Roller coasters: not so much

[prog]

Wednesday classicaljunkie and I went to Six Flags. It was weird and nobody had any fun. Basically, her approach to amusement parks is to ride the 500-foot coasters over and over until she can't walk anymore. Mine is to go on the baby rides with my eyes squeezed shut while I go FUCKFUCKSHITCOCKNONOAAAAAAAAAAA, and then sit for a while to recover. A basic

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Shuddup

[prog]

the pirate ship is WAY AWESOMER than teh choo choo

[cnoocy]

I have some of the same issues. But I like water rides and the midway, so I can go on the rapids with my friends, then win small stuffed animals while they go on scary rides.

[prog]

I like water rides too!

[cortezopossum]

My roommate had planned a "coasters till you puke" event at Six Flags (Great America -- Gurnee IL) with the intention of trying to ride all the largest coasters in a single day. Knowing that you probably wouldn't have wanted to go to that event.

Unfortunately one of the attendees didn't expect a 'coasters till you puke' event to actually involve riding any roller coasters so he got to be all mopey and sit out on all of them.

Another guy there would ride coasters but he didn't want to go on any that actually went upside down. After waiting in line for a Batman coaster for nearly an hour, watching the coaster go upside down he got all upset that it actually WENT upside down.

Then we had that one girl with severe emotional instability -- she broke down crying for a half an hour because she saw someone who reminded her of an ex boyfriend she knew online two years prior. She was okay on the coasters though.

[jazzfish]

Jeez. The two worst social experiences of my life both involved amusement parks, but I thought that was just my bad luck. Good to know it happens to other people too, I guess.

[radtea]

It happens to absolutely everyone, all the time. I swear that no one has ever had any fun at an "amusement" park. Everyone is under so much pressure to have a good time--particularly given the outrageous cost of admission--and there are so few venues to actually enjoy, and tastes differ so vastly, that the experience is massively unpleasant for everyone, always. Add to that the feeling that being at an amusement park frees the emotionally unstable and morally stunted from the usual restrictions of basic politeness and decency, and you have a nightmarishly toxic koolaid that park operators can only get their victims to down by expending endless advertising dollars

[jtroutman]

I'm with you on the rides thing. I can handle the little "saucer cup" type ride where you swing around, but that is about it. Anything requiring me to turn upside down, or experience "zero g" of the gut is right out.

Other things like ferris wheels or water rides are just fine, and non-roller coaster type things at places like Epcot are good.

my wife, on the other hand, loves rides. She would not want to do big scary coasters, but she would do "normal" ones and other rides with glee.

[chocorisu]

I am fine with coasters so long as I take Dramamine. Otherwise I puke bright orange slime, or maybe that was because I drank too much Mountain Dew Code Red and ate a giant elephant ear that one time I was at Cedar Point.

Anyway, coasters are great so long as you remember they are not real.

[rserocki]

Dramamine helps me, too. I've never vomited from riding a r.c., to my recollection, but after anything more severe than what's in Disneyland, I have to go sit down and feel bad for about 15-20 minutes or so.

as a total aside

[jtroutman]

that is the most amazing icon you have. Not quite sure what the flaming toast is all about, but it captivates me.

Re: as a total aside

[chocorisu]

Oh my, you should see the whole video then - it's for the song "Move Your Feet" by Junior Senior, and it was animated by the lovely animators at Shynola on a Amiga using Deluxe Paint (!).