This is one of those posts I've been putting off for a long time. It's embarrassing. I didn't want to admit to myself let alone hundreds of readers that I was too fat to fit on a roller coaster. I don't mean that the seat belts were a little tight. I mean that I couldn't even get them across my body. Never mind the bar that comes down.
There's nothing more devastating than not fitting except being told by some skinny know-it-all teenager that you can't get on the ride. Especially if you have waited in line for two hours just to get on. Yeah - some of the rides have a sample seat at the beginning of the line so you can check. So instead of being embarrassed at the actual ride, you can try it before God and everybody.
It's been years since I rode an real coaster. Decades actually. I fit on a few at Disney with the kids, but I think they are actually roomier than most. Two years ago we all went to Cedar Point. I stayed with my son who is quite small for his age and couldn't ride the big rides. I used my son as an excuse not to try.
I live an hour away from one of the greatest coaster parks in the world and I didn't ride any rides. Well - I rode one. It was a train that was sort of like a coaster for kids that I barely squeezed into. You could see the look of doubt in the kids' face when I got on. He just knew I was going to get stuck.
So, I've lived on the sidelines for a while. Afraid to even get in the seat to see if I fit. Knowing that it wouldn't. But now I'm getting back in the game. I want to ride the big rides. Even if it means that it's a little uncomfortable. I am living again and I don't want to miss anything.
That being said, I have a dilemma. I don't know just how small I have to get to fit in a standard coaster. Yeah - they have guidelines. But everyone is built a bit differently. Would you mind doing me a favor? If you are a curvy woman, would you PM me your size? This is purely for research and everything will be kept in the strictest of confidence. I want to know what my goal should be so I can get into that seat. I really want to ride :)
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