Dollywood's drop ride temporarily closes after Florida Free Fall death
Dollywood says the ride is closed "in an abundance of caution" as the Orlando incident is being investigated.
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Dollywood says the ride is closed "in an abundance of caution" as the Orlando incident is being investigated.
After a teenager fatally died at an amusement park in Florida last week, Dollywood in Tennessee said it was temporarily closing a park ride developed by the same maker as the one in Orlando.
Dollywood amusement park in Tennessee says it has temporarily closed a ride developed by the same maker of a free-fall ride from which a teen dropped to his death at a Florida attraction
Dollywood officials said the Drop Line is not the exact ride involved in a fatal accident at an Orlando theme park. They closed it out of an abundance of caution.
Dollywood is closing one of their rides which was developed from the same manufacturer as the Orlando FreeFall ride in Orlando, Florida, where one teenager fell off and died on Thursday night.