Theme Park Rides That Had To Be Shut Down - Part 2 

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Imagine surviving war and dying on a rollercoaster

The Ride Of Steel story hits a bit close to home. There was someone who did not have legs that wanted to go on The Big One at the amusement park my dad was a manager at. The only difference is my dad explained that he would have been thrown out of the ride due to being amputated from the waist down, making the lap bars ineffective. The man was more than happy with this explanation and dad put him on a ride with overhead restraints for as long as he wanted to go on it!

This reminds me of my childhood. My mom had six kids, so we couldn't afford to go to things like amusement parks, the movies, eating out, really anything. So instead of taking us to the amusement park, she would make me go on websites and look at horrible injuries of roller coasters gone wrong. People having limbs amputated, people dying, people weeping about their lost loved ones, anytime I wanted to do something fun she would fear monger me. I've never been on a roller coaster, and I am terrified of them. But seriously, what kind of mother shows her 8-year-old daughter that kind of graphic content?

Sand Blaster-0:41 The vortex-3:51 The vertical accelerator-5:12 The leap the gap-6:49 1902- 7:46 The Tsunami- 8:41 Hypersonic XLC-11:05 The Emerald Plunge- 13:12 Superman:Tower of Power- 15:05 Ride of Steel- 17:12 The cyclone- 19:36 New Texas giant- 21:11 Flight commander- 23:23 Thunder river rapids- 25:14

If you reading this have a good day

The girl who lost her feet was actually very lucky. The cable was originally wrapped around her NECK. She managed to wrestle it off and the portion around her feet remained as the ride dropped. Fascinating Horror did a video on this, if I recall correctly.

4:45 shows how well trained Thorpe park workers are, they shut down the ride immediately while other rides on this list would probably have just went “ eh probably nothing important “. I’ve went there plenty of times and never got injured. I reccomend!

25:15 I have heard of that one earlier, the victims were crushed by the machinery and it was so bad that even the paramedics needed counseling. And a few years later, its said that the husband of one of the victims killed himself since he saw what happened and couldnt recover from that.

That poor girl who lost her feet. Couldn't imagine what was going through her head while waiting for that ride to drop.

Man, mad respect for that kid who flew out of the water slide ✊🏽

When your fear of Rollercoasters actually saved you

They just had to shut down the worlds tallest Drop tower ride In Orlando Florida because a teenage boy fell to his death because his restraints weren’t fully down his name was Tyra. RIP Tyra💔

When my daughter was younger we went on a ride at Thorpe Park, UK. She was next to me on the magic carpet ride but she was very slender in size and although I was not big at all the difference in size meant the restraint that covered both of us was not as secure on her as on myself. When the ride began to gain speed she began to slip down on the seat and terrified, could not prevent herself from sliding. It was only my arm that ended up keeping her in the seat until the end of the ride. We have not been on the ride since although it still runs to this day.

My mom and I had a similar experience with the Superman ride. In a town 30 minutes away from our home town there is a theme park. The ride we were on was called the firecracker (now renamed to the shoot off). The ride usually lifted us a few feet off the ground before shooting you up at high speed and then releasing you back down, similar to the Superman. However, as the ride lifted before the shoot off, I noticed my seat wasn’t locked, and my seat locked as soon as we took off, I got lucky, but I was terrified. As we exited the ride, I came to find out that it happened to my mom too. However, her seat did not lock at all, and she almost flew out. Terrifying experience for the both of us. The ride should have been shut down. But it’s not. The ride has at least one broken seat on all four sides and the people don’t even check if our seats are locked. It was horrifying.

23:26 of course its in Ohio

I'm so glad Busch Gardens employee's always check your seat lock before they let the ride go.

I feel sad for that girl who lost her feet like imagine the pain of taking your feet like that 😢

For the vet that lost his life on the ride, my condolences and I agree that park staff should have told him that it was unsafe, but in this day and age, unfortunately, what would be a case of trying to keep a guy safe could turn into a lawsuit of discrimination, it is a very fine line sadly, also he refused the safety brochure which stated that the rider needs two functioning legs to be able to ride due to the restraints that keep you in place, I understand sometimes its tedious to read but as we have been shown it can save your life.

