Call me a worry wart, but after seeing the damage sustained to Fury 325 at Carowinds on TikTok just now, I’m convinced roller coasters ain’t it. Like damn, the track was sagging and the pillars were swaying.
Millions of people ride coasters each year, you’re going to have a lot more dangerous things to worry about when having kids.
Even so, there’s still an undeniable fear factor I might need to get over. But it’ll need acknowledgement.
Well you shouldn’t stop your child from having fun because u get anxiety over something they want to do even tho it’s safer than driving which is an activity ull do with them quite often I imagine
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The thing is. Why would I intentionally risk death by other people’s incompetence when it comes to building and maintaining safe rollercoasters?
You could ride 10 roller coasters a day and you’re less likely to die than if you get in a car.
Better not look at automobile injury and death statistics. Rollercoasters only make headlines because of how infrequently they hurt people.
I mean, kids can get injured or die doing anything. We had a case a while back in Australia where a bunch of kids got injured and five died when freak winds lifted a jumping castle (bounce house; moon bounce; whatever you call them) off the ground and into the air before slamming them back down.
There’s always freak accidents, I’ve ridden Fury a bunch of times and I’m still breathing. I don’t remember where I read this, but you’re more likely to die on the way to the amusement park than you are on a rollercoaster.
Ok so this whole thread has me tripping about…cars. Like, I know the statistics, but my son will be driving daily to school for the first time starting in August, has only been driving occasionally since last year and I am so not ready 🤪
I love where I live (semi rural/woods) for the peace and quiet and low COL but between being 15 min from town and the terrain (Appalachia) it is impossible to not drive everywhere.
I think much of the world, including the United States, is overly car-dependent and could really benefit from more openness towards sustainable forms of transportation, and urban development designed without automobiles at the forefront of the mind.
Don’t ever play rollercoaster tycoon then.
I am a parent and I agree.
A roller coaster just derailed here in Sweden last week. 1 dead and 9 injured…
I’m conflicted, I’ve already taken mine on a few kid-friendly ones and they loved it. I myself am a huge coaster fan, but after seeing that. Idk, I’m gonna need to do a few passes around the superstructure next time we go to ride something.
Parent here. I am terrified of roller coasters. I’m a DIY and tech person, and I can see how shoddy they are built and maintained. I did however let my kid ride in them when we went to one of them awful parks (grandpa invited us, kid was still young and excited). Kid had the time of his life, I died a thousand times (I tried out the milder ones myself and watched kid ride the bad ones).
