Ever Feel unsafe or like something was wrong?

Mine would be on Rasor at Dorney park. if you look at the supports that are held up on wood(just asking for a problem) but the supports are just rested on there at when it goes through the loops I belive you can see the supports on the turn actully rise off the wood that it is on.
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I can top them all. Wanna have the life scared out of ya?

Go to Camden Park in WV and ride "Big Dipper" easily the most neglected, rickety, unsafe coaster I have seen or ridden.

The back seat is non-ridable due to the seat missing. Two years ago the apex of the lift collapsed as a train was climbing the chain. The ride op stopped the ride just prior to the train reaching that point. The park closed the coaster, nailed the boards back into place and re-opened the ride.

This was just weeks prior to me attending for the first time. Needless to say, I got my coaster count from it and opted not to re-ride.

Another great comparison to sheer terror would be riding either of the two larger coasters at William's Grove. I swear that Wildcat is missing half it's nuts and bolts. You have the option of riding with... or without a lap bar. OIY And the wooden one... ride op...enough said.

Shaggy

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Shaggy: You rode it? What were you thinking?! Sounds unsafe.

Except in situations like Shaggy's, I usually make sure that I ride rides in a park which have had deaths or serious injuries on them. When I share stories in line, it makes things much more fun. But it's much less fun when it happens to you... So far it hasn't. But I did have one experience when I though something was wrong. Acrophobia at SFoG had been sitting around the entire day with a mechanic working on it. Then they would lift it to the top and drop it, and it would make ungodly sounds. When it finally opened, right before I was going to ride, it came down and for no reason (seen to me) they closed it. So they started lifting it, and about ten feet up it dropped. The mechanics seemed surprised, it seemed unintentional. When it stopped at the ground, it made a sound that left no doubt in my mind that I would be in pain if I had been on it. But I was still going to ride! Suspense continues in next paragraph! Which is unrelated to topic!

I was about to ride. Danger was in the air! I could smell the wonderful smell of ride! I was about to ride Acrophobia. The big one! The one all the people said was great! With the tilting seats! And semi-standup! Oh boy! And then... and then... AND THEN... I had to leave with tour group. Before riding. Terrible!

MagnumForce said:
I swear all these stories of restraints flying up are greatly exagerated, sure they may pop a notch but I have never experienced one coming completely loose. Especially still letting people ride if they do that, doesn't sound Kosher to me.

Ever been on Thunder Run at SFKK? That coaster is notorius for having its lap bars pop open mid ride. I didn't believe it until it happened to me in 2000. Rounding the last turn, heading for the station, the lap bar just decided to pop open. I wasn't worried, I thought it was kinda comical, esp when the op saw it. :)
On my last ride ever on Steel Phantom (RIP) at the base of the second drop, my harness popped up a couple ratchets. Again, no biggie, I knew I wasn't going anywhere.

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At Hershey Park, I rode their old wooden coaster. I forget the name of it (not Lightning Racer or Wildcat). Anyway, the lift hill is so warped that the car actually felt like it was shifting back into position. This is the only time I felt something was going to happen on a roller coaster.

I have rode thunder run and nope nothing like that, I have had my lap bar go up a couple ratchets or so but never pop open, and I always leave a good bit of space between my legs and teh lap bar.
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At Six Flags America on the Mind Eraser the restraint poped open and was only being held by the seatbelt!(Thank god they installed those seatbelts!)After I got back to the station I told them what had happened and they closed the ride and took that train off and ran one train the rest of the day.

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Ive also had GASM at SFOG unlock on the first hill after the turn around-i was gettin some major airtime and all of a sudden the lap bar shot up with my hands. I quickly slammed it down and didn't think of it any more. Did any of you X'ers tell the workers in the station? If its doin that, shouldn't someone tell before Arrow opens it. They may not know that its doin that since riders have been on it recently.

I've never had anything REALLY bad... just a little pop up on Boomerang at KBF...

