Theme Park Insider

Get News by E-mail

Accidents Involving Injury at Spaceship Earth

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 Spaceship Earth? Report it to Theme Park Insider.

(If you are looking for general information about Spaceship Earth, please visit Theme Park Insider's reader reviews for Spaceship Earth.)

Verified Incidents

(Even though these incidents have been verified, individual reports might contain the opinion of the persons submitting them.)

No Date Reported - Submitted by Spidey on 11/6/2001

You may have noticed the path on the side of the ride. One time the ride stopped and a kid got out and started playing around on the path. Then he slipped and the ride started up again and tore open his leg.

  • Click here if you have additional information.

    • Follow-up:
    Several people were injured in multiple incidents at Spaceship Earth in the late 1980s and early 1990s, on the loading platform, while entering or exiting the ride. Riders, usually children, would have their pant legs or socks get caught between the rotating platform and ride units, causing leg injuries of varying seriousness. In addition, siginificant injuries resulted from people trying to jump between cars while on the ride. These incidents were documented in internal accident reports filed by Disney employees, that I saw when I was an employee there. -- Submitted by robert on 11/21/2001

    Unverified Reports

    None reported


    If you have additional information that can confirm, clarify or refute any of these reports, please e-mail the editor! (Please don't forget to include the attraction's name in your message.)

    Search Theme Park Insider

    Reader Reviews, by Theme Park

    United States/Canada Top 20 *

    Other U.S. parks

    International parks

    Water parks

    Theme Park Insider on Twitter

    @ThemePark

    New HD video of Cedar Point's Millennium Force: http://bit.ly/5u8iiI That'll fire up your Friday!
    2009-11-20 18:02 Link

    By the way, @HolidayWorld. We're demanding cranberry sauce on the turkey next time! :-) http://bit.ly/6zDSup
    2009-11-20 17:34 Link

    Our vote of the week: Holiday traditions and cranberry sauce: http://bit.ly/6zDSup
    2009-11-20 17:32 Link

    Five Disney legends recall Walt's management style: http://bit.ly/uhv5B #IAAPA2009
    2009-11-20 00:00 Link

    Theme Park Reviews, Features, Advice

    Theme Park News Archive

    2009

    Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov.

    2008

    Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.

    2007

    Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.

    2006

    Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.

    2005

    Dec.

    2004-2005

    Staff column archive