Enthusiasts and Normal People
but, normal people dont praise good coasters like enthusiasts do.
you ask a normal person what they think of millenium force, they'll say, its really fun.
ask an enthusiast and they'll say;
OH MY its sooooooo good, 300 foot drop is soooooo amazing, i've been on 134 coasters and none of them hold a candle to MF. i go every week at least once to ride MF, my favorite seat is seat 9.2. The over banked turn is soooo good, its soooo fast, i love intamin...then you interupt the enthusiast by saying ok ok thats all i need to know
CRVeck, those crazy Californians put "the" in front of their interstates too!
"How do you get to SFMM? Just take The 5!"
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He let the contents of the bottle do the thinking; can't shake the devil's hand and say you're only kidding.
'Other people' - I highly doubt that some one could ride (insert name) that many times. You just would die.
'Other people' - Do you have like some obsession for roller coasters or something?
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Coaster M and M
Ride On!
While in line for the Boss near the Helix......
NE: "Look at the track move. I'm not going to ride that, it'll break!"
CE: Wonders if spreading that will clear out more people in line.
At a picnic when someone noticed my shirt....
NE: You know, they didn't have those belts to hold down the bars on Batman when they first opened it. The first time they ran it the bars popped up and everyone flew out. Seven people were killed!
CE: Bites lip and goes to look for another beer.
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Jeff-Jeff
Wood - Raven
Steel - Millenium Force
Generic, isn't it?
*** This post was edited by Jeff Finazzo on 5/21/2002. ***
*** This post was edited by Jeff Finazzo on 5/21/2002. ***
"Dumbing down" coaster descriptions for normal folks? I guess some of those people need to visit this site more often. I was one of those "coaster description challenged" people before I started coming here. But luckily, due to my ability to pick up foreign languages rather easily, I'm having no trouble adapting to "Coasterese". ;)
Me: "Wood and Steel coasters are two dfferent rides. They are still building wood coasters today. CCI built a ton of them last year. Besides, I heard they retracked Mean Streak, it should be good. And they cool thing about wooden coasters is the ride changes with the weather, so you can always have a different ride."
*After ride*
My Friends: "That was rough"
Me: "Yeah, that was very rough. I swear Somebody said it was running smooth this year. blah blah blah... on to magnum. Magnum is a Arrow coaster and I heard they put trim breaks on the pretzel..... "
Friends: "Shut up james"
Me: "but..."
Friends: "Shut up James"
Me after some thought: "I am such a loser"
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I fool so feelish....
I have two more to add:
General Public: Look! The train got stuck at the top of the hill.
Enthusiest: The train was stopped for mechanical reasons.
General Public: Why would I want to ride Wicked Twister? Its exactly the same as Superman at Six Flags.
Enthusiest: I can't wait to ride Wicked Twister, its going to be a totally new ride experience.
Sheik al Squeak said:
Normal: Deja Vu isn't running AGAIN?! Piece of s*%t, TAER IT DOWN!
Enthusiass: Deja Vu isn't running AGAIN?! Piece of s*%t, TAER IT DOWN!
Good one! :)
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- Peabody
After riding Iron Wolf:
Normal person: I think I'm gonna puke.
Enthusiast: Let's go get a chili dog.
About Wizzer:
Normal person: Man, that ride sucked. Kiddie ride.
Enthusiast: YEAH!!! AGAIN!!! Don't tear it down!!!
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"Getting on Iron Wolf is kind of like going in a blender and pressing PUREE"
Normal person: Last time I went to Cedar Point, the Gemini was new.
Enthusiast: Cedar Point was less crowded today than it was yesterday, but packed compared to Thursday.
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He let the contents of the bottle do the thinking; can't shake the devil's hand and say you're only kidding.
After riding S:ROS at SFA..
GP "On the first drop it feels like you are suspended in air."
CE "On the first drop you get some awsome airtime."
