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Maybe listen when employees instruct you to do something.
While that's a fair point, it will not absolve Disney at all. Clearly the design is absolutely ass for it to be this life-threatening to begin with.
This is 101 corporate apologia. Exact same vibes of old lady (with severe burns) v. McDonald's.
The problem is that the attraction of the slide is that riders can get up to 40mph and then splash into a pool.
There’s an element of risk with any thing that gets you going that fast. Combined with the failure to follow safety directions….
That said, Disney will settle out of court for medical bills and some extra to cover additional damages just to keep this shit out of the public.
No, the McDonald's situation had previous documented warnings to the company that their policies regarding maintaining coffee temperatures that high were a safety hazard that they chose to ignore.
The article says that employees advise every rider of what they need to do for the safety briefing. Have there been other injuries on this ride previously? I can't find anything with a quick search and the article doesn't seem to mention anything about previous issues until this woman ignored the safety advice.
This is not informed consent. If anyone was aware that this could be an outcome, the line would be shorter.
I for one would never in a million years expect any adverse outcomes of a water slide park ride to be this severe.
A lot of things, amusement rides particularly, are life threatening if you don't follow instructions.
Some things carry risk. The risk is mitigated by proper use and following instructions. Can't do that or accept the risk? Get out of line.
I mean, you're not wrong, but there's the difference between, "it'll hurt" and "you're going to have to go to the hospital because it'll be like shoving a power washer up your vagina." Someone might be willing to risk the pain out of convenience or because they want a funny picture, but they're not going to do it if it'll result in a hospital trip. If you're going to have dangerous rides, then you should be informing people about why they're dangerous to stop people from trying to apply "common sense", attempt "funny stunts", or just be lazy.
I agree, but this ride is unsafe if it can cause such horrible injuries due to how the customer is positioned.