BigShadowtinytree
TS Member
Yeah I get this, I felt similar when my family and I rode Iron Gwazi for the first time this summer. It was my youngest daughters first coaster with inversions and my eldest has only done Python at Efteling as far as inversions go which is tame in comparison. Youngest was just over the height requirement so rationally I knew she would be safe, but as parents I think we’re always going to have slight worries about things like this. I just have to tell myself that probably thousands of kids around their height have ridden it previously and been completely fine.This isn’t so much about myself being scared on a ride but certainly as a parent I do feel nervous sometimes for my kids riding a ride especially if they have only just scraped in over the height restriction. My daughter often jokes about me constantly trying to push her restraint down an extra click on rides that invert. Of course I know rationally that if they meet the height restriction they will be perfectly safe but I can’t help doing it. When we were riding Sik I found myself actually reaching across and holding on to her arm during the five rolls at the end. Anyone else find themselves doing this with their kids?
My main worry was that my youngest, being only 8, would find it absolutely terrifying and would come off having hated the experience. Fortunately that wasn’t the case, she was sat behind me with her dad and on the brake run I turned around and she had a huge smile on her face, it turned out to be her favourite ride of the whole trip. What a ride to experience your first inversions on! I’m not sure Mandrill Mayhem at Chessington will impress her now.