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Amusement Park Employees, What’s Your Horror Story? (r/AskReddit)
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When I was smaller I almost fell out of a wooden coaster. It didn't have modern shoulder restraints, just a single lap bar that was shared by both riders that shared a seat. I was just big enough to go on this ride and I shared a seat with my dad, so the lap bar came down to his lap but not mine. There was also a bar on the top of the back of the seat ahead of your seat that you could grab onto. On the first drop, because the lap bar was doing nothing to keep me attached to the car, I floated out of the seat to the point that my butt was higher than my head, the only reason I didn't completely fall out is because of my adrenaline power iron death grip on that top bar. At the bottom of the drop I was slammed hard back into seat and was going ballistic trying to get my legs back under the lap bar. My dad didn't see what had happened on that first drop and thought I was just scared because that a typical reaction for a kid who is somewhat new to roller coasters, so he was laughing at my expense. On the second drop he actually saw me floating out of my seat and this time he wasn't laughing, he grabbed me by the back of the shirt and stuffed me back down into the seat and basically had to sit on my lap to help pin me to the seat for the rest of the ride. To add insult to injury near the end of the ride there is a tunnel that took advantage of the turbulence generated by the cars to generate an extremely loud "scream" but because I was grabbing the top bar as my life literally depended on it, I couldn't cover my ears at that part so had a ringing in my ears for awhile. I still love roller coasters and now that I'm bigger I will even go on the wooden ones, though they still make me a little nervous.
7:04 I was at the other end of the spectrum, too small arms to grab the second safety belt from below, luckily nothing happened but the adrenaline rush was amazing considering I actually held on for dear life at 70m height
edit: rip 149cm adult height, thank gosh german roller coasters have no height requirements
I mainly remember a news story about a teenage boy was killed on that ride that drops. It was later confirmed that he shouldn't have been on the ride because he was too heavy.
3:36 Steel Vengeance at Cedar Point.
the worst thing that happened in my time working at the park was that a coworker operating the train hit a kid and the kid broke his leg. parents just stood and watched the kid run past the lowered arms and onto the train tracks then tried to sue the park but lost.
I do feel obligated to tell THE horror story of the park though. We have a rollercoaster called the mindbender and there was a time when the last car came loose and flung off the track, 3 people died but one man lived. they give the man free tickets to the park and he does still attend but of course woukd never ride the mindbender again
I was in the desert theme park when Gary Busey was filming at. He was stalking our family for at least an hour. Now I know why. He was trying to steal our car keys! 😱
I always hated having to tell the large guest that they were too big to ride the drop tower meant for little kids and slim adults. the area in the park I used to work out was meant more for kids but adults could enjoy it too but it's tricky when the parent is 350+ pounds.
I think what I just learned is that I was an odd child for caring about safety first, then fun.
I have ridden a Ferris Wheel a few times when the ride went backwards all the way around, sometimes twice during loading. I thought this was normal and I always assume the controller knows what they are doing. I will continue to assume this for my own peace of mind.
Used to work at a local park. IIRC, someone thought they heard weapon fire. I had to sit there and watch hundreds of people stampede trying to get back to the entrance. People ran through stores and stole on the way out, and we had limited security.
Not an employee but this happened to me at six flags great adventure. When I was younger, like 6-7 years old at most, me and my mom went all the time to ride the kid rides. One day I wanted to ride the flying elephants ride, pretty normal for me. With the kid rides they all had special seat belts that needed a special key the ride operator had to open them.
Me and my mom wait in line and eventually get let into the ride area to pick our elephant. The elephant I wanted still had it’s seatbelt buckled and since I didn’t have the special key I had to wait till the operator came to open it. I stood in the elephant and my mom outside of it. After a few minutes the operator entered the booth and started the ride. He hadn’t checked everyone’s belts, only one side of the ride, and had started the ride while I was still standing in the elephant. My mom thankfully saw what was about to happen and grabbed me, scaring me and causing me to pee my self(Important in a bit). It was at that moment the operator realized he fucked up and shut the ride down and ran over. I don’t remember much in that moment other the screaming parents all around me and my mom screaming at the operator. I hadn’t even realized the ride was starting till a while after when I processed what had happened.
My mom stormed over to customer service and continued to yell at the employees there, fulled by the fear and adrenaline of potentially having me hurt or dead. They ended up giving my mom free season passes for the next year as well as gave me a new outfit because I had peed my self, a bunch of stuffed animals and a bunch of candy. I don’t know what happened to the ride operator but now a days they have to check every car and there’s usually at least 2 employees at every ride no matter what. I believe the seat belts are still the special ones but I haven’t been on the flying elephants at that park since then. Not for my own fear, just never wanted to.
People can really sit here listening to this monotonous robot voice for hours and don't get annoyed about it droning on. I can't even focus through a whole story because it's just so boring and, well.. monotonous. I'm sure the stories are great but please let this obnoxiously boring voice die for once and for all. It's a burden to society.
