Its a sad, sad day when America has become too fat for Disneyland. Our favorite ride, The Small World, has had the unfortunate burden of hauling America's ever widening behind since 1963. The boats, which were originally designed to carry an adult weighing only 175 pounds (not 200 plus), have been bottoming out (literally) when forced to carry the extra weight we have put on. The small boats are even getting stuck in the flutes, and that's no fun. Its a small world, and your butt is just too big!
The Small World ride now must accommodate adults who frequently weigh north of 200 pounds, which it often cannot do. Increasingly, over weighted boats get to certain points in the ride and bottom out, becoming stuck in the flume.
The ride monitors attempt to leave empty seats on many boats to compensate for the hefty, but this routinely antagonizes the hundreds of paying customers waiting in line. When a boat does bottom out, a long line of other boats backs up behind it, their passengers slowly going mad from listening to the ride's theme song.
The ride monitors must then track down the stuck boat and attempt tactfully to help a rider or two to exit at one of the emergency platforms, which the riders in question do not always deal with graciously.
Slow your roll on those chocolate Mickey Mouse ice cream pops and take a walk, or two, around the park. Jeez, people!
Full story from Calorie Lab
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