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Postby HiSpAnOwAy on July 7th, 2004, 3:56 pm
Yesterday when I went to Six Flags on the 6th there was a BIG guy that couldnt fit on S:UF and he was cursing, yelling, hitting the desk where they control the rides. He got kicked off the park. Anyways dont you think its not fair to them to wait in line and tell them in the last minute they cant go on it. They should tell them in the begining instead of that chair b/c a lot of people dont even use it except little kids and sometimes adults.
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Postby The Beast on July 7th, 2004, 3:58 pm
Well just like you said, they should have used the chair. But I think they should tell the employee outside to nicely ask anyone in question to try the harness on. I don't know though, some people may take offense.
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Postby tyster22 on July 7th, 2004, 4:07 pm
in my opinion: That would be the most embarrassing thing ever because everyone's watching. If that doesn't make you want to lose weight I don't know what will.
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Postby HiSpAnOwAy on July 7th, 2004, 4:09 pm
Well yea b/c like that happened on V2 which happens most of the time, and this girl got embarassed and same thing with a boy.

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Postby twixmix0303 on July 7th, 2004, 5:10 pm
Yeah, but it is for their safety so I say better safe than sorry
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Postby playerplex on July 7th, 2004, 5:14 pm
I see it all the time. Once I saw a grown man cry because they made him get off of V2, but I guess its for their safety.
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Postby DejaVu The Ride on July 7th, 2004, 5:42 pm
If you don't fit on the ride(i.e. Superman) you will fall out. One time when a woman would not fit onto Superman and the harness didn't click once.(And there are no seatbelts) She asked nicely if she could still ride. What do you think the answer was? In your case hispanoway, he was attempting to ride at his own risk. The test seat is there for a reason and if you fail to try it out, your taking a chance at waiting for the ride.
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Postby HiSpAnOwAy on July 7th, 2004, 7:52 pm
Did I say we should let them on. No. All I say is that they should like do something like tell them before they enter the line so they wont get mad. Yea it is their own risk and fault but how would you feel if your overweight and you had to weight an hour and a half then it turns out that you can not ride the ride. Well the workers say it to them in the nicest way but they act like they can not do that from the beginning.

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Postby Danhockey04 on July 7th, 2004, 9:42 pm
The ride-op is not the one to notify people, the people have to know if they are questionable to ride. People have to realize that the ride-ops do not make the rules, they only follow what they are told to do. They are there to operate the ride and make sure that everyone is safe before dispatch, if this fails to happen, bad things will happen to that person.

Anyways, Superman is the only ride that has a person standing out in front of the ride, the others either have the fastlane man or no one there.
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Postby Chitown on July 7th, 2004, 10:07 pm
Superman is capable of holding some pretty large people. So if you are extra large, you might want to consider that test seat.

Would you rather try the test seat out front or get told in the station that you can't ride? I think the choice is clear.
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Postby HiSpAnOwAy on July 8th, 2004, 2:27 pm
Anyways, Superman is the only ride that has a person standing out in front of the ride, the others either have the fastlane man or no one there.[/quote]

Most of the times they do have people outside in the entrance. They have them to give out tickets when its full, which most of the time it is.
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Postby SFGAMkid on July 8th, 2004, 8:19 pm
I personally don't think it's the ride ops fault for telling some overweight person that he/she can't ride. They are just following the safety rules issued by the park and the ride manufacturer.

My brother and his friends were at the park the other day, and were on bull and the lady sitting a car in front of them was quite large, and she couldn't get enough clicks down on the lap bar, so they sent her off the ride.

I know they feel embarased and maybe mad, but whose fault is it that you are overweight? Nobody is making you do anything, so in the end, if you want to be "heavy-set", don't expect to enter a theme park, wait hours on end for a ride, and expect to fit in a seat.
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Postby Timmy179 on July 8th, 2004, 8:41 pm
Or just sit in the trial seat!!
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Postby coasterdude12 on July 9th, 2004, 10:59 am
Timmy179 wrote:Or just sit in the trial seat!!


that's what I do.

I guess i'm some kind of genius :P
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Postby twixmix0303 on July 10th, 2004, 9:47 pm
HiSpAnOwAy wrote:how would you feel if your overweight and you had to weight an hour and a half then it turns out that you can not ride the ride.


How would you feel if you're too tall or too short and you had to wait an hour and a half then it turns out that you can not ride the ride?

They have the test seat for a reason (no, it's not for nursing babies or because you don't want to pay 25 cents for a Footsie Wootsie).
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Postby highroller13 on July 10th, 2004, 9:49 pm
Not every ride has a test seat.
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Postby twixmix0303 on July 10th, 2004, 9:58 pm
Then I'm sure you could arrange a trial seating on a coaster that doesn't if you talk to Guest Relations.
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Postby Galvan on July 11th, 2004, 3:50 pm
Having faced this problem as early as this season, i know what its like first hand not to be able to ride my favorite coasters.

Iron Wolf,Batman,Giant Drop and Vertical Velocity where all question marks at the start of the season.


I knew that i had to do something so i lost weight, 25 to 30 lbs in under 2 months.

That is the only true way to be 100% sure that youll be fine riding on the coaster.

The choice is yours, Burger King Extra King size, or Raging Bull or Batman...

I think i like the second choice :)
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Postby planea380 on July 11th, 2004, 5:20 pm
Nice job Mike! Seriously.
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