Celestial Park - General Discussion Thread

[Parkscope Joe]

IIRC, most rides allow wheelchair bound quests to ride as long as they can transfer themselves from their chair to the ride vehicle unassisted. Although this very sad case has shown that there are possibly even more restrictions that may need to be taken into account for rides such as these. It seems that the guest not having muscular control of their lower legs may have been a factor in this and I don't recall rides having strict rules about something like that. They have rules about amputees and the location of the amputation point but that was all I believe.

It's also a very common thing in the parks, on my visit a wheelchair using man quickly transferred from his chair to the Hulk vehicle easily. Then he was fine and got off. Just comes back to folks not knowing what others are going through, and the best solution is to provide as much information as possible for the guest to make the correct decision for them.

 

[fryoj]

Manslaughter investigation kicks off over guest who died after riding Stardust Racers at Epic Universe

Following the death of a guest who died after riding the roller coaster last week, investigators now say they are looking into the case under the state’s “manslaughter” statute.

www.clickorlando.com

Interesting that they are investigating this as manslaughter. The article does say that they investigate all accidental deaths as manslaughter, so it may be nothing. I can really only come up with a couple scenarios that would result in an actual manslaughter charge, so we’ll just hope those aren’t the case here.

 

[v0latilebear]

Saw someone saying they’re testing stardust racers at night, is this true?

 

[GAcoaster]

Saw someone saying they’re testing stardust racers at night, is this true?

It wouldn't be surprising if they're doing more water dummy testing after the park closes.