Ever Get Sick?

[History Buff]

On our visit, this week, the Electrospin was shut down because a girl got sick all over it (Glad I wasn't anywhere around!).  How often do people get sick on the rides?  Or because of the rides?  Or just get sick in general?  Which rides (or foods) are the biggest culprits?

[StaceySue]

My older daughter sometimes gets queasy on the way to SDC--lol

[rubedugans]

I was on The Giant Swing @ closing time, literally we were the last ones put onto the ride. We couldn't figure out why it took so long to board and get started until I saw the workers giving the universal signs o each other for vomiting.....needless to say I am glad I wasn't in that seat since no cleanup was done....we just up and went on our way with the ride....

[Andymeets1880s]

Sometimes, on big drops of a coaster, I can feel my stomach rise, but a strong exhale through pursed lips will knock it back down again.

[Twinsmom98]

I cannot ride the teacups ... on the balloon ride I always had to face forward. 

[mbrownx4]

Twinsmom, yeah the teacups are hard, but I have to do them at least 2 times on a trip.  My wife doesn't want the girls to ride by themselves on it.  So I stare at the center of the car while I spin it.  Then try to get out of the cup with some dignity-everything is still spinning.  I was also volunteered to ride the balloon ride, also a stomach churner for me.  So at the moment a reprieve from the balloons, but I know the cups will be waiting for me when we go this fall.

[mhguy77]

It has always been a point of pride that I could battle any ride with ease.
Then came those ding dang teacups.......

I went once, a buddy and I spun that thing as fast as we could ( yes we are in or lower 40's) when we realized what we had done we held a impromptu vomit resistance class on the spot. 
Those things are deadly.
I have been had by a kiddy ride

[How-doFolks]

My woman can ride everything. Myself, i have to stay away from the spin'y rides. Electrospin about made me sick the 1st time, i had to keep turn'n my head the direction we was go'n. That was enough for me. I cant even ride Thunderation backwards, its just too much for me.

I dont see too many people get sick of anything at SDC. The stomach rise thing i can handle, PowderKeg & Giant Swing are the best at it. A good loud yell makes it feel so good, its like havin' a ...... well, ya know..   

[History Buff]

I still challenge everyone who hasn't - go ride the frogs one time, and tell me it isn't the worst, most sickening ride on park.  I can handle anything else, but those stinkin' frogs make me have to clench every time.  Grab a kid to ride with if you're too embarrassed to go alone.

[Twinsmom98]

I think the older I get the less tolerance I have for rides with spins.  I rode the teacups once with my granddaughter  because the older girls wanted to ride together and failed to include her.  So I toughed it up and just closed my eyes and prayed that it would end soon.

[rubedugans]

From a research background...I have read that children under the age of 2 yrs are immune to motion sickness.

From my perspective I hit the age about 10-15 yrs ago where I went from "there is never enough loops and spins" to the point where "okay lets go into a few shops before the next ride"

[Junior]

Of the old school rides available on park during the time I worked there, nothing made me sick. There was enough motion on the diving bell to leave me "moving with a capsule" in my sleep the first two or three days of work each season. Riding the diving bell ten times a day was like riding a bucking broncho over and over again. My old area manager Ron Herschend, once admitted to the Juniors he seldom rode the diving bell because of motion sickness!

[rubedugans]

I have only had 1 ride where I thought "I AM GONNA VOMIT!!" and I had to begin breathing and tightening my stomach thinking I cannot puke on my future in-laws again and again. Worst thing was it was a ride I was so looking forward to: "Back To The Future". I t had been a long hot day, and most of all you are inside a capsule with no concept of the outside environment. Yuck. Now-a-days I even look at the merry go round and I feel it in my head and behind my eyes. I can go up and down and loop hthe loop all day long, but round and round are a no-no!

[Joy]

I never get sick on rides. But there is one ride at SDC that has brought me to the brink: the Regatta. I seriously cannot stomach that ride. I've ridden it twice, and it had the same nauseating effect on me.

[mhguy77]

I forgot about Thunderation backwards, yes that is a no no as well.

5 days till my first trip to Dollywood