Universal Studios fans call for ‘lifetime ban’ for guest after risky act on children’s ride caught on camera

A guest at Universal Orlando Resort stunned onlookers when he jumped off a moving ride, prompting an emergency stop.

The incident happened on the Despicable Me Minion Mayhem attraction at Universal Studios, Orlando, Florida, a 2D motion simulator ride based on the hit animated franchise.

The attraction sees guests transformed into minions using Dr. Gru’s technology and going on a wild adventure through his lab.

It has parkgoers sitting in vehicles that move around in sync with footage showing on a big screen. 

In a now-viral TikTok video posted by one of his children, named Naiyah, a man was seen removing his seatbelt mid-ride and jumping down from the ride platform.

She said she was filming her sister, who was scared of the ride, when she captured the moment her father got up from his seat. 

As he started to walk off the ride, which rises up to eight feet off the ground, the vehicles suddenly stopped, and people began looking around, confused as the lights turned back on. 

The video has amassed 46,400 likes and over 454,500 views. Many fans in the comments were concerned about the man, but also wondered what consequences he faced.

‘And that’s how you get a lifetime ban!’ one user wrote. 

‘This was so dangerous,’ another said.

‘That’s an easy way to get a ban girl,’ someone else reflected. 

‘Those cars lift off the ground with huge pneumatics, leaving giant holes in the ground that he could fall in and get crushed. Y’all got really lucky.’

Another comment read: ‘Yeah, don’t do that. If you step off that ride wrong, you will drop like eight feet.’

Others said: ‘Oh, I would’ve been furious,’ ‘I would be so annoyed if you stopped a whole ride because you can’t handle it when there are literally warnings,’ and ‘Who just gets off?’

In a follow-up video on the incident, the daughter said her dad was having a medical emergency.

‘No, he wasn’t scared of the ride. He was literally having a medical emergency,’ Naiyah detailed.

‘If he hadn’t gotten off the ride, he probably would’ve had a stroke or heart attack.’

She added that her family was annual pass holders and they did not get banned from the park. 

The daughter said Universal Orlando Resort actually compensated the family with new tickets to come back when they wanted. 

‘That was actually our first ride of the day. We had just gotten to the park,’ she continued.

‘He didn’t think nothing of it. He was already feeling a little bad. 

‘He was saying that he was already feeling a little bad, but he was just thinking because he didn’t have his caffeine, that it was just a caffeine headache.’

She said her dad wasn’t aware the ride was going to have so much movement. 

After the incident, her father was checked out by a medical team, and they found out his blood sugar and blood pressure were very high, so they left the park to see other doctors.   

It is unclear whether any further medical treatment was required.

The Daily Mail has contacted Universal for comment.