A 49-year-old woman died Wednesday, a day after becoming ill after riding "Mission: Space" at Epcot, a ride so intense that it has motion sickness bags and several riders have been treated for chest pain.

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The woman became ill after riding the rocketship ride Tuesday afternoon and was transported to Celebration Hospital, where her condition worsened and she died Wednesday, Walt Disney World spokeswoman Kim Prunty said in a statement.

The woman's identity and hometown were not immediately released, and Prunty said no additional information would be released Wednesday night.

A spokeswoman for the hospital said she had no information about the woman available.

The state Bureau of Fair Rides Inspection has been notified and will monitor an inspection of the ride, Disney officials said.

"We have closed the attraction to reconfirm proper operation of the ride," Prunty said.

Some tourists told Local 6 News that the ride was intense but seemed to be working properly Tuesday night.

"It made you feel very heavy and pushed down," rider Debbie Cook said. "They are very safety conscious. Constantly while you are waiting to go on it, they kept saying over and over again, if you want to leave, leave now."

One warning sign posted in 2004 in front of the ride read: "For safety you should be in good health, and free from high blood pressure, heart, back or neck problems, motion sickness or other conditions that can be aggravated by this adventure."

The $100 million Epcot space ride, one of Disney World's most popular, was closed in June after the death of a 4-year-old Pennsylvania boy but reopened after company engineers concluded it was operating normally.

Daudi Bamuwamye Sellersville, Pa., did not meet the ride's minimum 44-inch height limit, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Office.

An autopsy concluded that the boy succumbed to an irregular heartbeat linked to natural causes. People with the condition -- idiopathic myocardial hypertrophy with fibroelastosis of the left ventricle -- are at risk for sudden death throughout their lives, especially in physically or emotionally stressful situations, medical examiner Dr. Jan Garavaglia wrote.

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