Cedar Point = Walley World?

A few more details: http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20140610/NEWS01/306100006/13-Cedar-Point-workers-from-Michigan-arrested-fight?nclick_check=1

 

Local middle school had their annual year-ending field trip scheduled for Cedar Point that day. And Cedar Point put the closing on its Facebook page

 

Sidenote: Watched a bio about the making of Vacation the other day. Candy's part was added when people didn't like the ending. Chevy Chase suggested him and they offered him $500,000. Candy was hot at the time, asking for $1 million ... and got it.

 

If it's any reassurance, at a place like Cedar Point they do make them pass a test or two before they're allowed to press the button. An operator test for a roller coaster isn't easy.
The hardest part about the test that just lets them check the lap bars, though, is usually knowing where all the damn fire extinguishers are.

 

About an hour ago, someone died after being hit by the Raptor roller coaster. Word from CP is he jumped a fence into a restricted area and was struck by the coaster. Someone claiming to be on the ride at the time posted on Twitter that someone kicked the guy in the head. Probably inadvertent, as your legs dangle as you ride.

 

I imagine that hurt someone's foot.

 

The rider was Antonio Brown.

 

Dummy lost his life for a cell phone. And was hit by the ride, not a person, according to police:

Man struck, killed by Raptor roller coaster in Cedar Point

 

From looking at that ride, it seems like it would almost be difficult not to be struck by a passenger. I recently took my family to an amusement park and lost my car keys on a roller coaster. At the end of the day, they retrieved the fob in three pieces and soaking wet from a brief rainstorm, but once it was put back together, it still worked. I did not hop the fence to try to retrieve them.