![]() ![]() the cable faded during the launch and people were hit with metal shards.” Pantheon in Busch Gardens Williamsburg (in Williamsburg, Va.) opened March 25 to thrill customers via a 95-degree descent. “Top Thrill Dragster, for example, has a cable that launches the ride to 120 miles per hour in three seconds. ![]() It keeps moving in the direction of bigger and faster. Stoneking, “The arms-race has been going on since the 1970s. Pantheon in Busch Gardens Williamsburg (in Williamsburg, Va.) opened March 25 to thrill customers via a 95-degree descent, albeit at a relatively calmer 73 miles per hour.Īccording to “ Theme Park Safety Failure$” author Jeffrey P. ![]() Six Flags Magic Mountain, in Valencia, Calif., announced plans for the world’s tallest single-track roller coaster: Wonder Woman Flight of Courage, set to open this summer, will run on a 3,300-foot track and treat riders to an 87-degree plunge. Saudi Arabia’s Six Flags Qiddiya hopes to steal the speed crown in 2023 when Falcon’s Flight takes its maiden ride, achieving a record-setting 155 miles per hour and a drop of 525 feet. Everyone wants to brag on a billboard or TV ad about having the tallest, fastest attraction (right now, that’s Kingda Ka at Six Flags in Jackson Township, NJ, reaching 456 feet high and 128 mph).īut competitors are always racing to catch up. Superlatives are the name of the game in amusement park competition. But the question is this: At what cost in terms of safety? My concern is that the G-force race can lead to higher safety concerns.” On March 25, Tyre Sampson, 14, fell to his death, after slipping out of his seat on the FreeFall, an attraction at ICON park in Orlando, Fla. “Fastest, tallest, scariest are effective marketing gambits. “You have rides competing against each other in an amusement park arms-race, which, really, is a G-force race,” a former Capitol Hill staffer who had focused on issues related to dangerous thrill rides, told The Post. Some experts say it’s, at least in part, a result of theme-park operators seeking new superlatives of FST - and it’s an ever-moving target In 2016, according to the most recent statistics from US Consumer Product Safety Commission, there were 34,700 emergency room visits per year due to injuries occurring on amusement park rides. Though amusement-park fatalities are rare, the incident is far from isolated. The safety harness, according to employees, “was still in a down and locked position when the ride stopped.” ![]() On March 25, Tyre Sampson, 14, fell to his death, after slipping out of his seat on the FreeFall, an attraction at ICON Park in Orlando, Fla., that drops riders from a 430-foot tower at speeds of 75 miles per hour. I tried to keep a poker face on a roller coaster to win husband’s betĪmusement-park executives are chasing FST - the fastest, scariest and tallest rides. Passengers trapped mid-ride on SeaWorld Australia roller coaster: videoĬalifornia teens rescued from amusement park ride that stranded them 65 feet in air I lost 70 pounds after being told I was ‘too big’ to ride a rollercoaster ![]()
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