Why do the tea cups make people sick?

[catycatcat4]

I don't get it!
We get them to spin pretty crazy and its not that bad.

[ADP]

I don't get it!
We get them to spin pretty crazy and its not that bad.
Hi Caty - Ask yourself this question in about 30 years. :) I think you might have the answer. ;)

[jog58]

Hi Caty - Ask yourself this question in about 30 years. :) I think you might have the answer. ;)

It might not even take 30 years. I use to be one of those folks that could ride everything and anything and be just fine. Ummm, yeah turned 25 not so much. Spin me a few times and I am pretty much done for. :lmao:

[mainegal]

I am more than 30 years older (:scared1:) than Sierra and I have no problem with the Teacups.

[catycatcat4]

I will probably still be able to handle it my parents love teacups my dad is 47 and will go on any ride like i do.

[ADP]

I have problems on spinning rides, but I still ride them... 1. to experience the ride with my daughter, and secondly because I still enjoy them even though I walk off in a "stuper".

I think most of the sickness or feelings people get coming off of spinning rides has to do with the inner ear. When I ride the teacups I typically keep my eyes straight and not try and jerk my head around during the ride. That really helps.

[jewels1916]

I know my little brother (who is 20 now) has a sensitive stomach. The spinning just makes him feel very sick. And it has ever since he was a little kid. I personally don't have a problem with them, but I know that for him, just seeing everything flash by him really quickly makes his stomach queasy.

[Golf4food]

News flash: not all humans are 100% identical in every single way. :eek:

Some inner ears can handle spinning, others cannot at all. Just because the teacups don't bother you doesn't mean they don't bother plenty of other people.

Same things with some people getting seasick on a cruise ship and others don't. Some people get seasick sitting in a bathtub. We're all different. :thumbsup2

[TXYankee]

I was able to do spinning rides until 43. A virus damaged my inter ear.

I can still enjoy spinning rides when I am on them but when I get off, I stagger around like a drunken sailor, maybe fall down and often throw up.

[jog58]

News flash: not all humans are 100% identical in every single way. :eek:

Some inner ears can handle spinning, others cannot at all. Just because the teacups don't bother you doesn't mean they don't bother plenty of other people.

Same things with some people getting seasick on a cruise ship and others don't. Some people get seasick sitting in a bathtub. We're all different. :thumbsup2

I have a friend that can't even watch a carousel spin without getting dizzy.

[cathie1327]

Pretty much all spinny rides started being a no go for me around 18. We have a local "theme park" here in Denver that has a tilt-a-whirl, and several other spinny rides and try as I might, I have gotten sick every time I've tried to ride them. THe last time I was PHYSICALLY sick, and decided that from now on, I'll be the stuff holder and picture taker. It's just not worth it to me.

I've never really been on the tea cups at WDW or DL, but am too afraid to try going on them without even turning the wheel lol. Don't want to ruin my vacation by being sick all day.

[miprender]

:sick: That's me after any spinning ride. I already told DH he is going on with DD because there is no way I am.

We went to StoryLand in NH a few years ago and I really thought I was going to throwup on the Spinning Turtles:confused: I actually ended up with a headache for the rest of the day too

[cj9200]

I can ride every coaster there is but get me into a spin, and I am a sick puppy. Always been like that. I can’t do even the Carousel without getting queasy. Daughter knows this and will not ask me to go on Tea Cups. When Mission Space opened there were the warnings about if you are prone to motion sickness when spinning, DO NOT RIDE. The first time we went on it, every time that warning was made, DD looked at me and giggled. Evil child. Funny thing is that I did not have a problem and it is my favorite ride in all of Disney. Maybe because you are not looking at the outside world spinning past you.

[JenniBugInPink]

I can ride every coaster there is but get me into a spin, and I am a sick puppy. Always been like that. I can’t do even the Carousel without getting queasy. Daughter knows this and will not ask me to go on Tea Cups. When Mission Space opened there were the warnings about if you are prone to motion sickness when spinning, DO NOT RIDE. The first time we went on it, every time that warning was made, DD looked at me and giggled. Evil child. Funny thing is that I did not have a problem and it is my favorite ride in all of Disney. Maybe because you are not looking at the outside world spinning past you.

I LOVE coasters, especially the up and down parts, but I have to close my eyes when they go around corners from side to side. The teacups would kill me. It's not the sensation, it's definitely the visuals. My favorite ride is ToT, and I do it over and over with eyes WIDE open! :scared1: DH and eye try to out-coaster each other in DisneyQuest at DTD with the virtual coaster, but I still have to close my eyes if things are spinning from side to side.

I'm fearless, but not ashamed to cheat by closing those eyes! :cool2: PS - I'm 51, but it's always been that way, from the time I was a teenager...

[cathie1327]

When Mission Space opened there were the warnings about if you are prone to motion sickness when spinning, DO NOT RIDE. The first time we went on it, every time that warning was made, DD looked at me and giggled. Evil child. Funny thing is that I did not have a problem and it is my favorite ride in all of Disney. Maybe because you are not looking at the outside world spinning past you.

