A 70-year-old woman died after riding Revenge of the Mummy, an indoor roller coaster at Universal Studios, a state report said.

The incident happened Nov. 25. The woman, whose name was not given, passed away at the hospital, according to the quarterly theme park injury report released this week by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

Universal did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday.

The Revenge of the Mummy ride is based on Universal’s “The Mummy” franchise starring Brendan Fraser.

The ride goes up to about 45 mph. Even though there are no loops or inversions, the ride has a few surprises, with mummies attacking and guests whizzing by in the darkness.

It’s not the first tragedy that’s occurred at the ride.

Months after Revenge of the Mummy opened in 2004, an Apopka man died after falling from the loading platform onto the tracks. The death was ruled as an accident, the Orlando Sentinel reported at the time.

The 70-year-old’s death is the second fatality for Universal within a span of a few months. A man with disabilities died in September, reportedly from multiple blunt head force trauma after riding Stardust Racers, a roller coaster at Universal’s Epic Universe. Universal later settled with the man’s family.

In total, 15 people had serious medical issues at Disney and Universal from this past October to December, a time when the holidays are in full swing and draw big crowds, the state injury report showed. Several visitors in their 70s ended up in the hospital for at least 24 hours after riding roller coasters.

Stardust Racers had two incidents in October where guests were hospitalized, according to the report. A 78-year-old man suffered chest pain Oct. 6, while a 61-year-old man went into cardiac arrest Oct. 14, the report said.

At Disney World, a 75-year-old man “had stroke-like symptoms” riding the Slinky Dog Dash roller coaster in Hollywood Studios’ Toy Story Land.

A 72-year-old man became “disoriented” after riding Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind roller coaster at Epcot. The report said the man had “a pre-existing condition” but doesn’t give any more details.

A 42-year-old man had a seizure riding the spinning Mad Tea Party ride at the Magic Kingdom.

A 19-year-old woman had an “altered mental status” riding Mario Kart: Bowser’s Challenge at Epic Universe.

A 49-year-old woman felt chest pain riding Jurassic World: VelociCoaster in November at Universal Islands of Adventure.

A 35-year-old woman passed out in Epcot’s The Seas with Nemo and Friends. The report said the woman had “a pre-existing condition” but doesn’t provide more details.

The state’s theme park injury report is one of the only ways the public can find out when someone gets hurt at Florida’s biggest theme parks, though the report offers sparse details.

A poll released by the Florida Chamber of Commerce shows support for legalizing marijuana has rapidly declined.

The Cherry Communications poll found only 51% of Floridians currently support a measure to legalize adult use of marijuana without a prescription. The Chamber has been consistently polling support for decriminalizing cannabis over the last four years, and this is the lowest level of support recorded in that time, according to a release from the Chamber.

“The lack of support from Floridians over the past two years comes despite more than $200 million being spent to try and pass the amendment over the past two election cycles, over $197 million of which came from Florida’s largest medicinal marijuana provider,” reads the release.

“This failure to build momentum for the amendment in polling displays that the more voters learn about legalizing recreational marijuana, the less they like what they learn.”

The Chamber poll was conducted from Jan. 2-10 with pollsters reporting a 4-percentage-point margin of error. Pollsters surveyed 602 likely voters, including 209 Democrats, 266 Republicans and 127 others.

While the 51% support represents a bare majority, that level of support still falls well below the 60% level of support needed to pass a proposed constitutional amendment.

An amendment put on the ballot in November 2024 notably earned just shy of 56% support. That was with the endorsements of both major candidates for President and after the Smart & Safe Florida campaign invested more than $150 million in the most expansive campaign for a ballot measure. The Florida Chamber, of note, took a public stance against that measure, as did Gov. Ron DeSantis.

But the pro-pot campaign immediately launched into an effort to bring the measure back to the statewide ballot in 2026.

To do so, the campaign must submit 880,062 valid petitions signed by registered voters from at least half of Florida’s congressional districts. A state website shows the campaign already has submitted upward of 675,000 petitions, though that includes some 200,000 tossed by a Leon County Judge.

The statewide total petition count hasn’t been updated by the Florida Secretary of State’s Office since at least November, despite the campaign continuing to submit ballots. The campaign in November said it had submitted more than 1 million petitions at that point.

