No hands?

Is it ok to go no hands on coasters like MF, Magnum? Coasters with just lap bars and no shoulder restraints?

Do you go no hands?

Duhhh its okay. I go no hands everytime i ride the rides. It makes you feel like you are free falling. When you are going down the crest of TTD..or Millennium is when its the best.

I actually prefer no hands, but not putting my arms and hands in the air. (Despite my quote below). I think you get that negative G feeling in your stomach when you just keep your hands down, but not holding on. It might differ for everyone though.

I'd put my arms up, but I've heard stories of when people's arms have gotten hit hard from the supports.

If you like your ears you'll want to hold on when riding Maverick.

Ive always wondered what good holding on would do if your restraint did by some fluke come loose...I mean the safety systems are built with lots of redundancy in them....but i think if your bar and belt came loose holding on wouldnt do much good anyways...so needless to say I do hands up on all the rollercoasters. And hands out on Maverick...that one doesnt seem to headbang me too much...but I got some awesome bruises on my arms last year...it made for good bragging rights haha..

Josh

I don't hang on on any ride, even those with shoulder restraints.

Many rollercoasters would be perfectly safe to ride without lapbars or seatbelts as long as the rider didn't do anything stupid. I don't usually hold on when riding except on maverick. Maverick just seems more comfortable when I hold on to the handles.

Maverick is my favorite to not hold on, when it turns 90 degrees under the first drop I always reach out as far as I can to see if I can touch the supports haha.

Most of the time if I've been on a coaster before, I'll put my hands up, but only if it just has lapbars. On anything with OTSR's I really don't think there's enough room to stick my arms up, so I usually just hold on to the handles really loosely, just for somewhere to put my hands.

oldrestless said:
Is it ok to go no hands on coasters like MF, Magnum? Coasters with just lap bars and no shoulder restraints?

Do you go no hands?

If you are blessed with hands, it is good to keep them attached while riding. ;)

"I'd put my arms up, but I've heard stories of when people's arms have gotten hit hard from the supports."

What stories? Urban Legends perhaps? I also heard a kid tell a story of a boy's leg being ripped off on Summit Plummet in Blizzard Beach. Haha, seems silly, but I can imagine a very very tall dude getting their arms smashed on a coaster.

Anyone know of real accounts of this happening?

theres a safety regulation that the supports and anything around the ride have to be a certain distance away from the rider so that nothing like that ever happens. if there ever was an accident like that it would have been a long time ago and probly the reason that there are safety regulations today.

but I've heard stories of when people's arms have gotten hit hard from the supports.

Lies. They test for this stuff (look at the MF pictures...the strange wooden contraption being tested in a car)

Hands up is the way to go!

Especially on TTD...nothing like it!

I've accidentally come in contact with parts of Mine Ride, Magnum and Mean Streak over the years. I know people who have come in contact with things on Millennium. It can happen if you're not paying attention or acting stupid.

how do you come in contact with millenium? there is nothing around it except for the tunnels and those have plenty of clearance unless your like 8 feet tall. maybe its just something falling in the air. but otherwise there is nothing to harm you

Think again. There was something that a poor guy hit his hand on, opening year for MF. A modification to the support has since resolved that problem.

And yes, especially on Mean Streak and Mine Ride, there are plenty of places to get hit, if acting stupid, which, unfortunately due to the semi-loose lapbars, allow for the potential accidents to happen, again, stupidity has to be involved.

I've heard people say that they've hit their hands on the head chopper section of the Gemini. I find that kind of hard to believe. Can anyone confirm this?

mk522 said:
And yes, especially on Mean Streak and Mine Ride, there are plenty of places to get hit, if acting stupid, which, unfortunately due to the semi-loose lapbars, allow for the potential accidents to happen, again, stupidity has to be involved.

Not necessairly true for either. Anyone around or over 6 feet can easily come in contact with a section of Mine Ride just before the second lift if they have their arms up.

I've never been able to hurt myself by touching a support on a rollercoaster because its always been so slow at that point that it doesn't matter. Like on Mine Ride and parts of Mean Streak.