Big Thunder Mountain & Medicinal Properties

[Dave]

Oddest story I'll read all day I think...but in Attraction Magazine there has been a study into Kidney Stones which has found that riding Big Thunder Mountain in Disneyland has helped people with kidney stones to pass them while riding!

http://www.attractionsmanagement.com/de ... um=twitter


Then if you want some more information here's the study paper;
http://jaoa.org/article.aspx?articleid=2557373

 

[witchfinder]

Ouch! Wouldn't want to be sat next to them while that was going on... :shock:

 

[davidm]

And it's winning awards now...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-45513012

 

[Edward M]

So that’s why the person I sat next to was screaming so loud during my ride. Wait a minute, does that mean it wasn’t water that got in my shoes.. ah s**t

 

[Ethan]

I don't really... get this? I get that the force and jolts of a roller coaster could dislodge kidney stones and make them loose, but that BBC article says that each ride another stone "popped out"? Like... Is Big Thunder that intense that he didn't notice sharp rocks of solid calcium tearing up his urethra? Or are they just loose inside of him and now he sounds like a bag of marbles when we walks?

So many questions...