amusement parks

The Tyre Sampson Act takes a series of steps to protect riders. The teen fell from a ride that had been granted a permit to operate just two months earlier.

Sunday was the last day for the ride in the Florida park. Controversy surrounded the ride, based on the 1946 film Song of the South and its racist themes. It will relaunch as Tiana's Bayou Adventure.

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced it is seeking a $250,000 fine against a ride operator after its investigation of the death of 14-year-old Tyre Sampson, who fell from the Orlando FreeFall ride in March.

Theme park workers met in Orange County on Monday to discuss how inflation and an affordable housing crisis are making it harder for them to live and work in Florida.

Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried is looking to make amusement parks safer. Fried introduced an initial draft of legislation Wednesday that would create a framework for ride safety across all amusement parks in the state.

The Orlando amusement park where a teenager fell from a ride and died earlier this year has paused a new sniper-like laser shooting game amid criticism following a recent spate of mass shootings.

A Missouri teenager died of blunt force trauma after falling from a 430-foot (130-meter) Florida drop-tower amusement park ride, according to an autopsy released Monday. The report by the Orange County Medical Examiner's Office also ruled that 14-year-old Tyre Sampson's death in March was an accident.

The parents of the 14-year-old Missouri boy who was killed while riding a drop-tower ride at a Florida amusement park filed a lawsuit against the ride’s owner, manufacturer and landlord, claiming they were negligent and failed to provide a safe amusement ride.

Starting next month, Universal Orlando employees will be required to be fully vaccinated or tested weekly -- an effort to protect employees and guests from COVID-19.

Orlando is the number one tourist destination in the U.S., attracting 35 million visitors in 2020. That’s during a pandemic. This story is about an unofficial diagnosis some of those visitors will get while on vacation.

Disney has paused its vaccination requirement for workers at its Orlando theme parks.

Disney World is celebrating its 50-year anniversary beginning this month. There’s no doubt the so-called Happiest Place on Earth has changed the landscape of central Florida. WMFE environmental reporter Amy Green talked with Audubon Florida's Charles Lee about the theme park's environmental legacy, beginning with the Disney Wilderness Preserve.