List of rides that don't allow glasses even with a strap

[Rob Coasters]

I've recently started wearing a very secure glasses strap on coasters as of this year as I'd gotten pretty sick of having to take them off on every ride, and I would really rather be able to see properly when on an attraction.

So I'd like to compile a list of rides that don't allow glasses even with a strap on. Any help would be much appreciated.

Australia
All rides

Belgium
Ride to Happiness (Plopsaland De Panne)

Finland
Hype (Särkänniemi)

Germany
Huracan (Belantis)
Flucht von Novgorod (Hansa Park)
Schwur des Kärnan (Hansa Park)

Netherlands
Gold Rush (Slagharen)

I should note that F.L.Y. at Phantasialand does allow glasses with a strap

 

[davidm]

Australia ; anything.

 

[Matt N]

I’m not a glasses wearer myself, so I don’t know this for sure (could someone else clarify?), but I wonder if the big thrill coasters at Universal Orlando would fall into this category. They have metal detectors on Hulk, Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit and VelociCoaster, and they’re pretty strict about loose articles.

On a side note @Rob Coasters; have you ever considered contact lenses? My mum is a glasses wearer, and she always wears contacts to parks; they seem to work well for her. I would admittedly understand if they aren’t for you (I myself am a bit squeamish about eyes and likely wouldn’t want to wear contacts if I were a glasses wearer), but they seem to work well for the glasses wearers I know, and will get on anything unlike a glasses strap.

 

[Bowser]

Hyperia at Thorpe Park.

 

[RcTmix]

I’m not a glasses wearer myself, so I don’t know this for sure (could someone else clarify?), but I wonder if the big thrill coasters at Universal Orlando would fall into this category. They have metal detectors on Hulk, Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit and VelociCoaster, and they’re pretty strict about loose articles.

You can wear glasses on the Universal Orlando coasters with a strap. The most I’ve ever come up against in the U.S. is a ride operator verifying that my glasses are secured with a strap and I’ve always been permitted to wear them without incident.

It’s baffling that there are parks that don’t allow such a common sense policy. Especially when you consider that properly secured glasses can double as eye protection, making the wearer slightly more safe than people with their eyes exposed. If I recall correctly, Universal’s strict loose article policy began after a rider on Dueling Dragons was struck in the eye by a loose coin, sustaining permanent damage.

Great idea for a topic, @Rob Coasters.

 

[davidm]

Hyperia at Thorpe Park.

Is that "new"? - I've definitely rode it with a glasses strap (albeit last season).

 

[Trax]

Huracan @ Belantis

Is that a new thing with Hype? I recall riding it with glasses back in 2020(?) and the ride-ops having no issue with it.

 

[rideguy70]

When I did Ride to Happiness last summer, they did not allow glasses, even with a strap. Super disappointing for me, as no other ride in the area (of major parks, at least) had this policy, and I'm pretty blind without them, so I didn't really get to see much of anything while riding it.

 

[davidm]

Goldrush at Slagharen was annoyingly not allowing strapped glasses (again, a few years ago) - they told me to put my specs loose in my pocket which was daft as they'd get broken, so I just held them, which is even dafter.

 

[Rob Coasters]

On a side note @Rob Coasters; have you ever considered contact lenses? My mum is a glasses wearer, and she always wears contacts to parks; they seem to work well for her. I would admittedly understand if they aren’t for you (I myself am a bit squeamish about eyes and likely wouldn’t want to wear contacts if I were a glasses wearer), but they seem to work well for the glasses wearers I know, and will get on anything unlike a glasses strap.

I've tried them on a few occasions but unfortunately me and them don't combine. Very sensitive eyelids mean that they react overwhelmingly towards anything coming even close to my eye, making them impossible to insert, plus I prefer having glasses anyway on top of contacts being high maintenance.

Hyperia at Thorpe Park.

I have not had an issue at all with Hyperia - they will ask if you have a strap, but will let you ride if you show them.

Is that a new thing with Hype? I recall riding it with glasses back in 2020(?) and the ride-ops having no issue with it.

Yep, rode on Wednesday.

 

[Trax]

Just realised, I’ve had troubles at Parc Asterix with Tonnere 2 Zeus and Toutatis in 2024.
Funnily enough, there were no complaints about my glasses in 2023. I was sometimes asked to hold my glasses in my hands, even in Toutatis!

So yeah, glasses + straps are too dangerous, better hold it in your hands.

 

[Bowser]

Is that "new"? - I've definitely rode it with a glasses strap (albeit last season).

This was a few weeks ago. Caveat would be they were RayBan Meta so the eagle eyed ride host was perhaps specifically not allowing on those grounds. Didn't contest it.