Friday poll discussion
Interesting results again from last Friday's poll.
I like that the vast majority have been to several theme parks. Despite the fact that the places exist to suck money (and, often, joy) out of your life, they are really wonderful places. And among some of the safest means of excitement-generation available. I screamed my head off on Kingda Ka at Six Flags, but I never once thought there was any danger (logically, I mean--my body reacted quite differently to the stimulus of such a long, fast drop).
And how cute is it that we all love boat rides and log flumes? I always say there's nothing quite like a boat ride. You go to EPCOT Center at Disney, and you can put up with just about anything--even the educational stuff!--if they'll put you on a boat and let it take you around a water track. I remember how disappointed we were when we went to EPCOT last time and the boat ride in "Mexico" was down for repairs. It was like, "Sheesh, why are we even here?" and we proceded immediately (almost immediately--we did stop for margaritas) to "Norway" to take the boat ride there. I can't even remember stopping at any of the place between the rides, even. And I'd be hard-pressed to think of even a single boat ride that I didn't enjoy (the Jungle Cruise ride at Disney World comes close--THERE WERE PUNS).
It's surprising though how many like rollercoasters. My experience has been that roughly half of the people you go to an amusement park with won't like them. But almost as many said they did as said they liked (more understandably) the water rides. Hmm.
And, while I sympathize with people who won't try a new ride without confirmation that it's of a type they'll like, you guys are wussies. I may have been sick for days because Mission Space spun me around so fast (THE RIDE HAD BARF BAGS) I wanted to die, and it's true that Scream Machine and Medusa might have given me a concussion, but I still went on them! Life's too short to be stuck waiting for other people to get off the ride!
I like that the vast majority have been to several theme parks. Despite the fact that the places exist to suck money (and, often, joy) out of your life, they are really wonderful places. And among some of the safest means of excitement-generation available. I screamed my head off on Kingda Ka at Six Flags, but I never once thought there was any danger (logically, I mean--my body reacted quite differently to the stimulus of such a long, fast drop).
And how cute is it that we all love boat rides and log flumes? I always say there's nothing quite like a boat ride. You go to EPCOT Center at Disney, and you can put up with just about anything--even the educational stuff!--if they'll put you on a boat and let it take you around a water track. I remember how disappointed we were when we went to EPCOT last time and the boat ride in "Mexico" was down for repairs. It was like, "Sheesh, why are we even here?" and we proceded immediately (almost immediately--we did stop for margaritas) to "Norway" to take the boat ride there. I can't even remember stopping at any of the place between the rides, even. And I'd be hard-pressed to think of even a single boat ride that I didn't enjoy (the Jungle Cruise ride at Disney World comes close--THERE WERE PUNS).
It's surprising though how many like rollercoasters. My experience has been that roughly half of the people you go to an amusement park with won't like them. But almost as many said they did as said they liked (more understandably) the water rides. Hmm.
And, while I sympathize with people who won't try a new ride without confirmation that it's of a type they'll like, you guys are wussies. I may have been sick for days because Mission Space spun me around so fast (THE RIDE HAD BARF BAGS) I wanted to die, and it's true that Scream Machine and Medusa might have given me a concussion, but I still went on them! Life's too short to be stuck waiting for other people to get off the ride!