HogarthOK Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 Took this picture today at CP. OK -- What's with this warning? I have no doubt that it's accurate -- but wouldn't that go for most rides? Why is Maverick special with regards to jewelry?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazen_AZN Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Well that's never a good sign. Have people ridden the ride yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 I have not seen a "no earrings" sign since the Premier Launched coasters with OTSR's. I also think the Arrow "megaloopers" also had them, but I haven't seen that rule enforced in years. --Robb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swampfox Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 When Flight of Fear first opened at Kings Dominion, they had the same rule. A few years later, after the hype died down about the ride, they got rid of the rule. It was before they took away the shoulder harnesses. It's probably just being extra careful til they know how people react to the ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Several factors, 1. OTSRs- your head is bound to maybe hit the side of the restraint if the ride is forceful or rough (which is doubtful). Cedar Point does not want anybody's ears to bleed, which leads to reason number two... 2. Health- I doubt Cedar Point would want to be a hotbed for diseases, no? If your ears bleed and the blood dries on the restraint, Cedar Point could be liable for the spreading of diseases through the blood. In other words, do you really want bragging rights that Maverick gave you AIDS? ... //I'd brag that Maverick gave me AIDS any day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan King Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Well that's never a good sign. Have people ridden the ride yet? Ummm...Ride doesnt open until Juneish. Way to keep up with current events! -Ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitch Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 If I remember correctly Face/Off has a similar warning about ear jewelry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyber.Fiber Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Top Gun at PCW has a "no earings rule" and if the ride ops see you with hoop earings or sometimes even studs they ask you to take them out. I can see (well actually feel) why this is put in place. Although they have been very lax with this rule (for the last like 2-3 years), a few people last year were told to have earings taken out prior to riding. Joseph "I think any Verkoma should have this posted infront of their ride entrance, just as a polite fore-warning" Hinds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snuggles Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Maverick: The headbanging coaster! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swampfox Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 * Then suddenly Cedar Point revealed that Intamin bailed out and the track was made by :shudder: VEKOMA! God help you all. haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollerC Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 For the first rule, i'm guesing that since Mavvie dosen't use Anti Rollbacks and EVERYONE is used to stopping on the lift hill incase of an outage, they put that there because Maverick will slowely move down the hill and some riders might think they are plunging back into the station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steel Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 * Then suddenly Cedar Point revealed that Intamin bailed out and the track was made by :shudder: VEKOMA! God help you all. haha Don't even joke, man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Well that's never a good sign. Have people ridden the ride yet? Ummm...Ride doesnt open until Juneish. Way to keep up with current events! -Ryan Dude! Don't be so rude. Some people don't read every since thread on the site, you know? --Robb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazen_AZN Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Well that's never a good sign. Have people ridden the ride yet? Ummm...Ride doesnt open until Juneish. Way to keep up with current events! -Ryan As far as i knew, it was (before they tore out the piece of track) operational. I didn't mean guests, i meant any testers or somthing that could have said: A) The roll was too insane. and B)There was head banging. It just seems like ann odd policy to decide upon before the ride has had human testers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennywood!007 Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Since TTD I guess they are prepared for rollbacks on anything. Next you'll see signs of Monorial...I mean Iron Dragon going so slow it gets stuck in one of the helix's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canobie Fan Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Canobies Corkscrew has a ear rings warning sign and they also tell you when you get on you should take them out... I have 7 of them and have never had any problem with them in.... So I dont know.. I also didnt have any problem with them in on Storm Runner or the other 5 rockets with OTSRs.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FeelTheFORCE Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 For the first rule, i'm guesing that since Mavvie dosen't use Anti Rollbacks and EVERYONE is used to stopping on the lift hill incase of an outage, they put that there because Maverick will slowely move down the hill and some riders might think they are plunging back into the station. The original poster is talking about the earring warning, not the rollback one. Same for you Zack. Regarding the topic, I guess they just want to warn people and prevent ear bleeding, the last thing they want is blood all over the shoulder harnesses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrakenKing Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Kraken at Sea World has the "Please remove earrings sign" in the queue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kraxleRIDAH Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Don't know if Riddler's Revenge has this posted on the rider rules sign, but employees always make it a rule to remove all earings before boarding the ride and have told people getting into the train to remove earings on the spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scaparri Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Yeah, I thought pretty much every coaster with OTSRs generally has a warning to take out your earrings. I guess its interesting that CP is stressing it so much, but it doesn't seem out of the ordinary to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
californiascreamer1 Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 That might have to do with the lims and magnets or somthing, although it is a little strange. I wonder if theres more to it than that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snuggles Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Maverick might be open now if it was a vekoma, and still have it's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete4winds Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 That might have to do with the lims and magnets or somthing... Eeeeerrrmmm...no. If it was because of magnets, they'd have to prohibit every belt, every riveted pair of jeans, every pair of sneakers (most eyelets are made of metal), etc. I think I'll go with consensus on this one, having worn an earring on every Vekoma I've ever ridden...ouch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan King Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Well that's never a good sign. Have people ridden the ride yet? Ummm...Ride doesnt open until Juneish. Way to keep up with current events! -Ryan As far as i knew, it was (before they tore out the piece of track) operational. I didn't mean guests, i meant any testers or somthing that could have said: A) The roll was too insane. and B)There was head banging. It just seems like ann odd policy to decide upon before the ride has had human testers. Oh ok, my apologies! -Ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapseofreason Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 I also think the Arrow "megaloopers" also had them, but I haven't seen that rule enforced in years. --Robb I've ridden SFMM's Viper a few times in the last few years, and they still have a few signs up with the no-earring rule (as you might have noticed). After a few times with studs (no dangly stuff... wow, that came out wrong), I don't see why they still have that sign up. Someone must have lost a gigantic silver hoop in the 80's or something. Can someone recall the reason why, as Robb called them, the Arrow multi-loopers, (AFAIK, SFMM's Viper and Geauga Lake's Double Loop, among others) have these signs? Did, someone, like, lose an ear or something? Gag me with a spoon! -Amanda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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