{"id":234508,"date":"2026-04-16T17:27:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T17:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/234508\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T17:27:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T17:27:07","slug":"state-theme-parks-report-injuries-on-4-roller-coasters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/234508\/","title":{"rendered":"State, theme parks report injuries on 4 roller coasters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The state\u2019s quarterly report on injuries at theme parks reveals 12 incidents spread over six theme parks and one water park in the first three months of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The only attraction with multiple reports in the period was <a href=\"http:\/\/universalorlando.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Universal Orlando\u2019s<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universalorlando.com\/web\/en\/us\/things-to-do\/rides-attractions\/hogwarts-express\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hogwarts Express,<\/a> the simulated train that connects two sides of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Islands of Adventure and Universal Studios theme parks.\u00a0 On Jan. 23, a 34-year-old woman had a seizure at the ride. On Feb. 28, a 58-year-old male had chest pressure there and then nine days later, a 66-year-old female also experience chest pressure at Hogwarts Express. The latter two had pre-existing conditions, the report says.<\/p>\n<p>That attraction had more reports than all of Universal\u2019s roller coasters combined for the quarter. On Feb. 4, a 61-year-old man reported stroke symptoms after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universalorlando.com\/web\/en\/us\/things-to-do\/rides-attractions\/jurassic-world-velocicoaster\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jurassic World VelociCoaster<\/a> at Isands of Adventure, and a 39-year-old man also have stroke symptoms on Feb. 24 after riding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universalorlando.com\/web\/en\/us\/things-to-do\/rides-attractions\/mine-cart-madness\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donkey Kong Mine Cart<\/a> Madness, a coaster at Epic Universe.<\/p>\n<p>Other Universal Orlando incidents included at 58-year-old woman with stroke symptoms after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universalorlando.com\/web\/en\/us\/things-to-do\/rides-attractions\/race-through-ny-starring-jimmy-fallon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon<\/a> at Universal Studios on Feb. 4, a 7-year-old girl with leg sweeling at Tot Tiki Reef splash area at Volcano Bay water park on Feb. 14, and a 60-year-old male who fainted after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universalorlando.com\/web\/en\/us\/things-to-do\/rides-attractions\/fast-furious-supercharged\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fast &amp; Furious \u2014 Supercharged<\/a>, a motion simulator at Universal Studios, on March 19.<\/p>\n<p>Florida\u2019s major theme parks self-report about visitors who are injured on their rides and require at least 24 hours of hospitalization. The totals are published quarterly through an agreement with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fdacs.gov\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services<\/a>. The state does not receive updates after the initial assessments.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/2026\/04\/16\/disney-muppets-0417\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Disney: Opening day, songs for Muppets roller coaster set<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the first quarter of 2026, <a href=\"http:\/\/seaworldorlando.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SeaWorld Orlando<\/a> had two reports, both involving roller coasters. On Jan. 20, a 42-year-old woman reported nause and vomiting after riding <a href=\"https:\/\/seaworld.com\/orlando\/roller-coasters\/manta\/?srsltid=AfmBOooBa0iTTuhQzFagTiHKT79OURfjBlLEdJBYL4f6XXCQx_IL_5MU\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manta<\/a>, and a 50-year-old woman said she was dizzy and lightheaded after being on <a href=\"https:\/\/seaworld.com\/orlando\/roller-coasters\/pipeline\/?srsltid=AfmBOooIJbBNoY10-KjIM4BSm2eGUp1XcA6PhY3IPav-hTcaWrgwbfqI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pipeline: The Surf Coaster<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At <a href=\"http:\/\/disneyworld.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Walt Disney World<\/a>, a 65-year-old woman fell while exiting Magic Kingdom\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/disneyworld.disney.go.com\/attractions\/magic-kingdom\/prince-charming-regal-carrousel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Prince Charming Regal Carrousel<\/a> on Feb. 2. Her pelvis was injured, the state report says.\u00a0 And on Feb. 17, a 40-year-old female injured her shoulder while on <a href=\"https:\/\/disneyworld.disney.go.com\/attractions\/animal-kingdom\/kali-river-rapids\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kali River Rapids<\/a>, a water ride at Disney\u2019s Animal Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>No injury reports were generated from Legoland Florida, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, Epcot or Disney\u2019s Hollywood Studios in the quarter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/2026\/04\/09\/odyssey-update-0410\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SeaWorld updating Expedition Odyssey, Arctic attraction that opened last year<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/2026\/04\/16\/parks-injuries-0417\/mailto:dbevil@orlandosentinel.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dbevil@orlandosentinel.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The state\u2019s quarterly report on injuries at theme parks reveals 12 incidents spread over six theme parks and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234509,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[558,2659,104,6113,28,29,9571,114,19041,266,5077,115,1335,139,141,140,2043,109,76687,76688,76689,2411,106,1316,107,3434],"class_list":{"0":"post-234508","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-disney-world","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-epic-universe","12":"tag-florida","13":"tag-florida-news","14":"tag-lake-buena-vista","15":"tag-latest-headlines","16":"tag-legoland","17":"tag-local-news","18":"tag-movies","19":"tag-news","20":"tag-orange-county","21":"tag-orlando","22":"tag-orlando-headlines","23":"tag-orlando-news","24":"tag-seaworld","25":"tag-social","26":"tag-social-entertainment","27":"tag-social-theme-parks","28":"tag-social-travel","29":"tag-theme-parks","30":"tag-things-to-do","31":"tag-tourism","32":"tag-travel","33":"tag-universal-orlando"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}