A woman has filed a lawsuit against Disney World alleging that she suffered injuries including a “painful wedgie” while using the Humunga Kowabunga waterslide at the company’s theme park near Orlando, Florida.
In the suit filed by Emma and Edward McGuinness in Orange County this week, the woman claims that she was hurt at the popular Typhoon Lagoon in Lake Buena Vista during a 2019 visit to celebrate her birthday, a festive day that went terribly wrong during her ride down the 214-foot slide, resulting in her being transported to a local hospital by ambulance.
The lawsuit seeks $50,000 in damages from the House of the Mouse, saying that she “suffered severe and permanent bodily injury” to her private parts and “damage to her internal organs,” according to WESH.
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Humunga Kowabunga riders plummet down a near vertical drop of nearly five stories, potentially reaching speeds of up to 40 miles per hour before plunging in the dark, into the pool, a thrilling experience, unless one is unfortunate enough to be injured as McGuinness claims that she was.
The plaintiff, who said that she was wearing a one-piece bathing suit during her 30th birthday visit to the park, claimed that Disney failed to explain why safety protocols such as crossing of legs were necessary and that females were at greater risk of being injured. Riders are told to “cross their legs at the ankles” when using the slide.
“‘When a rider of The Slide reached the bottom of the ride and traveled into the pool of water designed to stop further travel, the force of the water can push loose garments into a person’s anatomy — an event known as a ‘wedgie’ — the lawsuit says. “Because of a woman’s anatomy, the risk of a painful ‘wedgie. is more common and more serious than it is for a man,'” Fox Business reported.
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The suit alleges that she could have avoided the “injurious wedgie” if the park had instructed her on the proper clothing to have worn at the attraction.
“The risk of injury to a rider’s genitalia and internal organs can be eliminated by using shorts or other protective clothing to act as a barrier and to prevent clothing or water from being forced inside his or her body when slammed into the pool of water at the end of The Slide,” the lawsuit states. “Disney does not instruct riders to wear protective clothing, does not make such protective shorts available to riders, and does not warn riders of the risk of injury if protective clothing is not worn while using The Slide.”
Ths lawsuit states that after her ride down the slide, that the woman “experienced immediate and severe pain internally” with blood rushing in from beetween her legs when she stood up.
“Brace yourself for the ride of your life as you race down Mount Mayday at a 60-degree angle,” Disney describes Humunga Kowabunga on its website. “These 3 side-by-side enclosed body slides make for some high-octane thrills. You won’t know what’s coming as you zoom 214 feet downhill in the dark and spray your way to a surprise ending!”
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