Rolling Thunder @ SFGAdv has been the only coaster to date that really did worry me. The wheels on the train had so much friction and so much drag, I felt unsafe. Never again will I ever ride RT.

Coasterman Mike

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Legendary said:

On my last ride ever on Steel Phantom (RIP) at the base of the second drop, my harness popped up a couple ratchets. Again, no biggie, I knew I wasn't going anywhere.

Exactly how could an Arrow harness pop up a couple of ratchets, when your at the base of a drop? As RideMan said, they are not spring loaded, so they would not be able to counter gravity without an outside force. Add to that you were apparently at the base of a hill. This is where Gs are at the greatest. Additionally, Arrow harnesses are heavy. Did you have some special anti-gravity well form around you? That story just doesn't add up unless you mean at the top of a hill.

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Meow, retract them claws kitty cat! I really can't prove anything to you, you'd just have to believe me.

I was once like you, never believed a harness could inadvertantly pop open mid-ride, but then it happened to me. Maybe once it happens to you you'll believe it, eh?

Anti-gravity well? Was that attempted humor? :-P

I've ridden one or two coasters in my day (347 to be exact) and I think I can tell when a restraining device does something "funny."

Besides, SRoS wasn't supposed to ever crash, right? Orient Express was supposed to stay on the track at all times, too, correct?

Simply put, shiznit happens. Have I proved myself to you yet? ;-)

JC, who operated an Arrow looper this past summer and knows basically how they work, but enjoyed the "much needed" recap.

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the most unsafe feeling ride i was ever on was the william's grove cyclone. the whole lift and turnaround leading to the first drop was crooked and warped and the cars creaked going up the chain lift as if the seats were separating apart. the only new wood was on the turnaround heading back to the station. the guy had to push us out onto the lift. this was in 1989 and i haven't been back since. also after one of the rides a lady snapped her neck on the drop before the turn back and when she got off she was holding her neck screaming with pain. by the way, they also let us walk under the coaster by ourselves and you could walk across the tracks if you dared. the operator looked like nick nolte the actor.

The most unsafe I ever felt was at old town in orlando. The ride there is called windstorm(they should call it rust holding hands) we go up the lift hill and usally you here clink clink clink this was clink clink clunk then it kept clunking, we reach the top and my lap bar starts to move up and down(wife thought she seen jesus after that happend she was terrified) we mangage to put it back in place and rest of the ride was done with me trying to hold this lapbar down just for her to feel safe. Would I ride it again NO WAY i would rather do the skycoaster just being held onto by my hair on my chest than ride that rust bolt again.
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*** This post was edited by supermandl on 1/10/2002. ***

supermandl

I was just at Old Town and they actually painted that coaster (pink and yellow, how X-ish) so it looks presentable now. They had to have done something to the wheels and/or assemblies because it looked so much smoother.

You gotta love that mid course drop though, so potent.

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Thanks legendary for the info, I might go on it if it looks better but I have a better chance of raising the titanic with my teeth before my wife rides it again. I had ridden it a few times before the incident and I did like the ride, until the last time.
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We better hope no members of the media are reading this thread!

As for myself, I nearly fell out of KW's Jackrabbit and nearly fell onto the floor on PKI's Vortex, but both times it was my fault.... unfastening my seat belt on the former and not pulling my OTSR down very far on the latter. I've gotten smarter since high school!

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Ooooo, try riding SFMW's Roar. Those lap bars pop up all the time. Thank God for seatbelts. ;)
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The Hurler almost proves it's name. I was riding 2 summers ago. The Lap Bar popped open as the car was going down the hill. Scary as all get out. Just my 2 cents.

Ride It said:
i always feel a little unsafe on The Chiller. i dont trust the lims. also, when those trains reach the point of return up there, i pray those brakes work and we dont go flying!. it freaks me out everytime, probably why its one of my favorite coasters.

You never engage in any brake up there...in fact theres 7 more sets of LIM's to make u go higher so you have enough momentum to return to the station. There IS a single brake at the VERY TOP but the train will never engage it, and if it does you'll end up valleying =)