Hi I came across this forum when Googling for information about the Forbidden Journey since I'd read an upsetting article that people of certain dimensions were being
forbidden from the
journey. As a side note, no I did not think that was clever at all!
My friends and I have tickets for IOA next week. We were planning on going to WWOHP but after reading this I'm kind of afraid that if I go I won't be able to ride and will be embarrassed in front of my friends. If I'm too big for the ride, I get it and I'm not here to make a big fuss over that or claim that Universal is a horrible place to go. Actually I've been there several times and I think it's the most amazing theme park I've ever been to, hands down. That includes both IOA and US. Generally when I go to IOA I'm able to ride most everything and have no trouble with it, meaning I've never required special seating. But I've also never been on any rides using over the shoulder harnessing because my friends do not like rides with loop de loops, so I avoid them as well. Partially I'm grateful for this since it's spared me any embarrassment from standing in line to find out I don't fit. The only over the shoulder harness ride I've ever been on was the Dr. Doom tower and I managed to fit on that just fine, presumably in a normal seat. Does anyone know how the FJ seats compare?
It may seem silly, but I'm absolutely horrified at the thought of being humiliated or embarrassed in front of my friends who will all most certainly get to ride. Honestly if I were alone and were too big for the ride, no hard feelings, I understand. It's more the embarrassment of being too big in front of my friends. Before anyone makes the comment that friends should not care regardless, the thing is I'm sure they won't as it's never been an issue before... it's just that I am kind of worrying myself over it anyway to the point that I feel almost hopeless. It's probably my own worry. I just don't want to stand in the line for two hours in the hot sun to find out that I can't ride, or test the seats out front and find out in front of everyone. I'd just die of embarrassment.
I've come to this board out of desperation and hope someone might be able to help me. Considering that FJ is the only real new ride that we'd be going on since loops like on Dragon Challenge are out of the question and we've already been on the Hippogriff when it was the Flying Unicorn, I'm kind of horrified to think we might make all of this effort to get on the ride and then I won't be able to go. Can anyone help me out here to perhaps put me at ease? I'm about 5'6" and I'd say I weight about 250 but to be honest I'm not entirely sure, I could be less and I'm just exaggerating. I measured myself around the chest to be around 42" and my bust was about 49". When I measured around my midsection it came up at 56". I worry that my lower portion might prevent me from riding. I'm about a size 24 pants. I mostly seem to carry my weight in my lower abdomen/hips region and my thighs are relatively large too. All of this is my perception so it could be I'm chalking this up to be more than it actually is.
The deal is I'm not really uncomfortable with my size, otherwise I wouldn't try to detail my proportions as such. I'm fat. I get it. I don't spend my time worrying about it as I am pretty comfortable with myself as I am. But for once I'm actually afraid of being embarrassed and subjected to ridicule by workers or people in line and I hope someone might be able to put me at ease. If I can avoid having a fool made out of me I would greatly appreciate it. If it's not the ride for me, it's going to suck to have to face that in front of people and tell my friends but what can I do?
If it helps at all I've been able to ride the Mummy without problem, I'd say it's my favorite ride right after Spiderman. I fit on Men In Black and as I recall those seats were kind of small. I also went to the Magic Kingdom and managed to ride everything that we went on there with no trouble as well such as Space Mountain.
Sorry to have written so much. I'm just hoping someone can help me to feel at ease or provide me with some information that might put me at ease. Reading this thread with everyone's reports of getting on or not being allowed to ride has both made me feel elated and then immediately after, deflated. I thought the best way to get an answer was if I added my own story to the board to see what might be suggested and most everyone on this site seems pretty nice which I appreciate as well. Thanks for any time you can spare to give me some answers.
Hmmmm, 40" chest here too and hips, well...lets just say.... a little bigger.
Just about 20 wks for me, and even 1-2 lbs per wk will make a huge difference! I want to be fit and more healthy, to keep up with the kids in the parks and in life!! FJ (and what I see in the mirror) will be a bonus.
