Amusement park workers, what are your horror stories?

[@starlight_maven]

Not me, but my dad. He worked at a local water park back in the 1990s. He often tells the story of a disgruntled former employee of the park who broke in after hours, poured gasoline down the tallest slide in the park, and set fire to it. The ride was subsequently replaced, but I don't remember if Dad told me if they ever caught the guy.

[@codm22712]

A story in the comments that’s not unusually long and is actually good wow good job

[@kyototomokui6676]

He got a lil angy

[@Crocogator]

Gasoline Water Slide sounds like a great band name

[@youtubeletmeintoyoutube4580]

Twist: ur dad was the guy

[@alyssarasmussen1723]

sounds like something that would've happened in action park lol

[@valkyrie1066]

Someone...climbed the coaster. In the middle of a holiday weekend. Our coaster staff saw it first....that ride is their "baby." they scrambled up the sides of it in harnesses and ropes like mad monkeys, but he just went faster until he got to the top. The top that has the flags on it, that is SO HIGH UP that you can see it from miles and miles away? That one. They talked, negotiated, begged...nope. He told them to go away or he'd jump. Well, pretty soon we had every red or blue light vehicle in the district in our parking lot. Yes, we had to close down. Yes, we had to refund everyone's money. Yes, we lost a LOT of money. They took a lot of the employees to the parking lot and told them to remain until it was over. (they had to clock out, but could not go home) They kept a few of us in case he DID jump. They told me to stay, it was not my first death cleanup*. I was tempted to start filling up my bucket....pouring in bleach...but they said to wait. Five hours he drew that out. And, of course, got down and was arrested. So...the park lost money, everyone who had tickets was sad, the employees were NOT PAID for those five hours of standing in the sun in the parking lot. The coaster staff nearly lost their minds with worry. Yes, he got all the attention he wanted. Too bad they can't charge him for robbing US. No, he wasn't live-streaming on TIC TOC or we would have needed that bucket of bleach. Sorry, I'm not a therapist, I'm a janitor. (*heart attacks, overdoses.)

[@ms8studios157]

They CAN sue him for it though. It has been done before and usually the plaintiff wins.

[@G-force_GD]

Was the ride Kingda Ka?

[@user-mn9wc5ru5w]

Idk how your employer got away with relieving you of duty by stopping your clock, but also requiring you to stay at work against your will. Even if you're not actively working, you're paid for your time if you're an hourly employee, and sitting down waiting for work to happen deserves compensation. If they don't want to pay you to do nothing, they have to let you go home and then call you back if needed. That makes me so mad to see employees get taken advantage of like that

[@rachelhaynes9669]

They absolutely can not keep you without pay & biohazard cleanup needs to be done by seasoned IICEC certified technicians. You can't just throw human remains in a dumpster. You should have sued their asses.

[@rachelhaynes9669]

IICRC, sorry

[@writercat_deadsquidstudios]

My father worked at Action Park back in the 80s. He wasn’t present for any of the fatal accidents but he did get half the skin on his back grated off by the Alpine Slide once. He still has the scar on the back of his shoulders.

[@sharonrinkiewicz3940]

Yeah, the local hospital nick named that place Traction Park for a reason.

[@TERMINATOR101-b8j]

Good ol' class action park

[@arcticwolf8150]

That place is a shit hole joke of a theme park I'm so glad it's not around anymore

[@RosesTeaAndASD]

I have watched so many videos on Action Park and I'm continually amazed that it ever existed.

[@hopegallows1392]

It felt like a horror story on my end but it wasn’t so bad. My parents took me to Disney when I was like 11 and on the third day I felt awful, but I powered through bc Disney. On the shuttle bus back to the hotel I threw up. Thankfully the bus was mostly empty and I managed to not throw up on anyone. The bus stopped and another one was called, all non family people left and the bus driver had us sit upfront while she drove us to the hotel before going to get the bus cleaned. I was crying because I was embarrassed and the bus driver was so nice to me. She made me feel better knowing that she wasn’t mad at me. Years later my mom told me that she was happy to get a long break while the bus was cleaned.

