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Thorpe Park bans rollercoaster fans from putting hands in air - due to body odour
Thorpe Park is banning visitors from putting their hands in the air while riding its rollercoasters following complaints about body odour.
Thorpe Park is banning visitors from putting their hands in the air while riding its rollercoasters following complaints about body odour.
This is soo unbelivably stupid, anyone else feel like writing a letter of complaint
We are all there to enjoy the whole coaster experience, sure, noone likes BO, but if i wanna put my hands up and scream, i dont think i should be stopped
The new rule will apply at the theme park in Chertsey, Surrey, from Wednesday and signs will tell visitors to keep their arms down and 'Say no to BO'.
With temperatures expected to reach 84F (29C), managers expect an excess of perspiration as visitors queue to go on rides.
Wardens on the rides will also remind people to consider their fellow passengers and anyone ignoring the warnings will be escorted off. Those who continue to do so will be asked to leave the park.
Mike Vallis, a director at Thorpe Park, said: "We've found that when the temperature tops 77F (25C) the level of unpleasant smells can become unacceptable and we do receive complaints.
"Our rides are really scary and people tend to sweat more than normal due to the fear and anticipation they experience while queueing up so it can get really pongy. Therefore, we felt a ban in temperatures of 25C plus would be the best way to ensure our guests have the most enjoyable experience and aren't exposed to any unsavoury armpits."
Brendan Walker, an aeronautical engineer and theme park ride 'thrillologist', said people queueing for rides designed to release adrenaline would inevitably sweat more than usual.
Mr Walker attaches his uniquely developed 'Thrill Technology' equipment to riders to monitor their changing physiology, including heart rate and their sweat.
"When people are scared they produce more sweat due to the sympathetic nervous system kicking in," he said. "This reaction will bring on what is commonly known as the 'fight or flight response', as humans decide whether to face the threat they are faced with head-on or flee from the scene.
"Those who don't bottle it and stick out the queue to go on a ride will produce lots of sweat as the skin's pores open up to cool the body down and prepare it for action.The anticipation and terror felt by people while queueing to get on really scary rides will certainly fuel odour levels."
Mr Walker, who runs a design practice called Aerial specialising in the creation of rides, said Thorpe Park rides such as Stealth, Colossus and Nemesis Inferno were guaranteed to make people sweat.
"Because rides like Stealth are so scary - rocketing you 205ft high at speeds of 0-80mph in just 2 seconds - peoples' sweat pores will be working overtime. The other big rides on offer, including Colossus and Nemesis Inferno, are equally terrifying - so there is bound to be lots of fear-induced perspiration in these queues as well."
With temperatures expected to reach 84F (29C), managers expect an excess of perspiration as visitors queue to go on rides.
Wardens on the rides will also remind people to consider their fellow passengers and anyone ignoring the warnings will be escorted off. Those who continue to do so will be asked to leave the park.
Mike Vallis, a director at Thorpe Park, said: "We've found that when the temperature tops 77F (25C) the level of unpleasant smells can become unacceptable and we do receive complaints.
"Our rides are really scary and people tend to sweat more than normal due to the fear and anticipation they experience while queueing up so it can get really pongy. Therefore, we felt a ban in temperatures of 25C plus would be the best way to ensure our guests have the most enjoyable experience and aren't exposed to any unsavoury armpits."
Brendan Walker, an aeronautical engineer and theme park ride 'thrillologist', said people queueing for rides designed to release adrenaline would inevitably sweat more than usual.
Mr Walker attaches his uniquely developed 'Thrill Technology' equipment to riders to monitor their changing physiology, including heart rate and their sweat.
"When people are scared they produce more sweat due to the sympathetic nervous system kicking in," he said. "This reaction will bring on what is commonly known as the 'fight or flight response', as humans decide whether to face the threat they are faced with head-on or flee from the scene.
"Those who don't bottle it and stick out the queue to go on a ride will produce lots of sweat as the skin's pores open up to cool the body down and prepare it for action.The anticipation and terror felt by people while queueing to get on really scary rides will certainly fuel odour levels."
Mr Walker, who runs a design practice called Aerial specialising in the creation of rides, said Thorpe Park rides such as Stealth, Colossus and Nemesis Inferno were guaranteed to make people sweat.
"Because rides like Stealth are so scary - rocketing you 205ft high at speeds of 0-80mph in just 2 seconds - peoples' sweat pores will be working overtime. The other big rides on offer, including Colossus and Nemesis Inferno, are equally terrifying - so there is bound to be lots of fear-induced perspiration in these queues as well."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstop ... odour.html
