I used to ride as a teenager (I worked there as well) but when I became contracted with the park and became essentially management I was more privy to things then...after that. No more riding. Hell to the naw....
Child dies on world's tallest water slide
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I used to ride as a teenager (I worked there as well) but when I became contracted with the park and became essentially management I was more privy to things then...after that. No more riding. Hell to the naw....
Shit she's fine as fuck I'd peep her too!
Spill the beans.. Them niggas was cutting corners on maintaince and safety huh
Imma give y'all cats a funny ass story from back in the early 90s.. All my NYC heads know about Rye Playland.. They have the flagship ride the dragon coaster..
Man we went on that shit one day during the summer of 1991 and when the ride was coming back to the station apparently the brakes to slow the train to a stop didn't work but we ain't know that we like "yeaaaaaahhhh go around again"
Yo it was do a point after the 6th time in a row going around that shit niggas started crying and wanted to get off
, mofos was throwing up and all of that. Finally they got the train to finally stop.. I never fucked with them wooden coasters ever again
Man we went on that shit one day during the summer of 1991 and when the ride was coming back to the station apparently the brakes to slow the train to a stop didn't work but we ain't know that we like "yeaaaaaahhhh go around again"
Yo it was do a point after the 6th time in a row going around that shit niggas started crying and wanted to get off
, mofos was throwing up and all of that. Finally they got the train to finally stop.. I never fucked with them wooden coasters ever again
read my post above
Exactly! And Rye was a definite spot that had madd accidents and rickety ass rides. Even the kids rides had crazy hazards, but mom's took us there as kids and I did the same with mine.Imma give y'all cats a funny ass story from back in the early 90s.. All my NYC heads know about Rye Playland.. They have the flagship ride the dragon coaster..
Man we went on that shit one day during the summer of 1991 and when the ride was coming back to the station apparently the brakes to slow the train to a stop didn't work but we ain't know that we like "yeaaaaaahhhh go around again"
Yo it was do a point after the 6th time in a row going around that shit niggas started crying and wanted to get off
It's gotten better... I took my little ones there last week, they loved the place
I'm sure it has, we in a whole diff era of lawsuits, so they must of straightened up. Just funny you bring up Rye, brought back many memories, my mom's took us there a lot as kids. Was just safer then Coney Island and could bring a cooler, buy some KFC and have a picnic there
No doubt.. Those were the days fam lol
They're saying the seat harnesses were loose.
If its your time to die, then its your time. I dont see the point of being scared, unless its literally cars and bolts hanging off the ride.
Fuck all that!
I been to great America a few times....year ago....
These are some of the ones I got on:
(this one was right near the entrance)
On that one made out of wood, I rememeber the shit rocking like crazy and my head hitting the sides of the seat.
The adren rush can feel good sometimes, but im honestly not a fan of roller coasters.
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went on something similar in costa rica. I was bounced around violently then slammed into a pool of water upside down. I n e v e r will do that shit again. And I'm 5'6 306lbs
Up top...come on mayne don't leave me hangin
Baby with that weight and height that shit didn't bounce nowhere. If anything it was stuck.
Just messing with you boo.
Fat as hit
I went last summer and caught a nose bleed from the fury 360 at Carowinds.
Never again!
Welp. Here's what I know.
Dirty secret of the TPI (Theme Park Industry) Most rides fail safety checks and are allowed to run anyway. Why? People spend money and they expect to ride, so fuck it. Unless you are getting red all across the board they'll let 'em run anyway. That's called acceptable systems failure in many cases.
The maintenance workers aren't experts on these rides. They can only do what they Supe instructs, so if he says it's cool, it's cool.
There are WAY more injuries on rides that you just don't hear about. Comp them some tickets and call it day. Deaths happen a few times a year but are spread out so it doesn't seem like that often (but keep in mind) The Industry is huge, world wide and spans the globe. Most of us belong to IAAPA (Theme park association) ask any long time industry worker if they ride the rides and they are going to tell you the same thing I said. NO...in many cases FUCK NO....
Water parks almost have the highest rate of injuries, and accidental deaths over other parks. The insurance is ridiculous just to operate one. They are cheap to maintain though because they only operate for a limited amount of time during the year. Not to mention the bacteria in a park could poison 10 city blocks. Some water parks (I had booths in two, one a year ago and one 20 years ago when I first started) only cleaned their water once a week. Usually on Wednesdays. Come on Sunday and the place'll smell like a sewer. It's full of coli. TRUST ME...
And lastly, here's the thing. Rides are bought and traded more than a prostitute on a city dock. Many rides a park introduces "as their feature ride" this year was shipped in from some other park who "featured it the last 3 years" and featured it elsewhere before that". So they are taking these rides down and rebuilding and painting them over and "theming them, making you feel that they are new but guess what? This ride and it's parts are 20 years old. It's just new to you....
