When a person goes to an amusement park, they expect amusement, a "thrill," and maybe even a little bit of fear. Unfortunately for a few unlucky patrons of Knott's Berry Farm, the Windseeker ride -- a carousel of sorts that propels riders in a circle 300 feet off the ground -- malfunctioned on Wednesday and left them stranded in the air. For three hours.
Oh. My. GAWD. Who can even imagine?
It's a controlled kind of fun that is supposed to end in a certain way. You get three minutes of excitement and then you are on the ground again. Not this time, I guess. Luckily for the park, it sounds like there was no panic and most people on the ride were content to dangle a bit. It could have been much worse.
Still, as one who grew up loving roller coasters and then graduated to bigger thrills like bungee jumping and sky diving, I was always aware most amusement park rides exist for "safe" fun. Sure, you get the rush, but it's also in a very controlled way.
The Windseeker riders have a story they can tell forever. They have the fun of a REAL thrill, AND they probably got free trips to Knott's for life (if they want them), AND no one died. It's really a win all around.
Of course, it's hard to think of all the variables -- the wife who was pushed by her husband, the 8-year-old who JUST met the height requirement and was nervous, the mom who was riding with her young son. When I think of being stuck on that ride myself, it sounds kind of fun and thrilling. When I think of being stuck on that ride with my 5-year-old? HELL no. I would have six panic attacks and die.
It's all context. Knott's is very lucky all those people were cool and there was no panic because judging from video of the ride, this is a scary one. See below:
Seems like everyone got a bit more "thrill" than they bargained for!
What would you do if you were stuck on this?
Image via YouTube
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Better a "swing" ride than a roller coaster that gets stuck upside down (has also been known to happen). Plus they can all say they have ridden the ride the longest. If I were alone and no one else was around, I think that would have been a quite an enjoyable view and relaxing. This is certainly not a dangle from Hell. sheesh
Not as bad as the titled made it sound! I think for the mother of the young child I would have been worried for them, but it seems like they just had a 3 hour view. It wasn' raining or cold. I could have been worse!
lol all i can think of is those poor people. What if they had to go to the bathroom?
I was thinking the same thing about the bathroom. As soon as I read that they were there for 3 hours going to the bathroom was the first thing that came to my mind.
You wanna talk scary look up how many have died at Disney due to ride malfunction compared to that of knotts. I'd rather be stuck for three hours then killed.