Amputees sue Universal Studios Hollywood for being denied access to roller coaster

To summarize a a few other posts I agree with:

There is simply no way for any ride/attraction/event to accommodate every single body configuration or disability on the planet. To do so is to reduce every activity to the lowest common denominator, which is zero.

It doesn't matter what the policy is for the ride. It's open to change if the company feels that it exposes them to much risk.

Another point of clarification: Ride manufacturers do occasionally release safety bulletins with updated or revised rider requirements. It is entirely possible premier rides changed their recommended rider requirements at some point due to an incident that happened on another ride.

Case in point, Eli Bridge (makers of scrambler rides) sent out notifications a few years back that single riders should not be permitted on scrambler rides without seat belts in response to an incident with a single rider.

I wish Dorney would have gotten that notification, they decided a while ago that no single riders are allowed on the scrambler even though the ride has seatbelts.

Sorry YoshiFan, I think I omitted a key part, individual seat belts instead of one that goes across the entire row.

I wondered what was up with Dorney's Scrambler having seatbelts. That's a whole lotta suck.

SFoG's Goliath. Incident occurred last month, reported today (well, yesterday). Noted that the phrase "sensitivity training" seemed an important feature for the future of guest relations and preventing legal action.

Anyhow, here's the link. http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/man-says-he-was-removed-six-flags-coaster-over-pro/nPwk2/

Have to think there should be distinctions made for where exactly an an amputation is located. If you have a knee, a lap bar should function correctly, right? Nonetheless, I'm pretty sure ride ops shouldn't be asked to make fine distinctions in ride safety engineering....but they should always be sensitive to guests.

What I find amazing is the attitude and reaction.

“And she was like, 'You can’t ride this ride. No, you’ve got a fake leg,'” Bellamy said. “Some people were booing. Some folks were laughing. Made me feel bad.”

You're going to create a fuss, call out Six Flags by going to the media, and whine that people made you feel bad. I'm sorry, maybe I'm an insensitive prick for saying this since I have all my limbs, but are we in friggin' grade school all over again?

^ I thought the same thing too. And who knows how much of a "scene" this man tried to make in front of everyone else at the time. We know what he "claims" the ride attendant said, but who knows if it was also blown out of proportion.

rollergator said:

If you have a knee, a lap bar should function correctly, right?

I'm pretty sure the Premier lapbars require ankles to work correctly.

YoshiFan said:

I wish Dorney would have gotten that notification, they decided a while ago that no single riders are allowed on the scrambler even though the ride has seatbelts.

I was pleasantly surprised to be able to ride GAdv's new Scrambler (Deja Vu) by myself yesterday. I saw no signs restricting single riders, and if they were there, the rule certainly wasn't being enforced.

LOL Andy - true, kinda. That's the ankle bar (B&M flyers have 'em too).

The real question is whether disabled guests can ride a segway on the roller coaster track.