[@valkyrie1066]

The Dippin Dots cart...YES...you cannot be the only one, they do NOT let their kids take breaks. I've cleaned up after a number of such accidents. Most of their hires were high school/college age..I'm one of the old farm ladies they call every time there is a GROSS accident...or one caused by another employee. I've raised babies and took care of livestock, so...."Git 'er done" (I wouldn't be gossiping in the break room about it later)

[@witchtale3159]

This game is called GRIS, it plays with the colors and stages of grief, really interesting when you learn about the psychology of it :)

[@andieallison6792]

Thanks!

[@witchtale3159]

@@andieallison6792 You’re welcome :>

[@CaitEden53]

Cool, thank you!

[@sapphirewingthefurrycritic985]

If there is a warning that says 'Put your crap away' then you put your crap away. I always stuff my backpack into the holder at the Temple of the Forbidden Eye in Disneyland.

[@sarahann74]

My grandma literally lost her bag on the ride because she didn’t see where to put your bag away and put it in her lap on that ride. We had to wait until the next day to get it.

[@someonexdxd]

My phone got stolen because i put it away during the ride. Never doing that mistake again its scummy how this themepark forces you to hand over your phone and then does jack shit to keep it safe. I always keep it in a safe pocket now

[@sayorancode]

@@someonexdxdget a bicycle and secure it to a locked bag on the bicycle then put bike onto bike stand with a lock. do not leave it in your pocket as it can fly out (unless it is one of the pockets with zippers)

[@OOFUS4103]

As ​@@sayorancode said, get some pants with zipper pockets if you don’t feel comfortable putting your belongings in the bins

[@rnpola9408]

Story 56 is the plot of Jurrasic Park

[@kyototomokui6676]

Lmao

[@Hunulven]

no, it's jurassic World

[@drleft2906]

@@Hunulven aren't they basically all the same, big dumb action movie, set in a theme park/dino zoo, corporate greed goes pear shaped, and now the whole thing needs scrubbing after protags makes themselves scarce. not saying it's a bad formula, it sells, just that it's "Look! big CG anger lizard!!!"

[@jonmandelbaum5395]

@@drleft2906my gf and I were talkin about that problem with the series and what would make it better. and it suddenly hit us that technically the science in JP worked correctly and the capitalism and related human rights issues were what made it matter and they could have milked such themes and had a much more memorable single movie and series. Hell the writers could mix and match stories from the entire recorded history of labor and related themes and even if they chose to repeat the main plot every time they’d have a new way of making the point every time and it would engage the interest of way more people.

[@Shantastickle]

Also I’m pretty sure the one about the guy with aids at the water park is an Always Sunny in Philadelphia episode.

[@sunnyandthechlo]

When I think back to all the times I’ve been (lightly thankfully) injured on amusement park rides…I’ve decided I’m not as big a fan as I used to be. My favorites were blacking out for half the ride and another where they slammed on the brakes so hard that my head bashed into the car in front of me. The girl behind me was shouting “ooo girl you should sue!” Both of those were at Magic Mountain. One really weird thing was when me, my mom and sister were on one of those river rides where the point is to get splashed but 3 young guys on the ride with us decided to unbuckle their seat belts and run around the raft avoiding the water. They were trampling all over us and one of them SAT ON ME. Without saying a word of apology. They got yelled at over the intercom at least.

[@qeshetanimals]

I have several friends who work at Hershey park but once I was visiting Knoebles and a kid pelted my wheelchair with rocks

[@valkyrie1066]

Knoebles grove? REALLY? I'm so sorry! It was always a peaceful low key alternative to Hershey, which is a LOT to cover. We loved it.

[@qeshetanimals]

@@valkyrie1066 I definitely prefer the amount of people at knoebles over Hershey. I can barely move at Hershey sometimes or people run into me not watching.

[@Pearlsandchampagne]

What a little bastařd

[@sayorancode]

sometimes i wonder how some kids parents even got to adulthood

[@Lori-t6i]

People like that are bullies and cowards. Honestly, I'd rather be in a wheelchair (I am) than THEM!

