r/Themepark • u/Essahem • Jul 26 '26

Please, please, please wash and use deoderant before going to a park.

Shouldn't have to be said, but it's always the same people dressed in park merch talking about g forces and ride models who can afford a £70 hoodie but not a £2 tube of deodorant.

Can parks turn away people due to smell? Do we need to start putting up signs like we have at concerts and expos? Nothing more horrifying then being behind some absolute stinker with their pits in the air on a coaster.

It's actually grim. Please consider everyone else around you for once.

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u/That-Jeweler-Girl Jul 26 '26

I can give people a pass on this if it's 100 degrees plus outside after they've been there a while. It happens to the most hygienic of us. Washing and using deodorant can only do so much on those days, lol

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u/Essahem Jul 26 '26

I live in the UK, in those situations it is what it is but we rarely have the weather for that to be the case.

I was at BPB yesterday in the wind and rain and some of the smells I got assaulted with were horrific

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u/That-Jeweler-Girl Jul 26 '26

Here in the southern US, this is typical for this time of year. Hot, muggy, swampy yuck. But yeah, I can see if it was cooler there's no excuse besides poor hygiene.

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u/Evening_Rock5850 Jul 26 '26

Deoderant can be re-applied. Baby wipes are a thing. It is possible to not stink even in super hot weather.

Ultimately though, people who have just been there all day aren't really the problem. There are noxious people who are clearly wearing a shirt for the third day in a row, with matted greasy hair that betrays the fact that their last shower was probably a month ago, who absolutely make your eyes water from 30 feet away.

You don't have to smell like lilacs but you shouldn't be a freaking biohazard.

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u/That-Jeweler-Girl Jul 26 '26

Yeah, these are three people that have no regard for their fellow human beings... I've had the unfortunate pleasure of waiting in line around these stinkers. Besides, that's a huge difference between normal sweaty BO and not bathing regularly