What's New

Frontier Falls (General area)

Views of the coaster
 

Attachments

  • IMG_20240728_131529.jpg
    IMG_20240728_131529.jpg
    5.7 MB · Views: 84
  • IMG_20240727_145528_HDR.jpg
    IMG_20240727_145528_HDR.jpg
    16 MB · Views: 77
  • IMG_20240727_152502.jpg
    IMG_20240727_152502.jpg
    4.1 MB · Views: 86
I hate being negative, but I can't exactly not mention this one.

The flooring in frontier falls, loose gravel, is not very safe.

I had a pretty hard fall on it earlier which led to a nasty bump on the side of the neck & has caused a nasty gravel injury on my arm/elbow as well as some clothing scuff/damage.

I am okay - just very sore with some pretty nasty scrapes. The loose materials on the floor caused my foot to slip and I just went down

Please proceed with caution on this floor due to the uneven and loose surfaces.

I have emailed the park to let them know as I'm a bit concerned for other guests - especially children who may run around the area. I was just walking.

I think the flooring is nice but the loose gravel isn't an amazing idea.... Needs to be secured or something.
 
Elise said:
I hate being negative, but I can't exactly not mention this one.

The flooring in frontier falls, loose gravel, is not very safe.

I had a pretty hard fall on it earlier which led to a nasty bump on the side of the neck & has caused a nasty gravel injury on my arm/elbow as well as some clothing scuff/damage.

I am okay - just very sore with some pretty nasty scrapes. The loose materials on the floor caused my foot to slip and I just went down

Please proceed with caution on this floor due to the uneven and loose surfaces.

I have emailed the park to let them know as I'm a bit concerned for other guests - especially children who may run around the area. I was just walking.

I think the flooring is nice but the loose gravel isn't an amazing idea.... Needs to be secured or something.
Click to expand...
Hope you are all right and that any injuries heal quickly.

Some times the plan with chippings is that they become embedded in the "soft" tarmac underneath. Don't know if this is the hope / plan. Otherwise anything loose makes anyone doing a risk assessment panic.

I presume these things have been thought through and checked but I was very surprised when first going down the queuline of Gold rush about the couple of significant gradients that were present.
 
RustyShackleford said:
Hope you are all right and that any injuries heal quickly.

Some times the plan with chippings is that they become embedded in the "soft" tarmac underneath. Don't know if this is the hope / plan. Otherwise anything loose makes anyone doing a risk assessment panic.

I presume these things have been thought through and checked but I was very surprised when first going down the queuline of Gold rush about the couple of significant gradients that were present.
Click to expand...
I'm okay - just very very sore and have some whiplash in my neck which is pretty painful (My arm doesn't look very pretty) - Should heal in a few days but its not going to be very comfortable...


Im not sure what their plan is for this one. It seems the majority of the gravel is being brushed away by guests leaving a more solid ground underneath it - didnt see anything soft under there at all ^^' just solid floor when I met it.

I noticed a lot of stones made their way into the Gold Rush ride trains and up into the ride station stairs.
Speaking off - dusty hand/foot prints are all over the wall as you enter gold rush - so maybe the flooring needs reconsidering for a few reasons...
 
Last edited:
Elise said:
I'm okay - just very very sore and have some whiplash in my neck which is pretty painful (My arm doesn't look very pretty) - Should heal in a few days but its not going to be very comfortable...


Im not sure what their plan is for this one. It seems the majority of the gravel is being brushed away by guests leaving a more solid ground underneath it - didnt see anything soft under there at all ^^' just solid floor when I met it.

I noticed a lot of stones made their way into the Gold Rush ride trains and up into the ride station stairs.
Speaking off - dusty hand/foot prints are all over the wall as you enter gold rush - so maybe the flooring needs reconsidering for a few reasons...
Click to expand...
I fell on it Wednesday I have no knee cap left
 
James no5 said:
I fell on it Wednesday I have no knee cap left
Click to expand...
Ouch! Hopefully it's starting to heal.

Did you report it on park to guest services? If not, I can give you their email.

The park needs to know if people are getting hurt / falling on the flooring. If it's happening to multiple people it needs to be reconsidered.
 
I wonder if the rain has something to do with it as the water has no where to go now it can’t fully go anywhere.
Hope u both are ok now.
The problem is they won’t do anything to September when the park is next closed as they can’t have the whole area closed off as they will be 6 rides down during there busiest time of the year.
 
Elise said:
I'm okay - just very very sore and have some whiplash in my neck which is pretty painful (My arm doesn't look very pretty) - Should heal in a few days but its not going to be very comfortable...


Im not sure what their plan is for this one. It seems the majority of the gravel is being brushed away by guests leaving a more solid ground underneath it - didnt see anything soft under there at all ^^' just solid floor when I met it.

I noticed a lot of stones made their way into the Gold Rush ride trains and up into the ride station stairs.
Speaking off - dusty hand/foot prints are all over the wall as you enter gold rush - so maybe the flooring needs reconsidering for a few reasons...
Click to expand...
ouch hope you get better soon but mention it because otherwise they won't change it and notice people creating dust storms with the stones too so yes it does need to be reconsidered.
 
I've informed the park - Hopefully they can consider a change over closed season (as its too late to really do anything now due to the park being open for the summer)
 
Sorry, I didn't make myself clear, the tarmac is very hard but chippings and gravel can be pressed into it.

Some lad on the dodgems today was sporting an amazingly bright, freshly skinned knee. Wonder if that was done on the gravel.
 
Elise said:
I hate being negative, but I can't exactly not mention this one.

The flooring in frontier falls, loose gravel, is not very safe.

I had a pretty hard fall on it earlier which led to a nasty bump on the side of the neck & has caused a nasty gravel injury on my arm/elbow as well as some clothing scuff/damage.

I am okay - just very sore with some pretty nasty scrapes. The loose materials on the floor caused my foot to slip and I just went down

Please proceed with caution on this floor due to the uneven and loose surfaces.

I have emailed the park to let them know as I'm a bit concerned for other guests - especially children who may run around the area. I was just walking.

I think the flooring is nice but the loose gravel isn't an amazing idea.... Needs to be secured or something.
Click to expand...
Ouch! Hope you feel better soon.

I think the best idea would be to make the gravel resin over the closed season because it would still provide the effect whilst being more safe. It would also stop the bits of gravel going in your shoes, which I find to be particularly annoying!
 
My daughter fell as well! On the downhill part when queuing for gold rush before you enter the main building. She wasn't running or anything, and luckily just a slightly sore bum!
 
E_E_Tbo said:
My daughter fell as well! On the downhill part when queuing for gold rush before you enter the main building. She wasn't running or anything, and luckily just a slightly sore bum!
Click to expand...
Oh no! Hope she's feeling better.

Did you inform Guest services too? I sent them an email to let them know - the more they hear, the more likely it will be looked at over closed season.

My arm is still healing slowly
 
Elise said:
Oh no! Hope she's feeling better.

Did you inform Guest services too? I sent them an email to let them know - the more they hear, the more likely it will be looked at over closed season.

My arm is still healing slowly
Click to expand...
No we didn't as wasn't serious, but certainly will inform them anyway
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top