"Back in 1963, when the boats that carry customers through Disneyland's 'It's a Small World' ride were designed, the average male weighed 175lbs and the average female 135lbs.
Not anymore."
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Obesity: We're Too Big For Disneyland's "It's A Small World"
Consumerist:
"Back in 1963, when the boats that carry customers through Disneyland's 'It's a Small World' ride were designed, the average male weighed 175lbs and the average female 135lbs.
Not anymore."
"Back in 1963, when the boats that carry customers through Disneyland's 'It's a Small World' ride were designed, the average male weighed 175lbs and the average female 135lbs.
Not anymore."
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This article is funny, but sad at the same time. That must be a horrible feeling to get on a ride and have it stop because it is overweighted. I have been to several amusement parks that would not allow certain people to ride rides because of their size. It is a baffling situation that I would not know how to solve.
I agree with the fact that this is in many ways is just sad that we are getting too big to be able to go on rides which seem to be classic childhood memories in my mind. Also what is more so concerning is that safety testing should have included to go well above the weight of what they thought the average should be however, someone clearly screwed up when constructing this ride in terms of putting safety measures into account. It is a good thing that the ride was it's a small world and not one of the more "adventerous" rides.
It is interesting that people are getting so large that they are getting stuck on the rides. It is a shame that this has happened and something should have been done once these problems started to occur, not a while later. It could have been anticipated as well, if people would have been looking at trends in people's weights.
This may be insensitive, but if you can have height limits for safety, at some point we should end up having weight limits for safety. Granted there isn't much risk in small world. I am almost surprised that there hasn't been more serious problems with the 200+ tourists. Maybe they are like concert accidents, they happen but aren't reported
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