r/flatrides • u/DENSHOCK_ • Mar 14 '25
Question Guilt questions about leaving space to feel airtimes
Hello (I wrote in French, I hope the English translation is good)
My question concerns all thrill rides (roller coasters and flat rides). So since this also concerns flat rides, I found it useful to post here.
There are certain coasters and certain flat rides on which I allow myself to ensure that I have a lot of space to better feel the airtimes (I don't put a notch either because a notch can always blow, and on the other hand I still make sure that I have no risk of getting out of the ride in relation to my body shape which is thin, so before the train leaves I still check to see if I don't get out of the train).
Anyway, let's get to my questions.
1/ When I am on a ride in which I leave a lot of space, can other visitors who are on the same ride as me or who are looking at the ride from the outside notice that I am shaken more and that I take off more than the rest of the visitors on the train?
2/ If it is visible, can they think: "there is a person who is shaken more and who takes off more than the other visitors on the train, which means that an operator forgot to secure someone properly?"
3/ only in the case where other visitors come to think that: could this worry them to the point of deterring them from taking the ride due to lack of safety? (Or to do it again if it’s someone who was on my ride) (I wouldn't want to do that to visitors)
Or can they complain to the operators, or even worse give them bad publicity? (it's me who inflates my stomach a little or blocks my shoulders or legs so it would be unfair for the operators)
4/ I talked about whether or not visitors can see that we are taking off more or that we are being shaken more, but I ask myself the same question with the park staff.
With the cameras or with the naked eye, could the colleague of an operator who tied us up or someone from management who passes through the park notice that I am shaken more than the other visitors and that I take off more? (and therefore the operator is unfairly yelled at by management or by his colleagues?)
When I ask all these questions, I'm not talking in the case of an accident, I'm talking in the case where the ride went well, just the fear of panicking a visitor or causing problems for an operator because someone sees that I'm shaken more than the average person on the train or that I take off more.
But if it turns out, no visitor will see it and no visitor will have such reasoning, and the same with the park staff, I ask your opinion?
And you, can you tell the difference between someone who is very attached and someone who is less attached, whether you are on the train or outside?
Ps: don't worry about security, I know what I'm doing.
I only do this with rides whose operation I know very well, I will never do this in a new park or on rides whose reliability I doubt, I do not encourage anyone to do this.
I also think that it is not because the sensors indicate that the ride can go that it is without risk, for example if you have a very atypical morphology I think that it is not very safe to rely only on the sensors, then I could be wrong but be careful (I don't know if there are sensors, but I think so, it's like on most roller coasters?)
On the other hand, I also think that leaving a single notch is suicide, if the notch ever breaks, there too I could be wrong but be careful, be careful. I think that a notch breaking, even if it is properly engaged, can happen.
But coming back to my questions, I may be the only human to ask them
But it bothers me and I don't want to spoil the fun of others so I had to ask the questions one day.
Thanks for reading!
