It seems the number one source of accidents is those moon bounce rides getting picked up by the wind and killing the occupants.
I never would have thought of a moon bounce as a particulary dangerous ride.
Meanwhile, I see one of the parks I’m scheduled to visit in August had a roller coaster derailment (Geauga Lake). I hope they have it fixed. We went to ride SOn of the beast last year but it was closed because some of the supports broke — and now they’ve removed the loop, which was the cool thing (a looping wooden coaster).
I also see another coaster we are riding in August had a small collision, but it seems to be back operational.
My kids were on the Drop Zone at Kings Dominion in Va. Thursday the 14th. They’ve shut that down, but frankly there are no cables anywhere near the riders on that one, the cables are inside the enclosed center of the ride, and the cables don’t move after the riders are dropped. I love that ride.
We will end up attending 6 or 7 theme parks this year (depending on whether we have time to go back to Hershey Park).
This will be our first trip to Cedar Point. They have a 420-foot coaster I’m scared to death to ride but I’ll probably ride it anyway — don’t know if my two children will join me or not.