Woman sues Disney for $50K over 'injurious wedgie' on waterslide at Typhoon Lagoon in birthday trip gone wrong
The lawsuit details a painful trip down the Humunga Kowabunga slide
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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission has released a bear that was captured this week at Walt Disney World. (Credit: MyFWC Florida Fish and Wildlife)
A woman is seeking a hefty sum of money from the House of Mouse in a recent lawsuit following an unpleasant trip down a waterslide at Disney's Typhoon Lagoon that resulted in an "injurious wedgie."
In a lawsuit filed on Wednesday in Orange County, Florida, Emma and Edward McGuinness said that they are seeking $50,000 in damages from Disney World from injuries from a 2019 visit to the resort's popular water park.
The lawsuit details Emma's painful trip down the Humunga Kowabunga slide, which consists of three body tubes totaling 214 feet in length. The ride ends in a nearly five-story plummet in the dark at nearly 40 mph into the pool.
Typhoon Lagoon visitors experience the Crush & Gusher attraction. (Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images / Getty Images)
The plaintiff said she was at the water park for her 30th birthday, and that she was wearing a one-piece bathing suit when she embarked on her fateful trip.
Emma alleged that Disney did not explain why safety protocols, such as crossing one's leg, were necessary and that women would be a greater risk for injuries due to their anatomy and their swimwear.
"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."
An entrance at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (iStock / iStock)
The lawsuit continues, saying that Emma's injury, which categorizes the experience as an "injurious wedgie," could have been avoided if Disney World had instructed her on proper clothing to wear while on the Humunga Kowabunga slide.
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"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 says. "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."
Adults and children enjoy a waterfall at Typhoon Lagoon. (Don Tormey/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images/File/Fox News / Getty Images)
After Emma's thrilling ride down the slide, the lawsuit said that she "experienced immediate and severe pain internally" and when she stood up, blood rushed from in between her legs.
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The lawsuit says that Emma was immediately rushed to the hospital where she, "suffered severe and permanent bodily injury including severe vaginal lacerations, a full thickness laceration causing Plaintiff's bowel to protrude through her abdominal wall, and damage to her internal organs."
The couple is asking for at least $50,000 in damages argued that the slide is "unsafe and unreasonably dangerous" and that Disney was negligent.
The McGuinness' lawyer, Alan Wagner, and Disney World did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.