Disney to rework popular ride

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ORLANDO, Fla., May 3 (UPI) -- Florida's Walt Disney World is creating a gentler version of its popular Mission: Space thrill ride at the Epcot Center, it was reported Wednesday.

The ride simulates a spaceship launch, flight and landing with four separate centrifuge systems, the Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel noted.

Disney announced Tuesday it would turn off one of the centrifuge systems for riders who either do not want or medically tolerate cannot the spinning.

Two people have died on the ride -- a German tourist April 12 and a 4-year-old boy last year, the newspaper noted, but Disney said it did not take the deaths into account when it decided to tone down the ride.

"By offering a second adventure, we hope to broaden the appeal of Mission: Space and enable even more guests to experience the attraction," Resort President Al Weiss said in a prepared statement.

Nearly 12 million people have ridden Mission: Space since it opened during the summer of 2003.

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Hated It !

Glad to hear that the "vomit comet" is being toned down.

I didn't feel well for hours. I was dazed & confused (more than my usual baseline) and just not "right". Had to publicly lie down outside of the China Pavillion (on the cement benches) and nap.
Two questionable causal-related deaths ? I'm still trying to figure out how a young child dies of "natural causes" after riding this thing.

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I rode this with my 2 young kids last year. I hated it, they loved it and wanted to ride it again. It was rather scary to be manipulated that way. You know you're in for a treat when you see barf bags on the ride

I can't see how Disney can say they didn't consider the deaths in their decision, how could they not? But, then again, it is Disney. I love Disney, but I often question their motives.

My husband says Disney is "the devil". Course, he says that about Walmart, too.

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I rode this with my 2 young kids last year. I hated it, they loved it and wanted to ride it again. It was rather scary to be manipulated that way. You know you're in for a treat when you see barf bags on the ride

I can't see how Disney can say they didn't consider the deaths in their decision, how could they not? But, then again, it is Disney. I love Disney, but I often question their motives.

My husband says Disney is "the devil". Course, he says that about Walmart, too.

[lawyer speak]
Just remember, if we say we are changing this because we know there is a problem we can be liable for millions in court...
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My husband says Disney is "the devil". :

I agree that Disney is "the devil". Disney has more lawyers than the devil has disciples. Wait a minute the lawyers are the devils disciples.
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I don't understand the whole thing. I can't ride a ferris wheel, but personally thought the ride was way over-rated. Very disappointed. ride was over hyped. Al

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I thought that it was a little less dramatic than hyped to be, but I was walking a little strangely for a while afterward. I have lost hearing in one ear, so I often get dizzy on a whim. That might have made the ride worse for me than it should have been, but I really felt wierd after I rode it.

I compare it to the way I felt after I rode the tallest, fastest roller coaster in the world (at the time) at Cedar Point. Our bodies are just not designed to handle those kinds of g's. That is why the astronauts have to train for the exposure.