[@DeathMetalDerf]

That's a very old ferris wheel if you need to do that balancing act. I'm an old carney, my uncle ran a traveling carnival and then bought the theme park on Grand Island, NY called Fantasy Island. I worked every ride, game, grounds and cleaning, operations and maintenance for everything you can possibly imagine. When we traveled, and had a smaller ferris wheel, I really did have to pay a lot of attention to how I loaded the riders. With the giant wheel at the theme park you had computer and mechanical systems to take care of all of that. It let's you know when to stop and load or unload, and if you ignore it all and somehow got way off balance, the ride just wouldn't run until you fixed it. It would stop at every single car and sound an alarm until you unloaded it and ran it again to let the next group off. Once it was completely unloaded and ran a full circuit which is seven full rotations, you can start loading passengers again.

[@stephanielkey]

My mom as a teenager worked at a park that could best be described as a step above a carnival. There were several incidents there. She told us one where a young boy who was to small to ride the ride, but whose parents made him taller, and the teenager working didn’t pay attention. On the ride it had these three bunny hills and on the first one the poor kid came out of the restraints and his forehead met the metal of the car. I know your kid, and even you want to ride the ride, but the hight requirement is there for a reason.

[@rionthemagnificent2971]

I seen the dueling dragons back in 06.. they were really neat but idk how they got away with it with the two coasters being so close.

[@BeeWhistler]

Dang, I never expected to see a game I’ve actually played as the background! Gris is one of my favorites.

[@SilverStarlight5555]

Me wondering if Jurassic World wasn't that watched, then me realizing sarcasm exists

[@SoulDevoured]

I think he legitimately never watched Jurassic world

[@vectorwolf]

Most of my stories come from working at haunted attractions. You would not BELIEVE how many times I've been punched, kicked, shoved into things... once I even had some asshat try to strangle me. Their excuse is always 'I do that when startled!' And to that I say, if your self control is that abysmal, then you have no business going through a haunted house where our LITERAL JOB is to scare you...

[@vectorwolf]

@nopebops sorry, the line needs to be drawn at 'assault', mate. Don't think you'd be okay with someone kicking your ass for doing your job.

[@vectorwolf]

@nopebops And your assumption would be completely wrong.

[@vectorwolf]

@nopebops you mean 'like me'? Who's been in the industry since the 80s and done everything from acting to build to running a professional haunt, across five states? Or just some snotty kid who either has only done it a year or two, or has just been extremely lucky?

[@Gnomereginam]

Two guys arguing in a lazy river for multiple laps is such a funny visual I'm sorry. And the fact that one had a knife in his SWIMTRUNKS? And he just took the straightest way out of the park without putting any clothes on?

[@Crocogator]

I want to know how the argument started. Because the presence of a knife in his shorts implies he expected the need for it. Mob bosses?

[@Gnomereginam]

@@Crocogator If it was legal where I'm from I'd carry a knife around just because I'd feel cooler

[@KibuFox]

In 2008, I was one of the riders who was on the Batman ride in Six Flags over Georgia, at Atlanta, when a kid who had lost some glasses, or a hat or something; hopped one of the fences and was decapitated when the roller coaster came through and struck him.

[@videopsych7838]

Yeah the part where they talk about the tornado coming and they send people home. I've seen that happen before at other places and the reason they do that is because they feel they won't have the money to pay them after the storm hits their work place so they either lay them off or tell them to go home cause they are trying to save a buck lol!

[@bibichillieblue]

Just a few weeks ago I went to waterpark with my sister. It was a pretty hot day, not extremely so, but it was sunny for sure, and there was barely any shade. Two kids got a heat stroke in the first 2 hours of opening. And then, a father and its very young daughter couldn’t have been more than 6 or 7, and she was very skinny and small, rode on a four people tube. The dad, who was clearly the heaviest, made the daughter flip out of the tube when he landed first in the basin at the end. She flipped out and hit face first. She came out with bloody nose. My sister and I saw her with a neck brace and the paramedics were checking for any other injury. Little girl looked terrified, but mostly DONE with all those water slides. Somebody should’ve realized that the weight imbalance was dangerous.

