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Accidents Involving Injury at Splash Mountain

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 Splash Mountain? Report it to Theme Park Insider.

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

Verified Incidents

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

12/20/2000 - Submitted by Name Withheld on 6/10/2001

An elderly woman fell as she tried to exit her boat at the load area.

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    • Follow-up:
    I was working at MK at that time and what happened was that the boat was sent as the woman was trying to exit, only she wasn't at the unloading point, but in the bay behind where she would have had to climb over a rope to get onto land. The boat was sent and for reasons unknown the dispatch oerator did not emergency stop the ride. It was not until all the shouting reached the tower and was E-Stopped from there. The dispatch operator was greatly shocked by this incident and consiquently was removed from working on Splash Mountain. -- Submitted by rissy on 10/31/2001

    woman was paralyzed to some degree, although not killed. resulted from error on the woman's part. -- Submitted by Name Withheld on 6/15/2003

    11/5/2000 - Submitted by robert on 5/12/2001
    A tourist was killed after he jumped out of a "log," in an attempt to exit the ride. An investigation found that the man likely panicked.

  • For more information about this incident, visit http://www.calendarlive.com/top/1,1419,L-LATimes-Family-X!ArticleDetail-9715,00.html

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    • Follow-up:
    I know someone waiting in line for the ride.She said the man was mentally slow and probably gives us more of a good idea why he jumped out but no true word -- Submitted by nny27 on 12/5/2003

    Unverified Reports

    None reported


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