Each year, more than 50 million tourists enter the 40-square mile Walt Disney World in Florida — but not all of them make it out alive.

In just the past week, there have been three deaths at the Orlando wonderland: a 31-year-old superfan who committed suicide at the Contemporary Hotel; a man in his 60s who died from a pre-existing medical condition at the Fort Wilderness campground; and a man in his 60s on Thursday, whose cause of death is pending.

Shockingly, Thursday’s death pushed Disney World’s body count since the park’s 1971 opening to 68.

The majority of the deaths were due to natural causes, and they’ve involved visitors as well as staffers, including performers and maintenance workers.

An alligator killed little Lane Graves in 2016. Lane Thomas Foundation

Some have been downright bizarre, including death by alligator, amoeba, hanging menus, trams, the Magic Kingdom skyway — and even a killer “Beauty and the Beast” float.

The park’s first death happened three years after its grand opening in 1974 when a light bulb filament ignited fumes from glue being used by a 49-year-old carpenter Robert Marshall as he was repairing a boat, according to the Orlando Sentinel.

Expert Dennis Spiegel said theme parks are “probably one of the safest places to be on the planet,” because of self-regulatory practices and insurance programs.

“The parks also have state inspections, so there’s always inspections going on,” said Spiegel. “From an accident standpoint, things do happen. The issues at Disney, I know it’s usually just people being in that place, in that time, when it’s their time.”

Summer Equitz, a Disney superfan, ended her life at the theme park last week. facebook/summer.equitz

Four-year-old Joel Goode tragically drowned in 1977 after falling into the moat that surrounds Disney’s iconic Cinderella’s Castle.The boy’s parents successfully sued Disney for $4 million, but jurors determined Goode’s parents were partially liable and halved the payout o $2 million, according to the Tampa Times.

One of the park’s deadliest — and tiniest — killers came four years later, when 11-year-old Long Island boy Robert Johnson Jr., contracted a brain-eating amoebic infection after swimming in the lukewarm, unchlorinated River Country water park.

River Country — permanently closed in 2001 — claimed two others by drowning, one of the park’s most common causes of death.

In 1987, a 6-year-old boy drowned in a crowded swimming pool at the park. The family later sued, claiming there should have been more lifeguards on duty, and Disney settled for $250,000, according to reports.

Photo shows the police response to Equitz’s suicide. Zack Zerio

One of the most shocking tragedies occurred in 2016, when little Lane Graves, 2, was attacked by an alligator on the shore of the Seven Seas Lagoon. The gator pulled the boy into the water, and his body was recovered the following day.

Perhaps the most bizarre death: when Javier Cruz, a cast member wearing a Pluto costume, was run over by the “Beauty and the Beast” float during the Share a Dream Come True Parade in 2014.

One of the deadliest years was 1982, when a 2-year-old girl was hit in the head with a hanging menu board; a 36-year-old woman collapsed at the Polynesian Village Resort; and a 1-year-old girl fell from a moving tram.

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Planes, trains, boats and buses have all claimed lives at Disney.

In 1989, Long Island woman Patricia Schenck, 33, was killed when the small speed boat she was piloting broadsided a ferry in the Seven Seas Lagoon.

In 1984, South Carolina’s Gary and Dorine Newell, and their infant daughter, Stephanie, died when the single-engine Piper plane they were flying in crashed while attempting an emergency landing in the EPCOT Center parking lot. Then, in 1987, Rick Harper, a 27-year-old cast member, died when the ultralight plane he was piloting crashed during a rehearsal for EPCOT’s “Skyleidoscope” show.

In 2000, a 37-year-old man was struck and killed by the Magic Kingdom Skyway. Ten years later, Massachusetts man Robert Krueger, 69, stepped in front of a Disney bus in the parking lot of Port Orleans Resort.

Jessica Straub fell to her death from the Fantasyland Skyway in 2020. Jessica Straub/ Facebook

Rakim Akbari wandered away from his family, and drowned in a moat. FOX 35

And like Summer Equitz, who committed suicide at the park last week, several people have decided to end their lives at Disney World, with incidents reported in 2020, 2016, 2010, and 1992, when Allen Ferris fired a sawed-off shotgun at Disney World employees, briefly taking two of them hostage before killing himself at EPCOT Center.

Disney was sued by the husband of a woman who allegedly died from food allergies in 2023, a case that remains active; Disney denies the husband’s claims. In 2018, a person was found dead inside a burning car in near Disney’s Fantasia Gardens Miniature Golf Course. And in 2006, while visiting the park as a part of the Give Kids the World program, a 6-year-old terminal cancer patient fainted moments after he rode Space Mountain.

Spiegel said in 2024, over 1.5 billion theme park rides occurred, with few incidents.

Flatlines have been bad for Disney’s bottom line. Public reports claim they’ve paid out at least $27 million since 1977. However, most lawsuits against Disney end up settled, with the terms of the agreements kept confidential.

By contrast, there have been only 32 deaths at Disneyland in California since it opened in 1955 — most recently, a woman in her 60s died from a medical episode she had on the Haunted Mansion ride.

The first death happened in 1964, when Mark Maples, 15, fell from the Matterhorn Bobsleds after standing up in a moving car. in 1984, Dolly Regene Young, 47, was decapitated by one of the Matterhorn Bobsleds.

Walt Disney World has not commented on Thursday’s death. JHVEPhoto – stock.adobe.com

And while there’s never been a homicide at Disney World, two people have been murdered at Disneyland: A 15-year old boy was fatally shot in the Disneyland parking lot in 1987, and an 18-year old man was fatally stabbed with a knife during a fight at the park in 1981.

Disney World does have six first aid centers on site, but no hospital. AdventHealth has an emergency room at Flamingo Crossings Town Center, not far from the park.

Disney did not respond to requests for comment.