I’ve ridden the Thunder River Rapids myself, when I heard about the incident, I was shocked, but I read that the “boat” had capsized, I had no idea that those poor souls were pushed into the conveyer belt!! Holy heck! I’m really glad I didn’t take my girls on it in all honesty. Dreamworld has some intense rides, you’d never think that a river rapids ride would be so intense.

And that's why I don't go on roller coasters anymore.

You forgot to mention Caitlin’s close encounter with death when her legs got ripped off by the ride’s cable. The cable wrapped around her neck as well, but thankfully she got her neck free in time

Number 1: Action Park... Yes, the whole Theme Park...

My dad and sister went onto the Disney ride Everest and it broke down, and they walked through the whole ride. Unfortunately they weren’t allowed to take pictures, but it makes for a interesting story! 😁

25:15 I was at thunder River rapids when the tragedy occurred in 2016. I was 14 at the time, my mum, siblings and I went to the Gold Coast for a holiday and go to all of the theme parks. We got there early in the morning and decided to go on the thunder river rapids first since it was closest to the entrance. The people who sadly died were only 2 families behind us in line, so my family and I had no idea that the tragedy had even happened until we left dreamworld at the end of the day after having a fun day on rides and seen a team of police cars and ambulances. We thought nothing of it and went back to out hotel. It was only then that we heard it on the News and we all froze in shock, I just remember thinking how lucky we were and how horrible I felt for the family.

anything named with words that include "Adventure Park" or "Action Park" are to be avoided by mostly anyone.

@17:04-“Left without a leg to stand on” 😂too🦵🏾soon!😂

Yo in the intro my mind was blown to see that Rollercoaster come off the rail and back on the track

12:01 the fricking screams got me laughing

I can't imagine how painful the girl felt when her feet was cut off, poor girl 😢 Edit: I apologize for saying “his” and I corrected it. It’s a typo everyone makes mistakes.

I was hurt on a transient parking lot ride as a teen, scarred literally and emotionally. I never even thought to tell my dad (he was dealing with my mother's death and raising a daughter by himself) and that operator surely carried on, hurting more kids. Years later, I knew lawyers who had a horrible time tracking down a criminally negligent carnival operator responsible for a person injured on a ride. Don't let your kids ride transient rides. Please.

12:50 props for keeping hold of the camera

Am I the only one laughing at how they were so worried about a piece of foam on the Vortex? I know it could’ve been serious but the situation itself is hilarious.

I just wanted to give much respect to the editors who created the awesome graphics, pictures and videos added to make these lists super enjoyable.

Minecraft players making a roller coaster that jumps off track: LIES

5:07 they handled that surprisingly well

11:15 OMG a rollercoaster from my hometown made the list! I rode this ride so many times as a kid and adult. Damn it’s closed now?! I’m surprised the shockwave or that wooden backwards riding roller coaster at Kings Dominion didn’t make it lol. This ride was worth the wait though. That dip & speed was no joke.

I have ridden the Thunder River Rapids many times growing up. I lived about 10 minutes away from Dream World and it's not unusual to get slammed by another raft. How the raft tipped over still blows my mind, like the commentator said it's not a fast ride, little children ride this all the time.

Those guys who stood up in the rollercoaster should have gotten a Darwin Award!

You are doing great so keep up the hard work!

3:55 i love this theme park now! They werent negligent like everyone else, they stopped the ride *IMMEDIATELY* and it was just a piece of foam from the chair. But even though it was nothing serious, they STILL preformed a safety check. Bravo 👏 🎉

Standing up on a moving roller coaster is the most accurate "hold my beer" moment.

15:10 I AM FRIGHTENED, I NEVER WANT TO GO ON ONE OF THOSE DROP RIDES AGAIN, AFTER WHAT I SAW.

21:30 RIP TREES

When I went to my local Six Flags this year for the first time since 2019, I noticed that the Superman ride was gone. And of course my curious self looked up why and found out about the girl that lost her feet. I’m so glad I was scared of rollercoasters in 2019 or else I would’ve went on it. I’ve gotten way braver, but that ride is dangerous.

"2020 is the worst year ever!" 2018: hold my theme park rides

13:44 my man rotated and fell into the ground and still smiles

The sand blaster is literally just your average cart ride game on Roblox

9:15, What's with the eagles logo on the side of the train?

