Assuming this ever made it to court I would expect them to go attraction by attraction and have Universal explain how this policy specifically applies to each attraction. While a good number of them this should be easy there are a few where trying to do this isn't going to look good for Universal and it only takes one.
I've ridden all of those without holding on. Honestly for me holding onto the lap bar really doesn't do much for the lateral forces with the leverage you get. Your going to shift left and right that's the whole point, but your not going to fall out or hurt yourself.
This is where I see them having an issue. For Hulk or Dragons sure, but when they start talking about something like Twirl & Hurl it can get a lot trickier especially being an off the shelf type ride with countless other examples in the world.
Hershey park has a coaster called Skyrush where your arms are absolutely useless because there is pretty much nothing to hold on to as it throws your upper body around like a ragdoll. Cedar point has mean streak and a lot of you know how bad that is. If someone with no arms is a danger on spider man, they should have shut down mean streak years ago.
I agree with the completely. I don't think all people should be able to ride everything- but there is no reason an armless individual shouldn't be able to ride a plethora of rides (HE, SM, transformers, cat and hat, Seuss train, Jurassic park, Dudley, Popeye, storm force, minions, Simpsons). Even MIB. Although that would be difficult
If she has precedent that every other major park allows it, I don't see how they'll be able to prove they are different. How is woody woodpecker going to be more risky than California screamin or RSR?
It doesn't matter if it is intentional. They can be discriminating by the fact that they made a policy which is unreasonable thus targeting a certain group of people.
That is a bit silly. These aren't extreme rides, while I understand that being able to use your arms is somewhat helpful it's far from necessary to keep from falling over to the point of being injured. This is like saying someone with a prosthetic leg shouldn't be allowed in the park because they could trip on a curb. Many people ride these rides with very limited arm strength and could just as easily suffer from the injuries you describe. It's not like without arms your whole upper body becomes a limp rag doll.
This was the excuse Knott's used to say you couldn't ride their rides with glasses. I didn't buy it, I think it's easier to come up with an excuse that sounds like it could be out of your control.
Yeah my take on this is it was set up, they'll settle and her and her lawyer will make money and we'll never hear about it again.
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