[@DarialKuznetsova]

I worked as a ticket vendor, and I did hear some stories. A ride that was a large pendulum with a rotating ring of seats (been there twice, blergh) once hit the ride operator who stupidly went to pick up a customer's flown-off shoe. I did spot a flying shoe once or twice from the extreme ride in the middle. I won't name the place, but I think the pendulum ride gives it away. My personal horror story in the park as the ticket vendor was the hot day with almost hundred-meter lines when the card machines died on us. All of them. Outside the park. Inside they worked. We had to try to holler through our little windows for people with cash to come first. Some were nice about it though, we were young (ok, I was the oldest ticket vendor, I was older than my cashier bosses!) and panicking the f out. If someone insisted on trying to use their card, our registers jammed for 10 minutes. I... have nightmares from that, an aversion to cash registers but it taught me patience with the things.

[@valkyrie1066]

Yeah, height/safety requirements. WORSE? The PARENTS! "You're gonna let my kid on that ride...my rights...my vacation....paid good money...." The only POSSIBLE reason we would have for turning them down were SAFETY. Safety information was posted EVERYWHERE. Still, after two beers, no rules matter..... Yes, I've cleaned up rides from...the...UH....USUAL stuff people leave on rides. Only one was THAT kind of accident, though I cleaned them off other parts of the park. Extreme heat, alcohol, spicy/greasy unfamiliar food....then amusement park rides for "agitation." Cleaning it up in that HEAT was no joke. Amusement park right off the beach. People just lose all sense of proportion when on vacation. RIP tide warnings? Fie! I PAID to come here....and there they go with their kids......the tide doesn't know or care what or who you paid. It takes swimmers DOWN. And that guy....that poops in public, in inappropriate places....yeah, we had one. It was intentional, and repeated to the point the police didn't want to be bothered. ????? So much time trying to keep angry ungrateful people from killing themselves and their families. I stayed for the people who came to have FUN, didn't want danger, just a good time. THANK YOU. It was such a rush for me to work with crowds of people from all different parts of the planet to help them find their way. LOVED It. (Nearly ALL of our "problem clients" were from the USA.)

[@WeWillAlwaysHaveVALIS]

Paragraphs my dude; please make use of them.

[@Jerry_the_Head]

i got a fuckin' six flags ad before the video started

[@lindybarnes641]

Sticking a t-shirt into the mouth of someone who’s puking sounds like a horrible idea. What if they start aspirating?

[@nataliekubus1041]

*aspirating

[@Posirep]

Story 52 is literally just an episode of Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia when Frank found out he can skip lines if he says he has AIDS and he and Charlie tried to ride the Thundergun Express even tho it wasnt open yet😂

[@vellichords]

came to say this lol I was half expecting the narrator to say, “No hesitation. No surrender. No man left behind” after reading it 😂

[@YeetYeetYoteYote]

1:00:50 I think the comment author was making a joke by saying they worked at Jurassic Park

[@mrdiscotoyou]

I rode a Zipper at my county fair (Redwood County, MN) with my son. I have experience as a mechanic, maintenance man, and fabricator/welder. After the gate/lap bar was closed, I noticed that the bolts hinging the gate to the car had been replaced with the undersize and lower grade of fastener. I spent the entire ride strategizing how I could possibly brace myself and my young son into the car in the event that the gate would come loose. After returning home I turned on the news and heard of the two teenagers falling from the Zipper in Hinckley, MN. So sad and unnecessary. I have not been on that ride since.

[@toonie_playzz]

Part 9 of story 41 makes me think the person worked at Canada's Wonderland..having it's the only amusement park that I know of that actually gets called just "Wonderland" and when I looked on google maps, there's literally no other place with Wonderland in the name, canada's wonderland also does fireworks shows every once in a while there's an amphitheatre down the street from the park, it matches the description of the story which definitely tracks on the whole "cutting people off when pay went up" I remember the year that happened Canada's Wonderland got mysteriously "understaffed" usually they have like 2-3 people operating a ride, one person in the control booth and the others managing the lines and loading riders...that one year tho they had only 1 person operating a ride and barely anyone to guide the park goers in the lines...there was a lot of chaos

[@Paper_Foxx]

I used to really not enjoy this narrator, but it seems like on a previous video, the channel stated he hadn't quite described what to do correctly, and ever since, I've loved this guy too!

[@amandawilliamson986]

1:00:41 it’s a fake post recounting the events of Jurassic world.

