Maverick Crew cracking down on no earing policy.

They are now saying that all earings must be removed. No exceptions. If you can't remove the earing, you cant ride.

Why have they all of the sudden started cracking down on this?

This is such a dumb rule. This was never really enforced before nor is it enforced on any other ride at the park so why now?

I understand why hoop earings might not be allowed, but now they won't even allow those small studs.

They don't just do this kind of thing arbitrarily. My guess is one of two things happened. One, the state started cracking down on it. Or two, something happened with a guest who had earrings where guest had a bad experience because of them so the park now, in order to avoid a future problem, has started to crack down.

So people who have earings are just no longer allowed to ride? My friend and my sister both have this one part of their ear pierced, idk what it's called, but they have told me that it is not meant to be removed once it has been pierced.

I'd would surmise that there was more than one incident that has occurred. If the rule was already in place, but being only applied to certain types of ear rings and they start getting injury claims from people wearing other types, a total restriction is in order.

Wow... Ridiculous.

Maverick was running like crap this year anyway, so it won't bother me. I don't have any piercings, but my gf does... Oh wells :)

I still don't understand why that ride hasn't gotten the soft straps like Intimidator 305 has. It would make the ride experience so much better, and likely eliminate whatever earring issue lead to this policy.

My guess is that they're trying to get some more life out of the original straps before a routine replacement, where they'll switch over to the new ones.

But honestly, how much could they cost? They threw $6 million at a light show; I can't imagine soft straps would cost much more than several thousand dollars.

If I was Intamin, I'd just give them to CP with a thank you card to patch up the relationship a bit. :)

If the park isn't responsible for items left in the bins, why can't they just make an announcement that they aren't responsible for earrings left in the ears?

Put up a dozen warning signs about it, and let pierced riders ride at their own risk.

If only it were that simple. :)

I know. I know.

Common sense would decimate the legal industry.

I guess my Maverick days are over. My earings are a pain in the a__ to take out, and even more to put back in. In fact, the only time in the last 15 years I had to take them out was for an MRI.

I went on Tuesday and they made me take mine out too. I've always seen the sign on the stairs leading up to the station about removing earrings in years past, but I've never had a ride host tell me to take them out.

If anything, Mantis should be enforcing the no earring policy out of any ride at the park.

I would say new restraints is a fair exchange for the missing signature element that had to be removed.

JuggaLotus said:
If the park isn't responsible for items left in the bins, why can't they just make an announcement that they aren't responsible for earrings left in the ears?

Put up a dozen warning signs about it, and let pierced riders ride at their own risk.

This approach may be viable for the person with the earring,but what if an earring comes off during the ride an injures another rider.

SSL488 said:
So people who have earings are just no longer allowed to ride? My friend and my sister both have this one part of their ear pierced, idk what it's called, but they have told me that it is not meant to be removed once it has been pierced.

That's generally true, and especially for newer piercings, which will close up pretty quickly and aren't very welcoming to reinsertion of the jewelry. But yeah, try getting out a large gauge captive bead ring that's orbital, conch or rook. Wouldn't even want to pull out a tragus piercing. I used to have an industrial that I wouldn't pull out for any reason, and in its place I have a simple cartilage that I haven't ever taken out. I wouldn't do it for this either.

And what if a seagull happens to hit you on the way down on MF?

Who do you sue then?

I don't get this at all. If you have signs posted, you warned them. Enough said.

Kevinj said:

I don't get this at all. If you have signs posted, you warned them. Enough said.

Not really... I still see people trying to sneak those draw string bags onto Millenium when they have a person sitting out front making it 100% clear that you are not allowed to bring them.

rpbobcat said:

This approach may be viable for the person with the earring,but what if an earring comes off during the ride an injures another rider.

That's not the purpose for the rule. An earring is no more a loose article than glasses with a strap or a ring on the finger or any other facial piercing.

The reason for the rule is to keep the rider from being hurt by the OTSR if their head bounces off it. So, if the riders are warned about this, it is then their choice what to do with their piercings.

Who else got the jewelry ad on this page? Well played advertisers

Kevinj said:
And what if a seagull happens to hit you on the way down on MF?

Not even remotely comparable. You cannot control whether or not a seagull will fly into your path while on a coaster. You can, however, control whether or not you have an earring in your ear.

I'm not saying I'm a fan of this rule, but I can't say I hate it, either. Fewer people in line means a shorter wait for me. :)