I get sick sick sick on spinny rides only too, TOT, RnR, Space Mountain, none of em bother me. But the teacups...oy...lol.

The first time we went to WDW I was too scared to try the intense version of Mission Space at first, and we went on the mild one. Once I realized I wouldn't be able to SEE things spin, I thought it was worth a shot to go on the intense one....now it's one of my very favorite rides too!!!! It doesn't bother me at all!

[Joshua_me]

I call it karma.

When I was a little kid I would torment my poor Mom in the teacups.

It came right down to fiendish trickery, it did. I'd "promise" not to spin the cup too fast, but of course once the ride started I was a child possessed, spinning that center disc with all of my might and laughing as my Mom's face would turn progressively darker shades of green. :rotfl:

But, alas.... Now that I'm the age that my Mom was back then, my nieces torment me with the same treatment while I invest all my energy in keeping my Mickey waffles from splattering all over Fantasyland.

In the case of the teacups, what comes around goes around... in more ways than one.

:laughing:

[ms*mountaineer]

Hi Caty - Ask yourself this question in about 30 years. :) I think you might have the answer. ;)

This is my answer too! When I was younger, I could handle all the spinning rides you want to do. Now I can barely watch them!

[wishspirit]

I have a friend that can't even watch a carousel spin without getting dizzy.

That's just like me! :wave:

Give me ToT or R'n'R and i'll be fine. If you even make me watch the teacups I want to hurl!

My brain just can't handle the spinning sensation, the eyes and motion sensors (within the ear) are getting different information which do not match up. This makes your body feel you are hallucinating, therefore activates the part of the brain which thinks its being poisoned, making you want to throw up. Some people aren't as sensitive, some are, just the way life goes.

[doconeill]

News flash: not all humans are 100% identical in every single way. :eek:

Some inner ears can handle spinning, others cannot at all. Just because the teacups don't bother you doesn't mean they don't bother plenty of other people.

Same things with some people getting seasick on a cruise ship and others don't. Some people get seasick sitting in a bathtub. We're all different. :thumbsup2

:thumbsup2 Everyone has different sensitivities. It also depends on what your eyes tell you, vs. what your sense of motion does (the semicircular canals in the inner ear which also are responsible for your balance). On the teacups, you might focus on the teacup, or the other people who are in it, who appear stationary to you. But everything around you is spinning, and your ears tell you you are spinning. The brain becomes confused. Sometimes it is better to focus on the outside. Others can't handle that, and its better to focus on what is still. Some are more sensitive to what direction the teacup itself is spinning.

Mission: SPACE rotates quickly in a fashion similar to other amusement park rides like Gravitons and Rotors, but people who can handle those can't handle M:S, and vice versa - not because of the motion, but the lack of an external visual reference that you are spinning.

[sjsjbrook]

I don't like rides,they give me panic attacks. The dark rides at disney are ok for me, and I have been on the tea cups, but no one is allowed to spin the cup when I am on with them.

[mainegal]

On the teacups, you might focus on the teacup, or the other people who are in it, who appear stationary to you. But everything around you is spinning, and your ears tell you you are spinning. The brain becomes confused. Sometimes it is better to focus on the outside. Others can't handle that, and its better to focus on what is still. Some are more sensitive to what direction the teacup itself is spinning.



I think I keep changing my focus spot, thus leading to a far more "exciting" ride. Yes, I do stumble a bit when I get off. But I am ready to go back on again.

None of the WDW rides give me a problem as they are rather "tame" compared to other amusement park rides. You know, the "big" ones. Not sure if I would handle the big rides now as well as I did twenty years ago when I was last at Great Adventure in New Jersey.

I do hate to admit that Space Moutain shook me about a little more than my body was happy with. I'd still go on it again, but at some point, I'd have to listen to my back instead of doing what I want to do!

[eeyorethegreat]

I love the Tea Cups. One of my favorites. I love to spin but drops are another thing entirely! I am terrified of drops!

[mainegal]

I like spins and drops.

But my body is older. I will test it at Islands of Adventure in December. Hope I do well!

[eeyorethegreat]

I like spins and drops.

But my body is older. I will test it at Islands of Adventure in December. Hope I do well!

You must like Primeval Whirl then Lol!

[mainegal]

You must like Primeval Whirl then Lol!

I didn't get to go on it! We had waited in a long line for Dinosaur. There was a long line for Whirl, and the same long line later in the day.

It looked too much like a typical carnival ride, nothing special. I think I had read so-so reviews on it. So I thought it was an okay one to miss.

[esddk]

Like many of the other posters, I can do any coaster and love it but start to spin me and I am done. The Carousel does make me quesy but I can handle it. I had a hard time in Universal because of all the rides that show the movies while moving you around. I just closed my eyes and prayed until the Simpson's was over.

[mainegal]

I had a hard time in Universal because of all the rides that show the movies while moving you around. I just closed my eyes and prayed until the Simpson's was over.

The simulator rides play games with your body and brain in a way that can be very disorienting. Those ride designers really know what they are doing.

I went on the Simpson's ride with two friends. Two of us loved it. The third was hated it and couldn't walk straight afterwards. I am sure she wouldn't have done well on Mission Space either.