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- Husband, wife conquer fear of heights as ride comes to stop.
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Judging by the title of the video I thought the damn ride started spinning out of control and people were being flung off
Ariella id *love* that
Ariella- And when you thought that you were like “oh I wanna see that”
I wanna see the little people be flung off from like 3 miles away
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Damn that would be *fun*
me: “mom I need to pee”
mom: “we’ll go to the toilet after the ride”
the ride:
Lol
the ride : imma bout to end this both girls kidneys
😂😂😂😂
Bathroom*
Luckily because of school o can hood it for around five hours
dude imagine if you had to pee BEFORE you got on that ride
Or number 2
Rip.
HELL NO
Pls no
Imagine being under tho.
*Rains*
Why did CZcams recommend me this 6-year-old news report on a theme-park incident?
@LORRAINE BURROUGHS explain
ME TOO
Same here
Me too, not the sort of thing I'd usually watch.
@LORRAINE BURROUGHS more like programming you not to ask questions
The wife no longer has a fear of heights.
The husband on the other hand now won't even climb a step ladder . . . ;)
Carl Bruschnig, Jr Hahahaha
You have a wife..... and a husband?!
@@ericaandherfriends8189 he said "the" you know
Ryan James do you know what a joke is
Haha
It must've hurt to sit in those seats for that long.
I'd take a nap
Imagine if the seats buckles came off
Kadence Beebe omfg
no actually its pretty comfortable
@@kadencebeebe8244 Someone would've died if that had happened...
her: **has two hands resting on the railing**
abc news: “and her holding on for dear life”
Nah she was gripping that bar with her life
Right?! I was like Shes NOT Holding On For dear Life.....I WIULDVE THO AND IT WOULDVE REALLY LOOKED LIKE IT!
Me! 😂
Hahah
I got major anxiety by just watching them sit on there for a couple of seconds.
they must have been SO BORED
except the nice sunset :p
I'll be like yes yes I did enjoy the view up here 😜. So how did they go to the restroom?
Jasmine Grier Horan
They probably had to hold it in.
except the guys... they all saw rainbows.....
Maybe some people had their phones.
I would pray my phone was at 100% battery and in my pocket so I could keep my mind off the fact that I was 300 ft in the air
I would hate to drop it in mid air
keith johnson my hands get sweaty when I get nervous about dropping my phone so fuck
jess horan I would take some photos and videos before doing anything else on my phone ... I would never forget the incident anyway ...
***** easier said than done
and you couldnt do that the fact is that you're up 300ft in the air you would die just like 9/11
KitKatt The Wolf they didnt fall they jumped
Imagine being stuck on their with a person you don’t like
Atleast it wouldn't be boring
You'd end up lowkey liking eachother..
Lil Muhfucca Yes, trauma-bonding
Why would you ride that with someone you dislike though?
Perfect scenario for an enemies to lovers novel hahahah
Did they get any money back for wasting there whole day
Yes, full refund
Their*
@@sheepdavis look at the english teacher....thanks dix
@@danielspidell7910 English..🧨😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂
Man, she is chill. If it was me up there, I would be crying *hysterically.*
Trishy Angel this be one bitch who will never EVAH go on that fucker i dont even like the regular version of that ride i know because i went on it ONCE and that was enough...
She her panic attacks actually just look different than yours 😂
Same I would faint I have problems with breathing 😅😂
Fr tho
I would have been hyperventilating the whole time God probably would of passed out..those people are troopers
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Helen Kom Skaikru have
Lol same
@Samantha's Animatiøns well I just said that because I'm mad that God hates gay and lesbian couples and I'm lesbian and I have a girlfriend. ❤❤
@@leyaschmidt4378 Oh Lord Help you. God hates the gay people's "sin". And God could never hate anyone, even you. No matter what we do, God will always love us all with a love that can't be broken
“It actually turned out kinda nice. I got to see a sunset and bond with all the other stranded riders while we eventually pee’d on ourselves.”
🤭🤭😂🤣🤣 👍
Golden shower for everyone
I wonder how you bond with people sitting way behind or before you.
