip we were in the Pooh's playground area with our kids, letting them blow off some steam. I was sitting by the entrance and a little girl walked by me, right out the front of the playground. I watched her for a little bit to see if she was going towards some of the people sitting near the strollers, but she just hung a left and kept on going. I yelled to my husband to watch our kids and I chased after this girl and ushered her back to Pooh's playground. I will never forget the look on her mom's face... the waves of panic and relief. Her mom was crying and asked me "how I knew". Truth is, I didn't know why I watched her... someone else must have been looking out for her . We had eagle eyes on our kids the rest of the trip.