By very definition, all rides are death traps (because there is the
POTENTIAL for thing to go horribly wrong), some moreso than others, but to say people calling it as such is an offense to its apparent memory shows that there's a few rose tinted glasses out and about...QUOTE]
I didn't say it was "an offense to the ride's memory", I said calling it a 'death trap' was offensive to the staff who built, maintained and performed daily checks on the ride right up to the last day people rode it. Track was checked, the ride structure itself and the ride cars were checked and parts replaced as necessary. So, it was perfectly safe. By your logic though, even Icon is a death trap as it has the '
POTENTIAL for things to go horribly wrong' even though it is brand new, is no doubt subject to a phenomenal amount more safety regulations than when Wild Mouse was built in 1958, and has had hundreds of hours of testing, not to mentions thousands of hours of planning going back several years. Put yourself in the place of a Mouse staff member who has just spent countless hours over the closed season maintaining the ride, and performing all the necessary daily safety checks, only for someone to look down their nose at them and declare the ride to be 'dangerous' and a 'death trap', I don't think you'd be best pleased.
I hang out of the side of most coasters, especially the big one and oblivion on the end seats.
Clearances being what they are, the newer the ride, the more you can hang out.
Wild Mouse could take off both arms if you messed about.
When insurance companies decide you are a high risk, premiums can go up by a hundred percent a year.
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Well folks, here you go. The mystery is solved. The man who readily confesses to 'hanging out the side of most coasters' and with his head plays chicken with The Big One's supports on the helix, is solely responsible for BPB deciding to close Wild Mouse. Anyone want his address?