GP: "I hate that smell on this coaster"
CE: "I love the smell of the grease and oil on Viper"
GP: "I hate the way the coaster hangs at the top of the first hill"
CE: "STOP! STOP! I want to enjoy the view and the hangtime"
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Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein
Den said:
Normal person: Last time I went to Cedar Point, the Gemini was new.
I guess that I am a normal person. :)
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"He's blazin' away like the stars in the universe.." A. Vega + M. Rev "Ghostrider"
Someday there will be something here.
Jeff said:
Normal person: "Some geeky jackass told me a bunch a crap about the ride I don't care about."
Best post of the year!
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-Rob Vaccaro
*** This post was edited by RobCoasting on 5/21/2002. ***
Den said:
Does anyone else find themselves sounding like an idiot when they try to "dumb down" the coastertalk to friends?
Yesterday I was trying to explain the new FoF lapbars without sounding like a know-it-all nerd, and I ended up saying, "It has like a ton of loops, but they took out the shoulder bars and now it just has a lap-thingie."
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He let the contents of the bottle do the thinking; can't shake the devil's hand and say you're only kidding.
hehehehe i do this all the time. i hate it that i cant just talk about it without people looking at me like i have too much time on my hands.
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He let the contents of the bottle do the thinking; can't shake the devil's hand and say you're only kidding.
Den said:
B&M_Lover ..... yet if you know every single statistic and fact about baseball or football, you're not a freak, you're a normal guy. People just aren't used to people having interesting hobbies, I guess.
That is so true. Everyone in this world is passionate about something. For me it is coasters. I probably sound like a geek spouting off wierd names and statistics but then I think of when my wife talks about her job which she is so passionate about. She is a nanny and she talks about the kids she watches as if they were her own and it completely goes right over my head. Another friend of mine is really passionate about NASCAR and he will talk about how one team is using a certain motor while another team is using something else and it gives them a tremendous advantage. It all comes down to passion.
When I am at an amusement park and I talk about coasters it is not because I am trying to be an annoying freak like some people on this board think we are, I am being passionate about something I love to do. Without passion in life we become dull and life becomes quite uninteresting.
Cheers,
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Bob Hansen
A proud CoasterBuzz Member
"So you think your'e really brave, gonna see the DEMONS cave.
You silly dude, your'e only food, for the DEMON"
This is after my first ride on Goliath-SFMM
Me: So what was your favoite part
Friend: The corkscrew thing where we were pushed in our seat
Me: Corkscrew? We never went upside down
Friend: You know, towards the end of the ride when we did the toilet bowl thing
Me: OH the helixes.
Friend: Ya, but im pretty sure its called a corkscrew.
I havn't brought him back to SFMM since
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Veck
http://pumpingrct.topcities.com/
CRNeck--
Wow, Really?!?! At least your friend knows corkscrew and coasters are in the same ballpark. Anybody I know, will not use corkscrew and "roller coaster" in the same sentences. They'll think of the screw that screws the corks out of wine bottles, which I think that thats what the inversion in named after.
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Roller Coasters or sports? I guess there are questions nobody can answer!
You mean being an Enthusiast ISN'T normal? ;)
'Normal': "I waited an hour to get onto Millennium Force!"
Enthusiast: "Millennium Force was a walk on today!"
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'Normal': "$3.00 for pop? Well, I'm pretty thirsty..."
Enthusiast: "$3.00 for pop? God I wish I was an employee..."
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Being asked the question: "What's that building over there with 12-E on the side?"
'Normal': "Oh. It's a power plant for Wicked Twister."
Enthusiast: "That's Disaster Transport."
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'Normal': "Millennium Force is the tallest coaster in the world!"
Enthusiast (as much as I'd like to disagree): "Millennium Force is the tallest full-circuit non-launched coaster in North America. Steel Dragon 2000 in Nagashima Spaland, Japan has the tallest full-circuit coaster in the world."
'Normal' reply: "Shut up."
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Tommy Penner - Variable X
"Yes. The Force is strong in that one." - Stifler, AP2.
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