Pleasure beach , Great Yarmouth WARNING

Lyradog

Dear all , a word of caution , Pleasure Beach Great Yarmouth , ride The Twister , yesterday my daughter and I went on this ride , she was tall enough according to them , as soon as the ride started she began to slide off the seat and under the bar , the only thing that stop her falling out of the ride was me frantically clinging to her with one arm whilst screaming at the attendant and waving other arm , thankfully the attendant saw and stopped the ride , this was a very near miss and we will be emailing both the owner and the HSE . Please think twice before taking your children there / on this ride x x

Zinger549

They do safety checks on the rides and they usually have a sign saying you must be this tall to ride.

Valli

Wow...glad you're both ok...

Sharon87

Some rides say you're big enough to ride it but if you're petite body shape then I guess you can slip under the bar.

I'm so glad Alton Towers didn't let me on Corkscrew when I was 1cm too small as when I road it as a teenager it chucked me around a lot! If I was 1cm taller and got on the ride when I was younger, I would have been thrown around even more on the ride!

molerat

How tall is she, the min height to ride is 1.25m / 4'1"

Lyradog

She is about 127 , taller than minimum height esp with shoes on

Lyradog

Zinger549 wrote: »

They do safety checks on the rides and they usually have a sing saying you must be this tall to ride.

She is taller than minimum height

Newbold

Lyradog wrote: »

......this was a very near miss and we will be emailing both the owner and the HSE . Please think twice before taking your children there / on this ride x x

That's a scary warning - you must have been terrified. Very sound proposal to contact the HSE.

Pollycat

This happened to me & my niece when she was just tall enough to go on a ride like this - also called Cyclone etc.

I think it's the design of the ride, it throws you about and you are not secured in your seat like some other rides.

meer53

Just because someone meets the minimum height requirement doesn't mean it's safe for them to go on a ride. My daughter is very slight for her age and even on the rides where there are over the shoulder restraints, i wouldn't let her go on them. Those "Twister" rides are even more dangerous as they usually only have a lap bar to hold on to. There is a video on Youtube of someone being flung from a Twister ride, watch it, you'll never go on one again.

EycplUK

They do safety checks on the rides and they usually have a sing saying you must be this tall to ride.


What did they Sing to you then ?
" Mama Were all Crazy Now " ?