Australian Theme park getting backlash over installing weight stations at rides

[Demovictory9]

**looks like you have to weigh under 400 pounds for one ride, 200 for another**

The machines require those who want to go on the rides to weigh themselves before entering the queue. The machine will indicate to park visitors if they can go on the ride by approving them with a green light or turning them away with a red light.


The machines also include signs that read “Please check to avoid disappointment.”

Images of the weighing scales and the attached signs have caused a widespread uproar on Australian Facebook with the Adventure World page being flooded with negative reviews and comments accusing the park of body shaming its patrons.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/australian-theme-park-flooded-with-negative-comments-after-installing-e2-80-98body-shaming-e2-80-99-weighing-scales/ar-AAOUHMp?ocid=uxbndlbing

The park has since registered and attempted to clear up any confusion by stating that: “As long a rider’s safety restraint harness achieves the fully closed position and they meet the other safety requirements, then riders above 75kg can ride.”

Link to tweet

[Equomba]

1. If the manufacturer states there are safety concerns for anyone

weighing over x lbs riding their equipment then yeah, I'd rather find out before vs. after I'm tossed back onto the midway.

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[msongs]

2. airplanes that weigh too much will crash at takeoff nt

[Treefrog]

3. I really don't have a problem with this.

If you fly on small planes, your weight is taken into consideration.

And they add 20 to whatever you tell them lol.

[spooky3]

4. 75 kg is only 165 lbs. nt

[Demovictory9]

5. other scale shown... one has 90KG, other has 180KG for diff rides

[spooky3]

6. I'm just reacting to the quote in bold. Nt

[canetoad]

10. Offhand

I'd say 75k is a pretty standard adult weight in Oz.

[marble falls]

7. Maybe if the park offered more than ice cream, cotton candy, soda pop? Set an example. ...

... wouldn't it be better to have the scales at the front gate before they bought tickets?

[canetoad]

9. This is Aus.

Pies and coke.

[canetoad]

8. I would imagine

That this is an insurance requirement. To obtain a Public Liability policy on the ride the insurer may set certain conditions. That's OK with me.

What is not OK is that a Murdoch publication calls these safety measures 'disgusting'. This has little to do with body shaming and everything to do with having an (insured) permit to operate.

[Celerity]

11. I take no issue with this at all.

A typical social media poutrage tempest in a teapot, amplified, as usual, for clicks and hits by trad media.

[greenjar_01]

12. These are common in American waterparks

What's the big deal? The ride can only take so much load, safely.