Consumer Safety Alerts - 2010

A running list of amusement parks and rides that are receiving consumer related injury/incident complaints.

ID#	Issue	Ride/Type	Operator	Summary
10-0826	Back / Stomach	Hades / Wooden	Mount Olympus Water and Theme Park	Rider indicates that she sustained back pain after riding roller coaster. Went on to indicate that the rough nature of the ride caused stomach pain due to restraint being forced into her stomach.
10-0825	Back	Hades / Wooden	Mount Olympus Water and Theme Park	Rider indicates back pain after riding roller coaster. Went on to indicate he was in the last row of the roller coaster train.
10-0824	Back	Rolling Thunder / Wooden	Six Flags Great Adventure	Rider indicates rough nature of ride caused back to "pop" various times during ride. Further went on to say that ride felt as if it were going to "rip him apart."
10-0823	Misc.	Titan / Steel	Six Flags Over Texas	Rider indicates that he was struck by a souvenir cup that someone let go of during ride. Indicated he suffered a small welt on the side of his face.
10-0822	Shoulder/Back	Boomerang / SLC	Six Flags Discovery Kingdom	Rider indicates rough nature of ride caused back and shoulder pain. Indicates that backwards portion of ride was, "hell."
10-0821	Neck/Back	Ghostrider / Wooden	Knott's Berry Farm	Rider indicates rough nature of ride caused back and neck pain. Indicated he was sitting in last row of train. Further indicated muscle spasms in his neck lasted 2 days after ride.
10-0820	Back/Blurry Vision	Cyclone / Wooden	Six Flags New England	Rider indicates back pain and blurry vision after riding roller coaster.
10-0819	Neck/ Stomach	Roar / Wooden	Six Flags Discovery Kingdom	Rider indicates that she sustained neck pain after riding roller coaster. Further indicated that rough nature of ride caused lap bar to dig into her stomach causing bruising.
10-0818	Back	The Voyage / Wooden	Holiday World	Rider indicates that rough nature of ride caused back spasms after riding ride in middle row of train.
10-0813	Back	Giant Dipper / Wooden	Belmont Park	Rider indicates that rough nature of ride caused back spasms after he departed ride.
10-0812	Back / Dizziness / Headache	Thunderhead / Wooden	Dollywood	Rider indicates that roughness of ride cause her upper back pain. Further indicated that after ride she felt dizzy and had a pounding headache.
10-0811	Back / Dizziness / Headache	Boardwalk Bullet/Wooden	Kemah Boardwalk	Rider indicates rough nature of ride caused back pain. Dizziness and headache soon followed after rider says she was, "able to gather myself."
10-0810	Back and Neck	The Roller Coaster at New York New York / Steel	New York New York Hotel & Casino	Rider indicates that rough nature of ride caused back pain. Indicates neck became stiff after ride and attributes that to roughness of ride.
10-0809	Personal Safety	The Roller Coaster at New York New York / Steel	New York New York Hotel & Casino	Rider indicates that several rowdy drunk guests boarded the ride and were allowed to by ride operators.
10-0808	Back and Neck	The Roller Coaster at New York New York / Steel	New York New York Hotel & Casino	Rider indicates that despite keeping head back during ride they exited with neck and back pain. Indicated that ride felt like, "driving through a series of pot holes."
10-0804	Ear, Neck, Leg pain	Batman - The Ride / Inverted	Six Flags Magic Mountain	Rider indicates rough nature of ride caused him to bang his ears repeatedly into the restraint. Indicates when they got off of ride had a stiff neck and leg pain due to restraint pushing into quad area of his legs.
10-0803	Stomach,  Contusion, Vomit	Indiana Jones / Dark Ride	Disneyland	Rider indicates rough nature of ride caused seatbelt to grind into her stomach repeatedly -- which caused stomach pain, bruising and vomiting after leaving ride platform.
10-0802	Neck	Top Thrill Dragster / Launch	Cedar Point	Rider failed to keep head back during launch.
10-0730	Black Out	Tatsu / Flyer	Six Flags Magic Mountain	Rider indicates that she blacked after going through pretzel look portion of ride.
10-0729	Neck	Storm Runner / Launch	Hershey Park	Rider failed to keep head back during launch.
10-0728	Neck	Xcelerator / Launch	Knott's Berry Farm	Rider failed to keep head back during launch.
10-0727	Misc.	N/A	Disney's California Adventure - California	Consumer indicated that employee could not provide her with information on how to get to first aid station. Guest indicated she needed to get to first aid station due to headache.
10-0726	Back/Neck	Boss / Wooden	Six Flags St Louis	Rider indicates that rough nature of ride caused neck and back pain. Went on to indicate that neck pain was mainly due his head being whipped around by the ride. Back pain, he indicated, was due what he described as, "the bumps of the ride running up my back."
10-0725	Back	The Beast / Wooden	Kings Island - Ohio	Rider indicated that rough nature of ride caused back pain. Indicated that he was sitting in very first car of train on the right side.
10-0720	Heat Related	N/A	N/A	A wide range of consumer issues involving heat exhaustion and dehydration during the 3rd week of July.
10-0712	Back/Neck	Gwazi / Wooden	Busch Gardens - Tampa	Rider indicates that rough nature of this ride caused back and neck pain. Further indicated that while on ride she had to dodge some type of projectile - which she believed could have been a cellular phone.
10-0704	Black Out	Mission Space / Dark Ride	Disney Epcot - Florida	Rider indicated that during ride he blacked out. Rider failed to drink fluids prior to riding ride and was feeling light headed and thirsty before riding attraction.
10-0703	Loss of Feeling in Legs	Talon / Inverted	Dorney Park - Pennsylvania	Rider indicates that she loss feeling in her legs after getting off of ride. Indicated that when checking her restraint - ride operator pushed it into her. Causing leg discomfort.