@@SFVnative speak loud enough for everyone to hear.
😂😂😂
"I really need to go to the bathroom"
"You can go after this ride"
5 minutes later:
Lmao
u can pee on the seat
THEY WERE STUCK FOR A LONG PEIRIODICALLY TIIIIIIIIIME
U stole the words out my mouth
I LOVE YOU
ScotBogs its a vine reference..
ScotBogs 😂
The seats is nasty, the seats is filthy. The seats is not new.
I went on that ride, it is cold a.f up there I know SOMEONE had to pee.
Rachel Harris haha
Haha
They either had to pee, or they DID pee.
I mean at 300 feet in the air for four hours, can you really blame them for not holding it?
Yeah when ever I go to Canada’s wonderland it’s so cold
Oh boy. Would have been great if they just showered it down
Who awkwardly wished to be stuck there with your crush.
Just putting it up my crush is now my gf I'm so happy,😁
Yep,we broke up🙂
And i oop
😍
Aww
yes please
Man I wish
imagine having a medical emergency while being stuck , like really 4 hours what were the people trying to fix the ride doing
Busy not calling the police or fire Department apparently.
Nick Benson I live by this park. This actually happened all the time. They had to manually crank the ride to get the riders back down the 300 foot shaft, which is why it took so long. They also used that time to evacuate the park. The ride has since been removed because of how often it would get stuck.
xxRunning Freyaxx I was at the park during one of the times the ride got stuck. It was 5 hours that time, I think. Emergency services weren’t needed, because nobody was ever hurt on this ride- just majorly inconvenienced, and the problem could be fixed by the park staff.
Let me inform you on what they were actually doing during the 4 hours. They were getting teams to get the riders down safely. It takes a while to get people down from a swinger ride like this.
@@afreshloafofgarlicbread6307 An extremely unreliable ride.
anyone else get sweaty palms and feet watching this?
Yes
normn11 My palms were sweaty, knees weak and heavy arms too. Luckily though, the spaghetti that my mom made remained away from my sweater.
Yes wtf
Me
NO
Thank God it probably wasn't cold or freezing
imagine being stuck in a cold plastic chair, 300 feet up in the air, with cold air breezing through the atmosphere
i would been freezing on my ass over there
Same XD
They wouldn't run the ride if it was cold.
Every time I go on this ride at the top it’s SOOOO cold
Sharkboyryan they do and I have gone on it😂
That would have sucked, glad it wasn't to hot either. 4+ hours in excruciating heat could cause the plastic/metal to heat up over 100 degrees
Exposure therapy taken to the extreme...
At least it worked out to that woman
Anyone else got this randomly recommended?
CZcams: Oh, you want to go to Cedar Point?
Me: Yes!
CZcams: Here's this video to help you prepare for it!!!!
Yup lol
That would've been the perfect thing to happen on a first date. 💖
Hell no im not even scared of heights and I would’ve freaked the fuck out😂😂😂
onika Shade I would be bawling my eyes out
EricaYE6 Same😻
I would be *CRYING* before i would pass out.
EricaYE6 um no
i have a fear of heights and i will be damned if i ever go on that ride
just omg. just glad it didn't fall apart or anything
glad to see everyone got off safe and sound
yes, same
Me too
Wtf would it fall apart, you obviously have never heard of amusement park safety
Man, my Uncle would've shook our swing back and forth... I know he would have!! LOL
Ed D Ohh i have a friend who is like that too😂
My fam does the same wtf lol it’s not fair
It's not a swing lol
To the idiots in the comments who have no grasp of physics, you can sway the seats. Not drastically, but if you do it when you’re still on the ground, you will get scolded by the park employees.
@@violetsparkles5453 calm down Laura. Take your chill pill
Yea she totally looked like she was “hanging on for dear life” casually looking down at the camera smiling lol
Mrs Monkeybean She said she calmed down after a few hours. That vid was probably taken then.
4 hours? What the fuck were the engineers doing with their lives?
Maybe eating an potato,and watch people acting like 'HELP PLEASE!' and in their mind they are like 'A potato is flying though my room'and everything they see is potato.