Ken Babby, the new CEO of the Tampa Bay Rays following its sale, is setting the tone for what could be a new chapter in Rays baseball that leaves the controversies of the past more than a decade behind through decisive action on identifying a new permanent home.

Speaking on the newly launched “Hunks Talking Junk” podcast, hosted by College HUNKS Hauling Junk and Moving co-founder Nick Friedman, Babby said the ownership group has set an aggressive timeline.

“We intend to open a new ballpark by April of 2029,” Babby said. “That’s not a date we picked casually. We’ve studied comparable projects across the league, and we believe Tampa Bay deserves certainty and momentum.”

While his pledge to identify a new ballpark location is promising, it’s perhaps his ability to face reality that is most impressive.

“In North America, at least in my eyes, there’s not a professional sports team in more crisis and has more headwinds than the Tampa Bay Rays,” Babby said. “But there’s also no better place and no better community to take on that challenge.”

As he has said in previous public remarks, Babby again emphasized that the new owners aren’t just looking for a stadium. Their broader vision calls for a large-scale, mixed-use development that will serve as an economic engine for the Tampa Bay region — where the team has said they hope to remain — and as a tool to make baseball a more solid financial bet in a market that has seen success in television engagement, but has lacked in-person game attendance.

“We’re not just building a ballpark,” he said. “We’re looking to build a mixed-use development — work, live, play — that creates jobs, attracts major companies and delivers lasting economic impact for Tampa Bay.”

Babby, along with owners Patrick Zalupski and Bill Cosgrove, are looking to Atlanta as a model of a successful stadium development — specifically, the Atlanta Braves Battery district, where Truist Park is located.

Access to land will be the biggest challenge, but also the most important consideration, the new owners have previously said.

“We spend a lot of time — and we talk about this publicly — on The Battery in Atlanta, which everybody should check out,” Babby said. “It’s probably the singular best comparison we can find right now in North America to what building a true community looks like.”

They are looking for about 100 acres to accommodate hotel, office, retail, restaurant and entertainment space. Speaking at a press conference in October shortly after the MLB team’s sale was finalized, Zalupski didn’t say if the ownership group had identified any possible locations, but said there are more sites that meet the team’s criteria than one might imagine.

Owners have also acknowledged that a public subsidy would be a part of any deal, though few specifics have been offered.

On the podcast, Babby stressed the need for transparency and efficiency.

“Most ownership groups take a deep breath and say, ‘We’ll come back to you in a few years,’” Babby said. “That’s just not how we’re wired. There’s too much fatigue in the community for that approach.”

Fatigue there is. Talks of a new Rays stadium have been ongoing since not long after the team even started playing at Tropicana Field, and they’ve spanned at least four St. Petersburg Mayors.

Focus seems to have shifted from St. Pete to Tampa. Owners have clearly stated they intend to keep the team in the Tampa Bay region, but that Tampa is the more likely site.

Punctuating that expectation, the Tampa Bay Rays, long a top donor to local political campaigns, donated both to political committees supporting St. Pete Mayor Ken Welch and to former Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn, who is planning a comeback to Tampa City Hall. But while the Rays cut a $25,000 check to Welch, they gave $50,000 to Buckhorn, an early sign that bets are being hedged and interest is wandering across the Bay.

While that may come as a disappointment to fans in Pinellas County, studies have long shown that Tampa offers a more viable future home for the team, if for no other reason than geography.

The thought process goes that major league sports teams need to have a significant fanbase within a 30-minute drive from a stadium. Pinellas County is hamstrung there because it’s on a peninsula, meaning half of the area located within 30 minutes of Tropicana Field is over water and, thus, uninhabited by people.

Nevertheless, Babby touted the franchise as a civic asset for the whole region.

“This is Tampa Bay’s team,” Babby said. “We may own it, but we’re stewards of a community asset. That responsibility is something we take very seriously, both on and off the field.”

“We believe baseball deserves a forever home right here in Tampa Bay. We’re committed to making that happen,” he added.

For too long, the Tampa Bay area has grappled with stadium talks — whether a battle between Tampa and St. Pete or storm-delayed plans that crumbled. The issue has toppled mayoral campaigns and plagued incumbents.

With Babby and the new owners, it appears resolution may finally be on the horizon.