Turbo wrote:
TTD03 wrote:
^^ and ^ That sounds awesome!
Was truthfully one of the most intense experiences I've ever had on a roller coaster.
Same, I've never had another ride with such G's as that one!
KrazyKoasterKid wrote:
Given how bad it used to be, this isn't too crazy, but I cracked a rib in the tunnel on the old Rattler at SFFT.
Ouch :/
Rickrollercoaster wrote:
OH! I just remembered! One day, last year, I was at Holiday World and my girlfriend didn't feel like riding The Legend so she sat out. So I was a single rider waiting in what was walk on crowd and this kid walks up behind me and just stands there. You have to be 54" to ride the coasters at HW and he was clearly about 6-10 inches under the requirement. I eyeballed him as the operator went by with the measuring pole. He was definitely under. So I go and sit down thinking I was going to have an empty seat next to me, and i turn around after handing my bag over to the operator to store in a locker and this kid is already in the seat, buckled with the lap bar down. I then proceeded to do the same and then thought to myself about the safety of this kid on this ride. So, I called over to the operator and asked about remeasuring the kid and he looked down at the kid and said, "He's fine." Walked off and never gave it a second thought. I was horrified. Here come's the kicker. I finally look at him and say, "Have you rode this before?" He looks at the ground of the car and said something inaudible and I looked at his wrist and he was wearing a "Autism Speaks" bracelet. Which scared me even more that his parents might not know where he is if he had a disability. As I'm sitting there horrified, pulling out of the station, I asked him again to clarify. He finally looked me dead in the eyes and said nothing and looked down again. As we started rounding towards the top of the lift, my instinct kicked in because I just gave the kid one more glance and realized his lap bar wasn't even close to touching him. I reached over and held this kid down in his seat with all my might and had my arm around him. i probably freaked the kid out, but I couldn't let this kid be hurt or killed. After the ride pulled back into the station, I had never been more furious. As a former employee, this is never even remotely acceptable. I got off steaming and asked to speak to a supervisor. I told her what happened and the careless mistakes they failed to correct as ride operators and let's just say I never saw those high school kids operating those rides again.
Now, me being in high school, I see where those kids are coming from, but that's no excuse for what they did. I do plan to be a ride op some day and I would never be as irresponsible as those kids.