In an ongoing story, it has been reported a young child at Tokyo Disneyland was injured by a safety belt while riding The Enchanted Tale of Beauty and the Beast and later rushed to the hospital.
Child Injured at Tokyo Disneyland
As reported by Japanese news outlet Livedoor News, a child was reportedly injured at Tokyo Disneyland earlier this week. The quotes from the article are translated into English from the original Japanese.
The child, who is reportedly about 2 years old, was riding The Enchanted Tale of Beauty and the Beast and sitting on top of a guardian’s lap. The attraction ride vehicles have a waist-level safety belt, but the child seemingly shifted position, “causing the belt to tighten around the child’s neck.”
Per the report:
After some time, a Cast Member noticed something was wrong, stopped the ride using the emergency system, and rescued the child, who was then transported to a hospital by ambulance. The extent of the child’s injuries is not yet known.
Livedoor News, Translated from Original Japanese
Livedoor News also received a statement from the Oriental Land Company, which said, “We will share information about this incident and strengthen monitoring and supervision.”
In relation to this story, a user on X called @disney10212025 posted a message claiming to be the parent of the injured child. The post was since deleted, and the account was later made private. The original post, which was also written in Japanese, claimed:
At Tokyo Disneyland’s Beauty and the Beast attraction, a 3-year-old child continued to be strangled for over 8 minutes while the ride kept moving, with no emergency stop or rescue.
Guests riding at the same time kept shouting “Help!” and “SOS!” while signaling with their phone lights, but no one noticed.
The park didn’t call for an ambulance or contact the police.
A concerned guest finally dialed 119 [emergency services], and the child was taken to the hospital two hours after the accident occurred.@disney10212025 on X
The post and the information from the news article differ slightly, as the post claims the child was strangled by the belt for “over 8 minutes” and that the attraction was never stopped. The post also claimed it took two hours for the child to be taken to the hospital. However, none of these claims have been confirmed by an outside source.
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