I have family coming from out of town this summer and they want to visit Six Flags. Just wondering if anyone can advise:
-Are the restraints on the kid/ family rides friendly for plus size adults?
- Does the park have wrist bands for height so the kids do not need to be remeasured at every ride?
- Do we need to pay for parking each time we enter the park? We would probably go home for lunch.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Trip Advice - Plus Size Riders, Height Wrist Bands,...
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Family rides for the most part shouldn't be a problem. I wouldn't count on the kids rides.
Yes, Guest Relations will measure your child and give them a wristband so they don't have to be measured at the rides. Yes, you can leave and return without having to keep paying for parking. Just hold on to your parking receipt. I finally retired the Sarah Palin signature because she is now 100% irrelevant.
The rides in kidzopolis and camp cartoon are not very plus size friendly. Everything else should be ok though
"Everyone, listen to me! These jerks killed Superboy. They've tried to kill us. Now they say they're going to tear this city apart. I say... like hell."
and Guest Relations where you go for the wrist bands is at the front gate on the right.
Also, good rides to go on together as a family with the kids: Big Easy Balloons, Scenic Railway, and Sky Trek Tower. Sent from my XT897 using Tapatalk
As a 6' 3" 280 LBS man I can't fit on the following rides:
Giant Drop V2 Batman The Ride Revolution I know you said kid/ family rides but your title says Plus Size Riders it may help others that see this thread. Great America Visits
2008 = 2 2009 = 26 2010 = 33 2011 = 17 2012 = 8 2013 = 4 2014 = 3 
Thanks for all the feedback.
In addition to the suggestions earlier, I'm about 6'0 and 310.
I can easily Ride Demon, Dark Knight, and Whizzer. Family rides: Sky Trek Tower, East River Crawler, Loggers run, Yankee Clipper, Roaring Rapids, Big Easy Balloons, Buccaneer Battle, Chubasco, Condor, Fiddlers Fling, HOmetown Fun Machine, Jesters Wild Ride, Rue Le Dodge, Orbit, Triple Play, Scenic Railway are the ones I usually ride. Rides I'd put as a definite no for me: Batman, Superman, Eagle, Viper, X Flight, Revolution, Raging Bull, Whirligig, King Chaos, Vertical Velocity,
^ try X flight row 5. I'm 5'9 280 and fit only in that row. They do have to lock me in but it's comfortable one locked in.
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How much larger than the test seat is it?
I do not fit in the test seat in front or in any other row. It was an operator that had me try the row when I failed to fit in row 1. It's worth a test if you are up for it.
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As far as plus sized riders, I can give some insight on what you may expect on Goliath. I rode Outlaw Run with seat belts about a month ago and I'm roughly 280 lbs at 5'8''. The seat belts they used on that are a lot like the ones that are on Millennium Force and Top Thrill Dragster, but have a much longer belt. I was able to easily fasten this on my own. On TTD and MF, it's a takes a bit of effort. I didn't trip any faults with the lap bar either and it locked properly for me the first time. If Goliath uses similar restraints, I think most everyone will be fine.
Just to clear your situation up for not fitting the normal seatbelt the "big boy seat" I believe has an extra 2 to 4 inches(maybe more) of extra belt to it and it's row 4 not row 5!
The big boy seats also usually have 2 belts on them instead of one. I didn't think any rides at SFGAm have them though. I found this to be a novel concept the first time I went to Orlando.
I am 6'3" 310 here is my breakdown"
No Chance Batman V2 Giant Drop Revolution Sometimes Raging Bull X-Flight (Really go for row 4 or 5 whichever has the longer red seatbelts) Everything else should be no problem. -Remember there's nothing but air beneath the chair.
I'd think the risk of diabetes, stroke, heart attack and taking more room than you deserve on airplanes would be more motivation to drop some of that weight then getting on a roller coaster.
"Deep Fried" is not one of the four food groups. Eat a salad once in a while. Mod Note - one of the reasons people like SFGAmWorld is that we aren't jerks like on certain other forums. Please keep it that way. Hiding behind a username to throw out insults doesn't make you a bigger person, just more of a coward.
^ this coming from someone named pork chop XD
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