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Water Slide Fails,
Injuring Cruise Guest

Aug 8, 2025 5:30 PM CDT

Water Slide Fails, Injuring Cruise Guest

Panel breaks as other passengers shout, 'Stop the slide'

(Newser) - The party ended early for a cruise ship passenger when an acrylic glass panel on a water slide shattered as he zipped along it, injuring him. The Icon of the Seas guest, who was not identified, required medical care Thursday and was reported to be in stable condition, People...

Disney Sued Over
'Injurious Wedgie'

Oct 3, 2023 8:59 AM CDT

Disney Sued Over 'Injurious Wedgie'

Woman claims she suffered 'severe and permanent injury' on Typhoon Lagoon water slide

(Newser) - A woman is suing Walt Disney Parks and Resorts over "severe and permanent" injuries caused by a wedgie on a waterslide. According to the lawsuit, Emma McGuinness and family visited the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida in October 2019 in part to celebrate McGuinness' 30th birthday. But while...

Company Co-Owner
Jailed Over Ride That
Decapitated Boy

Mar 27, 2018 6:20 PM CDT

Company Co-Owner Jailed Over Ride That Decapitated Boy

Co-owner, ride designer charged with murder in death of 10-year-old Caleb Schwab

(Newser) - A water park company co-owner accused of making a spur of the moment decision to build the world's tallest waterslide and rushing it into service, and a designer accused of shoddy planning, were charged Tuesday in the 2016 death of a 10-year-old boy who was decapitated on the ride...

Family of Boy Killed on Waterslide to Receive $20M

Here's How Much
Family of Boy Killed
on Waterslide Will Get

May 4, 2017 6:48 PM CDT

Here's How Much Family of Boy Killed on Waterslide Will Get

10-year-old Caleb Schwab was killed in 2016 at a Kansas water park

(Newser) - The family of a 10-year-old boy who died on a giant waterslide at a Kansas water park will receive nearly $20 million in settlement payments, the AP reports, citing court documents. The largest payment to Caleb Schwab's family, $14 million, will come from SVV 1 and KC Water Park,...

Cops: Neck Injury Caused
Boy's Waterslide Death

Aug 9, 2016 5:37 AM CDT

Cops: Neck Injury Caused Boy's Waterslide Death

Questions still surround death of Kansas boy

(Newser) - The death of 10-year-old Caleb Thomas Schwab on the world's tallest waterslide Sunday was the result of a "fatal neck injury," police said Monday—but they have not disclosed what caused the injury. As the investigation into the boy's death at the Schlitterbahn Kansas City Water...

Water Park Owner
Gives Up After
17 Days Chained
to Water Slide

Nov 25, 2015 4:33 PM CST

Water Park Owner Gives Up After 17 Days Chained to Water Slide

Kevin Dumont couldn't save park from being auctioned

(Newser) - The owner of a New Hampshire water park who chained himself to a slide tower 17 days ago to try to prevent the park's auction has ended his quest because of failing health and the lack of a financial savior. Kevin Dumont climbed the slide at Liquid Planet on...

Insane, 17-Story
Water Slide to
Open in Kansas

Nov 20, 2013 9:47 AM CST

Insane, 17-Story Water Slide to Open in Kansas

'Verruckt' will set height, speed records, promises water park

(Newser) - Up until now, the world's tallest water slide has been Brazil's "Insano," at 134.5 feet; those who brave it travel at speeds of 65mph. But a new attraction at a Kansas water park will apparently dwarf those figures. Schlitterbahn park is keeping a lid on...

Man Gets Stuck at Water Park

Aug 30, 2010 9:12 AM CDT

Man Gets Stuck at Water Park

Dad cut from slide after water park mishap

(Newser) - It would be funny if it didn't sound so utterly painful: A British man in his thirties had to be cut from a fiberglass water slide after he flew into a concrete step at the end of the tube. "There was a small gap about an inch wide between...