Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 11:14 pm
At Epcot, there are some prominent displays of park guides in other languages (Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, those are the big 5). But yeah, all the signs, IIRC, are in English. And AFAIK, the foreign language park guides are just like the regular ones in English, except in another language. So there would be warnings on those guides as well, along with height restrictions, risks if you're pregnant, high blood pressure, back problems, etc.
In the end though, there's nothing anyone can really do to keep these things from happening. It all simply rests on one's own judgement if they think they can handle a ride (and again, the invincibility factor comes in).
For example, for years I had never gone on Tower of Terror. I like thrill rides, like coasters and such (and especially Mission Space), but the thought of simply DROPPING scared the sh!t out of me. Also, I've always been rather touchy about jumping/falling from high places, with the offchance of dying (there was one incident in college that I mentioned in a thread about depression), so that didn't exactly help with me and Tower of Terror.
Anyway, summer of 2004 we're visiting Disney World (mainly to pick up our sister, who did the college program that year), and my brother more or less said, "Come on, go on Tower of Terror! Let's go now!" Even though I was still uneasy about the whole concept of falling, I figured waiting in line and talking with him was better than waiting at the exit for him to come out. So I got on the ride.
And that was my first and last time ever on Tower of Terror. I was *hyperventilating* the entire time, and was rather shaky for about an hour after I did it. I refuse to do that ride ever again. Not even if they paid me. I mean, of course I survived the ride, but I don't want to risk myself getting on it again and feeling the way I did then (pretty much sheer terror and the feeling that I was already dead). It's more a mental than physical thing, but that's what guests have to think about. First, are they physically able to do the ride with little risk? Then they should ask themselves if they are mentally able to do the ride. I'm physically able to to Tower of Terror, I've got no medical conditions. But my extreme fear of that experience keeps me from riding it ever again.
With Mission Space, many guests will think more about their mental condition "Can I do this ride?" as opposed to the physical dangers there may be. There's a reason astronauts have to be in top physical condition. They go through Mission Space times 10 for REGULAR training. So Guests should really ask themselves if they are physically fine, while still keeping that invincibility factor in check. After all, if two people died already, guests should start realizing that there IS a chance it might happen to them, and ultimately decide if they should go or not. I mean, even just a little annoying backpain can turn into something serious.
Escapay
In the end though, there's nothing anyone can really do to keep these things from happening. It all simply rests on one's own judgement if they think they can handle a ride (and again, the invincibility factor comes in).
For example, for years I had never gone on Tower of Terror. I like thrill rides, like coasters and such (and especially Mission Space), but the thought of simply DROPPING scared the sh!t out of me. Also, I've always been rather touchy about jumping/falling from high places, with the offchance of dying (there was one incident in college that I mentioned in a thread about depression), so that didn't exactly help with me and Tower of Terror.
Anyway, summer of 2004 we're visiting Disney World (mainly to pick up our sister, who did the college program that year), and my brother more or less said, "Come on, go on Tower of Terror! Let's go now!" Even though I was still uneasy about the whole concept of falling, I figured waiting in line and talking with him was better than waiting at the exit for him to come out. So I got on the ride.
And that was my first and last time ever on Tower of Terror. I was *hyperventilating* the entire time, and was rather shaky for about an hour after I did it. I refuse to do that ride ever again. Not even if they paid me. I mean, of course I survived the ride, but I don't want to risk myself getting on it again and feeling the way I did then (pretty much sheer terror and the feeling that I was already dead). It's more a mental than physical thing, but that's what guests have to think about. First, are they physically able to do the ride with little risk? Then they should ask themselves if they are mentally able to do the ride. I'm physically able to to Tower of Terror, I've got no medical conditions. But my extreme fear of that experience keeps me from riding it ever again.
With Mission Space, many guests will think more about their mental condition "Can I do this ride?" as opposed to the physical dangers there may be. There's a reason astronauts have to be in top physical condition. They go through Mission Space times 10 for REGULAR training. So Guests should really ask themselves if they are physically fine, while still keeping that invincibility factor in check. After all, if two people died already, guests should start realizing that there IS a chance it might happen to them, and ultimately decide if they should go or not. I mean, even just a little annoying backpain can turn into something serious.
Escapay
j/k