The chorine thing that was in Antioch CA we almost went that day lol
That’s happened to me at a job once. Worked at a daycare as a lead teacher for pre k. One day I called the front management asking for someone to come relieve me cause I needed to use the restroom. An HOUR AND 55 MINUTES LATER, I had not only bled through my feminine product but also peed myself. When they finally walked in I grabbed my stuff, when to the bathroom, and then went home. Emailed my resignation to the owner.
Never trust your life or well being to a bunch of minimum wage employees who will only work just hard enough to not get fired.
the last time my partner and I went to Kings Island it was during Halloween around 2018. Was walking threw a scare zone where this super tall employee was dressed like a clown and this little shit teenager after laughing with his friends walked up to the clown and punched him in the face. I saw him run off laughing while trying to change hoodies with his buddies. I was so angry first tried to check on the kid and turns out his eye socket was fractured and then I made sure to make a statement since I saw it very clearly. Turns out the asshole was caught and said it was his friend and his friend did it cause he got scared I made sure they knew the kids were lying, too bad he just got a few months band from the park.
I'm really mad that you gave the dad the drawing anyways after he threw that tantrum. All that does is show him that he can throw tantrums in order to get his way and it also teaches his son the same thing. I mean I guess I kind of get it if you thought life was in danger or he was going to get physical but I wouldn't have given it to him no matter what sort of tantrum he wanted to throw. Especially after he got his way and then still was hanging around throwing a tantrum and running off other paying customers. Wtf?
i work at six flags great escape, still do, have been for 2 years as a ride operator. the worst thing that happened to me was my first day ever. a woman had requested to ride in the front car of a kid train ride we had in our kid zone. die to the manufacturer rules, she was unable to ride in the front of the car. i let her know that, in a kind and quiet way since i was nervous, and she did not like that.
she went off, absolutely screaming at me at the top of her lungs, in front of a bunch of other kids and parents about how it was bull and that i was a piece of sh!t, etc etc. calling me names, degrading me, meanwhile it’s our opening day, my first job, im a minor and i’m just standing there trying to figure out what to do to handle this because she’s now going up to other parents pointing at me and screaming how bad i am.
My supervisors and security showed up, and my supervisor took me to our backstage area to help me calm down.
I give credit to this job though. I’ve learned to stand up for myself and have overcome some severe social anxiety. The people i work with are great, and honestly, guests can make or break our days. I try my best to make sure everyone gets on the ride quickly and safely so we can keep our rides moving, and we all understand frustration with waiting in a hot ass line forever, especially if you find out your kid is too short to ride, but taking out your anger on us by screaming at us is just going to get you ejected from the park.
I find really 🤔 strange how American horror stories frequently involve human fe**s or other bodily fluids!🤢 Like really, everywhere you go, Walmart, car park, bars, Amusement park etc. there are always stories of physical, real, s**t storms, p**rains, jetv***t. Are Americans just that gross? Is this part of the bill of rights, you know the right to bodily functions, like anytime anywhere? Or is it because of the processed food (McDon, Chipt, T Bell etc.) they force feed you?🤔🙄🤦🤷🏻
32:26 😂 😂 😂 😂
I don’t have horror stories (well, they’re funny to me now), but I have about 3 summers of stories.
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10:20– *OH GOD THERE’S A ROLLAR COASTER COMING, OH GOD BE HAS AIRPODS IN, OH NOOOOOOOOOOO*, still, him dying is sad
These stories are making me question my safety if I ever go to an amusement park now, with operators being 17 and whatnot.
Am I the only one that doesn’t feel bad for OP on stories like the lightning storm one? You’re the biggest idiot if you operate a ride without supervision if you don’t know how to do it and you’re most definitely liable if something happens.
As a plus size person, for me it’s not embarrassing to be told I don’t fit. Generally I already know but will try anyway. And that’s usually the kiddie rides because they’re not as rough or crazy. And I do tend to pay attention to the health warnings, heart, neck or back! My ride of choice at this age is the Merry Go Round 😁
Watching in bed laughing. Shhhhhh husband sleeping. Stories funny but add the computer voice put me over.
So in ontario we have "Canada's Wonderland" i went with a group of 5 on this ride called "great canadian mind buster" aka an ild wooden roller-coaster. Long story short I had to sit with some random kid who without a doubt was too small to ride the ride. Before I could say anything to the ride operator, the operator got called away by walkie talkie and replaced by someone else…idk what was said between the two but i think it was a go ahead to start the ride. The ride starts, first drop the kid rises, i instantly grabed this kid, held him down and apparently had this "unammused" face and looked bored the whole time
Truth is I am terrified of roller coasters and my friends knew this but convinced me to go on. The ride ends, kid thanks me for saving him while i nod and grab my bag.
I made it to the exit from the ride into the park where i promptly broke down from the fear and threw up in the trash.
I saved a kid while i was completely terrified for my life. Didn't really care about the kid to be honest but he became something to focus on so I didn't puke on the ride.
I worked at Chocolate World at Hershey Park. I can only say that people are mean when they're wet.
Ever see the opening sequence of "Idiocracy"?
I know certain types of people, who are generally considered persecuted, who do this poop stuff. Some were native born American citizens, and many come here as sanctuary immigrants.
I speak from experience.