I think That might be the answer
***** that was what I was gonna say. lol
There's engineers that check every ride before they go on it if there was something wrong an engineer would fix it or put the ride on off why would you think they'd be eating or smoking weed they're not even aloud to do that in the amusement park in Canada's wonderland and that ride I've been on scarrry
Michael Azarov ha ha I know man, some people need to loosen up 😵
this is at cedar point too. its soooo scary because you just see pavement below, and the wind from the lake makes it blow.
I loved it
It's actually awesome to be on the outside seat because you get a better view of the lake
JasmineLange Texas???
It says “knotts” on his shirt
dontsaveher Ohio
Why she start with “finally tonight” like she’s been waiting for this to happen
I spit my water :')
She continues with "they were stuck there for a loong time, and ABC's David Wright tells us what's next :')" 0:18
Because they start the segment like that when it is towards the end of the show.
I would loseeee my shit, thinking that I'd just drop at any given moment lol
4 HOURS?! PFFTTTAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I WOULDA BEEN DEAD IN A MINUTES xD
KaileeKay pssh I've been like that for 4 days that's nothing
@@loveleonk ok explain?
dequan Sealey an airplane
O B L I V I O N where did you fly from to where
Itzel Lopez not the same on a plane u have some freedom to move around
holy shit man that would be a massive psychological battle right there
Imagine just pulling a blunt out and watching that beautiful sunset 😍
And having NO lighter....
@@unknownunknown-wc1jj lmaoo
@@unknownunknown-wc1jj Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh !
Hey ! Toss me your lighter !
@@unknownunknown-wc1jj always carry a vape
The ride was removed from Knott's because of this incident.
Denise James it was probably due to it not being very popular and then needing space. Knotts is landlocked so they have to remove rides to get new ones. Incidents like these aren’t common but they definitely aren’t bad. Especially not bad enough to close a ride for.
Jeremy Hockert This happened a LOT, though. It wasn’t an isolated incident. Nobody was ever hurt, but people eventually stopped going on the ride altogether. So it was taken out for both of those reasons. (Source: Knott’s is my home park.)
@@afreshloafofgarlicbread6307 You’re half right. It wasn’t taken out specifically because it kept getting stuck, it getting stuck added on to it but it was actually because of California Earthquake laws that couldn’t allow a spinning attraction of this size, that’s why you don’t see any other Windseekers or Starflyers in California, and if you do then they’re small. Also I know it wasn’t because of it getting stuck because it still operates at a different amusement park in Missouri.
@@YurBoiCarson Thank you for correcting me! Again, I live near Knott’s, and the idea of it getting removed because it kept breaking was a local legend for a while. Kinda faded now. Guess I never questioned it.
I know I'm weak when it comes to seeing people in helpless situations and although it turned out no one was in any serious danger, my heart broke seeing those poor people stranded so high up in such a terrifying situation. I'm thankful every one is safe and sound.
I have sweaty hands only of thinking of this brrrrrrrrrrr
“Didn’t you read the sign? No refunds for any reason.”
CZcams recommended this to me 7 years later.
with no water😱😱
yeah certainly you would die of dehydration without water after four hours.
tootsie|troll® but you’d be uncomfortable cuz its hot, dork
did you just call me a hot dork? aww thanks
Forget water id pull out mini wine bottle from my purse and enjoy the sunset😂
I don't drink water ... And I don't die..
OMG FOUR HOURS???? I COULDNT EVEN PROBABLY WAIT FOR 1 HOUR DANGGG
Depends, if my phone battery isn't dead, I'd be able to entertain myself.
Dang why 4 hours??!!
Imagine being a kid alone up there 😂😂
My cousin went on one of those rides by himself once, luckily there was no malfunctioning! But it probably would’ve been him
me: **pulling out my phone on ride because im bored**
me: haha whoops dropped my phone
me: wait-
Lol
I wonder HOW they went to the restroom up there... i would have lost my cookies :(
It'd b funny if they stuck their ass out of the ride and took a shit and it landed on someone's head
XD true ...... Except for mine 0_0
+Jess Damiani lmaoooo
Just Piss Off Of The Ride lMao
like they say in dumb and dumber just go man just go
Why the heck did it take 4 hours to get everyone down???
