2007 Consumer Report - Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
Location: Vallejo, California
Sample Injury Complaints
Ride Name Ride Type Gender Age Body Part Alleged Injury Cause of Injury
Roar! Wooden M 38 Back

Strain

 Rider indicates rough nature of ride caused him back pain. Rider sat in back row of roller coaster train.
Kong Steel F 31 Head/Chest/Ears

Struck by /
Contusion

 Rider indicates that rough banging of ride caused her head and ear pain. Indicates her ears kept hitting into the hard restraints causing bruising. Went on to indicate that her plus size breast size was uncomfortable with the roughness of this ride, plus the hard restraints.
Boomerang - Coast to Coaster Steel M 29 Head/Neck/Ears

Strain/

Contusion

 Rider indicates rough nature of ride caused an extreme headache, added with neck pain and bruising of his ears due to smacking them into hard restraint.

This venue has had 2 safety alerts:

Injury/Incident Trends:

Boomerang - Coast to Coaster Riders on this roller coaster have seen ear injuries as common place. Roughness of ride and the hard over-the-shoulder restraint have done wonders to riders riding this attraction. There really is not much more to add. If you do decide to ride this roller coaster, we advise a lot of caution.
Roar This roller coaster has seen complaints generally aimed at back related issues with riders. A lot of these complaints stem from riders sitting in the last few cars of the roller coaster train. Odd to us is that a lot of these issue originate from the first drop. Riders from there either "survive" or have more pain induced on them by the rough nature of this ride.

Worth noting is that riders in the front and middle rows.....not one single complaint, in fact riders raving on how great this roller coaster is!
Kong This roller coaster is something to behold. Pick a seat, any seat, and we have a story for you regarding riders and pain inflicted by this roller coaster. Banged. A word to describe the rough nature of this ride and what riders used to described how they had pain induced. Complaints are so common place that we would advise that you skip this roller coaster. According to one submitter, you should be able to wear a helmet with ear pads before riding. -- ASO Staff

 

There really is not much more to add on this venue. We do, however, advise that you possibly skip The Kong roller coaster. Amusement Safety Organization will be visiting this venue later this summer and we'll be taking a ride on Kong. In 2007, the issues with this roller coaster banging riders around was more than justified.

 

 

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Venue Information:

Operating since 1968
Also Known As: Six Flags Marine World, Marine World, Marine World Africa USA
Phone: 707-644-4000
Web: Six Flags Discovery Kingdom site
Address: 2001 Marine World Parkway
Vallejo, CA 94589 USA

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