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Accidents Involving Injury at Land of the Dragons

Official U.S. federal and state data on theme park accidents is almost nonexistent. That's why Theme Park Insider users are creating this visitor-maintained database of theme park accidents--to give public at least some information about attraction safety records.

Do you know of, or have been part of, an accident involving injury at Land of the Dragons? Report it to Theme Park Insider.

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Unverified Reports

5/18/2002 - Submitted by NathanBabcock on 8/5/2005
Simple rule: keep ALL body parts away from ALL moving mechanisms. The turnstile at the Rhineland carousel broke and lacerated my 3-year-old son's finger. He never got to ride, and we spent three hours at the local hospital so he could get six stitches in his fingertip. Turnstiles have been used for decades to count the number of passengers on rides, and to control the timing of their boarding. This particular model of turnstile, however, poses a safety risk to young children. The three pass-through bars are mounted onto a hub that has 3 large holes; these holes rotate with the bars as each person passes through the turnstile. My son inquisitively put his finger into one of the holes as the turnstile was rotating. The mounting cabinet was not rotating, of course, so when an adult friend tried to encourage him to keep moving through, and pushed the bar to help him (he could barely reach the bar), the stationary cabinet and rotating hub broke the boy's finger, and tore open his fingertip. For three years since this accident, we have pushed the turnstile bars for our children whenever we encounter them, and minimize their "touching" of turnstiles. (Adults never see these openings in the turnstiles, because they are on the underside of a six-inch metal disc that is only three feet off the ground.)

  • This incident has not been confirmed. Click here if you can verify it, or have additional information.

    • Follow-up:
    I used to work the Caurosel and we now use manual counters. There is no longer a turnstile. -- Submitted by klq872 on 3/24/2007


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