MrMorgan Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 I'm sure these guys are really nice guys who volunteer in their community, drive the speed limit, and are nice to their moms... ...however, they were acting like total idiots today at the fair in Hamburg, Germany. What would happen if they did this at a park in the USA? I'm assuming they would have at least stopped the ride and kicked them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry_Gumball Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Yea, I see idiots do this all the time on the Shoot the Chutes ride at Great America...just waiting to see the idiots get kicked out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbill245 Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 People like this really piss me off, in the end they end up ruining the fun for all of us. Here's another example of people being idiots, im not sure if yall remember the accident at moreys piers this year when a girl fell of the ferris wheel. Moreys enacted a new rule that there will be no more single riders on the wheel, i guess to stop people from standing up. well I went down and rode the wheel about a month or so after the accident and the rule change and as we were at the top waiting for riders to load 2 girls in their 20s where standing up in the gondola and hanging over the side looking down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalCoasters Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 People standing up on Ripsaw Falls was the reason they added those ridiculous lap bars wasn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Not sure about Ripsaw Falls, but Splash Mountain at WDW got lap bars because people would get up out of the boats when the ride was E-stopped, I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adavis Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 I recently had to pierce a guy who told me one of the stupidest stories I've ever heard, and then verified it with a cellphone pic. This idiot was on acid at Cedar Point and puffed his gut out far enough during the restraint check that he was able to pretty much stand on Millennium Force. He had the girlfriend operated cellphone pics to prove it, not that I cared to see them. I really shouldn't wear roller coaster shirts to work, even though normally it's a good ice breaker. And the log flume video is ridiculous too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WFChris Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 I used to love calling people from the Log Flume, back when cell phones were new and exotic and people just couldn't believe that I was actually on the flume calling them! How lame. But standing? Yeah, no. And those guys on the flume, to quote my friend 'This is why I am not allowed to carry a shotgun.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalCoasters Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Not sure about Ripsaw Falls, but Splash Mountain at WDW got lap bars because people would get up out of the boats when the ride was E-stopped, I believe. If I recall corretly what a CM friend of mine said about that... He mentioned that guest would indeed leave the boats, and would either get lost or end up defacing the ride itself...once they apparently found a watter bottle stuffed up the bottom half a one of the Brer Bear animatonics...what kind of an ass does that at Disney of all places.... ^To add on to the standing on coasters thing, the restraints for DCA's California Screamin' can be 3-4 clicks down and still be dispatched...the guy next to me stuck his gut way out, and was nearly able to stand, while still in the restraint... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry_Gumball Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Also reminds me (I posted this in the GP thread a couple months ago) of when I was riding CGA's Grizzly. The train's lapbars are just a single click down and the idiots in the car ahead of me were just skinny enough to try standing up during the ride so they can touch the supports overhead. Also, they were reaching out to 'slap' the handrails on some of the faster parts of the ride. They would have deserved getting a nasty splinter from it...but then they would probably go cry baby status and complain to the park that 'they got hurt on the coaster.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dietcokevan Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 They should have stood up on the drop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterRollin Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Also, they were reaching out to 'slap' the handrails on some of the faster parts of the ride. They would have deserved getting a nasty splinter from it... ^ I swear, most people do everything they can to injure themselves, whether they realize it or not. Those guys in the video should have gotten the "friendly escort" out of the fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMorgan Posted August 25, 2011 Author Share Posted August 25, 2011 They should have stood up on the drop. I agree! Total wimps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueFireCoaster Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 This my friends, is where Darwinsim comes in. Maybe not today, but eventually... People like this ruin everything for the people who can behave themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon8899 Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Even if something would've happened I doubt the operator would be liable in germany - he posted signs according to the law and if someone is stupid enough to injure or kill themselves on a ride its their own fault. Thats also why all our flatrides are literally open to step onto - even when its moving. They all have red or neon warning-signs and/or prints in german (GEFAHR) or english (DANGER), plus the operating-space/danger-area is marked in blood-red - and with that law is satisfied. Even if someone steps into the operating ride when he's not paying attention its called an accident beyound the liability of the operator - and if minors get into them the parents are liable because in germany they have to supervise their kids. Two current examples of open rides were you can step onto the ride any time: The small fences on the sides of Shaker are there to protect poeple from falling of the plattform only.... The inclined "fence"-pieces are there to sit on for you to wait for the next round... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamoure Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 And those guys on the flume, to quote my friend 'This is why I am not allowed to carry a shotgun.' Quote FTW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason10 Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 And that is why I love Germany. And that is why I love Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cal1br3tto Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 ^Oh hell yes. It's so rare to find a Matterhorn run even remotely well in the US (of course, the best I've found was at a carnival). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper39 Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Yeah that's pretty ridiculous, but not nearly as insane as some videos I've seen on youtube of from the Rapids ride at Thorpe Park. I don't know if it's appropriate to post the video here but type "billy and ashley morgan thorpe park rapids stunt" into the youtube search if you want to see some real idiots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMorgan Posted August 25, 2011 Author Share Posted August 25, 2011 Yeah that's pretty ridiculous, but not nearly as insane as some videos I've seen on youtube of from the Rapids ride at Thorpe Park. I don't know if it's appropriate to post the video here but type "billy and ashley morgan thorpe park rapids stunt" into the youtube search if you want to see some real idiots. OMG! Total idiots... somehow also a really cool idea... but I am not condoning it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XYZ Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 They should have stood up on the drop. That's exactly what I thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoflake15 Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 I remember being at the very back of Goliath at SFMM when this big fat woman in the seat in front started squeezing herself out from the lapbar and trying to stand up as much as she could shouting hysterically as we went up the lifthill. I remember being really nervous thinking if she hits me I'm dead. My intolerance for idiots grows with age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon8899 Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 @snoflake15 As operator I'D stopped the train on the lift and she HAD to get out climbing down the stairs.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoflake15 Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 ^ she would probably have been even more of a danger to others out of the train. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
805Andrew Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 The best I have is when I was riding the Giant Dipper at Santa Cruz in July, one of the guys two rows ahead of me cracked open a can of Budweiser and started drinking it on the lift hill. The guy next to him was reaching his arms towards the railing on the first turnaround and the guy drinking the beer threw his beer can after the second drop to his right towards the street. All I was thinking was "please don't throw your can behind you" and "I hope none of his beer splashes on me". I knew it was a bad sign when this guy was drunk and obnoxious in line, the right seat in my row was wet from beer (I moved over to the left) and the guy behind me found a beer can underneath his seat. At least none of that idiot's beer got on me and I enjoyed the last train of the night on Giant Dipper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper39 Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 The best I have is when I was riding the Giant Dipper at Santa Cruz in July, one of the guys two rows ahead of me cracked open a can of Budweiser and started drinking it on the lift hill. The guy next to him was reaching his arms towards the railing on the first turnaround and the guy drinking the beer threw his beer can after the second drop to his right towards the street. All I was thinking was "please don't throw your can behind you" and "I hope none of his beer splashes on me". I knew it was a bad sign when this guy was drunk and obnoxious in line, the right seat in my row was wet from beer (I moved over to the left) and the guy behind me found a beer can underneath his seat. At least none of that idiot's beer got on me and I enjoyed the last train of the night on Giant Dipper. If your going to drink and ride have the courtesy to recycle when you done! Jeeze, have some courtesy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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