[@bellcranel1332]

i work at an amusement park and randomly out of no where 3 cars caught fire in the parking lot, 2 of them were also workers

[@muffels6410]

Story 36 just sounds like maintenance workers working on the Ride at night and the guy just didn’t know

[@lighteriumart]

lol I love narrator's passion for the rides/knowledge on them in this one

[@BUISNESSFISH]

i love watching your videos sometimes i laugh out loud and then my parents ask wtf im doing

[@sleepythespian1455]

37:47 I can confirm this as a local in the region.

[@Plague_Rat778]

As someone blind in one eye...that first story is a nightmare

[@JoshuaCurtis-p7f]

Not employee but, This August my mom and dad were riding Magnum XL for the first time. The rules and operators had said to secure phones in a deep pocket, which my mom did. She got off the ride and was like, " Where is my phone!?" A lady came up to her and said, "Is this your phone?" My mom said "Praise the lord!" and then she pointed out a young girl. She had got hit on the head by my moms phone that had come out of her pocket because the ride was so rough. The girl (probably 3-5) was not crying, though her head was bleeding a lot. She got carried away by the mini ambulance. We saw her the next day with a large square bandage at the park. Head injuries bleed a lot.

[@Baldiwp2]

recently got into these videos, I love them! keep up the good work

[@Jungkookieskitten]

My dad as a kid worked the candy apple stand in the Carroll County Fair in Georgia when he witnessed a fatal accident. This was back in the 60s, and the stand faced the Ferris wheel. There was a boy who had gotten on the Ferris wheel, and unfortunately when close to the top, he moved the wrong way and fell out. My dad said he watched in horror as this poor boy, no older than maybe 8, fell and hit every single bar of the Ferris wheel on the way to the ground. He died on impact. My dad said it's the one thing he'll never forget. 😢

[@MichaelSmith-ey2gh]

Once on dulling dragons at Universal Studios Orlando a guest with a artificial leg lost it at the top of one of the loops

[@BRACE_The_Ace]

Loosing sight in my left eye is one of my biggest fears. I had Retinopathy Of Rrematurity, & Lost all sight in my right eye before I was old enough to remember what it was like to see with it.

[@Crocogator]

38 sounds like a nightmare. Imagine if someone was on it?

[@HanakoFairhall]

Ouch, Diarrhea...that would be unpleasant Story 5: doing my absolute best not to make assumptions, but...I guess having ride operators of different genders really does come in very handy sometimes The tornado warning story was pretty wild Sorry, but I laughed at story 10 story 11: Didn't you call paramedics for the staff who passed out? Why was there no room with A/C??? Story 13:...How the hell did he even get into the park if he's homeless?? It's Disneyland! Story 18: Thank god it was crap, I was thinking the worst when you said the words "The Unthinkable"

[@sherylcascadden4988]

One customer to another when staff was saying the kid was too small for the ride "If you want your kid dead, do it somewhere else!"

[@AshLeeFourOhFour]

A couple years ago the Busch Gardens in Virgina got this new coaster and we ended up riding it on it's opening day. I was there visiting family and had never been to Busch Gardens before. Well on this ride, the seatbelts didn't have a way to tighten. As I went around curves and loops, I felt myself start to slide out of the belt (just a lap belt) and had to hold on to the handles so hard to stay in it. Easily the most terrifying moment of my life.

[@xii642]

I love watching these when I grind on a game

[@Remi123-s2f]

Same!!

[@jmcatee62]

A very famous story at this point, but the Smiler incident at Alton Towers. If you’re unaware, I would Google search with discretion, it’s extremely upsetting. I do not know how it’s still allowed to operate.

[@thatguy-dh1qh]

"Good thing those steaks missed all of my vital organs..." "All of them!?"

[@soniczforever5470]

The girl with the psysical dissibility may have been grieving. I myself have a form of dwarfism so i get the anger but no excuse for the anger you were keeping her safe. Many coasters are unsafe for me. You keep us safe though. I appreciate that. Dont blame yourself.

[@Aimz360]

I went on a ride at Madam Tussauds in London. It was one where you had to hop on as it went nd took you through a story of victorian London. The ride broke down as we got to a town crier. The track stopped but the animatronics and audio didn't. 15 minutes all we hears was "HERE YE, HERE YE. *DING DING. DING DING* [insert other things, then repeat]". Hated town criers since.

