That said, *I* still contend if you can ride most everything at KI (sans Firehawk) then you're good for D-back!

That's what I'm hoping. The only thing I can't fit on at KI is Drop Tower, but that's an Intamin restraint. I'll find out in 9 days!

Are the requirements for Diamondback's restraints the same as those for Behemoth at Canada's Wonderland? I fit just fine on Behemoth with no problem at all. But I was wondering if Behemoth has the same supposed "3 clicks" rule as Diamondback will, or if for some reason Diamondback will have stricter requirments? (I would think they should be the same since they are the exact same restraints by parks belonging to Cedar Fair. But they are in different countries and I guess could have different safety standards...)

I have a bit of a middle age spread, ie about 40-42 inch waist. I had no problem fitting into Nitro at Six Flags Great Adventure. The DB restraints look identical to Nitro.

I actually can't fit on dropzone because I have a long upper body. My shoulders hit the restraint and the belt buckle can't lock into place. I can smash my self in the seat if I really wanted to but its too uncoftable. I can ride all the other rides just fine. Vortex and Flight deck are close fits though. I iwsh my body wasn't so long! I have no problem with rides with lapbars.

Are the requirements for Diamondback's restraints the same as those for Behemoth at Canada's Wonderland? I fit just fine on Behemoth with no problem at all. But I was wondering if Behemoth has the same supposed "3 clicks" rule as Diamondback will, or if for some reason Diamondback will have stricter requirments? (I would think they should be the same since they are the exact same restraints by parks belonging to Cedar Fair. But they are in different countries and I guess could have different safety standards...)

With 65~ rides on Behemoth, I found 3 clicks was only enforced by certain ride op's, or when Supervisors/Mgrs were around, or during the first few hours of the day.

Often at night or when there was only 4 op's checking (as opposed to the 6 or even 8 I've seen), 2 clicks could easily be had.

well i dont believe it is possible for ride ops to not enforce 3 clicks since on the newer rides that this is the computer had to read that all the lapbars are locked before it can dispatch, and locked on this ride is 3 clicks

And we know that how exactly? After all, Behemoth should have essentially the same controls....

Isn't this topic about park policy?

no last time i checked it was called Diamondback Restraints?

Last I cheked if you are too fat and the restraint won't close you can't ride is park policy. Oh wait it must be just the Diamondback restraint policy! I am so sorry about the confusion.

thats ok. But it is mean to talk about me in those so mean words!!!!

thats ok. But it is mean to talk about me in those so mean words!!!!

I was being sarcastic!

SO!!!! it still hurted me far down inside my FAT..

I dont think you read that post right.

I feel so bad for the people that take the "walk of shame". I've never had that problem, I'm as skinny and tall as they get.

oh well.

I hope i fit in the restraints. by looking at my pic, i bet i wont.

So if your as tall as they get chances are you can't fit on anything with an over the shoulder harness.

Opps talking about fitting on a ride is park policy.

^ well im 6' 6" and the only issue i have is getting out of FOF because of my legs, also Vortex is a little tight but not bad

If you are 6 foot 6 you arent as tall as the come. I seen 8 foot people before.

I feel so bad for the people that take the "walk of shame". I've never had that problem, I'm as skinny and tall as they get.

I really cannot remember an El Toro or Ride of Steel ride at DL without seeing at least one WOS...it kills capacity, to be honest!!

People are often also turned away from Millennium Force and Top Thrill Dragster. I have never seen anyone turned away at Kingda Ka or Maverick, though.

^^I have seen someone denied queue entry after failing the test seat on Maverick, though!

Same here...the ride ops controlling access to the beginning of the Cedar Point lines do very good jobs....

i fit well on all KI rides, but Drop Tower, racer, The Beast, and FOF are tight but i can still ride.

Great, the more I read this topic, the more my heart sinks. I'm really starting to wonder if I'll fit at all. I'm 6'4" and 330lbs. I don't have a prayer on MF or TTD, so I'm starting to freak.

^^Honestly, in my self-proclaimed expert opinion, while you have a chance and obviously you should utilize the test seat as well, if you do make it the fit will be the tightest that's allowable.

For what it's worth I'm optimistic, but just be prepared...as an aside, I myself was very concerned about my El Toro prospects last summer when I was above 200 lbs for the first time in a while, and though the ride experience wasn't quite as great as being under 200, I actually made ET with flying colors!!

Good luck!

Please allow me to say this about that. The ride experience changes drastically as one's body size changes. Tall people, for instance, get a lot more head banging on most Arrow looping coasters than medium height people. Shorter people can have their ears bang right into the head rests.

Most of all, after I lost a lot of weight, nearly every coaster I liked before I liked even more as a lesser person. Except T2. I always loved that thing and never understood why others hated it. They said it shuffled from front to back, painfully. I blissfully rode wedged in and loved it. Then I lost a massive amount of weight. Then I got on it again. OUCH! OUCH! OUCH! Forwards and backwards between the restraint and the seat back went the Terpy over and over and over. OUCH! Is this crazy thing done yet?

On the other hand, I can honestly say that Nitro improved by a factor of about 10 as I got smaller and smaller and was no longer wedged under the restraint.

I'm definitely planning on using (and making friends) with the test seat. I appreciate your optimism. I'll probably do anything and everything to fit.

Terpy, you raise a valid point, I couldn't imagine what it would be like riding some of these rides as half of my current self.

i know for sure that i am going to use the test seat before i make it up there and have to do the WOS.

I'm assuming that Behemoth and Diamondback have the same trains. On Behemoth, if you sit in the front left of any car, you can see a little section cut out with some lights in it. There should be 5 lights, the 4 to the left are for each restraint. So if you're sitting in the front left, the first light should illuminate when the restraint is down enough. If it's not, it won't light up. Someone maybe check this out and see if there's any truth to this with Diamondback.

EDIT: After some Behemoth riding today (12 rides), I snapped a picture to help explain what I mean. http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/5219/3492...704aba6667o.jpg