lazyboy97o
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bobwadd over at Orlando United posted this animation of the accident on Ride of Steel that shows how a person with the right body shape can be ejected without the restraint unlocking.
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Amusement Park Apocalypse???
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Disvillain63
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It's not just "fluffy" people. Once at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, the ride attendant for Alpinegeist strongly suggested that even though DD, who was 8 at the time, fit the height requirements that he felt she was 'too small' for the ride. We listened and she and I got off and sat that one out. If it doesn't feel right, don't ride it. After riding Millennium Force at Cedar Point the first and only time, I did not feel comfortable with the first drop, I have not ridden it since...my family loves it, but something didn't feel right to me...shoulder harnesses may have helped.
jw24
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Overall, it is a stunning coincidence all these incidents occurred like that. I avoid coasters like the plague because I fear my own safety on those! Whether it's the riders fault, ride attendants fault or whatever, I really don't know what's truth and what's fiction. The only thing that's truth the event happened and it will take time to discover what was the cause. Until the investigations are complete and the details emerge, I'm staying silent for now. Regarding the Texas Giant incident, I would not be surprised if they added additional restraints with the lap bar. A seat belt, at least. And speaking of which, there's another coaster at a Six Flags park in San Antonio that's also a steel-wood hybrid that is being shut down, as well. Bottom line is, a mother is dead and for her family to witness that on all things, a roller coaster ride, is just disheartening. Things like this are not supposed to happen but they do.
Bairstow
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I bet you're right.
This trend of reduced restraints combined with designing megacoasters with "ejector air" has lead to what was likely a foreseeable outcome.
The saga continues:
Park News - (7/22/13) Scary news time. A woman visiting the Waterville USA waterpark in Guff Shores, Alabama was bitten by a snake (believed to have been a water moccasin) while swimming in the lazy river.
Source: Screamscape.com
Park News - (7/22/13) Scary news time. A woman visiting the Waterville USA waterpark in Guff Shores, Alabama was bitten by a snake (believed to have been a water moccasin) while swimming in the lazy river.
Source: Screamscape.com
PUSH
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Snakenado?
Nemo14
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I'm sure that on any given day, someone somewhere in an amusement park (or theme park) is injured in some way. The thing is now the media thinks we need to know every incident.
That is typically the way it works for any news item. Remember a few years ago when mass bird deaths were the flavor of the week? You hear about one, then all of a sudden they are happening everywhere. Come to find out that they are incredibly common yet you never hear that on the evening news. All you get from them is some on the scene reporter picking up a dead bird with BBQ tongs speculating about what evil thing killed all these birds.
I fully expect to see my news alert go off stating that a guest has skinned their knee in the Small World queue and that WESH has a news truck in route.
lazyboy97o
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So true. I saw a headline about another Texas coaster being shut down. The coaster in question is Iron Rattler, which was reprofiled by the same company and uses the same trains as the Texas Giant. It would be irresponsible of Six Flags not to shut it down too until they know exactly what happened.
StarWarsGirl
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When I was at Hershey today, I noticed that they were double checking your restraints. One worker would come and tug and then a second worker would come and tug again.
Not sure if this is new or not, but it made me feel safer. All the coasters were up and running and felt perfectly safe.
Although, this is Hershey. They've been around for almost 110 years. I would hope they know how to operate safely. But you never know
Not sure if this is new or not, but it made me feel safer. All the coasters were up and running and felt perfectly safe.
Although, this is Hershey. They've been around for almost 110 years. I would hope they know how to operate safely. But you never know
RandomPrincess
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Well I learned this week there is no Federal over site of theme/amusement parks only carnival rides that move from location to location and only about half the states have a department to oversee theme/amusement parks. Seems wrong that no one is double checking in these states - Texas being one.
On the other hand you are more likely to be legally executed by the government then die from a ride by a large margin.
And most of the injured from rides are small children who fall out of the coin operated rides in front of stores.
On the other hand you are more likely to be legally executed by the government then die from a ride by a large margin.
And most of the injured from rides are small children who fall out of the coin operated rides in front of stores.
I am not too worried about a lack of federal oversight of places like Six Flags, Disney, etc. The permanent theme parks have an incredibly good safety record with only on site inspectors. Like you said, you have a better chance of being legally executed than dying at a theme park. Until that system breaks down, I would leave it alone. All a federal level of inspection would do is add to the ticket prices and add another level of red tape.
Carnivals and fairs on the other hand have shown that they can not do this and need third party inspections.
RandomPrincess
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I agree that no park wants to have the bad publicity of people being hurt of killed on their rides.