[@VideoSaySo]

Dueling Dragons wasn't just a roller coaster, it was a stunning piece of kinetic art! I got to ride the blue one but never made it back to check out the red one. I hate to hear they've refashioned it!

[@drei_isbad]

The guy who was 50% blind vs the spare change in my pocket -An ultrakill enjoyer

[@GhostsGraveyard]

The one about the kid with disabilites who wouldn't get off makes me both mad and sad. Sure, sometimes poor manners can be excused by a severe disability, but if the kid was able to say all of that, they were also most likely mentally capable of learning basic manners. I've seen lots of people with severe mental disabilities that were still kind and respectful. The belligerent ones like that often come from parents who coddle the kid, and think the kid shouldn't be disciplined because "oh they have *insert disability* they don't know any better! You have to be gentle with them!" If the kid is able to comprehend whats going on, infantilizing them will not only frustrate them, but can give them a massive sense of entitlement and make them think that the rules shouldn't apply to them. If I kid is capable of sending death threats, they're capable of being sat down and told thats not okay.

[@Allystargirl]

I’m seeing an unfortunately common theme of workers being mistreated at these amusement parks… like what the actual fuck are these conditions 😑

[@lunar_dreams]

I have to say though in my country you bag is not checked because people just don't take knives and don't own guns I was surprised when my exchange student from the US was shocked we could just walk into the park without any checks after the check of your ticket...

[@cpcoasternut]

I worked in arcades at an amusement park in Ohio. There was restrooms located on each end of the building. The woman’s had an entrance from inside but the men’s didn’t. We had many times people would crap inside the Photo Booth and a supervisor would have to clean it up. Another time we had a game called hoop shoot. Well someone crapped in front of it and we nickname it poop shoot

[@flowercrown-eevee]

I never got to ride the Dueling Dragons but i remember thinking that it was a cool concept. Unfortunately by the time i would have been able to ride i think they had to stop running them at the same time (i went to Universal for the first time when i was about 12 and i was a small kid). I was also a little more nervous with roller coasters at the time so was unsure of riding it. But i was sad to hear that it finally shut down. but at the same time wasn't too upset as without the dueling aspect it just didn't have the same appeal.

[@reaganneel933]

LMAO the commentary on Fire and Ice is spot on

[@erichodosh2933]

Story 4. If I were told to clean that up I'd walk out on the spot. I've quit better jobs for less.

[@kaylynn__775]

I worked at a “fun center” a while back, the place with arcade games, go karts, little boats that spray water at people, etc. I was outside running the go karts which pretty much is just making sure kids don’t do pit maneuvers on each other, and helping the people who spin out. This race, everything was fairly normal with like one spin out or so. Then some middle aged man who was slowly driving his kart (dangerous enough itself as kids will rear end the dude) comes around the corner with a lit cigarette in hand. He was only 10 feet or so from me so I yell at him to put it out. Yes, perfectly legal for an adult man to smoke outside. Not legal whatsoever in a fun center aimed towards kids. This man goes absolutely manic, yelling and cursing and the whole 9 yards. I’m used to it at this point so I take it and keep calmly telling him to put it out and he’s breaking the law. This man unbuckles himself and leaves his car abandoned, walking straight for me. Now I was a small 17 year old girl at the time, so I absolutely panicked and immediately radioed my manager to get out there FAST. It took a minute for my manager to come out, but this man is still screaming and getting in my face (his breath was rank) and even aggressively pushed me at one point. I was a bit in shock so I just stood there and waited for my manager, hoping to god he would be there soon. My manager at the time was a good friend and was a no-bullshit kinda guy. As soon as he saw what was going on, he sprinted towards the guy and pulls me back. He starts yelling at the guy to leave and take his family with him, and he will be banned for life, etc. This man yelled at my manager and called me names and whatnot, then finally threatened to find me and assault me if he were to get kicked out. That was the last straw for my manager (once again, good friend). He punched the guy and escorted him out of the park. I ended the race and found the rest of his family, telling them that he was outside and probably in cuffs by now (cops were called and family watched the whole ordeal). They left and I took the rest of the day off. My manager did have repercussions for punching the dude, but just got away with a write up and a secret pat on the back. I didn’t stay for much longer after that, it was probably the most scared I’ve been for my safety. As far as I know, the guy was charged with assault and some other things. I had my manager drive me home that day too.