21:52 - Wooden coasters are inherently rough. If you want silky smoothness, ride a steel coaster.

13:52 this kid is a legend and legends never die

Nothing’s going to stop me from going on rollercoasters. I finally got to experience the thrill from my two trips to Kings DoMinion earlier this year. I’ve never experienced such an adrenaline rush. I went on three rides the first time and I would’ve gone on more if it didn’t rain, and six the second time, three of which I went on the first time.

chapters 0:00 Intro 0:38 THE SAND EXPLODER⏳💣 3:51 THE PORTAL🛂 5:12 THE VERTICAL DICTIONARY⬆📘 6:49 THE LEAP-THE-HOUSE🏘🏠🏡 7:48 1902⏰⏲🕰 8:41 THE INVASION👾 10:34 $100,0000🤑💰💸 11:06 HYPER XLC⏩⏪⏫⏬ 13:13 POKEMON EMERALD🟩 17:14 RIDE OF DEATH💀☠ 19:39 THE CLONE🌀 21:17 NEW TEXAS DEATH💀☠ 23:23 DEATH COMANDER💀☠ DEATH RIVER RAPIDS💀☠🪛

For the last incident, a little not so fun fact: The way that the 4 passengers died was so gruesome that the 2 people that were sent to recover them had to take PTSD therapy. Yikes.

I like how the Tsunami randomly has the Philadelphia Eagles logo on it

"The safest theme park ride in Ohio💀" 23:23

"Left without a leg to stand on...much like Kaitlyn" 😂💀💀💀💀💀

00:00 Chapters 00:37 THE SAND BLASTER 03:51 THE VORTEX 5:12 THE VERTICAL ACCELERATOR 6:49 THE LEAP-THE-GAP 7:48 1902 8:40 THE TSUNAMI 10:33 *$100,000* 11:05 HYPERSONIC XLC 13:12 THE EMERALD PLUNGE 15:08 SUPERMAN: TOWER OF POWER 17:13 RIDE OF STEEL 19:38 THE CYCLONE 21:15 NEW TEXAS GIANT 23:23 FLIGHT COMMANDER 25:13 THUNDER RIVER RAPIDS

SFOT is my home park and this case always upsets me due to the “eye witness accounts,” which in my opinion was the two women wanting their 2 mins on tv. Anyone who is very familiar with that ride knows that the restraints don’t click; as they are hydraulic operated. There was no dialogue between the woman saying that her restraint didn’t go down all the way, as she insisted on riding even though her body dimensions exceeded the safety specifications for that train. The ride operator in a move that is against the parks ride operator policy, “secured” the lap bar on her stomach rather than the legs as the trains were intended. When gravity took effect at the first turn, her body fat shifted and she flew out of the train which was essentially as if she wasn’t wearing one at all. Her fall ended extremely extremely gruesomely which involved one of the steel, support beams. Tragic situation and fateful decisions made by both her and the ride operator.

Ty FOR LETING ME FEEL LIKE I AM RIDINg A SLIDE AT GREAT WOLF LOGEH TY😂😂 I love that slide😂

"So buckle up blahblah..." My brain: BUCKLE UP CUZ HERE WE GO

I love how spiderman just pops up and starts chilling on the rollercoaster at 8:52

12:03 I think that girl needs new pants lol

These videos are exactly why I prefer staying at home. I'm usually very busy playing my Nintendo switch anyway

It’s crazy that the tsunami just used a NFL logo as it’s logo

In Australia's Luna Park, there was an accident involving the ride Ghost Train which was a popular ride for nearly 50 years before the accident. In 1979 the ride spontaneously got engulfed in flames, and seeing as it was a wooden coaster the entire ride got destroyed claiming 7 lives, 6 children and 1 adult. The ride never got reopened. Amazingly the park didnt get sued, while the people supervising the park blamed the accident on faulty wiring some people started to believe it was caused by "Arson from the ride operator"

You know, learning the story of the Sand Blaster more, I'm glad my friends and I had all agreed at once that we wouldn't get on it when we went to Daytona. Just the way it sounded going on the track was one reason that and seeing the corrosion on the supports and rails was another

Please,moments of silence for the injured people on these rides 😔 😔 😔

11:42.The lady's reaction of the ride is Extremely funny :)

I've always been the one who held everyone's stuff while they rode the roller coaster.

