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Park accused of ‘fat-shaming’ guests with ‘humiliating’ self-weighing stations
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nypost.comAussie station 7 News of the questionable new measure, which was implemented by Adventure World in Perth after it opened this Saturday.The theme park had reportedly started posting weight limits for their rides, which they enforced by equipping attractions with “self-serve” weighing stations that flash green or red depending on if the rider meets their standards, the West Australian reported.One visitor said her 13-year-old daughter was left “humiliated” after stepping on the scale at the Rocky Rapid waterslide and discovering she exceeded the limit.“My eldest daughter took my youngest daughter, who has special needs up the slides,” the outraged mom recalled. “Once at the top she was stopped and asked to stand on a weigh machine.
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