Thorpe Park: General Discussion

[owenstreet7]

Not even sure it's that. I imagine you need to be able to fully brace yourself (neck, back, legs etc) because of the extreme forces of the ride. If you can't brace yourself then you could get severely injured or worse....

Ohh, what has been said this afternoon on the Facebook groups linked is that anyone who can't climb down the lift hill unaided will not be allowed to ride.

A wheelchair user can theoretically ride as long as they can climb down the lift hill in the event of an emergency.

This would explain why some people were allowed to ride that I thought would've been caught out by the new restrictions.

 

[RIPCorky]

Ohh, what has been said this afternoon on the Facebook groups linked is that anyone who can't climb down the lift hill unaided will not be allowed to ride.

A wheelchair user can theoretically ride as long as they can climb down the lift hill in the event of an emergency.

This would explain why some people were allowed to ride that I thought would've been caught out by the new restrictions.

That's just my theory, But seems most likely to me.

I imagine not much has changed, if anyone who was riding previously could not brace themselves and could not evac safely then they were not only putting themselves in danger but other riders/park staff too.

 

[pluk]

I stand corrected!

Then you may ride.

It's an odd change if it is in response to Stardust racers. I was thinking the death was going to be the result of flailing around while unconscious, but anyone can go unconscious.
Please excuse my ignorance, but would wheelchair users who are unable to hold their own weight unaided (which I suppose is what being non-ambulant amounts to) be significantly more flexible at the hip to the extent their head and upper body could violently strike things that a person with a regular spine and lower muscles would not strike while retrained by a lap bar?

 

[will6789]

I imagine not much has changed, if anyone who was riding previously could not brace themselves and could not evac safely then they were not only putting themselves in danger but other riders/park staff too.

That's what I would've assumed, but in the app, the Hyperia ride restrictions page (which doesn't appear to have been updated yet, but screenshot below for the record) explicitly states that the ride is suitable for non-ambulant riders. Does anyone know what the proceedure was for evacuating a non-ambulant rider from the lift hill? I imagine it would've been very difficult to get someone who couldn't walk, down from the top of the ride.