Australian Amusement Fanatics

Does anyone have any close up photos of how the safety harnesses work /seat belts on this ride?

I have been told they are slightly altered?

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Kiwi

Have a look in public forum in the xmas carnivals folder. Theres some pics there but not of the restrains. Hope i helped

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Top Gunner14

It's basically a OTSR, The unlocking mechanism is actually on the Gondola. So the operator has to engage / disengage it before and after each cycle. The actual harnesses are your standard metal over the shoulder bar with a cylinder of padding where it touches your legs / waist. Then there is almost like a triangle metal plate with 5 or 6 holes. The seatbelt is attached to the seat between your legs and has a little clip that connects to each hole (depending on body size to determine which hole)

If the seatbelt is too stretched out to get into one of the holes, you are too large to ride.

I hope this helps.

Thanks, is the selt belt an added extra?

The seatbelt is permanently attached underneath the seat. If the belt doesn't fit you don't ride. I'm not 100% if they were always there. I'd heard of someone being ejected from a Miami Trip before and this could be why they have since been added.

I understand this altered seatbelt was added after someone was thrown off a Music Trip in townsville back in 2001.

I've never heard of that incident before, was it on the Bell's Music Trip?

I'm not sure whether it happend on Bell's Miami and I don't know too many details about the incident except for a very brief mention of it in an article published in the Herald a year or so ago relating to the safety of amusement rides in Australia. This was written shortly after the Speed incident at Luna Park where a ride operator was knocked unconscious.

I heard about the speed incident, thanx for filling me in Ben

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Top Gunner14