Don't get me started on Carnivals....they are even worse.
I think I can find other fun shit to do.
Damn...
At the Playland/PNE in Vancouver they had an older wooden roller coaster and 1 or 2 newer, modern metal ones. We rode those as teens but never felt unsafe. Nothing extreme. Seeing coasters (and water slides) elsewhere ... they would eat the ones @ the PNE for breakfast in sheer scope and magnitude.
Welp. Here's what I know.
Dirty secret of the TPI (Theme Park Industry) Most rides fail safety checks and are allowed to run anyway. Why? People spend money and they expect to ride, so fuck it. Unless you are getting red all across the board they'll let 'em run anyway. That's called acceptable systems failure in many cases.
The maintenance workers aren't experts on these rides. They can only do what they Supe instructs, so if he says it's cool, it's cool.
There are WAY more injuries on rides that you just don't hear about. Comp them some tickets and call it day. Deaths happen a few times a year but are spread out so it doesn't seem like that often (but keep in mind) The Industry is huge, world wide and spans the globe. Most of us belong to IAAPA (Theme park association) ask any long time industry worker if they ride the rides and they are going to tell you the same thing I said. NO...in many cases FUCK NO....
Water parks almost have the highest rate of injuries, and accidental deaths over other parks. The insurance is ridiculous just to operate one. They are cheap to maintain though because they only operate for a limited amount of time during the year. Not to mention the bacteria in a park could poison 10 city blocks. Some water parks (I had booths in two, one a year ago and one 20 years ago when I first started) only cleaned their water once a week. Usually on Wednesdays. Come on Sunday and the place'll smell like a sewer. It's full of coli. TRUST ME...
And lastly, here's the thing. Rides are bought and traded more than a prostitute on a city dock. Many rides a park introduces "as their feature ride" this year was shipped in from some other park who "featured it the last 3 years" and featured it elsewhere before that". So they are taking these rides down and rebuilding and painting them over and "theming them, making you feel that they are new but guess what? This ride and it's parts are 20 years old. It's just new to you....
Don't get me started on Carnivals....they are even worse.
Co sign on the ride trading lmaoo
Sis flags in. NJ is the biggest abuser of second hand rides, they get their newly featured theme rides from Cedar Point and knots berry farm
Don't get me started on Carnivals....they are even worse.
3 children hurt in fall from Ferris wheel
GREENEVILLE - Three children were treated at a Johnson City hospital Monday night after falling 35 to 45 feet from a Ferris wheel, according to Greeneville police authorities.
The unnamed children were alert and "fine" late Monday, Detective Capt. Tim Davis of the Greeneville Police Department said in a press conference Monday night at the scene. A rumor that one child had died was false, he said.
The incident happened about 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Greene County Fair in Greeneville.
A bucket carrying the three children flipped over, striking another bucket in the process. The three children were thrown out of the bucket when it flipped, according to Davis.
"One basket flipped over and made contact with the other one," Davis said. "There was one basket that all three of the juveniles fell out of."
Two children were flown to Johnson City Medical Center. The other was transported by ambulance. Parents of the children were at the fairgrounds at the time, according to Davis.
Family Attractions LCC of Valdosta, Ga., operates the rides at the fair, according to the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development. It had a permit operable until Aug. 13, 2016, according to the state.
"We are aware of the incident," department spokeswoman Jennifer Farrar told 10News.
Family Attractions must call a third-party inspector to the scene within 24 hours and they also must "cease and desist operation of the entire fair," Farrar told 10News.
Davis said all mechanical rides have been shut down. The rest of the fair can and will continue to operate, he said.
It opened Monday and ends Saturday.
More information expected Tuesday
The local fair board's president was expected Tuesday morning to release more information about the fair operator.
Davis said much will depend on what the inspector's report shows. Police don't know much about rides and so must rely on the third-party expert, he said.
"A lot of questions that you have we’re not going to be able to give the answer to until we have the inspector’s report," he said Monday night. " We don’t know how carnival rides work. I'm not going to make any speculations as far as how it happened and what happened."
On Thursday, the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development issued a notice noting there have been "four reported amusement device accidents in Tennessee since July 1."
"It is imperative for passengers to ensure the company has a valid operating permit, make themselves familiar with the posted safety procedures, checklists, photos, and signs," the state's notice last week states. "Passengers must keep their arms and legs inside the car while in motion. They should also properly restrain themselves before the car leaves the station and when the car stops.
"Owners/operators should informed passengers when and how to properly slow down and when and how to properly brake."
