Larger women - 2015 - help!

The restraints on Rougarou are relatively generous, more so upper body and middle than they are hips and butt. The seat was pretty form fitting but not tight. It is a bit roomier than the wooden coasters and instead of cramming yourself in you can sort of pour yourself in if that makes any sense. I had no problems with it.

I'm 5'1", 138lbs, and typically wear a size 6. I have lap bar issues with Blue Streak, thigh issues on Maverick and Magnum, and seatbelt problems on Gemini. I carry most of my weight in my butt and thighs. It doesn't matter how heavy you are, just where you carry it!

coasterblu said:

I've heard that the test seats weren't accurate. People can fit in the test seat but not in the train. Is that true?

The opposite happened to me just a couple of days ago. I was nervous about riding MF and TTD this year. I tried the test seat at TTD and the belt was an inch away from clicking in but I decided to wait in line with my party. The roller coater junkie that I am, and suffering from wishful hoping/thinking, I decided to hop in the car and try anyway. I fit, clicked in and had room to tighten up further. So, yeah, perplexing.

Dara said:

I'm 5'1", 138lbs, and typically wear a size 6. I have lap bar issues with Blue Streak, thigh issues on Maverick and Magnum, and seatbelt problems on Gemini. I carry most of my weight in my butt and thighs. It doesn't matter how heavy you are, just where you carry it!

Definitely! I'm size 20 and have no issues at all with Magnum, Maverick or Gemini. It's so much more complicated than weight.

Getting back on this topic for a second. Where does some personal responsibility come into factor here? My partner and I were standing in line at the Giant Wheel yesterday when a very large obese young adult male (maybe between 18-25) came out of the midway to find his mother who was near us in line. He was screaming so loud because he had been bounced off several rides for not being able to fit. He created a huge scene and there were maybe 40 people in line just taking it all in quietly. He was obviously morbidly obese and screaming these exact words and was extremely angry. "YOU HAVE TO BE ANOREXIC TO RIDE ANYTHING HERE!!!" The girl he was with was trying to calm him down but when he found his mother he lost it in an adult temper tantrum (think of Baby Huey). I think his mother was embarrassed and tried to calm him down from the line we were standing in and was about to get out to go shut him up when the ride was shut down due to an approaching storm front. So everyone was walking out of line seeing an adult obese male mad and screaming at Cedar Point because HE could not fit on certain rides. I again ask....where and when does personal responsibility come into play?

Brings new meaning to the term "Live E".

Well for a start if you're big enough to be compared to Baby Huey you should be smart enough to predict that you will have trouble finding rides that you fit in and so when you don't fit you don't cry and scream like a two-year-old in public as if the ride is going to magically grow if you throw a big enough fit. I guess the difference is that some of us are anticipating the problem ahead of time (why this thread exists) and others like Baby Huey here are completely oblivious to just how large they are and think it it shouldn't be a problem at all.

Wow! That must have been quite a show. I agree with Paisley's post. Also sounds like this person may have had a sense of entitlement the way he was carrying on in all the Baby Huey splendor. Personal responsibility? Sure, for some that need to take a good hard look at their situation. It's a kick in the teeth though to people who have true medical reasons for being bigger. We don't make fun of people that have cancer, diabetes or another aliment that is not of their choosing. It seems if you take a minute to read and absorb the material an observant person will be able to tell the difference between the entitlement crowd and the information seeking crowd.

Childhood obesity has tripled in the last 30 years. That's not an evolutionary problem, it's environmental. People are putting too much crap in their kids and not insisting that they move around a bit.

I completely agree with your comments Jeff. However, not every big person is big because our parents let us stuff crap food in our mouths and let us sit on our rumps all day not moving. Each person knows when the personal responsibility card comes into play. Perhaps "Baby Huey" boy has only ever been to Disney Parks where pretty much every one can ride everything. You don't have to be obese to almost miss the opportunity to ride a favorite attraction at CP though. There are other issues that have been discussed previously in the thread. Obesity is a problem that needs to be addressed no doubt. Being a teacher for 16 years I have seen the increasing size of the children population. Just trying to point out that some people can only help their size so much. Just like some people can only grow so tall or run so fast. (*Insert thousands of other examples here.*) We all have some sort of affliction to deal with in life.

P.S. New to the Forums but loving that I found this site! CP all day, everyday for life! :-D

Actually you pretty much have to be obese to be turned away from a ride, if you look at the weights that make a person obese you will be surprised that it doesn't take that much unhealthy weight to reach that dubious category.

Regardless if the person in question had a medical problem or not, he was for sure fully aware of his obesity and making a scene like that was totally uncalled for. Whether or not he can help it is irrelevant. The fact that he made such a huge scene in public just screams of entitlement and of someone who has not learned to deal with his handicap.

So obese people are considered handicapped now?

Depending on the obesity level and how that limits a person, In my opinion, yes. If a physical characteristic causes problems in being fully functional, it is a handicap.

I've turned away aesthetic bodybuilders from being able to ride, and I don't consider any bodybuilder obese by any means, no matter what the scale says.

Part of the equation is the body mass index. Body builders are all muscle mass and are, of course, not considered obese. People that are morbidly obese have many more challenges than just not fitting in rides.

The Body Mass Index (BMI) only looks at two factors when evaluating obesity - height and weight. If you are 5'10" and weigh 209 lbs the Body Mass Index will tell you that you are obese regardless of what your body fat percentage may be. It is a very simple tool that can be used to help determine whether a person's weight is at an unhealthy level but you really need to take body composition into consideration.

The BMI doesn't distinguish between muscle mass and body fat and in a lot of cases bodybuilders would be considered obese or overweight by the index.