flightoffear1996 Posted June 21, 2005 Posted June 21, 2005 Saturday June 18th a family of 4 were injured on a ride called Big Splash at Steel Peir Amusment park. The father was thrown from the ride and into a peice of glass and remains in critical condtion. Also 20 Year old hurt at Fun Flex Amusment Park on a ride like Chaos at Cedar Point. This was the 3rd accident all ready this year what is happening to the all the theme parks? Quote
Gordon Bombay Posted June 21, 2005 Posted June 21, 2005 Those sound like small name amusement parks that probaly arent as inspected as often and as well as parks like CP and PKI. Quote
Gordon Bombay Posted June 21, 2005 Posted June 21, 2005 Yes it is, if the rides arent inspected as often and as thouroughly as the major parks then that could cause them to over look a safeety concern. Quote
Captain Nemo Posted June 21, 2005 Posted June 21, 2005 Yes it is, if the rides arent inspected as often and as thouroughly as the major parks then that could cause them to over look a safeety concern. Agreed as well, But I dont think it is best to speak of these things. Quote
thejoker8388 Posted June 21, 2005 Posted June 21, 2005 No worries. As it has been stated numerous times in numerous places your 100 times more likely to die in a car crash on the way to an amusement park than die in an amusement park. And I think I heard on some show that your 10 times more likely to die in the park of heat stroke, heart attack, and things of that nature than actually dying on a ride. Quote
flightoffear1996 Posted June 21, 2005 Author Posted June 21, 2005 Yea Im not worried about it but still. Quote
gburn07 Posted June 21, 2005 Posted June 21, 2005 exactly, yes those people got injured badly and yes i feel bad for them but think of all the other people who were on those rides before them and left without a scratch. Quote
KIBeast Posted July 6, 2005 Posted July 6, 2005 "Agreed as well, But I dont think it is best to speak of these things." Why? Wouldn't you like to know ahead of time if a smaller park is not up to safety standards? Or would you rather just go and be thrown from one of their rides? "exactly, yes those people got injured badly and yes i feel bad for them but think of all the other people who were on those rides before them and left without a scratch." That doesn't mean it was safe before someone was thrown from the ride. It just means that several other people were lucky that they were not injured. Quote
Admiral Ackbar Posted July 6, 2005 Posted July 6, 2005 Yea Im not worried about it but still. Yes - smaller parks do not have the same standards that major parks do. But what is your point? Ok so some people were injured. That isn't going to make me be less likely to ride rides or anything. And you act as if you want us to do something about it - like it is a big problem and our personal responsibility. What should we do? Form a lynch mob and hang the director of maintenence at that park? Don't worry about it. PKI is an extremely safe park, and nothing is going to happen to you there. Even though this thread is not about PKI, it makes PKI look bad. People come to this PKI fansite, and they see the topic "More people injured on rides" on the latest topics - and it is going to make them feel as if PKI is not safe. Someone please close this rediculous topic... Quote
Jasper Posted July 6, 2005 Posted July 6, 2005 Yeah PKI is probably inspected moe but it still doesnt mean that they are 100% safe. Quote
SOB_TOM Posted July 6, 2005 Posted July 6, 2005 After going to Stricker's Grove and seeing how their ops handle themselves compared to ours, I feel a lot safer about going to big parks over smaller onces. If the ops are that bad, who knows how maintenance handles themselves... Quote
flightoffear1996 Posted July 7, 2005 Author Posted July 7, 2005 They probaly have one maintace dude maybe 2. Quote
SixFlagsMasta Posted July 7, 2005 Posted July 7, 2005 ok we've had 3 so far this year.. the season's like 1/2 over... so let's say we'll end up with 6 for the year.. if you think of how many theme parks there are out there that's not a bad number.. now yes i'd agree the number should be zero! but 6 is a lot better than it could be. Quote
BoddaH1994 Posted July 7, 2005 Posted July 7, 2005 You're still far more likely to die in your car on the way to the amusement park than to die at the park itself. Side note: It's safer to ride a rollercoaster than it is to sneeze. Quote
KIBeast Posted July 7, 2005 Posted July 7, 2005 I don't see the point in closing this topic. If you read the thread, you can clearly see we are not discussing accidents at PKI. Quote
Jasper Posted July 7, 2005 Posted July 7, 2005 Yeah really. PKI is probably one of the safest parks in the world. Quote
Gulliversrubadub Posted July 7, 2005 Posted July 7, 2005 Accidents happen, no matter what park you go to, there is always that chance, but that is the chance you take when you enter into the ride carriage of any ride. I agree PKI is probably one of the SAFEST parks around but there is always going to be that chance that something will happen. Quote
BoddaH1994 Posted July 9, 2005 Posted July 9, 2005 I feel safe no matter what park I go to, even at Stricker's when the employees really didn't care, I know the rules and how NOT to get hurt on rides. I think any one with any common sense can see that. How about not standing up on rides, sitting in an upright position, buckling any safety restraint they supply for you, etc. Carnival attractions are different. Although they are extremely safe, your likelyness of being injured on them are much greater. Quote
coasterboy Posted August 2, 2005 Posted August 2, 2005 Disney has to be dying about this topic because first of all a kid dies on MIssion space, then a man gets injured on tower of terror and now two coaster cars collide at california's adventure it is ridiculous Quote
Gordon Bombay Posted August 2, 2005 Posted August 2, 2005 ^Its ridiculous? Its not Disney's fault, Disney isnt causing the accidents. The kid dying at mission space died because of his medical condition and the man injured on tower of terror was injured due to a condition. Disney isnt forcing these people on the rides, its their fault that they arent reading the rules and recomendations. Quote
BoddaH1994 Posted August 2, 2005 Posted August 2, 2005 ^Its ridiculous? Its not Disney's fault, Disney isnt causing the accidents. The kid dying at mission space died because of his medical condition and the man injured on tower of terror was injured due to a condition. Disney isnt forcing these people on the rides, its their fault that they arent reading the rules and recomendations. There's still really no denying that we've seen a LOT of ride accidents from Disney over the past several years. Quote
CoastersRZ Posted August 2, 2005 Posted August 2, 2005 Yes, there have been a lot of accidents at Disney parks the last couple of years. But look at how many millions of guests visit the Disney parks when compared to other seasonal parks. Quote
Gordon Bombay Posted August 2, 2005 Posted August 2, 2005 A lot of the accidents though at the Disney parks have been caused due to medical conditions and guest stupidity. Quote
harvesterofyoursorrow Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 ^ Very true. The kid sticking his finger inbetween the boat and the dock, Guest stupidity I found this article very true to what is reality. The only two things that were park responsibility were the Matterhorn and California Screamin'. Quote
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