Alton Towers

My Daughter has had a pace maker since 8 months, another in 2004 and the most resent in 2011, On the top of her list of things she wants to do is Alton Towers. please Can you help me by telling me or where I can get information on what rides she can & cant go on. Thank you in advance for any help!!
From Jan Robinson

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Ride info

by Pacemum - 2013-09-15 07:09:17

If you go to the disability leaflet in the information part of the website it shows which rides may be unsuitable for heart conditions. However the information is not specific to pacemakers and you may have to contact the theme park directly for more information before your daughters visit.

My teenage daughter has never been there but she has been to another theme park once. She hardly went on any rides as too many restrictions for the rides she wanted to go on and she was too old for little rides. She does have other problems with her heart other than pacemaker.

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by Tracey_E - 2013-09-15 08:09:42

If you ask the park, they will probably tell you everything but the carousel is unsuitable for heart patients. Ask ten drs, get ten different answers. If you survey the members here, you'll find everything from people who won't get on anything to others who get on everything and have never had a problem. I don't care for roller coasters, but I get on just about anything else. You didn't mention why she has the pm or if she has other health issues but just a pm doesn't have to keep us off much.

Newer roller coasters, mostly the ones with very fast start/stops, often use magnetic brakes. She needs to stay off those.

Depending where her pm is placed, some rides have harnesses that are uncomfortable. The pm is titanium, nothing she does is going to hurt it, but if a rough ride has a tight harness that goes right over her device, she may end up bruised.

If she paces atrial and uses rate response, bumpy rides may confuse the pm into thinking she's exercising and raise her hr. It's harmless but feels uncomfortable. The majority of kids with pm's have heart block, if she's one of those then this does not apply to her. Heart block rarely uses rate response.

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