A look back at one of the wildest stories you could imagine…stranded upside down on a roller coaster!
Wha-wha-WHAT!!!?!?!?!?!?!?
Can you believe this???? Stranded on a roller coaster UPSIDE DOWN!!!
Roller-coaster riders at one of Beijing’s major amusement parks were left hanging upside down for almost 20 minutes when a bird stood on one of the ride’s safety sensors!
It happened at the Happy Valley Amusement Park – and it took 18 minutes to bring the 26 riders to safety!
That’s right – EIGHTEEN MINUTES UPSIDE DOWN!
The riders were stranded near the ride’s peak – 100 feet in the air! Luckily, aside from nausea and shock, No one was injured!
As I said, it happened in China, where THIS is a common occurrence:
Welcome To Rush Hour!
Every single day is a traffic jam on China’s subways, the world’s most crowded!
It’s a fact of life that China is a very crowded country! See video of the amazingly packed subway trains here:
https://johnrieber.com/2013/07/24/chinas-mob-alert-worlds-most-crowded-subways-ever/
And if you plan…
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That would be awful! I’ve had this nightmare in my dreams—not in real life. I do like my roller coasters as long as they aren’t that type that spin repeatedly. I also don’t do those drop you as fast as you can rides either.
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The new ones seem designed to try to “bring up your lunch” and who needs that?
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It sounds like many of us loved the thrill as kids and young adults and then we grew up…I no longer have any desire whatsoever and to be hung upside down for 18 mins ..Jeez I don’t think I would ever recover from that…:) A thrilling post as always , John 🙂
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Thanks for reading!
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Terrifying, both the roller coaster and the traffic jam!
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Yep, things are obviously quiet now, but since we can’t travel there it does us no good! Can you imagine 18 minutes dangling upside down?
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Exactly! And, no I can’t imagine those 18 minutes that must have felt like hours.
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I used to love all coasters and rides, but for years I’ve had no desire to seek the thrill of the coasters or the dizziness of the others. horrifying situation for the upside down crew
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Right? Yes, I grew out of them as well! Leave them for the kids!
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The stranding upside down happened in Sweeden as well. I was going there and was not allowed by my parents to go on it just after it happened
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Nooooo waayyyy.
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Cindy, I was on the Harry Potter coaster at Universal when it stopped while I was about 65% upside down…only last a minute or two but I will never ride one again!
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As a kid/teenager/young adult — it’s wonderful. But after about 40, it hurt me more than entertained me. I did that sudden drop ride and that killed any desire to ride a roller coaster again. Well, never say never. 😉
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Exactly! Great hearing from you Cindy!
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Thank you, John.
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When I went to see The Great Wall it was nothing like how it was shown in the photos on your 2016 post. That was in September 2000, and I was free to wander around for a couple of hours taking photos with hardly anyone around. There are a few different places to start a trip to the wall, so perhaps I was lucky to be with a very small group, (6 of us) and a savvy guide who just let us do our own thing.
I never go on fairground rides, so there would be no danger of me being stuck upside down!
Best wishes, Pete.
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I thin there are logjams at certain spots, and you clearly had a savvy tour guide to avoid that…still on my list to visit!
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It’s vast! You look into the horizon, and can still see ‘wall’. 🙂
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