I just heard about this! In gurnee, Il we have a ride that is the same called the "giant drop" and I have ridden it probably close to 30 times,no joke, I love that ride. I am going to think twice about that from now on.

That is absolutely horrible!!! That is out of a horror movie. That poor girl.

Anything can happen on those rides. The other day I heard that passengers were stuck upside down on a roller coaster for 30 minutes or perhaps it was a lot longer - I don't recall. At least it held! The electricity apparently shut off. It that's the case, I would think the car would have dropped.

I have a huge fear of those swings. Whenever I see them, I keep imagining the cable to break and for a person to just fly. They give me the creeps. It will take all of me to let my children someday ride one of those.

omg! this is why i have always hated roller coaster and such lol.
im such a worry wart when it comes to this kind of stuff.
what freaks me out even more is the carnival rides that get put up and taken down all the time..
i refuse to go on those!

YIKES!

me too! especially since i read about a little girl being scalped on the tilt-a-whirl. her hair got sucked through the back of the seat (or something) and got caught in the motor.

and just for fun... http://www.rideaccidents.com/

Omg, how horrible...I dont like hearing about things like this and I definately wont be going on any rides like that...*shudders*

Just for fun?? Oh my goodness! That website has convinced me never to go on another ride again. EVER. A girl is scalped? It didn't say what happened to her after that. The orbiter sounds horrible.

I used to have a reoccurring dream that I was on a roller coaster and it derailed and I fell. I felt if I didn't wake up before I hit the ground I was literally going to die. The same dream haunted me for real. I wonder if that dream will know come back.

I never want my son to ride on rides again. I will be posting some cute pictures of him at the carnival a few days ago but after that....
How do we deal with this as parents. I really don't want him to but is it really fair to keep him from it because his mom "me" is a freak?? (I keep referring to my one son and haven't started saying two sons yet:(. That will change in a few weeks I am sure.

i was reading all the ride accidents thats alot for 2007, i will think twice before going on another one anytime soon, gesielwind freizit-land has a drop tower here, i didnt go on it i was having terrible anxiety and now if we ever went back i dont think i would ever go on it lol. But i didnt see anything about rides breaking or people getting injured at any parks in germany! but still

i was always told the giant drop had huge polerized magnets that stopped you not ropes

meh i could be wrong but thats what i was told

never went on it anyway, i hate hights *shivers*

~alicia~

Actually, I think that you are right! People have told me about the magnets before. The guys on the local Chicago news stated that it was just like the Giant drop and that they have now closed that ride.

my god that's seriously horrible. i read all through that website "ride accidents" last night, and when I was laying down for bed I was seriously freaked out and disturbed thinking about all those rides malfunctioning and people dying eeeeeeeeeeh, maybe i don't want to go to worlds of fun this summer lol

I have never ever ever ever liked six flags rides, or any roller coasters at all!! And I'm so glad for that. I may be boring, but I've still got all my appendages!
I feel so bad for that poor girl and her family.