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that won't stop me from rding those monsters... it's too unlikely to happen... i know it happens... but chances are relly low...

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Scary.. "Williams' daughter had traded seats with the 13-year-old, and was sitting on the other side of the ride. "

Well, I'm glad I dislike amusement parks, and I'm afraid of heights ;)

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no way... it's the best there can be... unfortunately, there are not that much amusement parks here... :(

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>It makes me wonder how safe rides really are. Very safe. It's certainly unfortunate, but the occasional accident shouldn't scare you away.

Agreed. How many people ride these rides in a summer vs how many get hurt. It's not like we see these stories every day.

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Yeah, it's just a scary thought.

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Too bad, but I guess nothing can be done which would predict or stop such things.

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I tell ya,they need to close down all these stupid amusement parks!!!

THE QUALITY AND MAINTENCE OF RIDES HAS GONE DOWN THE TUBES (As most everything else)

I hope they sue for every dime!!!!! (For not taking better care of thier rides)

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Well you can be sure that they will get rich off that law suit..

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>> THE QUALITY AND MAINTENCE OF RIDES HAS GONE DOWN THE TUBES (As most everything else)

tell me about it... i've got no guts to ride one single ride in here... i'd rather get kicked real hard in the nuts... that's why i better go to REAL amusement parks...

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lol.. Thats because you live in Honduras ;)

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maybe... *hmm... i had never seen it that way*

though, in Guatemala there's a real amusement park... and it's not that crappy... actually it is pretty good... there's an amazing waterpark too...

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I tell ya,they need to close down all these stupid amusement parks!!!

Oh, and I suppose whenever you see an accident on the road you want cars to be banned. :icon_rolleyes:THE QUALITY AND MAINTENCE OF RIDES HAS GONE DOWN THE TUBES (As most everything else)
*huge yawn* You think so?I hope they sue for every dime!!!!! (For not taking better care of thier rides)
Accidents happen occasionally. It's a fact of life.

This reminds me of an incident when I was in high school. It was near the end of gym class, and the teacher wanted us to move some bleachers into place for a basketball game that was happening that evening.

Now the gym had this enormous curtain in the middle (I think it was so that two gym classes could use the gym at the same time). It had a heavy metal bar at the bottom of the curtain to hold it in place.

While we were moving the bleachers, one of the cables snapped on the curtain, and it came crashing down. It probably could have given someone a concussion, and I was a few feet away from it when it came down. The teacher (who was Christian, by the way) could be clearly heard yelling "OH S***!!!" Fortunately no one was hurt.

I don't think it was due to poor maintenance that the curtain cable frayed. It probably got derailed, and in short order, frayed quickly. My point: accidents are always going to happen, unfortunately, people often get injured, resulting in tragedies like this one. That certainly isn't going to stop me from going on that ride. Besides, the ride is probably at its safest point right after it's been fixed and reopened. It goes downhill after that.

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Man,the last time I went to an amusement park, I was too scared to ride the superman like ride.I can't ride anything practically because of my height fear.I'll ride a couple of scary rides, but you'll never see me on a ferris wheel.The hitman game scared me out of doing that.

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I'm afraid of heights too :(