Melissa Trent they were smoking weed out back.
The ride malfunctioned it was around the time it first got built
@Melissa Trent Ikr
Michael bitch why you subbed to t series??!? D:
@Pxxsa nahhhhh XD
*THIS IS WHY I DONT GO ON RIDES* 🤷♀️
You and me both! 👍
Chances of that happening are so close to zero
You have a one in 13 million chance of being injured at a theme park
You are more likely to die driving there.
Four hours?! I can’t even begin to imagine the freak out I would have up there for that amount of time smh
4 HOURS?!
HERE I PRESENT
THE WORST RIDE EVER INVENTED
Why though? This is a freak less than 1/1,000,000 chance accident. This isn't something that happens every other weekend. Personally, I think these are fairly fun, especially whe you get a nice view like Canada's Wonderland but hey, that's just me
Ride: Just staying still the whole time.
ABC News: Ride goes Awry.
Why is this now I’m my recommend it was like 6 years ago
I definitely would have had panic attacks
I'm not surprised that helped with her fear. She went up there to face what she was afraid of, stayed up there long enough to get through her panic and adrenaline high, then came out of the situation completely unharmed. AND they'll remember it forever. Sounds like a good day to me ;)
My sister and I got on a swing ride similar to this last year. I used to love those swings, but this particular one flew super high. I could not imagine being stuck 300 feet in the air.
it would have really sucked if you had to take a massive dump and you were on hour 1.
especially if you had butt spasms
*scrolls through comments and sees the obligatory 'imagine if you had to dump/cr@p/p00p' post* 😄
@NORTHERN LOCO MAYATE:: CHUPAS MIS BOLAS U SQAURES # 3??? Wtf is that?
@@unknownunknown-wc1jj mixture of both? Or vomiting?🤔
@@unknownunknown-wc1jj green dodo that is watery
Omg this happened to me at Canada’s Wonderland. Went on it to conquer my fears of heights and it broke. I was stuck up there for over an hour. I was freaking out and when they eventually got us down they asked if we wanted to go up again because the ride was working again. Thank god they heard me screaming “I will sue you if you don’t let me off”. The windseeker is one ride that always breaks down at wonderland.
I live in Toronto and I'm pretty sure the windseeker rarely breaks down. It could have, gotten stuck that one time but the wind seeker doesn't get stuck that often
Windseeker rarely breaks down. Both this and the CP one are very reliable. You may be talking about Sledgehammer
I go to this amusement park every year. I actually have never been on this one, but this isn't the first time it got stuck.
I’m glad she was better after that ride! I get panic attacks myself and have a lot of phobias and I know how it feels to be stuck in a situation that you are absolutely terrified of. Kudos to the husband for being the help she needed.
Something like this happened to my best friend. She was on a ride at Kings Island like this (except it wasn’t swings, it was seats) and the ride was stuck at the top. Everyone was screaming
“JOE GET US DOWN!” But Doug, Doug was their knight in shining armor because he pushed the right button, and got them down. She couldn’t talk for a couple of days after that🤣
At least they will have some good cellular data up there 😂
How the hell did they get em down? or did they just have to send a guy up to fix the darn thing and lower the whole ride?
JJTy Awesomer I'm curious too.
A few comments up , a guy said he was on it.
You could ask him ?
But he could be lying too . Who knows now says lol
JJTy Awesomer flaming stone ^
Right above your comment actually . But I am seeing these posts were from 3 years ago lol
Sky screamer is better than windseeker
0:31 Holding on for dear life!
Innocent Smile 😊
Now they all feel how it is to be left “HANGING” 😂✌🏻
🤭🤭🤣👍
What if you have to go to the bathroom
ikr
warn those below..............
Guess go !
Sahadi420 lol
Caroline Rose Pruchnicki you piss on the people below you
Stranded passengers on their cellphones playing games waiting to be rescued. I'm glad nobody's injured!!