[@64BitGaymer]

I used to work at Sea World and some little girl I think broke her leg on a sled. I worked next to the event but I didn't see it happen but I did see her get taken away in an ambulance. It was during winter and they had these snow making machines make snow on hard concrete, probably not the smartest idea

[@justinpettenuzzo8210]

Story 56: It's a worker's point of view during the events of Jurassic World.

[@elisabethb.131]

6.52 As Sandy Togsvik put it in QI: "Fabio killed a goose with his face".

[@RobertApathy]

I once worked at a water park. I was sat at the long drop slide- you're supposed to tell people to stay laid back, but of course some don't listen. This one boy, prolly 8-9 came around, just barely beating the height requirement. I do the usual spiel- "Please stay laying down on your way down, cross your arms over your chest..." Well, he didn't. And he smashed his head off the slide. I can't forget the noise. Kid was ok I think, I wasn't able to run down to check.

[@TERMINATOR101-b8j]

When i was about 4 my family went to Disney World. I somehow managed to get on the track of the car ride. I can still remember the look of terror on some guy's face when he saw a kid on the track. Luckily my dad grabbed me by the hood and yanked me to safety. That was a spanking i certainly earned.

[@hunterv9259]

my dad who is a boat captain and fisherman told me that people also get diarrhea when they get seasick because the rough water just "shakes them up like a soda can." ig rollercoasters work the same way lol

[@Aelsenaer]

Story 9: In which country do they do bag checks at amusement parks?

[@Sebi3272]

America, Fuck Yeah (i guess....because definitely not in germany)

[@Mauripsu]

I went to a water park this summer, here in Spain, I was ready to have either my bag registered or my print taken (they were taking prints on a scanner for some reason), since it's a big park (it's Siam Park, a huge touristic attraction), but nothing, I just showed them my PDF ticket and they let me in. Same with my gf, no other kind of check.

[@Nat-eb1ix]

Did they give you an old script or are the stories reposted on reddit ad nauseum?

[@Zilkenian_Davenport]

When I was around 8 years old (back in the mid 90's), I went on a ride called "The Octopus", which was one of those that has a central pillar (the octopus' body) and each tentacle has a seat that goes up and down and spins as well. I've gone on that ride a few times before with my father, but the last time we rode it, it went faster than usual. In fact, it went so fast pretty much everyone was sick afterwards. I saw people sitting down, some puking, and my head and neck hurt quite a lot. My father went to ask and it seems the ride malfunctioned, making the whole thing go way faster than it should. I never went on that ride again after that.

[@Tiresias55]

45:10 Pretty sure that is incredibly illegal. I wouldn't have signed a thing, I'd have called my lawyer, and called the police to report them for illegal imprisoning / denial of basic human rights. 1:0:03 Pretty sure he's making a Jurassic Park joke. Like, his story is from th point of view of a Park employee. Not a real story.

[@mailin7047]

I'm more than half way through but I remember hearing a story when a girl was scalped on the swings The ride is pretty fast and she had EXTREMELY long hair. It got caught to something and as far as I remember she lived

[@myschiefmuintir7357]

the dinosaur story was someone talking like a worker from Jurrassic Park. kinda funny, not played up enough to be great. put in more effort next time lol

[@Tenebress]

I grew up in Orlando, I loved dueling dragons so much! I left at 24 in 2009, to Vegas, I miss it. The fire coaster was definitely better!!

[@leehowes6587]

I worked at Storyland over the summer. I noticed that there was mold in some areas of the park especially the play ares. They dont have animals this year because there was a bear attack last summer.

[@farrellh13]

Omg! Story 14! When I was 10 years old I took a trip to Kings Dominion just to ride the shockwave coaster because it was the only stand up coaster that existed at the time. Not knowing this happened, I showed up the very next day after this happened and for obvious reasons the coaster was closed. I literally cried. I don't remember if it was from a worker or another person walking around the area had told us someone died on it, and that scared the shit out of me!