I feel sad for some of these people, but for others "natural selection"

I remember the accident at Dreamworld, Australia. No schools in the surrounding area were allowed to take excursions there until about 2018 because of the accident.

I rode the New Texas Giant just after it had been RMC re-tracked and - Despite the views of many others in the coaster club I've been a member of for 20+ years - I enjoyed it a lot. Certainly didn't feel unsafe on it at any point, though the story is correct; _If you can only get your restraint down one click; Tell an operator immediately, and ask to move to a „Big Boy“ seat._ 👍 I also live not far from Vortex, and it's definitely a great experience! I understand though that it's had its speed turned down a little to reduce structural stresses - Not for any safety concerns (The ride is as safe as any other which complies with UK ADIPS testing) but just to extend its operational longevity. Anybody who knows Merlin (The owners of Thorpe Park) will know that they like to get a _very_ good return on their investments! 😉

New Texas Giant didn’t have a “clicking” lap bar, and the witnesses who said they didn’t hear a click, that’s why. The theory is that a portion of her stomach was under the lapbar, and as the coaster hit airtime, the portion of her stomach under the lapbar slid out, creating enough of a gap where she basically ejected out of the car.

Given that those two people were so close to death in that incident with the “Vertical Excelerator” I think that it should’ve been shut down for good

Well dam, i never clicked so quick on any of your videos after seeing that this video appeared on my fyp. LITERALLY, IM *AMAZED*

That kid was the definition of: “dust yourself off”

10:26 "The inspector was banned from working." xD That's a fancy way of saying he was fired. LMAO

Recently, a adventure park I went to reopened a ride called the “Raging River” which I have been on. This occurred only a week after I went there, the ride was closed when I was there and I was disappointed. On the first day this ride reopened after COVID, a 11 year old boy named Michael Jaramillo on June 8th, 2021 was on the ride when it suddenly flipped over. Everyone watched helplessly in horror as the adventure park in Altoona Iowa titled Adventureland didn’t allow any knifes or other sharp objects into the park so no one could help. The boys dad was yelling “help, help my child is drowning.” Unfortunately, Micheal died. 'I will never get a chance to see him grow up':Parents recount Raging River accident that killed 11-year-old son. The ride is closed and park officials said they are working with state and local authorities to investigate the cause of the accident.

For the end of the year field trip for the graduating kids including me at my school, we went to the Lake Winnepesaukah Amusement Park and many things happened Here are the rides I’ll be mentioning: Conestoga(Lake Winnepesaukah is proud to present “The Conestoga”! A gravity-defying ride up to the very treetops and then back down again, this energetic ride will have guests screaming with delight at every drop) (added thing from me-not a drop tower) Oh-Zone! (At 140 feet, the OH-Zone! is the tallest ride at Lake Winnepesaukah. The OH-Zone! drops riders down 14-stories at a speed of fifty miles per hour! This offers guests a 14-story freefall at a breathtaking 4.6Gs)(added thing from me- is a drop tower) My dad was chaperoning me and my friend (for the story I’ll call him Ben) and we got in-line for the drop tower ride, oh-zone, and everything was fine until we wee about to go up. Everyone got on the ride and my dad sat in the front and Ben and I chose seats in the back because they were the only two open seats and after we pulled down the chest bar thingy (A bar that is basically what you would find on a baby seat but safer) and buckles them in and after the man came around and made sure everything was fine, Ben’s buckle came undone from the chest bar and luckily the man noticed it and came around and fixed it then we started going up and Ben looked at me and said, “I now know how I’m dying”, and Then I closed my eyes and just prayed I wouldn’t die. After about 3 minutes we were still going up and so I opened my eyes and I felt my stomach drop after I saw how high up we were so I shut my eyes again and we started to drop and I stoped breathing entirely. When it slowed down at the end and stoped I opened my eyes and jumped out of the seat and fell to the floor trying not to throw up. After that I got back in-line with my friend (imma call her Chelsea) and Ben because Two teachers wanted some of their students to get in with them and two of them didn’t get on so Ben and I took their spots and I died when we fell the second time, I was holding Chelsea’s hand but she told me I felt cold randome and my eyes were closed and I remember I heard nothing and I stoped breathing….I woke up after so I think I’m fine but after we got off many other things happened. While we were waiting in like for the Oh-Zone the first time, the Conestoga ride got stuck all the way up for about an hour with 6 girls on it and after about an hour, 6 men came over with ropes and pulled it down. While we were in line for one of the rides we noticed a fire truck and an ambulance. We don’t know what happened but we hope everyone was okay.

