Creed Bratton Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 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? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 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. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flightoffear1996 Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 No manual release? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCrypt Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 What kind of Topspin was it? A standard Topspin, suspended, or Topspin 2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creed Bratton Posted June 18, 2013 Author Share Posted June 18, 2013 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Existential Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 I wanna get trapped on a top spin, upside down for two hours...and every seat is occupied by screaming kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 I guarantee someone had to potty. And did. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Existential Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 Doesn't Alton or Hyde have one that squirts you in the gullet? Imagine getting that treatment for two hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Existential Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 Er...Thorpe. Its the steakhouse in Columbus named Hyde Park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creed Bratton Posted June 19, 2013 Author Share Posted June 19, 2013 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCrypt Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creed Bratton Posted June 19, 2013 Author Share Posted June 19, 2013 That is interesting. Really not sure how I feel about that and/or how they got the restraints back together in enough time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTD-120-420 Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 Duct tape, my friends. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
girlafraid Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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