RCGenius
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 4/17/2006 5:58:36 AM
I know that most of us here can pretty much ride any roller coaster we want, but do you know certain family members or friends who're neither terrified of coasters or will only ride certain ones? If so, who are they & how to they show their fear. For me, my lil sister's probably the biggest scaredy cat when it comes to roller coasters. The thing about it's that she has been on coasters like Great Bear, Talon: Grip of Fear, Pheonix, & Jack Rabbit, but she still acts like a coward when it comes to riding coasters like SuperDooperLooper, Lightning Racer, Hydra: the Revenge, Thunderhawk, Twister, & many more. To me, she seems to be a fan of B&M inverts, but she told me that she hates woodies. My mom's also a wimp when it comes to roller coasters because she'll scream her head off on practically any coaster. She has been on coasters like Lightning Racer, Loch Ness Monster, Jack Rabbit, Pheonix, Twister, Wild Mouse (HP), & Talon: Grip of Fear.
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no cars go
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4/17/2006 10:49:12 AM
My big sister - she's afraid to go on pretty much anything thrilling. I forced her on the Coal Cracker, and then she went on it again with her friends, but that is the only thing with a drop that I've seen her like in the least bit. She says she just doesn't like things with repetitive drops. When she went on the High Speed Thrill Coaster @ Knoebels when she was a lot younger she hated it (well so did I but look how I came out in the end!)
My littler brother - he won't go on the HSTC and I think the most thrilling thing he's been on is the Flying Tigers. And as his TPC Bio says, he screamed like crazy on it.
My littlest brother - when we went to Knoebels, he agreed to go on the HSTC but then he almost started to cry and slouch down in his seat... I had my arm aorund him the whole time, I was afraid he might jump out of the car or somthing. But I am so glad that we brought him on that first. Before that incident, we were planning on letting him try the Jack Rabbit.
My dad - he will go on some small woodies, but he doesn't like big drops or wild mouses. His first coaster was the Thunderhawk.
So, there you go. The only people in my immediate family who like coasters are me and my mom. Pretty sad because she usually doesn't go to many parks with us. I am mostly just a single rider. Unless we're at Kennywood, where I always have 2 people to ride with, my aunt and my mom. They both always go to Kennywood with us but my dad doesn't. They grew up in Pittsburgh.
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ibluv
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4/17/2006 7:44:48 PM
EVERYONE in my family and almost all my friends are real killjoys and won't even try any kind a crazy ride, with the exception of my mother, but she shouldn't ride coasters cuz she has back and knee problems, and my sister, but she's no fun to go to parks with cuz she's a real $%#@&. I can't get my 2 best friends on ANYTHING, no matter how much I beg or what I bribe them with, not even a kiddie coaster . Good thing I'll be working at the Lake this summer. Hopefully I'll make some cool friends there for the first time in my life!
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Message updated 4/17/2006 10:13:15 PM by ibluv
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coasterwom
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4/20/2006 3:49:29 AM
My oldest sister won't ride them because she has a heart problem. All my other family and friends have rode them in the past years and really enjoyed them.
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iScream
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6/28/2006 8:07:21 PM
ummm...wow, that used to be me. I would start to panic just looking at one. The only reason I finally could conquer my fear was because the coaster was back in the woods and I couldn't get a good view of what I was getting myself into.
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no cars go
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6/29/2006 11:01:56 AM
That was like me too, iScream. Welcome to the site. I used to be deathly afraid of coasters, barely intense flat rides, you name it.
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hrrytraver
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6/29/2006 5:50:57 PM
i get scared on launch coasters. i'm old, relatively speaking, so lauches are a new new sensation that i'm still getting used to. they did not exist through my formative teen coaster years and i didn't have an opportunity to ride one until 2003. i've gotten on every launch coaster i've come across so far, but still they intimidate me quite a bit.
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adriahna
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6/29/2006 7:43:01 PM
I'm with hrry on this one - my first was Outer Limits at Kings Island, and it really just blew my mind. I still get sort of weird on them - the wait in line is kind of nutty for me...
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Danny
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6/29/2006 7:54:30 PM
My mom is terrified of heights (she freaks out on the Jack Rabbit at Kennywood) but enjoys speed and airtime, so I've gotten her to agree to ride Revenge of the Mummy and a few other indoor coasters. My little sister is kind of random - she'll ride Millennium Force but then she'll refuse to get on Mantis or Raptor. My older sister rides everything (except TTD) with me, and my dad rides pretty much nothing that goes upside-down or over 100 feet.
