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I can do them, but it depends upon what they are. Dumbo and Triceratop Spin are okay but the teacups (and sometimes the carousel) can leave me feeling dizzy. MS - the "light version" (I forget what the color is) - didn't make me dizzy, it just made me really nauseous. Abby right now does fine with them, but I think the teacups bother her. She avoided them this year and didn't ask to ride them at all unlike last year. I even asked about them and she said "no thanks, maybe later."
I think the difference is in Mission Space, you can't see the spinning whereas in the Tea Cups you see everything around you spinning by you. On M:S, as long as you keep your head straight and back, your inner ear stays in line with the spinning so your equilibrium stays put and you don't notice the spin but if the things around you are spinning then you are definitely going to notice the spin.
I have benign vertigo so you won't get me near one w/o a gun to my head. My kids love all the spinning rides except the orange Mission Space which I won't let them on b/c I'm afraid the day will be over once they ride it. I may let them ride it this Aug. at the very end of the night. I think Perry has a positive reaction to things like that, like you mentioned, as well as things like trampolines. He used to stand on his head when he was little which might be comparable.
I actually love the spinning rides and did the Tea Cups 8 times in a row with my DD when I was 5 months pregnant with DD2. My DH gets nauseous looking at a spinning chair.
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I have to be secure to like any ride. I have a hard time with ferris wheels. Dumbo is fun but it is slow moving. Golden Zephyr is ok also. NEVER EVER EVER NO WAY NEVER again will you ever get me on a swing ride unless they modify the seats. Fat rump, tiny seat means me screaming in panic on the Orange Zinger in DCA, whatever it is called. Tea cups are fine but not with idiots driving lol. I used to ride 4 to record 8 times the Whirlpool at Knotts, go figure how I can do that but not tea cups.
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Some people just can't take spinning. I think you get used to it after a while. I have spinning swings in my offices. Once a student asked if she could spin me and I though, sure...never thought of it.
Well, I spent the rest of the session trying not to toss my cookies! Then I started spinning just a little bit on my own, and now it is fine.
Of course, most people don't have spinning swings in their homes and probably don't have tolerating spinning as a top priority!
I don't do well on the rides like Carousels or Teacups. They make me dizzy and feel sick for hours afterward.
I recently started riding the Magic Carpets of Aladdin and TriceraTop Spin and don't have a problem with them as long as I am careful where I look. I had no problem with Mission Space - the more 'tame' version, but that version doesn't actually spin.
My youngest daughter is disabled with cerebral palsy and loves wild rides and things that spin. When she was very little and her muscles would get tight, my husband would take her on the Teacups. The stimulation of the spinning worked really well to loosen up her tight muscles. Then we could stretch her and she was ready to go.
The one ride she had problems with was Primival Whirl. That looks fairly tame from the ground, but it is a roller coaster that also spins. It can really whip you around; by the time the ride ended, my daughter had slid way down and the restraint was just under her arms instead of at her hips/waist. So, I would recommend caution for anyone who has difficulty keeping their balance if what they are sitting in is moving.
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