Pleasure beach , Great Yarmouth WARNING

PlymouthMaid

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OP that sounds horrifying but thank goodness she was ok. Definitely take it further as you may prevent another young person having an accident.

EycplUK

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aileth

Sounds terrifying, OP.

I am five foot which is over most minimum heights, but I still refuse to go on rides with lap bars, especially with my OH. He is six foot, so the lap bars sit on his legs and give A LOT of space between the bar and my legs. There is nothing quite so terrifying as lifting up out of your seat a few inches, feeling like you're going to fall out!!

To be honest, there is also an issue with the proper harnesses. There would be at least an inch between my shoulders and the harness as they only locked down so far, so each time you went on a corkscrew let's say you'd feel yourself raise off the seat into it. Absolutely petrifying.

POPPYOSCAR

Amazing in this day and age that sort of thing could happen.

Glad she was ok.

Pollycat

POPPYOSCAR wrote: »

Amazing in this day and age that sort of thing could happen.

These are very old-fashioned rides, I remember these from my childhood so the design has probably been about for 45-50 years.

Not sure how Health & Safety view these types of rides.

You can see in the photo in the post by OhReally how it pushes people towards the outside.
I think for that reason they load the lightest people on the inside.
If the person is too small to plant their feet firmly (see the man in the photo), there is only the bar for them to hang onto to try to stop themselves from being tossed around.

pulliptears

Pollycat wrote: »

These are very old-fashioned rides, I remember these from my childhood so the design has probably been about for 45-50 years.

Not sure how Health & Safety view these types of rides.

You can see in the photo in the post by OhReally how it pushes people towards the outside.
I think for that reason they load the lightest people on the inside.
If the person is too small to plant their feet firmly (see the man in the photo), there is only the bar for them to hang onto to try to stop themselves from being tossed around.

I've often thought about this, we visit Folly Farm a lot in Tenby which has a vintage fairground. One of the rides is called the Coronation Speedway and dates from the 30's. For the most part you find a wooden animal and sit on it. As a 5ft 5" adult I'm fine and can hold on and balance but I've often wondered if parents who throw small kids on it realise just how fast it does go for such an old ride.

That said, there is nothing in this country more terrifying than the Grand National at Blackpool. 2 Minutes of thinking 'i'm going to die'. Never again.

Shelldean

pulliptears wrote: »

I've often thought about this, we visit Folly Farm a lot in Tenby which has a vintage fairground. One of the rides is called the Coronation Speedway and dates from the 30's. For the most part you find a wooden animal and sit on it. As a 5ft 5" adult I'm fine and can hold on and balance but I've often wondered if parents who throw small kids on it realise just how fast it does go for such an old ride.

That said, there is nothing in this country more terrifying than the Grand National at Blackpool. 2 Minutes of thinking 'i'm going to die'. Never again.

The grand national is ok just need more padding, banged my head several times on there. The scarey ride at Blackpool for me is the old wooden rollercoaster, unsure of the name. There is a wooden cart which you access from only one side, other side is boarded. No lap bar, just a hand rail. and you're off. Now as an adult it's fine you bounce a round a bit and come off you seat etc. But I went on with my son who I put on the inside for safety, then spent the whole ride hanging on to him to stop him flying out. He must've been about 10 at the time too.


It's very frightening feeling thinking your child is going to fly out of the ride whilst in motion.




Just tried to find the name for the one we went on, but cant find it. Maybe it's gone now it was a while ago. It was very similar to the big dipper but smaller and no lapbars

Shelldean

ah ha!!! it's currently known as the nickelodeon streak!!!!
And had lap bars introduced in 2006 when trains from the big dipper were transferred!!


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickelodeon_Streak