Updated
Updated · OCRegister · Jun 22
13-Year-Old Falls 50 Feet From Disneyland Ride, Escapes With Minor Injuries
Updated
Updated · OCRegister · Jun 22

13-Year-Old Falls 50 Feet From Disneyland Ride, Escapes With Minor Injuries

3 articles · Updated · OCRegister · Jun 22

Summary

  • A 13-year-old guest who climbed out of a log on Tiana’s Bayou Adventure before the ride ended fell down the attraction’s 50-foot final drop Sunday evening.
  • Disneyland said cast members immediately stopped the ride, and the boy was taken to a local hospital for precautionary evaluation before being released.
  • The incident happened around 6 p.m.; the ride stayed closed for the rest of the night and reopened Monday.
  • Reddit eyewitnesses said the boy fell, tumbled or slid down the drop hill, with one saying he suffered only cuts and scrapes.
  • Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, the 2024 replacement for Splash Mountain, is a log flume ride without lap bars or seat belts.

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