Freefall on the Escape

[Ku4anci]

Hi! We will be cruising on Escape this winter out of Miami and I am wondering how strictly the rules on minimum weight for the free fall waterslide are enforced. My daughter will be 10 and will weigh less than 45 kg.(my wife weighs that much or a bit less - we are from Europe btw). Will she be allowed?

[JohnIreland]

The rules are very strict on the free fall.

 

For very good reasons.

[Two Wheels Only]

When someone appears to be borderline, there is a scale. If the person is outside of the requirements, they aren't allowed to "drop".

 

"Free Fall - Must be 48" (122cm) or taller and weigh at least 99lbs (45kgs) but no more than 300lbs (136kgs)."

[Lupush]

They won't let anyone on who doesn't meet the requirements. Don't even bother trying if she's not big enough.

[purpletequila]

Yeah. Even if you could slip by them somehow, don't. I'm no physicist, but I imagine not weighing enough runs the risk of the person being lifted/tossed around/getting stuck inside from lack of weight or momentum.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/07/us/kansas-schlitterbahn-water-park-child-death/

Plus, I've been told they actually weigh you.

[MandyMommyof2]

They are very strict. As others have said, if there is doubt by the attendant he/she will have you step on the scale. They turned my then almost 13 years old away because she was 89 I think. :) Happy to say next year, she will be able to slide!!!:D

[packer99]

My son weighed 97 lbs, they wouldn't let him on it.

[Fido Chuckwagon]

Hi! We will be cruising on Escape this winter out of Miami and I am wondering how strictly the rules on minimum weight for the free fall waterslide are enforced. My daughter will be 10 and will weigh less than 45 kg.(my wife weighs that much or a bit less - we are from Europe btw). Will she be allowed?

 

A child recently died in a waterslide (not ncl). Those restrictions are there for a reason.

[Heather1972]

She needs to be 100 pounds, otherwise she isn't sliding!

[triptolemus]

A child recently died in a waterslide (not ncl). Those restrictions are there for a reason.

 

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article94821587.html

[MikeBTN]

The limits are there for a reason. If the rider is either too heavy or not heavy enough, they won't make it through the loop.

[ljrfrm]

Coming from someone who got stuck in the slide, (you can read about it on my review of the Escape) it's not fun! I would hate for that to happen to a child.

[purpletequila]

Coming from someone who got stuck in the slide, (you can read about it on my review of the Escape) it's not fun! I would hate for that to happen to a child.

 

Can you link to the review? How did you get stuck?

[triptolemus]

Can you link to the review? How did you get stuck?

 

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http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2336702

[ljrfrm]

Can you link to the review? How did you get stuck?

 

They told me it was probably my tankini that slowed me down!:eek:

[Love.II.Cruise]

A child recently died in a waterslide (not ncl). Those restrictions are there for a reason.

 

I'm so sorry for your loss.

[Love.II.Cruise]

Coming from someone who got stuck in the slide, (you can read about it on my review of the Escape) it's not fun! I would hate for that to happen to a child.

 

I'm sorry for asking this... but do you mind sharing you weight? I also wear a tankini.

[LrgPizza]

Even if, for some crazy reason, your child could slip by (which won't happen, but hypothetically speaking), as a parent, you would forbid your child from going because you are concerned and responsible for her safety, and because you realize those rules are in place to protect her. [emoji3]

 

 

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[ljrfrm]

I'm sorry for asking this... but do you mind sharing you weight? I also wear a tankini.

 

I weighed about 135 when the cruise started. I shudder to think what I weighed by the end of the cruise!!! If I had to do it over, I would just tuck my tankini in before going down. Maybe a fashion faux pas, but in case that was the reason, worth it.

[Lil_Em]

I weigh the same (and was also wearing a tankini) and also got stuck on the slide. However I was lucky and made it to the second loop so I just pushed myself down and didn't have to be rescued.

[ljrfrm]

I weigh the same (and was also wearing a tankini) and also got stuck on the slide. However I was lucky and made it to the second loop so I just pushed myself down and didn't have to be rescued.

 

I was so close to making it - it was literally inches away and I would have been good to go. So close, but yet so far! :)

[taszmom]

I think its a question of getting up and around the loop. The green slide for me slowed down a lot compared to the blue so I could see if you didn't have enough weight to work your way up to the twist, you could get stuck and ther is now going back!!!

[gorb]

So I'll share my experience from the free fall slide on the Getaway earlier this year. I'm a 55 year old male weighing around 155.

 

My first go at the slide was a thrill so I decided to try it again. This time I came to a stop just before the second drop and sat up to push myself along. All of a sudden there seemed to be a pressure change of some sort inside the slide and I started going backwards. I was moving pretty fast and became a bit disoriented but I was pretty sure I was heading backwards up the freefall part of the slide. I was thinking at this point I was either going to fly out the top or come to a screeching stop on the bottom of the drop floor! Either scenario wasn't sounding too good.

 

Then I stopped again and began moving forward, bottomed out & stopped once more, looked up and saw blue sky - the rescue door was open. So I climbed out, took a look around to see exactly where I was, and saw an attendant down below waving to me to stay where I was until he came up to unlock the exit gate.

 

I never did get a good explanation about what happened or why.