Siren’s cursed?
A stomach-dropping video exhibits riders on Cedar Level’s “Siren’s Curse” rollercoaster inching down the towering 160-foot-high tracks to security after it broke down for the fourth time final Tuesday since opening in late June.
The journey on the Ohio amusement park skidded to a halt shortly after climbing up the skyhigh tower on the very starting of the rollercoaster — a small mercy for the passengers who might’ve in any other case gotten caught the wrong way up or dangling over the sting.
The “delay” was brought on by the rollercoaster’s security system halting the journey earlier than partaking its signature tilt function that dangles riders over the halfway level whereas the coaster shifts to connect to the observe beneath, a spokesperson with the amusement park informed the Akron Beacon Journal.
“Its safety system performed as designed, but the ride could not be restarted. Guests were safely escorted off the ride,” the spokesperson mentioned.
However for some riders, the stroll off the coaster might have been extra terrifying than the imposing loop-de-loops.
A video shared on X Saturday confirmed the group of riders slowly inching down the evacuation stairs alongside the 160-foot incline as they clung onto the railing for expensive life.
The deserted coaster sat on the flat portion of the tower a number of yards away.
One pair of passengers in the midst of the road wasn’t budging, seemingly paralyzed by concern whereas the remainder of the riders bottlenecked behind them.
“That walk down is definitely 10 times scarier than actually riding the ride,” one person commented.
“i’m scared of heights. so if this happened to me, my bones would’ve melted, and there would nothing be left of me but a blob of skin,” one other added.
The sensors have plagued the coaster, the tallest, longest and quickest of its variety within the nation, since its opening. It has inexplicably halted the rollercoaster at odd spots 4 instances now.
On its very first day open to the general public, an influence outage introduced the coaster to a screeching halt, leaving the passengers dangling over certainly one of its signature ledges for 10 minutes.
Then, on July 2, it stopped on the 160-foot platform for the primary time, leaving passengers to descend down the evacuation stairs.
On July 19, it broke down a 3rd time whereas tilted on a 45-degree angle for roughly 20 minutes earlier than it resumed.
