Walt Disney World sees three deaths in 10 days, causes under investigation

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Three people were reported to have died during a 10-day period at Walt Disney World.

The most recent death involved a man in his 60s, and the cause of death is still pending by the Orange County Medical Examiner’s Office, according to the New York Post. The person was found at Disney’s Contemporary Resort, located near Magic Kingdom Park.

Before that, The Washington Post reported that a man in his 60s died of a pre-existing medical condition at the Fort Wilderness camp. Before him, huge Disney fan Summer Eckowitz, 31, died at the Contemporary resort in what authorities described as an “apparent suicide.”

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People took to social media to post photos and videos in response to the events.

“We woke up to a very large force of law enforcement outside our balcony this morning at Disney Bay Lake Tower,” one person posted on TikTok Thursday morning, showing first responders and crime scene tape.

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Guests walk past Cinderella’s Castle at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World on April 2, 2025, in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service/Getty Images)

“We were told it was a ‘medical emergency.’ Our prayers go out to the family and those involved,” the post concluded.

Since its opening in 1971, 68 people have died at Walt Disney World, the newspaper reported.

Cars enter Walt Disney World grounds on June 1, 2024, in Orlando, Florida. (Gary Hirschorn/Getty Images)

“There’s a strange phenomenon where people who are severely depressed but want to have one last happy family memory go to Walt Disney World,” Jim Hill of “Disney Wish” told the newspaper in 2022.

“They will deliberately book a room in the 14-storey high contemporary resort. After this happy family time, they will throw themselves out of the building,” he said.

Details of the recent deaths at the resort 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.