Theme Park Rides That Had To Be Shut Down - Part 2

Coming up are some more theme park rides that had to be shut down!

Legal Stuff.

[Mini_Beth]

The Ride Of Steel story hits a bit close to home. There was someone who did not have legs that wanted to go on The Big One at the amusement park my dad was a manager at. The only difference is my dad explained that he would have been thrown out of the ride due to being amputated from the waist down, making the lap bars ineffective. The man was more than happy with this explanation and dad put him on a ride with overhead restraints for as long as he wanted to go on it!

[espressowolf]

The girl who lost her feet was actually very lucky. The cable was originally wrapped around her NECK. She managed to wrestle it off and the portion around her feet remained as the ride dropped. Fascinating Horror did a video on this, if I recall correctly.

[__oliver__]

Imagine surviving war and dying on a rollercoaster

[goniom]

25:15 I have heard of that one earlier, the victims were crushed by the machinery and it was so bad that even the paramedics needed counseling.
And a few years later, its said that the husband of one of the victims killed himself since he saw what happened and couldnt recover from that.

[SamBamPlays]

That poor girl who lost her feet. Couldn't imagine what was going through her head while waiting for that ride to drop.

[MissDibDabs]

When my daughter was younger we went on a ride at Thorpe Park, UK. She was next to me on the magic carpet ride but she was very slender in size and although I was not big at all the difference in size meant the restraint that covered both of us was not as secure on her as on myself. When the ride began to gain speed she began to slip down on the seat and terrified, could not prevent herself from sliding. It was only my arm that ended up keeping her in the seat until the end of the ride. We have not been on the ride since although it still runs to this day.

[sierrastevens]

25:15 I was at thunder River rapids when the tragedy occurred in 2016. I was 14 at the time, my mum, siblings and I went to the Gold Coast for a holiday and go to all of the theme parks. We got there early in the morning and decided to go on the thunder river rapids first since it was closest to the entrance. The people who sadly died were only 2 families behind us in line, so my family and I had no idea that the tragedy had even happened until we left dreamworld at the end of the day after having a fun day on rides and seen a team of police cars and ambulances. We thought nothing of it and went back to out hotel. It was only then that we heard it on the News and we all froze in shock, I just remember thinking how lucky we were and how horrible I felt for the family.

[mars]

This reminds me of my childhood. My mom had six kids, so we couldn't afford to go to things like amusement parks, the movies, eating out, really anything. So instead of taking us to the amusement park, she would make me go on websites and look at horrible injuries of roller coasters gone wrong. People having limbs amputated, people dying, people weeping about their lost loved ones, anytime I wanted to do something fun she would fear monger me. I've never been on a roller coaster, and I am terrified of them. But seriously, what kind of mother shows her 8-year-old daughter that kind of graphic content?

[xBINARYGODx]

anything named with words that include "Adventure Park" or "Action Park" are to be avoided by mostly anyone.

[judejojo]

I feel sad for that girl who lost her feet like imagine the pain of taking your feet like that 😢

[MatthewBain-lx]

I'm so glad Busch Gardens employee's always check your seat lock before they let the ride go.

[RaisingHellGallery]

My mom and I had a similar experience with the Superman ride. In a town 30 minutes away from our home town there is a theme park. The ride we were on was called the firecracker (now renamed to the shoot off). The ride usually lifted us a few feet off the ground before shooting you up at high speed and then releasing you back down, similar to the Superman. However, as the ride lifted before the shoot off, I noticed my seat wasn’t locked, and my seat locked as soon as we took off, I got lucky, but I was terrified. As we exited the ride, I came to find out that it happened to my mom too. However, her seat did not lock at all, and she almost flew out. Terrifying experience for the both of us. The ride should have been shut down. But it’s not. The ride has at least one broken seat on all four sides and the people don’t even check if our seats are locked. It was horrifying.

[Jomama-xzgn]

Man, mad respect for that kid who flew out of the water slide ✊🏽

[mmlm]

For the vet that lost his life on the ride, my condolences and I agree that park staff should have told him that it was unsafe, but in this day and age, unfortunately, what would be a case of trying to keep a guy safe could turn into a lawsuit of discrimination, it is a very fine line sadly, also he refused the safety brochure which stated that the rider needs two functioning legs to be able to ride due to the restraints that keep you in place, I understand sometimes its tedious to read but as we have been shown it can save your life.

[Things_In_Slow-Mo]

As a resident of the Cincinnati area and a frequent visitor of Kings Island I can confirm that it is a very safe park, the worst I’ve ever seen at Kings island was when I was riding Vortex and somebody’s hat almost hit me in the face. Don’t let that stop you from visiting beautiful Cincinnati Ohio!

[puffysocks]

Minecraft players making a roller coaster that jumps off track: LIES

[cypherpunk]

I have ridden the Thunder River Rapids many times growing up. I lived about 10 minutes away from Dream World and it's not unusual to get slammed by another raft. How the raft tipped over still blows my mind, like the commentator said it's not a fast ride, little children ride this all the time.

[funpheonix]

You forgot to mention Caitlin’s close encounter with death when her legs got ripped off by the ride’s cable. The cable wrapped around her neck as well, but thankfully she got her neck free in time

[aslycat]

Am I the only one laughing at how they were so worried about a piece of foam on the Vortex? I know it could’ve been serious but the situation itself is hilarious.

[Salicat]

I just wanted to give much respect to the editors who created the awesome graphics, pictures and videos added to make these lists super enjoyable.