Hats

Are you allowed to wear hats while on rides/rollercoasters at CP? If not, do they let you put them in your shirt or sit on them even on TTD and MF?

No, but in the past they have let you put them down your shirt. Some rides also received new "bins" for loose articles.

I have worn hats Magnum, Mean Streak, Blue Streak, Gemini, and Iron Dragon with no problems. But to answer your question ttdboy the big coasters require you to put your hats in the "bins" or stuff them down your shirt.

It also depends on the ride operator. I've seen ride ops ask people to remove their hats on smaller rides (ie: Cedar Creek Mine Ride).

If I'm not wearing my hat it is always strapped around a belt loop. I don't trust myself sitting on it. I almost lost it that way on a ride, though I forget which one.

I'm a hat person (I where my Dragster hat everyday:)) and I always put it right under my thigh when riding Dragster and Millennium. It fits comfortably and it won’t go anywhere, guaranteed!
I think it's uncomfortable and/or annoying to have a hat bouncing around in your shirt.

*** Edited 5/3/2006 1:17:48 AM UTC by TTD 120mph***

last summer when i was on magnum, i was torwardws the back and soones pack of cigarettes hit me square in the chest they fell at my feet and they asked for them back at the end of the ride, wonferful eh?

I did leave my CP Staff hat on my seat on Magnum in '02... later that night I went and dug it out of the "bags o' hats" at the Lost and Found... you would be amazed to see how many hats they get in one day...

Why someone would wear a hat on a rollercoaster is beyond me.

I once caught a hat that flew off someone ahead of me (it was the Blue Streak).

On a kind of similar note i just have to ask. Why do they require people to take off percription glasses on rides like Twister, PT and TDD? I've ridden hundreds of rides all over and not once have i been close to loosing mine on any ride... even when they were broken and not fitting properly on my face. It's not like i rode other similar rides with my glasses at other parks. This is just an example of those things that people complain about with CP going too far with some rules.

The Ride manufacturer requires you remove them or secure them with a tight fitting strap behind the back of the head.

I usually put my hat in a cargo pocket. Of course that requires you to wear pants with a cargo pocket but i usually do wear pants with one or someone in my group does.

So far I have not had a problem using a neck cord on my glasses, which is a Good Thing, as an elastic band would actually make them more likely to come off (!).

Eyeglasses restrictions come about because of conventional thinking by people who haven't the slightest clue about how properly fitted eyeglasses are supposed to work. When glasses are properly fitted, they are held in tension between the nose pads (or bridge piece) and the ear pieces on the ends of the temples. The nose pads pull the frame forward, which locks the ear pieces tight against the back of the ear. Nothing the ride can do is going to break them loose.

A tight strap between the ear pieces, though, pulls the temples back and breaks the tension, pulling the frame back uncomfortably against the nose, and (worst of all) unwrapping the ear pieces just enough that the darned things can be ripped loose. Croakies-type cords, with the tube that fits over the ear pieces, have a similar problem, in that they interfere with the function of the ear pieces.

The problem is that while those of us who have prescription glasses and who go through the effort of having them properly adjusted so that they cannot accidentally come off have to suffer for the indescretions of sunglass-wearers whose spectacles do not fit properly and fly off during the ride.

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

ttdboy111,

A great question. :) I always wear a hat to CP...partially due to the growing balding area located at the north pole of my head staying out of the sun. Ha.

Here's what I do...I wear cargo-shorts...the ones with the big pockets on the sides? Before getting on the ride I just stuff my hat into a pocket. Ive never had that questioned in countless rides on everything from TTD to MF.

Can you go to the lost and Found place and get free stuff? Or do you have to prove it's yours?

you tell them what you lost, when you lost it, and they stand with you while you look... you cant just say, I lost my hat... and expect to walk away with one. Plus you fill out your name, address, and phone number, and what you took

Putting my hat in my shirt has never failed me.

Screamomatic said:
Can you go to the lost and Found place and get free stuff? Or do you have to prove it's yours?

No. You have to have proof.