10-0702	Loss of Feeling in Legs	Batman The Ride / Inverted	Six Flags Great America - Illinois	Rider indicates that after ride he had a hard time standing. Indicates both legs "fell asleep." Was assisted by friends so that he could sit down. Indicated feeling returned and did not have problem rest of his visit.
10-0701	Back/Neck	Incredible Hulk / Steel	Islands of Adventure	Rider indicated that rough nature of ride caused neck and back pain. Indicates that during ride she heard her neck "pop" and then felt pain run down her back. Indicated that she has a stiff neck.
10-0630	Back	Roar / Wooden	Six Flags America - Maryland	Male rider indicated that after getting off the ride, his back tighten up causing him to leave park early. Indicated that he had no previous back problems. Further indicated that while riding rough nature of ride made his back "pop" several times.
10-0627	Back	Shivering Timbers / Wooden	Michigan's Adventure	Rider indicates while sitting in last row of train she felt her back tighten up. Indicates her back had various spasm around lower back. Further indicated pain may have been due to her bracing herself against rough nature of the ride.
10-0622	Back	Simpsons Ride/ Motion Sim.	Universal Studios Hollywood - California	Rider indicates while holding his son back with his right arm he strained his back. Indicated he was holding his child back as she was moving forward, in his opinion, too hard during the ride.
10-0621	Head/Muffled Hearing	Kong / SLC	Six Flags Discovery Kingdom - California	Rider indicates that the rough nature of the ride caused headache and muffled hearing. Indicated that during ride both her ears slammed hard, and repeatedly, into the restraint.
10-0619	Legs	Flight Deck / Inverted	California's Great America - California	Rider indicates that after she got off of ride her legs felt as if they were, "asleep." Indicated that she had trouble standing and would later get calf cramps in both legs.
10-0618	Legs	Batman The Ride / Inverted	Six Flags Great Adventure - New Jersey	Rider indicates that he failed to alert ride operator prior to dispatch of roller coaster train that restraint was too tight on his thighs. Later would develop back and blue in thigh area.
10-0617	Back	Cyclone / Wooden	Six Flags New England - Massachusetts	Rider indicates that rough nature of ride caused back spasms. Indicates he was sitting within middle of the roller coaster train.
10-0615	Back	The Boss / Wooden	Six Flags St. Louis - Missouri	Rider indicates rough nature of the ride caused him back pain. Indicates that he was riding with his son and had his arm around his son to keep him from moving around due to the rough nature of the ride.
10-0614	Back	Ghostrider / Wooden	Knott's Berry Farm - California	Rider indicates that the rough nature of this ride caused back pain and she had a hard time walking off the ride due to the back pain.
10-0613	Neck	The Roller Coaster at New York New York / Steel	New York New York Hotel and Casino - Nevada	Rider indicates while sitting in the last row of this roller coaster, she sustained neck pain during ride. Pin pointed the pain occurring during the dive loop portion of the ride.
10-0612	Back / Neck	The Roller Coaster at New York New York / Steel	New York New York Hotel and Casino - Nevada	Rider indicates rough nature of this ride caused back and neck pain. Indicates that he was sitting in the middle of the roller coaster train. Pin pointed the dive loop portion of the ride being the element that, "really made the pain unbearable."
10-0611	Back	Mean Streak / Wooden	Cedar Point - Ohio	Rider indicates that rough nature of ride caused her back pain. Further went on to indicate that she was sitting in the middle of the roller coaster train. Back pain, she indicated, centered around the lower portion of her back.
10-0527	Motion Sickness	Curse of Darkastle / Dark Ride	Busch Gardens Williamsburg - Virginia	Rider indicates that during ride he became motion sick after putting 3-D glasses over his regular glasses.
10-0526	Loss of Feeling in Legs	Batman / Inverted	Six Flags St. Louis - Missouri	Rider indicates that she lost feeling in her legs during ride. Indicates she also had difficulty walking after ride, but ultimately felt better.
10-0525	Hearing Difficulty	Kong / SLC	Six Flags Discovery Kingdom - California	Rider indicates that rough nature of ride caused his head to move around violently. Rider indicates, however, that his ears never struck anything during ride.
10-0524	Black Out	Tatsu / Flyer	Six Flags Magic Mountain - California	Rider indicated that she blacked out during ride and does not remember roller coaster train pulling into the loading station.
10-0523	Black Out	Great Nor'Easter/SLC	Morey Piers - New Jersey	Rider indicates that during ride, she had her head slammed into the back of the seat, temporarily blacking out. Rider indicated that she attempted to keep her head back, however, was unable to do so due to the rough nature of the ride.
10-0522	Back and Neck	Boardwalk Bullet/Wooden	Kemah Boardwalk - Texas	Riders have made mention of back and neck pain associated with riding this roller coaster. These issues appear to be isolated towards riders sitting the last 2 rows of the roller coaster car.
10-0515	Slip and Fall	Splash Mountain / Flume	Disneyland - California	Riders have indicated when exiting their "logs" that ride operators are rushing them to hurry out as to cause themselves to stumble out - slipping and falling.
10-0510	Black Out	Tatsu/Flyer	Six Flags Magic Mountain - California	Riders blacking out during pretzel loop element portion of ride. Reporting consumers were all lying down within all areas of the roller coaster train.
10-0509	Black Out	Intimidator 305/ Giga	Kings Dominion - Virginia	Riders on ride blacked out due to a wide range of issues - those issue so far have been: Rider failed to eat Rider dehydrated Rider had pre-existing high blood pressure.
10-0508	Back/Neck	Indiana Jones/Dark Ride	Disneyland - California	Rider mentioned that ride caused back and neck pain due to rough turning and diving motions.

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