2013 North Carolina incident
In 2013, a ride linked to Family Attractions LLC malfunctioned and injured a family at the North Carolina State Fair, according to an investigation by WBIR's sister station WRAL.
Earlier this year, ride owner Joshua Gene Macaroni entered an Alford plea, which allows a defendant to plead guilty while maintaining his innocence, to obstructing justice in the incident.
Macaroni agreed to spend 30 days in jail. Macaroni also was ordered to pay a $22,500 fine, which was the amount he would have made off the ride during the fair.
Five people suffered injuries Oct. 24, 2013, when The Vortex started up unexpectedly as people were trying to disembark. Investigators determined that a safety mechanism designed to keep the ride from moving had been disabled.
The family has settled a lawsuit over the accident with Macaroni and others including Family Attractions Amusement LLC, which brought The Vortex to the fair, according to WRAL. Terms of the settlements haven't been disclosed.
I just said it didn't I? There are torn down, put back up over and over again. There is basically no regulation in them. And any checks vary from State to state.
Right when I heard that on the news I thought about your post.
Then right after this I saw this:
State hasn’t inspected Schlitterbahn water slide where 10-year-old died since it opened in 2014
http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article94494127.html
How does this happen
Horror At The Amusement Park: 13 Gruesome Roller-Coaster Deaths
http://thoughtcatalog.com/jim-goad/...ement-park-13-gruesome-roller-coaster-deaths/
"if death comes looking for you, do you really think you can avoid it by not getting on a roller coaster"?_ Famous1(c) 2016
1. Deadliest Roller-Coaster Accident In World History: 5 Children Dead On England’s “Big Dipper” Wooden Roller Coaster, 1972.
England’s Battersea Park Fun Fair had been operating for 20 years with the creaky old wooden coaster the “Big Dipper” its main attraction until one day in late May 1972 when the rope that carries cars to the top of a hill snapped, sending several cars careening backward and ultimately crushing five children to death. Thirteen others were injured. The Big Dipper was shut down, and the park followed suit two years later.
http://thoughtcatalog.com/jim-goad/...ement-park-13-gruesome-roller-coaster-deaths/
"if death comes looking for you, do you really think you can avoid it by not getting on a roller coaster"?_ Famous1(c) 2016
1. Deadliest Roller-Coaster Accident In World History: 5 Children Dead On England’s “Big Dipper” Wooden Roller Coaster, 1972.
England’s Battersea Park Fun Fair had been operating for 20 years with the creaky old wooden coaster the “Big Dipper” its main attraction until one day in late May 1972 when the rope that carries cars to the top of a hill snapped, sending several cars careening backward and ultimately crushing five children to death. Thirteen others were injured. The Big Dipper was shut down, and the park followed suit two years later.
Ya'll thought I was lying? LOL....
25 years in the Theme park Industry and I've seen a lot. It's all fun and games on the outside but on the inside? It's something else....
There are actually more deaths than this. Some of them never get documented (believe it or not). We had a guy get split in two on a ride who worked park maintenance in the early morning on the Excaliber ride. This was in the 90's. Dude was on the ground but his upper body was between the tracks (on the dip). Supervisor ran the cars without him knowing. Cars came down, ripped dude in half. Ride stayed closed for a year, settled with the family to keep it hush.
The end.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Following Sunday’s tragic news of Caleb Schwab’s death on the Verruckt at Schlitterbahn, other families are coming forward to share their own scary close calls on the world`s tallest water slide.
The Conrad family has season passes to Schlitterbahn and say they`ve never had any issues, except for last summer when dad Kenneth and his best friend Matt decided to take the plunge on Verruckt.
Photos snapped by Kenneth`s wife, Erica, as their raft neared the end of the slide show Kenneth in the middle, and Matt in the back. The photos show Matt`s Velcro harness is missing.
He says it after the first drop, it popped off - leaving him holding on for dear life with just his hands as they hit speeds of up to 65 miles per hour.
"As we were going down, we went down the first one, and as we were approaching the second one, he was in the back and you could hear him say that his strap came off and when we hit, he was real tense, shaken, because his strap had come completely off and literally he was using all of his force to hold him onto the slide," Kenneth recalled.
The scary experience had this family feeling shocked by Schwab`s death on the same slide, but also thankful it didn`t happen to them.
“When it happened, I`m thinking thank God that it wasn`t my best friend, because I`m the one that invited him there that day and it that would`ve been a hard situation. I would`ve felt like it was my fault for inviting him there that day,” Kenneth said.
“It was very devastating, very devastating news and like I said, we have children around the same age and had anything ever happened, I just can`t even fathom what I would be going through,” Erica said.
Their friend Matt did not file a complaint the day his harness came off, but he says after seeing what happened to Schwab, he plans to report it this week.
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