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From: jenny on 23 Jul 2010 21:58 > > I wonder if they knew this limitation before they built the ride... > > Keane > -- An employee there manning the lines told Cathy that the cars were built based upon a "European body type" IOW, not fat Americans! The same employee said they are remanufacturing the ride vehicles. Is it true??? Only time will tell. BTW: I can type and spell better when not taking Darvocet (like yesterday.)
From: Keane on 24 Jul 2010 05:29 On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:58:15 -0700 (PDT), jenny <Peacepast(a)aol.com> wrote: >BTW: I can type and spell better when not taking Darvocet (like >yesterday.) Oh sure. Blame the drugs. Who do you think you are? Me? Sheesh. Keane -- When stars are born, They possess a gift or two, One of them is this, They have the power to make a wish come true... -- Wishes Visit my site: http://keanespics.com
From: Brian on 24 Jul 2010 23:07 On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:58:15 -0700 (PDT), jenny <Peacepast(a)aol.com> wrote: - >An employee there manning the lines told Cathy that the cars were >built based upon a "European body type" IOW, not fat Americans! Aren't they aware that this is the U.S.? And actually there some very tall Europeans. I'm on the taller side and when we were in Europe, We saw some very tall people. I never saw a woman taller than me until my daughter was applying for college and there was one person in admissions who was taller than I am. But I saw several women in Europe that were. > >The same employee said they are remanufacturing the ride vehicles. Is >it true??? Only time will tell. > >BTW: I can type and spell better when not taking Darvocet (like >yesterday.)
From: Brian on 24 Jul 2010 23:10 On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:16:57 -0700 (PDT), Steve Russo <srusso(a)nycap.rr.com> wrote: >I listened to a Dis Podcast on this and, if they weren't exaggerating, >it's a real issue. If you're over 6' 3" or under 48" you can't ride. >From there, it's based on your body's shape. Pete Werner admits to 5' >11" and 230 lbs and he could not ride. I can imagine some very upset kids because their parents don't fit. I remember having problems a couple of years ago getting out of the Canadian log flume ride. It was my height rather than my weight at the time. > >The comment that got me was that they were pulling people out of line >to have them sit in the sample vehicle to determine if they could >ride. I can only imagine the embarassment and problems with that >system. They told the story of one man being refused a ride and he >insisted he rode it twice yesterday.
From: Lilith on 25 Jul 2010 13:05
On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 23:10:12 -0400, Brian <drmorrisnospam(a)comcast.net> wrote: >On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:16:57 -0700 (PDT), Steve Russo ><srusso(a)nycap.rr.com> wrote: > > >>I listened to a Dis Podcast on this and, if they weren't exaggerating, >>it's a real issue. If you're over 6' 3" or under 48" you can't ride. >>From there, it's based on your body's shape. Pete Werner admits to 5' >>11" and 230 lbs and he could not ride. > >I can imagine some very upset kids because their parents don't fit. > >I remember having problems a couple of years ago getting out of the >Canadian log flume ride. It was my height rather than my weight at the >time. I've had problems with rides where I have to cross my legs to make them fit. And even then if I crossed them the wrong way the lap bar would press in just such a way as to cause agony for the entire ride. And at 6' 2" I've only got 32" legs. Most of my height is in my torso. My roommate on the other hand, who's also my height, had 37" legs. He loved my Oldsmobile compared to his old Nova because the leg room and the headroom made him feel average. >>The comment that got me was that they were pulling people out of line >>to have them sit in the sample vehicle to determine if they could >>ride. I can only imagine the embarassment and problems with that >>system. They told the story of one man being refused a ride and he >>insisted he rode it twice yesterday. Interesting experience at IoA a couple of years ago. I tried the sample vehicle before getting on Dueling Dragons. I fit okay and had no trouble with the ride itself. I decided to forego the sample seat on the Hulk coaster, assuming that the only concern was one's butt size. Turns out that when I got on the ride itself the problem with fitting was that they couldn't pull down the shoulder restraint due to chest size. It was a bit embarassing to have three people working on trying to get me squeezed in. Eventually they had me wait for the next set of cars and I did fit in the special vehicle. So it's not all in the size of one's posterior. Ironically, Lou Ferrigno would probably have trouble fitting into the Hulk coaster's regular seats. -- Lilith |