Amusement Park Safety in Q8?

It's really scary that there have been so many accidents at amusement parks in the USA this summer. I am sure it is going on in other countries as well but so far I have only seen reports coming out of the US. There was one incident where a roller coaster stopped mid-loop for 30 minutes. All the riders came off OK but had blood-red faces. Another girl got on a rollercoaster at Walt Disney World and by the time the ride ended she was dead. Most recently, a girl was riding a superman ride that basically goes up and shoots down leaving the legs exposed. The same ride is at Al-Shaab. Anyway, both her feet were severed from her legs. And then today I read on CNN.com that an amusement park worker was killed at Playland in Rye, New York which is an amusement park I use to go to when I was a kid living in Connecticut.

All of these tragedies have made me wonder just how safe amusement parks are in Kuwait. And I am guessing they are not very safe. We went to Entertainment City a few weeks ago. I saw a ride operater allowing a 2 year old child go on the mid-size roller coaster with her parents. She was so small that there was no way to buckle her into the seat. Her idiot father simply held onto her as the ride progressed. And there was a height chart right at the gate and of course the little girl was too small to go on the ride.

So, if you go to an amusement park in Kuwait, use your best judgement and be safe because I doubt anyone is watching to make sure the rides are safe. They are too busy counting their dinars.