2017 at the Ohio State Fair, the Vortex (Fireball), one of the arms came apart and 5 or 6 people almost died. One boy did die on impact and a girl was in a coma and died a year later.

Fun fact: When I was around 5-7 years old, my family and I went to a park and my father and I went into a roller coaster. His glasses fell off his face, I don’t know what made him believe the glasses won’t fall off if he rode a roller coaster. I started laughing a lot because of that lol

After that foot incident, it makes me grateful that I never went on that ride. 😅 Why are staff so lazy? My dad went on a roller coaster that twists around, and his seatbelt didn't fit. It took us 10 minutes to get the staff's attention and they let him out.

Bruh the SuperSonic Rollercoaster went almost the same speed as a Delorean

“Not a leg to stand on!” Seems like a pretty insensitive joke considering this poor young woman has the rest of her life to live with a severed foot 🦶

I've been to M&Ds twice and all my family and friends went on the Tsunami. Even tho it was smaller and slower than the biggest coaster I'd been on, I felt gripped with fear and it didn't sit right with me, so I stood and watched on the side. Two years later, it fell apart. Some things are strange...

The best only value this video brings is for coaster college to make a video about it later.

I swear every time something bad happens,it's six flags

The Sandblaster one surprised me… in 2018, I think I was around 10. I wanted to go onto that ride so bad, but my dad noticed that I wasn’t properly fit into the seat. He made me get off the ride and I threw a FIT. I just now heard this story. I dodged a good bullet that day I guess 😅

11:58 *me on a roller coaster* The guy in the side of the screen: *my family*

i live close to darien lake in ny and its crazy to hear these events that happened on the man of steel as everyone that goes there rides it more than any other roller coaster there

Can we just appreciate that this guy never clickbaits his thumbnails?

When I heard “Floridian officials came.” I was like oh damn here we go

Long ago ( I was maybe 8th grade), my friend’s dad was an inspector for traveling amusement businesses coming to northern CA… The stuff he learned thus shut down many a ride coming to town! He was tough! It also created a BAN of his kids and the kid’s friends ever riding traveling carnival rides! I have never EVER been on traveling rides, and very few stationary park rides. I am still freaked out by her dad’s stories!

You could mention the roller coaster disaster that happened in Battersea Park (London, England) in 1972. They had built a wooden roller coaster called 'The Big Dipper' for the festival of Britain in 1951 (along with other fairground rides). I think it's incredibly unlikely that they properly maintained this ride in the 21 years since it started operating. A train being hoisted up to the start of the ride broke loose from its haulage rope. The emergency rollback brake failed, causing the carriages to roll backwards towards the station. Despite the efforts of the brakeman, the train gathered speed and the back carriage jumped the rails and crashed through a barrier with the other two carriages crashing on top of it. Five children were killed and thirteen others were injured. This was probably likely the worst amusement park disaster to ever occur in the UK and as you can imagine, the roller coaster was dismantled and two years later, the amusement park was closed down for good. Maybe worth a mention if you do a Theme Park Accidents Pt 3?

One very tragic incident I had heard about happening was at New Jersey’s Six Flags Great Adventure. On May 11, 1984, one such very short-lived ride, the Haunted Castle, had caught on fire, sadly killing 8 teenagers. While some people claimed it was partly in thanks to some teenager committing arson, I actually heard something even more shocking and gut-wrenching. The ride itself was actually made of flammable material. And without a smoke detector or even a sprinkler system, the ride was almost immediately shut down by park officials, and although the jury found the defendants not guilty of these criminal charges that started the fire, Six Flags still paid millions of dollars in damages to the families of these poor victims.

11:43 i literally died seeing snd hearing this

I’m amazed

I’ve been on this ride😭😭😭 4:10

Okay, the Kaitlyn one made me cry for some reason. Can you imagine surviving that? A day you thought would be nice and fun turned into possibly the most horrific day of your life leaving you forever mutilated.