Tragedy strikes Disney again as man found dead at park resort

Tragedy strikes Disney again as man found dead at park resort
Entrance to Fort Wilderness Resort and Campground at Walt Disney World.

Another person was found dead at a Walt Disney World property, marking the second death in just one week.

Police responded to a “person down” call on Tuesday around 7:30 a.m. at the Fort Wilderness Resort and Campground’s Cottontail Curl loop, an area for pop-up camper vans and tents, Walt Disney World: Active Calls posted on X .

The call was later updated to a “dead person.”

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to the New York Post that “a man in his 60s experienced a medical episode and was transported to a local hospital, where, unfortunately, he died.”

They added: “There are no signs of foul play.”

This is the second death on a Disney property in just over a week.

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A woman, identified as Summer Equitz, was found dead at the park’s Contemporary Resort near the Magic Kingdom on Oct. 14.

Equitz’s death was ruled a suicide by the Orange County Medical Examiner’s Office.

The Disney superfan died of multiple blunt impact injuries, though authorities clarified that Equitz was not struck by a park’s monorail, as was suggested on social media.

Their deaths come after a woman in her 60s died earlier this month after taking a ride through the Haunted Mansion attraction at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif.

dwilford@postmedia.com

Category USA
Published Oct 22, 2025
Last Updated 49 minutes ago