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Going to Great America in Illinois - Will I fit on the coasters?

July121980
July121980 Posts: 37 Member
edited March 7 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi am going to Great America this Saturday and am very fearful I will not fit on the coasters. Could you please tell me your experiences?

I am 5'0 and about 195 pounds.

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  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    Contact them --email is good.
  • beamer0821
    beamer0821 Posts: 488 Member
    you should be fine. my husband who is 5'10" about 280 fits on the rides.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Usually the web site will tell which rides have weight/height restrictions. Although at 195 I think you'd probably be fine.
  • July121980
    July121980 Posts: 37 Member
    I hope so. A number of years ago, I saw an overweight woman try to ride on Batman and was told she had to leave the ride due to her size and people laughed, snickered and pointed. No joke. I was mortified for her.
  • Vina4
    Vina4 Posts: 23 Member
    I can ride some of the coasters that are at my local amusement parks and I am 292. What prevents me from riding some of the coasters is I am big breasted and have trouble with over the shoulder harnesses.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    July121980 wrote: »
    I hope so. A number of years ago, I saw an overweight woman try to ride on Batman and was told she had to leave the ride due to her size and people laughed, snickered and pointed. No joke. I was mortified for her.

    At the parks I've been to - the rides that have smaller seats have sample seats before you even get in line. So you can either try the seat or just give it an eyeball to see if you're going to fit. But I've never had a problem fitting on a ride and I used to weigh a little more than you.

  • shadowofender
    shadowofender Posts: 786 Member
    I was mortified this summer because I did not. But I'm 6', and was 298. I've lost five inches from my hips since then.
    You're much smaller than me, you should be ok.
    Good luck getting them to contact you back though. I tried before I went and never heard anything, filed a complaint after I went just saying I wish someone had responded to me beforehand so I could have avoided the situation and never heard anything. Not a huge deal but still.
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    Most parks have sample seats you can try so you don't have to stand in line and then find out you don't fit.

    I've heard that the general rule is that if you're a size 18 or up, you should try the seat first.

    I fit on all the coasters when I was size 18. For whatever that is worth.
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