WHY (oh, why)?

[magebear]

Why can't they design rides for big people? (you know, "overweight":eek: )
I don't want any excuses like "it costs too much".:sour:

[xman]

I belive that they design rides around an average build. Making rides to hold bigger people would mean that safety for many smaller guests would be compromised. I take my kids on these rides and I would not feel safe if the restraints were far to loose on them. I myself am not a small person I am not way overweight but I am 6'3" and have pretty broad shoulders, there are a few rides that I almost don't fit into, so I know how you feel.

[IEATPASTE001]

I hardly fit into mantis at Cedar Point due to a taller torso and as Xman has said broad shoulders. I just wish Intamins seat belts on their trains were a little bigger, i have bigger thighs and it makes for a tight fit.

[magebear]

Originally posted by xman
I take my kids on these rides and I would not feel safe if the restraints were far to loose on them.


So why can't they design the cars so smaller people can sit up front and larger people can sit in back ?

[CoasterXtremist]

Because some larger people like to sit in the front and some smaller people in the back.

[xman]

Then I would have to sit in the back while my kids rode with some stranger in the front. Nope aint going to happen.

[flgirl]

why aren't rollercoasters wheelchair accessible

[IEATPASTE001]

Most of them are minus the stand up coasters for obvious reasons. just the queues aren't.

[xman]

They should all have access for wheelchairs. At MM they have either a ramp or an elevator at most of the coasters.

[IEATPASTE001]

Do they really need them for Stand-up coasters? i am not trying to be funny or anything, but really do they need them?

[flgirl]

We have a friend that because of his size he could not ride coasters, well after he saw the Hulk at Universal that was all the incentive he needed, he went on a diet and lost 150 pounds. He is spending his 2 week vacation this year in Orlando and is hitting ever coaster that they have.

[shock_man]

150lbs.!?jeez!!

orlando, doesn't have that many great coasters though.(just Kraken,The Hulk, and the Dueling Dragons). if he wants to make his vacation worth wile he should drive over to Tampa, and go to Bush Gardens.

well anyways, i'ma pretty big guy(built, not fat, lol) but i'm not tall. so, i can't really complain. my pals i go to parks with are tall and broad-shouldered though, so they barely fit into most rides.

[JakeOrion]

Originally posted by xman
They should all have access for wheelchairs. At MM they have either a ramp or an elevator at most of the coasters.

I can see it now: a ride with a flat metal plate that locks their wheelchair in place and their chair IS the seat. Actually, that would be kinda cool (even fun.) I UBER ELITE! :D

[magebear]

Originally posted by JakeOrion
I can see it now: a ride with a flat metal plate that locks their wheelchair in place and their chair IS the seat. Actually, that would be kinda cool (even fun.) I UBER ELITE! :D


True, BUT are they really secured in their wheelchairs especially in those looping coasters? (just imagine:D :D :p :eek: :D :D :weird: :eek: )

[Coaster'Coon]

[QUOTE]why aren't rollercoasters wheelchair accessible
:D LOL. I dont know why, but I think that is funny. How would that work out?

[Harpo]

I've seen lots of cases where the wheelchair ramps and/or elevators were used, and the wheelchair riders were loaded onto the coasters. Of course, not all rides are appropriate for such a thing due to harnessing situations -- it has to be determined on a case-by-case basis.