ORLANDO, Fla. -- Walt Disney World reopened its "Mission: Space" attraction Thursday because engineers found it was operating properly, a day after a woman who became ill when she got off the ride died at a hospital.

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The Medical Examiner's Office identified the victim, Hiltrud Bleumel, 49, Thursday afternoon, and will conduct an autopsy Friday, according to a written statement.

State officials said Disney reported the woman feeling dizzy and nauseous after her ride Tuesday. She was taken to Celebration Hospital, where she died Wednesday. The state said Disney told officials Bleumel may have suffered from high blood pressure and other unspecified health problems.

"The family has asked us not to release any additional information and we are going to honor their request for privacy," Disney spokeswoman Kim Prunty said.

It was the second death in less than a year related to the Epcot attraction, which has motion sickness bags and signs warning people with heart, back and neck problems not to ride.

The popular attraction spins riders in a centrifuge that subjects them to twice the normal force of gravity, and is so intense that some riders have been taken to hospitals with chest pain.

But the theme park said Thursday that "Walt Disney World engineers and ride system experts completed a thorough inspection of the attraction overnight and found it to be operating properly."

A worker from the state Bureau of Fair Rides Inspection monitored the testing and the ride didn't appear "to be acting abnormal in any way," said Terence McElroy, a spokesman for Florida's Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, which oversees the bureau.

Disney officials called state inspectors when the woman became ill, he said. In a 911 tape released Thursday, a male caller said the victim was conscious when she left the ride, but had lost color in her face.

An incident report of the death may not be available for months, McElroy said. Disney, like all large Florida theme parks, is not under direct state supervision and is not obligated by law to let state inspectors be present during accident investigations. Disney and the other parks are exempted from most requirements of Florida's laws regulating carnival and smaller amusement park rides.

Disney also closed the space ride in June after the death of a 4-year-old Pennsylvania boy who passed out while aboard the attraction. It was also reopened then when company engineers concluded it was operating normally.

An autopsy determined Daudi Bamuwamye, of Sellersville, Pa., died of an irregular heartbeat linked to a natural causes. The boy's had an abnormal thickening of the heart muscle that can throw heart contractions out of coordination.

People with the condition are at risk for sudden death throughout their lives, especially in physically or emotionally stressful situations, a medical examiner said.

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