http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2342731/Forty-people-left-stranded-20ft-air-Chessington-World-Adventures-Rameses-Revenge.html

A broken theme park ride left thrill seekers, many of them children, stranded in mid-air for up to two hours.

Fire crews had to cut 39 people from safety restraints last night as they hung 20ft in the air on the Rameses Revenge ride.

Riders, including 25 children, are believed to have become trapped on the attraction at Chessington World of Adventures, Surrey.

Searching into this, Rameses Revenge, is a Huss Topspin. These Topspins don't have good track record it seems.

This is gonna sound off the wall but this is the kind of news that seems appropriate rather than, Kings Island guests trapped on Adventure Express for 15 minutes.

Does this story make you want to ride Topspins or not?

Yes.

And that is my real answer.

I love (regular sized) Top Spins.

The chance of incident is extremely low.

Still, I wouldn't want to be cut out of a restraint. One has to wonder if that was necessary.

The park now faces probable legal actions AND replacing those restraints. Hopefully no patrons were injured in the doubtless well meaning restraint cutting. There must have been a better way.

No manual release?

What kind of Topspin was it? A standard Topspin, suspended, or Topspin 2?

What kind of Topspin was it? A standard Topspin, suspended, or Topspin 2?

Per the Huss website it is a standard Topspin.

http://www.hussrides.com/classic-rides/top-spin.html

Terp you bring up very valid points. Was it necessary to cut the restraints? Possibly? The riders were stranded for 2 hours before that happened. I guess that the ride operators/maintenance tried to open the restraints manually and they wouldn't. But who knows. (Yes, someone knows ha)

I don't think any patrons were injured, just a bit frazzled as I would be. I can see legal actions coming. As for replacing the restraints....eh...maybe they'll just replace the ride with something else.

I wanna get trapped on a top spin, upside down for two hours...and every seat is occupied by screaming kids.

I guarantee someone had to potty.

And did.

Doesn't Alton or Hyde have one that squirts you in the gullet? Imagine getting that treatment for two hours.

Er...Thorpe.

Its the steakhouse in Columbus named Hyde Park.

Doesn't Alton or Hyde have one that squirts you in the gullet? Imagine getting that treatment for two hours.

Pretty sure the effect would have been turned off when the ride was stopped. Whether a ride is emergency stopped by operators or by the ride system, most effects are going to turn off.

Interesting to note the park said the ride will reopen tomorrow. I wonder how the fire departments cut the restraints in such a way to not seriously damage the restraints?

That is interesting. Really not sure how I feel about that and/or how they got the restraints back together in enough time.

Duct tape, my friends.

Nothing happens quickly in England. Chessington is good for the little ones, but it's pretty shabby overall. I am not surprised it took that long to get rescue.