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As a non-native speaker, I don't understand the exact meaning of being whiplashed in this comment. Online translators only point to the direct translation of someone being hit with a whip.

In here, does whiplashed mean something like being utterly surprised?

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Dictionary.com has:

2. an abrupt snapping motion or change of direction resembling the lash of a whip.

6. to affect adversely, as by a sudden change: new taxes whiplashing corporate earnings.

Which is pretty accurate. Have you ever been on a roller coaster or similar ride at a theme park and been suddenly jerked in the opposite direction? That's basically what whiplash is.

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/whiplash

Kind of: "move suddenly and forcefully, like a whip being cracked". So in this case is that the guests are taken aback, surprised, put off by the sudden changes in the conversation.

Also, obligatory clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEdRnBR_Y48

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