[Coop]

What a tragedy for this family! But I honestly cannot fault the park for not having signs posted specifically forbidding gum, candy, etc.

[Okies love Dubya 2]

What happened to common sense? If you are going on a roller coaster, maybe it wouldn't be a good idea to have food in your mouth! Sorry if I injected reason into this :) This is a case of somebody using poor judgement and as a result the park has to cover their collective behinds in order to avoid lawsuits. Sigh...

FWIW, I have never been to this park, but I have spent plenty of time at Gurnee Mills Mall (hehe). My in-laws live about 15-20 minutes from Gurnee--we exit at the ramp leading to Great America to go to their house.

[randog]

They will not be allowed to board a ride if they are eating and will be asked to finish the food or set it down.

Oh, that'll speed things along.

[aruanan]

A better title would be, "Stupid Parents Fail to Make Sure Kid's not Gnoshing While on Ride".

[ghost of nixon]

Sounds like a scene from Willie Wonka and the chocolate factory

[MissAmericanPie]

Being an over protective mom I would never let my child on a ride with anything in their mouths. I'm sorry for the family, but I don't see how this is the parks fault.

[stainlessbanner]

signs, signs, everywhere there's signs....

[twigs]

I worked at an amusement park for four years during the summer when in high school and college. We had signs forbidding food and drink on rides. I can't imagine that this park didn't. Kids will be kids, however, and do not think of candy and gum as food. I am really astounded that this park continued to sell food while people were in line. I'm sure we didn't because the operators didn't want it coming back up. You'd be surprised what happens on these rides! Ugh.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

This is a picture of the opening drop of this ride:

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

The Raging Bull is a "hyper-twister" as theme park lingo goes.

[Osage Orange]

This reminds me of Foxworthy's..."Here's your sign..!!" bit.

FWIW--

[CobaltBlue]

Choking to death on taffy isn't something I, personally, would have considered likely on a roller coaster. I love roller coasters, have no idea whether I ever rode one with something in my mouth.

Something more to warn the kids about. Oh, I guess I should also say "no eating in the car" because you might get in a wreck and choke to death on your food. There goes the takeout food industry!

Seems more like a freak accident rather than something foreseeable to me.

[tracer]

Well, so much for the T-shirts with the logo "I Survived the Raging Bull."

BTW, I'm sure glad that nobody was insensitive enough to mention the Darwin Awards....

[tracer]

"....choked on a piece of taffy while riding the Raging Bull roller-coaster."

Turkish taffy??

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