thrill seekers who rode El Toro in Six Flags Great Adventure flooded social media with them horror fairy tales, learning that five people were hospitalized.
And insiders who they say work Six Flags are sounding the alarm about staff turnover who see the rides at all Six Flags, including the park in Jackson, New Jersey, according to The Post.
Several drivers complained of back in pain and five were taken to the hospital after riding a 19-story-high wooden rollercoaster on Thursday evening.
El Toro racers posted that the ride was so jerky that teeth bared and bit down on their languages.
After news broken, one parent described the coaster as “the roughest ride I’ve ever experienced” in Reddit post about the July 18 visit, adding that “My 10 year the old one was sick for hours because of this”.
Other parent wrote on Reddit: “In last 2 times my son rode on it last week and last month – he came home in next day and complained of pulled out back muscles.”
“Ride this last a week for in first time in for several years – both my child and I left see the stars. Such a shame because it was always intense but never painful. This requires some serious TLC.” —Third parent wrote on in social media website.
After the El Toro incident, a Reddit user who claimed that work in in maintenance the department wrote that the company was “experiencing a crazy shortage of staff,” adding that “many of in team members working [at El Toro] have been recently trained or not work drive very often, so they don’t [really] know any trip more how how manage it and what to do during emergency procedures.
Other insiders on Reddit reported that the Arlington, Texas-based company struggling hire and keep veteran ride technicians who check and maintain equipment as reported by The Post.
“It’s getting harder to hire skilled labor to maintain our infrastructure and attractions,” Reddit user. who claims to be Six Flags employee wrote earlier this month. “We just hiring bodies at this point to fill positions, and this is not good. Security will suffer.”
Six Flags did not respond to inquiries for comment about the trip or charges of lack of personnel.
Last year El Toro partially derailed when the rear wheels of rear car were raised on track. Six Flags was fined $5,000. for failure to notify the New Jersey Department of public relations via telephone immediately after the incident, according to a report from NJ.com.
Ride reopened in April, but remain closed now as the state investigates latest incident.
“Any maintenance and the necessary repairs will be completed and the trip will be re-inspected by our engineers, maintenance professionals, our thirdparty independent safety inspectors and government of New Jersey ahead of reopening,” a Six Flags spokesperson told Asbury Park Press. on Friday.
Incident just in latest failure to overshadow the company whose new CEO Selim Bassul moved up dispute during earnings call this month when he said the parks had become “cheap kindergartens”. for teenagers.”
Bassoul raises prices at 27 parks, angering longtime season pass holders who has nothing to say improved in the parks to deserve such trips. Company also reported that during this time she lost almost 2 million customers. year, in most of it due to higher Prices.
Bassul says he wants to improve the quality of client who frequents parks and discourages “violent” teenagers from visiting.
companies shares we down more than 7% on Friday afternoon.
