[KenB]

<a href='http://www.wavy.com/global/story.asp?s=7043397' target='_blank'>TV story</a>

I was wondering if BGE went overboard a bit until the guy started saying "his legs were turning blue". A skinny guy on a B&M with *over the shoulder restraints* - uh, BS. I've been stuck on Top Gun on the brake run for several minutes, and I'm a bigger guy - no pain, numbness, or loss of bloodflow to my extremities. Come to think of it, I've been stuck on the brake run for Superman @ SFOG for 4-5 minutes before, and while it wasn't exactly comfortable hanging there like that, no medical problems. I've had worse on Thunder Road and PKI's Racer, when the lapbar locked down a bit too tight during the ride, which required a manual release of the restraint to get out. Painful - a bit. Legs turning blue? Uh, no.

Then when they got to the part about this happening twice to this same guy, and that being the ONLY two times that's happened since the ride opened, I could see why these two were banned - with no refund on their season passes, no less. There must be some trick to getting the OTSR not to release that the guy figured out, and I'd guess he thought he could get some money or something out of the park by complaining about being "stuck".

I'm wondering if they won't get into further trouble for tampering with the ride's safety system. It'd serve them right.....

KenB

[Dukeis#1]

Good job to BGE for standing up to the two. The guys were probably thinking the park would quietly settle with them rather than getting any unwanted publicity. Obviously they simply knew a way to make the restraints malfunction.

I hope Busch Gardens stomps both of them.

[bgwfreak]

What idiots...

"The only two times it happens, you were on the ride. Uh yeah, that means it doesn't work right!!11!!1"

:rolleyes:

I'm glad they're banned and now everyone in the world knows how stupid they are.