[@sunii4264]

Worked for an a.park & ppl rode a ship to get to the park (Boblo). Ppl a few drunks jumped into the Detroit River. They made it out but it was terrifying!😮

[@labtechsuperstar]

Story 41...Why am I not surprised about those incidents happening at Wonderhole - The Crappiest Place on Earth. I worked there for a few seasons in my youth. They treated employees like 💩then and I can see nothing has changed.

[@bigbuckjosh]

Two videos in one day he got us

[@thecompendium9607]

Dude was making a Jurassic Park joke.

[@helookalikaman79]

40:30 ah they can call in a bio hazmat company !

[@ZIsHere1234]

I love the ones that are just "ima post jurassic park" haha

[@VermillionVinn]

Yo when it mentioned he raptor I got super excited because that ride WAS SICK!!! but the wait was terrible since it was around Covid time so there would be gaps in the rows

[@Sketchedout1516]

From these Reddit posts, People don’t seem to understand there are ride rules for a reason. Like possible decapitations if you’re too tall or short for a particular ride. Like come on, Please respect all workers, they’re only doing their jobs.

[@SylverArc]

Happened to my coworkers on a day i tended to the souvenir shop of an attraction. They rush past me, looking kind of annyoed, clearly searching for someone. I ask whats up. They're hush hush about it but tell me that an ADULT guest decided to piss in a dark corner of the attraction and then bolted out of the place.

[@thewallflowerchild]

I worked at an amusement park in Virginia when I was 17. They were awful to their workers, especially the international workers who came to work there from different countries. We all would get hurt or pass out from heat stroke and all they cared about was the fact that they would be losing their bonuses because we kept getting sick and hurt. Definitely not worth $7.25.

[@Posirep]

Story 58 is 100% Six Flags over Georgia lol

[@martymcnasty8239]

25:15 that was kings island in ohio. The detailes are a bit off but i remeber when that happened.

[@laurenblake659]

THAT WAS WHY THEY DIDN'T DUEL AFTER

[@unlockeverydoor]

HAHAHAHA THUNDERGUN EXPRESS

[@vellichords]

No hesitation! No surrender! No man left behind!

[@CourageousRetreat]

57:00 that was due to weight distribution. If the weight is off the ride wouldn't go over the hill.

[@AlexPearce-mp3td]

Not an amusement park but a camp out we chopping wood for a big bonfire at a major scouting event and someone was showing off by using a tomahawk to chop wood instead. But then the throwing axe bounced off of the wood and landed In the guys leg right in between the two ones in the lower leg, yeah blood flying everywhere I got to call 911 but I still have nightmares about that

[@xKrAzY8sx]

Story 52 is what happened on Always Sunny 🤣🤣🤣

[@PokeSteve69]

Dueling dragons was my first coaster. Than I tried to ride again and the workers decided I was too short so I couldn’t go again.

[@redmm_9315]

I feel like I’ve heard this one before

[@ntacoustics500]

Was on the diablo ride at six flags basically a ride that just loops in a giant vertical circle the carts were 4 per bucket 2 on each side, our buddies started shouting at us but we couldn't make out what he was saying until we got off. The person behind us got hit in the forehead by an old man's keys falling from the top of the ride. Her whole face was bloody and it looked like a horror scene the employee gave her a rag and she wiped her face but it was immediately covered again.

[@avidreader8521]

Story 28: ....Why are drifting boats scary? I don't get it.

[@mrshinebox1803]

I laughed at the Thundergun Express story

[@undeadharleyquinn]

Story #52 is from always sunny in Philadelphia lmao

[@L4798M]

57:07 this is just the plot to an it’s always sunny in philadelphia episode 😂😂

[@Mauripsu]

No hesitation! No surrender! No man left behind!

[@Trestin13]

My wife and i are on our honeymoon in ATL(june2007), go to six flags one day, half the rides are down, its hot as Hel, but the Batman ride was still going. We are waiting in line when we hear an alarm, and are told the ride is closed. We learned later that that week some kid lost his hat on the ride, and he jumped the fence to get it and someone foot knocked his head off. We're pretty sure it was the same day.

[@Mauripsu]

There is someone in this comment section that claims to have been there too that day, world is real small (I did read it was June 2008, so unless it's a yearly occurrence..)