Age: 25 Height: 5’8” SW: 340 CW: 295 GW: 180
Exactly what it says in the title. The Harry Potter ride at Universal Studios Hollywood has been the source of a lot of shame for me. In 2017 I visited the wizarding world for the first time and I had heard that the seats were restrictive, but I hadn’t really had much experience being too large for rides at the time. I got a green light outside on the tester seat, which meant I should have been good to go. Unfortunately even with my dad pushing down on the restraint I couldn’t get the 3 clicks needed to ride. I was escorted off and given a fast pass for my troubles. I was heartbroken.
Fast forward to this year, and we’re planning a vacation to Florida with my gf and her sister, and they’re huge Potter fans. I wanted to lose enough weight to get on not only Forbidden Journey, but the new Velocicoaster and Hagrid coaster too (Universal is bad about size diversity on their rides)
I’ve been trying to steadily lose weight and it’s been a struggle and not nearly as fast as I’d like it to be. For my girlfriends birthday we decided to go to the Hollywood park. I don’t look like I’ve lost any weight so I was apprehensive and was prepared to just wait outside the attraction while she rode it. I tried the tester seat anyway, and got a green light but still needed that extra push. But when I got to the front of the line, she was able to push down on the bar and get those three clicks easily. I watched a woman get escorted off for being too large in the car in front of my but I was allowed to ride.
I was crying happy tears before the ride even started. I rode it 3 times. It was incredible, I wish I had ridden it 3 more times. Now I can look forward to our vacation in October and know I can ride everything and I don’t have to be nervous.
As a theme park but I’m still shocked I got on the most restrictive ride in the park. This has been a source of shame and embarrassment for years. I hadn’t gone back to universal since. I think I’m still in shock tbh. Wow.
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