Roller coaster breaks down 200 feet up!

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Theme park visitors were forced to climb down from the top of an iconic 200ft-high rollercoaster at UK’s Blackpool Pleasure Beach after it broke down mid-ride.

Park staff were forced to scale the rollercoaster before tentatively guiding nervous visitors to safety by making them walk down.

When the £12million ride, formerly known as the Pepsi Max, opened in 1994, it was the tallest and steepest roller coaster in the world.

Blackpool Pleasure Beach reopened on April 12 as part of the easing of lockdown measures.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9509647/Visitors-forced-CLIMB-200ft-high-Blackpool-Pleasure-Beach-rollercoaster.html

[soothsayer]

1. Nightmare

I’d worry the cars would suddenly start moving (among other things)

[Kaleva]

2. They got their money's worth.

[Effete Snob]

3. Yep

"Here's five bucks. Now, scare the crap out of me."

That and horror movies. People will pay to feel bad.

[samnsara]

4. and thats why i stay off carnival rides....

[keithbvadu2]

5. Stuck at the top. Balanced. Needs a slight push.

Stuck at the top. Balanced. Needs a slight push.

About 420 ft high.

45 minutes in line for an 18 second ride.

Worth it.

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[kimbutgar]

6. I was on a roller cooler that broke down half way up a climb.

Was on that coaster for 30 minutes luckily they were able to reverse it and we went down backwards. Didn’t ride on any other coasters that day.

I couldn’t imagine having to walk down like these people did!

[lillypaddle]

7. No.

Just NO.

[onethatcares]

8. not "just NO"

NO WAY IN HELL

[lillypaddle]

9. or just fucking no!

[demmiblue]

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