Woman: yeah I want to overcome my fear of heights
Ride operators: *say no more*
I would just hope I had my phone
I can’t imagine being stuck up there and having a panic attack. The stuff of nightmares!
OMG I'VE GOT ON THIS AND I STARTED CRYING😭😭😭 IT WAS SO HIGH
Omg!! I am terrified of heights and I would have been hyperventilating and having a panic attack too!! My husband is the same way though he is literally the only person who can calm me down during those episodes. Thank goodness for her husband!
Wow! I rode that ride when it was open! I always wondered why it closed so quickly.
Imagine if you had to pee before the ride
Wow! I would have started on a smaller ride to conquer my fear of heights. Your husband must have been really persuasive! I would have had a panic attack too!
Glad y’all and everyone else is ok! ❤️
" 'i survived the wind seeker' ... you sure did..." damn for real though LOL what a perfect shirt
I'm sweating just watching them stuck..if this were me, I would've passed out completely. My fear is not one I can overcome from being forced into a situation, I just pass out. Glad her husband was there to comfort her.
Recommend?? This was filmed 7 years ago😂
I went on one of them but it was windy and the chairs rocked and it was only pieces of metal rope holding us.
P.S my sister made me go on it and I am afraid of heights
Ugh you gp
Almost everyone’s talking about using the restroom badly after 4 hours while I’m thinking about being extremely hungry lol 😅
I remember this happening, I used to live in a cute little neighborhood right next to Knott’s berry farm. My mom and I drove by laughing. Memories!
I like how I have a six flags add before this
What if you want to pee or poop???
"Well, i guess we just have to do it here.." 😂
The worst part was the people on the side of the sun. Talk about a serious sunburn.
if you're white
Last year I was at the fair with my friends and the whole park shutdown the lights and rides.
“New T-Shirt: I survived the (ride name)”
Reporter: Uh-huh, you sure did
Windseeker
Whenever I get on rides I always have to pee and I probably would’ve peed up there lmao
imagine having to pee and youre stuck 300 feet up in the air for 4 hours
It’s *raining*
It’s *pouring*
My *weewee* is falling
a ride at carowinds in charlotte nc called the exact same thing as this (windseeker) has broken down at the top like this many times yet carowinds still has it open
I hope no one had to used the Restroom
I’m not afraid of heights I’m afraid of falling and dying from that height. But that’s a long time to be stuck up there. She took it really well.
Disney skyliner: *takes notes" 😄
That happened at an amusement park I went to but we were only stuck up there for 15 minutes. I was so mf anxious, imagine being up for 4 hours
2012: Nope.
2014: Nope.
2017: Nope.
2019: *Appears in suggestions menu*
I’m not worried bout the heights, the boredom would be unbearable 😂
And if you got on with someone you didn’t know imagine how awkward 🤣
But also might be 1 of the best love stories to tell if you guys went further on😂
If they were a pleasant person to get to know it wouldn't be so bad.
I mean, I would imagine you would be making one new friend that day.
Also, that implies you went to an amusement park alone. Who does that? You go with friends or family--
@@user-jj7uc9gg7b it's easier to go alone. You don't have to spend as much money or worry about other people having to eat because they're hungry or constantly using the restroom. It's a hassle to worry about someone else.
Funny how this was years ago and it’s in my recommended now lol
I’m just glad I got to experience this ride before it was taken down after the incident.
In Canadas Wonderland there's a ride just like that called the windseeker. For a second I thought it was in Canada until I saw the palm trees in the background
I can’t imagine being up 300 ft for a few hours man just the thought of it makes me feel sick to my stomach yikes!!!!
You and me both! 😨🤢
Me three.
Man: there were 20 people hanging in the ride
Sayori: am I a joke to you...
Mah darp and then there’s that one weeb
I remember this. King's Island did not expect that lmao I love Wind Seeker though. Very calming and great to go on at night.
I'd be needing a bottle of vodka per hour with that kind of stress. I can't even climb a ladder with my vertigo.