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Three people have died in 10 days at Walt Disney World, according to reports.
The most recent death involved a man in his 60s whose cause of death is pending with the Orange County medical examiner’s office, according to the New York Post. The individual was found at Disney’s Contemporary Resort, located near Magic Kingdom park.
Before that, the Post reports, a man in his 60s died of a pre-existing health condition at the Fort Wilderness campground. Before him, Disney superfan Summer Equitz, 31, died at the Contemporary Resort in what authorities reportedly called an “apparent suicide.”
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The Contemporary Resort is located next to Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom theme park. (Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket/Getty Images)
People took to social media to post photos and videos of the incident response.
“We woke up to a VERY large law enforcement presence outside our balcony this morning at Disney’s Bay Lake Tower,” someone posted on TikTok Thursday morning, showing first responders and crime scene tape.
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Guests walk past Cinderella Castle at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom on April 2, 2025, in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service/Getty Images)
“We were told this was a ‘medical emergency’. Prayers to the family and those involved,” the message concluded.
Since its opening in 1971, 68 people have died at Walt Disney World, the Post reported.
Cars enter the park at Walt Disney World on June 1, 2024 in Orlando, Florida. (Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)
“There’s this weird phenomenon where people who are severely depressed but want to have one last good, happy family memory will go to Walt Disney World,” Jim Hill of the “Disney Wish” podcast told the Post in 2022.
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“They will deliberately book a room at the Contemporary Resort, which is 14 stories high. And after this happy family time, they will throw themselves out of the building,” he said.
Details of the recent deaths at the station have not been revealed.
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FOX Business reached out to Walt Disney World and the Orange County Medical Examiner for more information, but neither immediately responded.
