To Fat to get on a roller coaster?????? (quit smoking, weight loss, pregnant)
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My gf is 5'2" (but 106 pounds) and she can ride all the roller coasters at six flags.
Never been to a six flags. Do they have those poles/signs where you had to be so tall to get on the ride? Its been awhile since I have been that short but I remember around the age I was some rides were borderline. I may of been shorter but I was around 5 ft ish
Cedar Point has a website with the standards there: CP Mobile
I have rode on Six Flags rides when I was around 250lbs with no problem at all. Granted most of my weight is concentrated on my hips/thighs. I have not been there in ages, as it is more catered to children. Maybe you can just stay at home, I would prefer to stay at home then be around screaming kids in the hot, humid sun.
But these amusement parks should shut down all year or whatever amount of time is needed to accomdate larger guests. The nation is just getting bigger and should accommodate to us. Same goes for airports. They are only losing more and more revenue each year if they don't comply with customer expectations.
I have rode on Six Flags rides when I was around 250lbs with no problem at all. Granted most of my weight is concentrated on my hips/thighs. I have not been there in ages, as it is more catered to children. Maybe you can just stay at home, I would prefer to stay at home then be around screaming kids in the hot, humid sun.
But these amusement parks should shut down all year or whatever amount of time is needed to accomdate larger guests. The nation is just getting bigger and should accommodate to us. Same goes for airports. They are only losing more and more revenue each year if they don't comply with customer expectations.
I don't plan to stay big. Thats why I am on weight watchers and by going and plus i am wearing what I don't wan to wear but my nephews begged me to come and to ride the big rides with them. And if I go and feel out of place.. It's teach not to go off weighgt watchers it would push me even more. I am watching my life pass me by and sick and tired of it.
I have rode on Six Flags rides when I was around 250lbs with no problem at all. Granted most of my weight is concentrated on my hips/thighs. I have not been there in ages, as it is more catered to children. Maybe you can just stay at home, I would prefer to stay at home then be around screaming kids in the hot, humid sun.
But these amusement parks should shut down all year or whatever amount of time is needed to accomdate larger guests. The nation is just getting bigger and should accommodate to us. Same goes for airports. They are only losing more and more revenue each year if they don't comply with customer expectations.
No....people that big should take personal responsibility as the OP is doing and consider it a wake up call that can save their life.
Never been to a six flags. Do they have those poles/signs where you had to be so tall to get on the ride? Its been awhile since I have been that short but I remember around the age I was some rides were borderline. I may of been shorter but I was around 5 ft ish
Cedar Point has a website with the standards there: CP Mobile
Maybe the OP's park has one?
Yes, they do. They have a pole before you get in line.... and they also have a guy holding the stick at the front of the line to make sure no one tries to sneak on.
I have rode on Six Flags rides when I was around 250lbs with no problem at all. Granted most of my weight is concentrated on my hips/thighs. I have not been there in ages, as it is more catered to children. Maybe you can just stay at home, I would prefer to stay at home then be around screaming kids in the hot, humid sun.
But these amusement parks should shut down all year or whatever amount of time is needed to accomdate larger guests. The nation is just getting bigger and should accommodate to us. Same goes for airports. They are only losing more and more revenue each year if they don't comply with customer expectations.
Then you'll be happy to know that Disneyland re-inforced their boats for It's A Small World. Really. Heavy people were starting to swamp the boats.
I've been on roller coasters when I was around 240 lbs. No problem getting the safety bars to fasten. They won't let the ride take off until the bars are down, so if it doesn't fasten right, they'll make you get off...but if it fastens, it's not going to give out suddenly halfway through the ride.
If your chest hurts on the ride, like you said in that first post, that's probably a sign that you shouldn't be riding them though.
firslty if you have a heart condition or other similar problem you shoudlnt ride...no matter what your weight...
if you have no existing health conditions then theres no reason why you cant unless you dont fit...
now not fitting is 100% depenant on the person, how they carry their wieght and the ride itself...
at my biggest i was 350lbs and 5'8", i carried it very eavenly ove my body but mostly chest and belly...
i could EASILY ride all the rides at our 6flags, there were no warnings of weight restrictions, and the saftey equiptment fit me without any problems, the seats were wide enough (but i have always had a flat butt, even at that size) the seatbelts plently long enough with room to spare, the saftey bars that come up and down over shoulders ect clipped without a problem (and i was an DD cup at the time) i never once felt unsafe, and if those bars hadnt closed 100% fully with multiple clicks to saftey i wouldnt have stayed on...
BUT i have a friend who at the time was about 220lbs, and she carries it mostly in her rear and thigs and there were many rides that I at over 100lbs more than her could easily ride safely that she couldnt ride as the saftey features wouldnt lock properly or the seats wernt wide enough.
ive got another frined who was 180lbs solid muscle (body builder) and he couldnt ride certain rides because his shoulders/chest were too wide to comfortbaly fit in the saftey restraints...
so it 100% depends on HOW you carry that weight...
its great that your working on the weight! congrats!
but dont let your current weight stop you from trying...
that being said as already pointed out, if these rollercoasters make your chest hurt or you feel nauseous ect your body is telling you something and you shouldnt go on them for THAT reason...(id also talk to your dr about the chest pain on coasters, potential heat issues shouldnt be messed with)
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