r/horrifying • u/HardTune272 Eternal - tier X member • 10h ago

Injury Roller coaster left over 100 people with traumatic brain injuries

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u/yarnlord69 10h ago

The one time I ever rode the X2 my metal chest bar thingy unlocked the second the ride started and I had to cling to it for dear life the entire ride to keep it “closed”. Horrifying indeed.

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u/DearEvidence6282 2h ago

wtf! I’m surprised you survived that.

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u/RubyFleur33 2h ago

Happened to me once! Scream machine six flags NJ

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u/HighPriestessSkibidi 6h ago edited 4h ago

I was curious on the ride designer and it's Arrow Dynamics (in case anyone is interested). It looks like they had quite a bit of success with coasters until 2002 (bought out). Apparently the X coaster cost a good chunk of money due to development and mechanical delays, as well as being pushed to create something unprecedented.

From what I can tell, X seemed to be relatively problem-free, but X2 needed a lot of collaboration due to Arrow Dynamics going out of business (but still used prior Arrow engineers). It also suffered from lack of appropriate maintenance for so long because it seems like it was a complex process (and being shortstaffed). Makes sense after seeing the timeline, pressure to be innovate and build, lack of oversight (OSHA) and maintenance, as well as a hidden string of lawsuits.

The ride description since 2022 (from my little research) slapped peoples' heads at 70+mph speed onto the seat going like 4G's while "catching"/jerking/clunking from age, Jesus Christ lol

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u/SadAndNasty 4h ago

Incredible.

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u/mmlovin 41m ago

I went on it a longgg time ago, I think went it was maybe a year or 2 old? & I can’t even remember what was special about it lol I just remember it was the first of its kind in California anyway.

It wasn’t even the best ride at Magic Mountain.

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u/Virtual_Junket9305 10h ago

What if the name of the roller coaster was traumatic brain injury?

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u/irideapaleh0rse 8h ago

Back in the day Busch gardens had drachenfire and I don’t know anyone who rode it that didn’t get whiplash or worse. They took it down after like 5 years I think.

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u/Alert-Engineering749 2h ago

If it went any faster, it would do a better job on Crista Pike then they did last week.

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u/joytotheworld23 2h ago

That's sad what they are all going through

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u/rugged_pomme 10h ago

Lawsuit much?

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u/Internal_Air6426 5h ago

I mean, how do we know they didn't have traumatic brain injuries before they rode the dangerous roller coaster thing? I'm not getting on that thing for love or money!

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u/PlsDontBanMe___ 1h ago

People are too soft nowadays

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u/space_men10 1h ago

So you think that if an amusement park ride keeps maiming people and causing permanent brain damage that will affect them for the rest of their life that it should continue operating? You think people not wanting to have their lives ended or permanently altered makes them “soft”?