chooke
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 8/15/2004 10:26:21 PM
Does ene1 have ene funny stories about their experiences???
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penguin22
Posts: 332
Registered: 2/14/2005
Rank: Silver Critic
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4/3/2005 12:17:41 PM
Crazy as hell. I was walking into the Magic Kingdom one night around 6.I looked overhead and saw dark clouds coming, a storm was approaching. I walked on Main street and entered Tomorrowland heading to Cosmic Ray's to get something to eat. That's when it hit. The hardest rain I ever saw. I ran for my life, as lightning flashed across the sky. I tryed to get in Cosmic Ray's but it was full as hell. I couldn't get in anywhere amd then decided to just hop on the People Mover. Why it was still running I will never know. I was in the Space Mountain protion when the ride stopped. I sat that their. 10 minutes, 20 ,30,40. An hour passed as I sat there it pitch black darkness. Finally the ride continued and I got off of the longest ride I was ever on.
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mrceagle
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4/8/2005 11:48:08 PM
One time at Canobei lake I actually payed to do one of the games. It was the Barrel shoot in the weastern area. I set my self up and in time took my shot.
The bal hit the barrel. but insted of goign in it spun around the out side of the barrel. it did this like 6 times or so and flew off to the side. the ball then landed on the barrel next to it spin twice and fel in.
The attendant still gave me the prize.
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penguin22
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Rank: Silver Critic
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4/22/2005 6:34:19 PM
Another good story is when i was at morey's piers on top of condor when lightning started shhoting across the sky. iwas praying please dont strike the damn tower till i get off.
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Danny
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4/22/2005 7:45:17 PM
Wow, penguin, bad weather seems to follow you around. I have no funny stories, except the time I was the bud of a joke at USF's Horror Make-Up Show and made a fool of myself.
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penguin22
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4/26/2005 5:44:13 PM
I could write a damn book on my adventures. There was also the time I rode Drachen Fire 19 times in a row. It was also my last time on it. On the day I totaled 34 rides on Drachen Fire.
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Sephiroth7
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4/27/2005 1:24:34 AM
Double post..
Message updated 4/28/2005 11:28:22 AM by Sephiroth7
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Sephiroth7
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4/27/2005 1:25:20 AM
I got one. I was on Kilamijaro (or whatever it's called) Safari at the Animal Kingdom. We were passing the baboon section of the tour. The tour guy goes "and here are the baboons, they are" (he pauses). I turned to look and two baboons were mating right in front of us. The tour guy literally stopped what he was saying...and was really confused on what to say. So he just said what he normally said probably. I got it on video, I still will put it on for a good laugh.
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penguin22
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5/4/2005 6:55:23 PM
Wow thats something you dont see everyday. I havent seen anything that drastic on the safari ride.
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WAR2174
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8/7/2005 4:11:56 PM
I have two pretty good ones.
#1.
While I was stationed in South Korea, I went to a park called Everland. After I had gotten off their top spin ride, I stood across from it trying to take a picture of it. I see two ladies walking towards me, when they get to me they ask (in very broken English) if I will take a picture. I naturally think they want me to take a picture of them. Wrong. They want to take a picture with me! For a brief moment, I felt like a movie star. It was like they had never seen a white man before. I took the picture with them, and they said thank you. Meanwhile, I saw an erderly lady sitting on a bench who was trying to be sneaky about taking a picture of me. I forgot to say, this all took place in the American themed area of the park. Perhaps they thought I was a character or something.
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WAR2174
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8/7/2005 4:24:50 PM
Ok. #2.
Ever heard of a movie called "The Death of OceanView Park". Don't worry, most people haven't either. Anyway, my mother and myself were in it. Ok, for a brief second, but still. It is a movie about a girl who has a vision of a disaster at a theme park. Oceanview park was in Virginia Beach, and they blew up the coaster for the movie. Well, when the main "star" (and I use that term loosely) is running down the boardwalk she gets tripped up a little bit by someone. Guess who? That's right, me. I was in a stroller but I still got a bit of her to mess her up. They didn't edit it or anything. You can see my mom standing there giving the lady a bad look for running into her baby. That was my moment, and Hollywood missed it.
If you don't believe me:
The Death of Ocean View Park
Message updated 8/7/2005 4:27:45 PM by WAR2174
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Gosquan
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8/7/2005 7:08:27 PM
When I ran to Nitro first thing in the morning some punk kids thought they would be first to get on Nitro. They pushed about 5 people and hopped the handrails trying to get the first ride. It turns out a security guard saw the whole thing. 1 of the kids tripped and another tripped over him. The last kid ran straight into the security guard.
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penguin22
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8/7/2005 8:58:38 PM
Space Mountain was running. My vehicle would rock back and forth as the coaster cars ran along the track.
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BobFunland
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8/8/2005 12:16:38 AM
Quote:
Gosquan said:
When I ran to Nitro first thing in the morning some punk kids thought they would be first to get on Nitro. They pushed about 5 people and hopped the handrails trying to get the first ride. It turns out a security guard saw the whole thing. 1 of the kids tripped and another tripped over him. The last kid ran straight into the security guard. |
I've been through something like that. On Dueling Dragons last January, me and my buddies took the reride shortcut to try and catch the last ride of the night (it was like 5 mins to close). Some punkasses ran past us once we were in the castle, and headed to the front of the Ice side. Well, we hit the back which had empty seats, and as we boarded they announced that it was the last ride of the night, and those other kids missed out by one. I think we had more fun pointing and laughing at the stupid linecutters than anything that day, excluding the guy wasted on 'shrooms we rode Fire with  That guy was another funny story, he gave us some recipes for narcotics madness that would make a molotov cocktail proud 
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Hercules
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8/10/2005 2:17:29 PM
Alright, here is one. I got my head stuck in a fence. Yes, that is correct. I got my head stuck in a fence. I was about 3 years old and it was my very first trip ever to Dorney Park. My mother and grandmother took me that day. We were over by where the old race track was and I decided to stick my head through a metal fence (some of you might know what I am refering too if you ever visited the park back in the 80's pre-Hercules). So yeah, my head was stuck and my family, not to mention many others, were freaking out. Then out of nowhere, this huge black dude came and just pried the fence apart and got me out of there. When my mom and grandmother turned around, he was gone and nowhere to be found. Funny and freaky I guess 
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obi1sgirl
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Registered: 8/11/2005
Rank: Coaster Critic
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8/15/2005 12:10:10 AM
Hmm. Well, last time I went to Cedar Point my friend and I got to the front of Dragster's line at about 11:15pm on a night the park closed at 11:00. An employee there by the name of Brad (the rear operator) was very friendly and talkative. We discussed Dragster and it's tendency to go down all the time, and why they kept having to unload the two trains and bring the launch train backwards (it had been raining all day and the wheels on the trains were slipping).
Brad eventually said "this ride is dangerous!" before realizing what exactly other people would think about him saying that... then quickly amended "for the operators! It's dangerous to be working this ride, not riding it! It's perfectly safe, I promise!". Haha, we got a good laugh out of that. Apparently people in line have gotten so frustrated with waiting that they've thrown stuff at the workers. Brad said he'd been hit by quite a few things. 
He later yelled at me for wishing the occupants of a departing train "good luck"... and adding a "don't die!" to the end of the sentiment.
Message updated 8/15/2005 12:11:29 AM by obi1sgirl
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