Coasters for Sheer Fun.......or Just Credits?
On the subject of the other point made...I would never stay home and ride Timbers instead of going to other parks...except maybe if that meant missing opening day or TimbersFest. It's just here and perfect for me. If you lived here and loved it as much as I do, you would be out there just as much as I am (right MI Trooper?).
An aditional comment: I'm quite proud of the 58 laps so far because there is only one train op right now and the line averages 15 minutes. Course, there was that one time I did 56 laps in 4 hours...but we won't go there :).
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Kara (car-uh)
461 Laps
58 in '02
"Are you sure you don't work here?"
I don't really keep track of how many times I ride a coaster. I have been on some coasters so many times that I couldn't even remember the number of times I rode if I tried. I even lose count of the newer rides like MF.
I don't ride rides to impress anyone but myself. Why would anyone want brag about how many rides you got on such-and-such coaster. It seems so stuck up.
I do keep track of how many different coasters I have enjoyed. That is just for my own knowledge and I don't offer that info unless asked.
...and yes, I would try all most anything to ride those kiddy coasters at least once. I even worked at P-Fliers at IOA so I could test ride.
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Does CCI know how to make a bad coaster?
I don't give a rat's furry little behind about credits. I ride for fun. I stopped updating my track record a while ago.
If a coaster doesn't look fun, I don't ride it, plain and simple. For instance, Corkscrew at CP. Didn't even consider it.
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If you're skating on thin ice, you may as well tap dance.
When I go to a park for the first time, I'll ride each coaster once to get them in my count, then I'll go back and reride the coasters I liked. If I really like a coaster the first time, and the line is short, I'll reride it right away. That was the case with Boulder Dash a couple weeks back.
As for the coasters I won't reride:
Any Vekoma SLC, any Boomerang, most Arrow loopers, and most kiddie coasters(I say most because there are a few good ones out there and even if it's not that good, I can't say no to my daughter).
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Jim Hansen
Number of coasters ridden: 162
BuffaloGal said:
"If a coaster doesn't look fun, I don't ride it, plain and simple. For instance, Corkscrew at CP. Didn't even consider it."
You should. It's quite a fun ride.
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Bake 'em away toys.
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"You can't kill what's stronger than death" - Zakk Wylde
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If you're skating on thin ice, you may as well tap dance.
For me, it depends.
If I ride any major coaster, it's most likely just for sheer fun. But if I take time out of the major coasters to ride a smaller one, a wild mouse, or maybe a clone of a coaster I've ridden at another park, that would be for coaster count.
I'll admit, I do keep track of all the coasters I've ridden, but that definitely isn't the reason I'm addicted to thrillrides.
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Danny
PKI:UNCOVERED!
http://xpp.coasterbuzz.com/pki/uncovered.asp
I ride for fun. I haven't kept track of the number of rides I've had on a particular coaster, mostly because I'd have to go back more than 30 years, especially where Cedar Point coasters are concerned.
I do have a track record, and update it with new coasters just for the fun of it. There are lots of coasters I'd like to ride, not to update my track record, but because they sound like fun to me.
I will not borrow a child for a kiddie coaster, although I have ridden some with my own son (when he was younger) and with some children of friends when they've accompanied us to parks.
I never get bored with the coasters I've ridden hundreds of times, like Blue Streak.
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I'd rather die living than live like I'm dead
its all about fun!! i also have a track record of all the coasters ive ridden, but i lost count of how many rides on them, so i just add the new ones in excel so i know what ive ridden. the only one that i really keep track of how many rides is The Comet! i currently have got over 6000 rides on it :)
i do have to admit though that after riding some of the newer coasters with bigger drops, etc... it does make some of my old favorites seem abit dull. but the thrill will always be there in some form and ill continue to ride no matter what! :)
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John
Albany Entertainment:
http://home.nycap.rr.com/albanyent
Much of it really depends on your point of view and (pardon the comment), maturity. I have been riding roller coasters for almost 30 years. I remember when how many laps and how many unique rides was important. Now, the memory of the ride is more important. I remember being 9 years old and being scared to death of the Big Dipper at Geauga Lake. I also remember my 7 year old putting his hands up on the first hill of MF on his first ride. It's really the memories that matter.
