Theme Park Called Out For “Fat-Shaming” With Self-Weighing Stations

If you’ve ever visited Disney World or another theme park, you’ve probably seen signs warning “you must be this tall to ride this ride,” and noticed kids' heights being measured before they’re allowed on. But according to the New York Post, an Australian amusement park has added something we’re not used to seeing - scales to weigh riders. And visitors aren’t too happy about it.

Adventure World in Perth is imposing a new guest-weighing policy that stops people from riding for being too heavy. They now post weight limits for their rides and enforce them with “self-serve” weighing stations that flash red or green, depending on if riders are under the limit or not. And they’re being accused of “fat-shaming” visitors because of it. Furious Adventure World visitors are taking to the theme park’s Facebook page to express their outrage over the discriminatory policy.

And the thing is, a lot of people are going to be over the weight limits. Critics call the weight limits absurd for banning riders from exceeding 13-hundred pounds for every eight people. That means the average weight of the riders needs to be 165 pounds, which is 20 pounds less than the average Australian man’s weight.

Source: New York Post