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[mickEblu]

1. Make the most they can out of limited capacity, and
2. Single riders have been Forbidden on most all Ferris Wheels for the last decade plus because of a few suicides.

It's quite frustrating because I really enjoy Ferris Wheels but am seldom able to ride them, because I often travel solo and will apparently be overcome with an extreme urge to kill myself if I ride alone.

But you re in a cage on Mickeys Fun Wheel. There’s a lot easier ways to kill yourself at DLR.

 

[PiratesMansion]

But you re in a cage on Mickeys Fun Wheel. There’s a lot easier ways to kill yourself at DLR.

Most Ferris Wheels are much easier to get out of than Death Wheel.

As for the latter point, definitely, but it wouldn't be the first time the lawyers are pleading ignorant.

 

[mickEblu]

Most Ferris Wheels are much easier to get out of than Death Wheel.

As for the latter point, definitely, but it wouldn't be the first time the lawyers are pleading ignorant.

Sorry maybe I misunderstood. You can’t ride Mickeys Fun Wheel solo or you can? Obviously as a single rider they’ll just group with another group right? So if you rope dropped Fun Wheel and were the only one there they’d have you wait until more people came along?

 

[Touchdown]

I rode solo last December. It was early in the day, because you are in a cage it’s not required to have 2 riders but when the line is long they will combine parties for capacity.

 

[Phroobar]

....because I often travel solo and will apparently be overcome with an extreme urge to kill myself if I ride alone.

I get the same feeling reading the Disney Movies, Animation, TV and Disney+ section.

 

[Phroobar]

I wonder if Cedar Fair lawyers got rid of Knott's Ferris Wheel for that reason.

 

[Touchdown]

I wonder if Cedar Fair lawyers got rid of Knott's Ferris Wheel for that reason.

The two seaters aren’t the problem (they have a lap bar that’s difficult to get around) it’s the four seat models with no restraints other then a little door that can be maneuvered around or even opened from the inside with ease.

 

[Agent H]

I get the same feeling reading the Disney Movies, Animation, TV and Disney+ section.

Not really sure what to do with that information.

 

[Misted Compass]

Mickey's Funwheel of Death is interesting because they always put groups together on that ride. You get ten minutes to make friends with strangers you are in a cage with in the air.

I always thought they put groups together to keep couples from getting too "touchy" since the Fun Wheel offers more privacy than most rides.

 

[PiratesMansion]

Sorry maybe I misunderstood. You can’t ride Mickeys Fun Wheel solo or you can? Obviously as a single rider they’ll just group with another group right? So if you rope dropped Fun Wheel and were the only one there they’d have you wait until more people came along?

I have never actually tried, so I'm not sure if Disney is different. But typically singles are barred from larger Ferris Wheels and must sit with a group or not ride at all. And I feel about sitting with groups on Ferris Wheels the way you feel about having singles join you on Space Mountain, lol. Blame it on one supremely awkward ride on Cedar Point's wheel eons ago that has me not eager to jump in a ferris wheel car with other people.

Apparently based on some people's experiences you can score a solo car at DCA if you get there early enough? Color me shocked if true.