Alton Towers during pregnancy (1st trimester)

[AliceRR]

Hi Ladies

It is my SS’s birthday this week so DH and I are taking both SSs to Alton’s Towers on Saturday.

I am 10 weeks pregnant (they don’t know that) so certainly won’t be going on any white knuckle rides! I don’t like them anyway.

I know some rides are obviously no go and often there are signs on each ride but annoyingly the website doesn’t specify which rides should be avoided. They just say pregnant women shouldn’t only use their “gentle” rides. Unhelpful.

I don’t know whether I can even go on things like Hex, Duel (I think a ghostbouse) and some of the more tame rides or whether to just avoid everything.

I don’t want to take any unnecessary risks but sometimes it’s hard to know if you’re just being over cautious.

If anyone has any advice or recent experience then I am grateful.

Also need a way to excuse not going on anything to the kids (who are 13 and 15 so not daft) and my cousin who is also coming with us and doesn’t know, although I may end up telling her...

Anywhere with rides will advise you to be really, really cautious in pregnancy. They have to cover their arses from a legal perspective. When I went to the space centre I wasn’t even allowed on the flight simulator which was just a few bumps and some vibration! By gentle rides, they probably mean really gentle, like anything that doesn’t require a seatbelt kind of level.

I’d start thinking of an excuse right now. Perhaps a bout of food poisoning that means you don’t want to be jiggled around? You’ve hurt your lower back and doc has told you not to go on any rides?

No 4D rides, or rides with lap bars. That was the gist at Disneyland anyway.

There should be signs at all the rides, or you may be able to ask at the information kiosk.

For the rides you can't go on, just say you'll look after the bags to save them queuing with them.

Congratulations!

I'd just say you've pulled your back and walk stifly for a few days.

Or just tell them you are up duffed.

Haven't been to alton towers for a while but went to Chessington while pregnant and could only go on 1 ride in the whole place, I was with a 2yr old so looked at all the gentle rides but all except one said no pregnant women. I'd invent a back problem, it is usually the same standard applied.
You can be in charge of bags, I'd take a magazine or book!

Thanks ladies.

It’s just not very helpful info as sometimes you don’t even know what a ride is like until you go on it...

I think “vibration” is one of the things to avoid.

It would be good if website said what the ride safety info at the park said because then I don’t need to do any sneaky reading of the signs before saying what I’ll go on.

I thought food poisoning might be the way to go.

Or tell my cousin who is coming with us and then we can go off on our own and SSs dont need to know I didn’t go on anything...