I myself have loved coasters for as long as I can remember, and just gradually rode bigger and bigger ones. TTD is the only coaster I can think of that kinda freaked me out.
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Timberman
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6/30/2006 1:18:06 AM
I agree with hrry and adriahna on the launch coasters. My first was the Laser Loop at Kennywood, circa 1983. The only time I rode it, I somehow managed to get my leg caught outside the restraint. The ride op did countdowns before the launch, and he got to 2 on a 5 count before my screams to abort finally got someone's attention. That and almost getting ejected from Cyclops were my closest shaves on a roller coaster.
Indoor coasters also kind of of freak me out. When it's a production model, like a Jet Star, I know what to expect and can sort of relax, but Flight of Fear at PKD, which was both enclosed and a had a launch, scared the crap out of me (although more so before the fact).
Message updated 6/30/2006 10:58:25 PM by Timberman
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adriahna
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6/30/2006 12:13:21 PM
Quote:
Timberman said:
My first was the Laser Loop at Kennywood, circa 1983. The only time I rode it, I somehow managed to get my leg caught outside the restraint. The ride op did countdowns before the launch, and he got to 2 on a 5 count before my screams to abort finally got someone's attention. |
Whoa... I know that I'll be having nightmares about that in a week or so... that's seriously scary business...
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tacoking
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6/30/2006 11:04:51 PM
My dad will ride anything, my sisters are a little picky, and my mom won't ride anything. Doesn't matter to me since I haven't been to a theme park with any of them in like 2 years and don't plan on going with them any time soon.
I myself was terrified of coasters until my dad and sister literally dragged me on to the Hulk in 2001. The only coaster I would touch before that is Big Thunder Mountain at MK. I could have lived on that thing at the time.
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Koz2393
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11/15/2006 7:29:27 PM
My dad will go on anything. My mom will not go on anything. I wouldnt ride til my dad dragged me on MF. Now I an an ACE member and will go on anything exceot TTD and KDK
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B&MRULES!
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1/2/2007 2:26:33 AM
my friend zack hates coasters he just says he dosent like them and my friend trevor is the worst i showed him a picyure of ninja at six flags st louis on coaster gallery the first picture and he almost threw up on the spot. and it was JUST A PICTURE! and my cosion josh wont even ride coasters. he said when he was eight he rode the biggest baddest most thrilling ride of HIS LIFE! he said this was the most extreme coaster he had every been on and this was it, a little 5 foot oval maxing 10 mph miller junior coaster. nows hes 20 and still wont go on coasters. but he also spends his entire life on the couch playing video games. dork
also what is mf im kinda new to this coaster thing. as for me i despise launched coasters
Message updated 1/2/2007 2:29:49 AM by B&MRULES!
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Got_it
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1/2/2007 3:10:34 AM
I will do anything and not be afraid, besides Daja' Vu. I would do it, but be UBER freaked out.
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B&MRULES!
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1/2/2007 11:05:45 AM
whats wrong with deja vu
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Got_it
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1/2/2007 2:37:31 PM
Slowly going up a vertical lift backwards isn't my thing.
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B&MRULES!
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1/2/2007 9:28:31 PM
true that would be scary but how fast do you go up it?
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Got_it
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1/2/2007 10:29:29 PM
Well the only boomerangs I have been on are the "originals" So i really don't know, I think it is faster then the original boomerang.
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B&MRULES!
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1/3/2007 11:52:15 PM
hmm well the speed of the lift dosent really scare me its the hight if a coaster is short but goes throught like 20 loops i may not be excited but if its 500 feet but is just like ttd than yea im going to be excited
dont correct me on my grammer
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Got_it
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1/4/2007 12:23:14 AM
The speed of a lift normally gets me excited (I.E. Phantoms Revenge) But with Deja Vu I would just be freaked out that the restraint would break, I know it wouldn't but i would still be scared.
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B&MRULES!
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1/4/2007 10:00:19 AM
thats true since your being lifted up vertically backwards your thrown agenst the restraint and woried that it couldent handel the pressure. id be scared on ttd because i dont want a little lap bar holing me in it just dosent seem safe.
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Got_it
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1/4/2007 11:31:43 PM
Right in the normal boomerangs you can hold yourself back in the seat with yout legs, which I always do.
I think would have NO problem going on TTDm but if I was at Cedar Point, and had to make a choice between that ride and another I probably wouldn't pick it.
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