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Sometimes lurkers speak . .
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For me it is a little strange. I didn't start riding coasters until about five years ago. In that five years I rode 102 roller coasters (only twelve in the first two years). I was so terrified of roller coasters that my Dad had to pay me five dollars to ride Cedar Creek Mine Ride. I also chickened out on Corkscrew, Disaster Transport, and Raptor.
Now it was a big accomplishment for me to get those credits for that reason. Then last summer I did Gemini 100 which was again just the feeling of actually accomplishing something that many said we couldn't do. After Gemini 100 I actually was tired of Cedar Point and coasters. Of course I went back a couple days later, but I was loosing the fun from the rides. Majority of them just wern't thrilling anymore, and I actually astarted to get used to them.
Not the fun or the credit is what makes me want to ride these rides and go to these parks (even if it's repeatedly). It's the simple, and sometimes considerd crazy fact that I want to own a park (My dream is to work in Cedar Point's marketing department for starters) someday. I'm interested on how and why they do things. Everytime I go to a park or ride a ride a second time I notice or learn something diffren't. I don't think I'm truely a roller coaster fanatic like most of the people would be considerd here. I mean yeah, I've been on over 100 coasters, and done marathons and such, but I have also gone to Cedar Point several times last summer without stepping foot on a single thrill ride or coaster. Something many fanatics would never do.
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Gravity Rules!
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As a former wimp who only recently ended his fear of roller coasters, I think I have something interesting to add to this discussion:
I would agree with Kara's assessment of coasting, in that we really wouldn't keep riding if we weren't having fun. But for me, it takes on a totally different dimension.
To me, coasting is not just something I enjoy doing...it also represents a personal triumph. I still remember the first time I went to my home park without fear. I remember pulling into the Six Flags Great Adventure parking lot, and looking up at what used to be the mammoth Great American Scream Machine, towering 171 feet above the ground. And I remember looking at it and just thinking...that's not as high as I remember it being...
From that moment on, I realized that height, which had been one of the major things that had kept me off of coasters for so long, was no longer a factor. Now, every time I see a new coaster, whether it's a mere kiddie ride or a massive hyper, I ride it. Part of the reason, of course, is for my personal count. My enthusiasm has gotten to the point where I remember things by markers...otherwise, it's just random moments of riding and nothing special. I'll never forget the day I got 23 straight rerides on Nitro...anyone who doesn't keep count would've just remembered riding lots and lots. It's like a personal marker to beat.
Of course, to me, keeping a count is half of what makes coasting fun. It wasn't long ago that I wouldn't set foot on coasters...so as my count gets higher, it's a sense of pride for me; and it's great to see just how much I've defeated the old fear.
Then there's the lap count factor. I only keep lap counts for one coaster, and a quick look at my signature will clue you in onto which one. The reason for this is simple: love. Nitro was the first major coaster that I went out of my way to ride, and as such, I have a special connection to it...but once I had actually RIDDEN the ride, after seeing it grow throughout the too-long off-season, I realized that, even having been pelted with bullet-like rain and experiencing a mere one lap, I had ridden something special. And the more I rode it that season, the more I realized that it wasn't just magic, it was engineering perfection. And it was then that I actually started to appreciate coasters for the amazing machines they are, and Nitro in particular for what, in my mind, is its perfection. So, since it wasn't hard to remember my lap count from the first season, I've kept a count from each visit.
So there's my angle. Yes, I love the rides, but I also love the feeling I get from riding as many as possible. Naturally, there will always be some rides that I will consider more than just tallies, but if keeping counts keeps me at the parks and keeps me happy, then that's all that matters.
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Nitro Dave -- 69 Laps
Track Record: 41 and counting...
"I was spinning free (whoa oh oh oh-a oh), with a little sweet and simple numbing me..."
Lallen said:
of you enthusiasts have ridden most coasters many, many times.
I like it how you make it sound as if you aren't an enthusiast. You are a member of the largest coaster community on the net!
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