Comments on: Have You Ever Been Stuck on a Roller Coaster?

By: Joey Till

Joey Till — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 03:16:44 +0000

Got stuck on Superman UF at SFGAm. Thank God it was on the breakrun for me and not the lift. That would suck as coastercritic said

By: CoasterCritic

CoasterCritic — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 03:20:20 +0000

Over the weekend, some riders were stuck on the new Superman Ultimate Flight at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom. I can see why riders would be pretty scared sitting 150 feet in the air for almost 90 minutes on a ride like that. http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_21187…

By: chewie0905

chewie0905 — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 12:08:40 +0000

Once at lightning racer at Hershey park, I got stuck on the brakes outside the station for about 20 minutes. Also, I think one of the worst rides to get stuck on is the typhoon water coaster at SF new england. I saw a couple who got stuck between a drop and a lift (which are just fast moving conveyor belts with water jets spraying up them) because all of the lifts stopped. It would be kind of scary because you aren't belted in in any way. and there is netting over the track/slide so you can't get out. They got "rescued" by staff about 30 chaotic minutes later. The wierd thing? I had literally just gotten off the ride when the lifts stopped!

By: Bobbie

Bobbie — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 02:31:17 +0000

I got stuck on the lift hill of Maverick for an extended period, almost 45 minutes. It was a hot day and although I had put on sun screen before going to Cedar Point, it wasn't sufficient to cope with this situation. I sat there sweltering, unable to move very far due to the harness which restrained me, and kept thinking PLEASE, PLEASE, GET ME OFF THIS RIDE! The ride operators did repeatedly check on the riders but could not permit them to vacate the train until a supervisor was called. Finally, we were released and compensated for the inconvenience with no-wait access to Millennium and Dragster, and an opportunity to get right back on Maverick once it was up and running. I did ultimately get to ride and one of the ride operators remembered me from before. He said "I' bet you'll enjoy going over the lift hill a lot more than getting stuck on it!" That is a fact! Great ride, but getting stuck on it for so long made me nauseated and two weeks later I still have a severe sunburn from the incident.

By: Kyle M.

Kyle M. — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 21:38:42 +0000

About a week ago, I got stuck on Goliath at Six Flags Magic Mountain. Thankfully I got stuck in the final brake run in the shade, as the car on the lift was stuck in the sun. We sat there for about a good 10 minutes. Another time I got stuck was on Tatsu, once in the brake run, and once on the lift about half way up. Both only took about 5 minutes for them to fix the problem, although it was really uncomfortable.

By: CoasterCritic

CoasterCritic — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 17:30:23 +0000

Good point Matt.

By: @mattmcirvin

@mattmcirvin — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 12:56:48 +0000

Knowing what a large fraction of coaster deaths are of park employees who get hit while they're trying to retrieve an object dropped on the track, I can understand why they've got strict rules about this.

By: CoasterCritic

CoasterCritic — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 04:20:04 +0000

Rattler was delayed for quite some time because a wheel chair rolled out onto the track in the station. Just like you said, because the ride ops weren't allowed to go onto the track the ride was shut down while they waited for someone who was authorized to do so.

By: CoasterCritic

CoasterCritic — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 04:14:55 +0000

At least it wasn't Tatsu's lift hill. But yeah, that does sound uncomfortable.

By: CoasterCritic

CoasterCritic — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 04:12:37 +0000

Okay. Getting stuck on a flying coaster would really stink. And if it was on the lift, that actually would be a bit scary. That's the type of ride where I sometimes have to remind myself that the restraints are fail safe. I couldn't imagine having to do that for longer than a few seconds. Now, if I was just laying there face down in the station, that wouldn't be quite as bad, but definitely not comfortable.

Thanks for sharing. A flying coaster definitely puts a different spin on getting stuck.