Have you ever mad a ride op mad?

I never have, but its pretty funny when people don't do what there told and the ride op gets very pissed.

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SFMM went from Amusment Park to Xtreme Park.They skipped Theme park :)

What? I'm not supposed to stand up....I thought this was King Cobra. LOL (don't ever try it!!!!!!!!!)

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It's his turn to feast, when you ride the Son of Beast.

I've seen a couple people argue about ducking under empy queue railings to save time. They refused to walk all the way back around as per the ride ops orders. Funny how in the end, they all did. :)

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Joshua Wilcox
The following statement is true.
The preceding statement is false.

I sit down on the railing. (bottom row) when its 99 degrees out and I am waiting in line for 40minutes I could careless what they say.

I question the ride op's authority:

"So, can you legally make me stand behind the red line? What if I put my arm over? Huh?"

Maybe they should be paid more to put up with people like me. Oh well.

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"Grilled Steak Taco from Taco Bell!!"

I think that is terrible, how would you like to have some punkass make fun of you.

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My favorite Coaster is named after Poop, and I actually like Boomerangs! What is wrong with me?

The park's have an obsession with no one sitting or standing or sometimes even leaning on the railing... It's a big conspiracy I say.

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Puddingboy said:
"I question the ride op's authority:

"So, can you legally make me stand behind the red line? What if I put my arm over? Huh?"

Maybe they should be paid more to put up with people like me. Oh well.

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"Grilled Steak Taco from Taco Bell!!""

LMAO hahaha
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SFMM went from Amusment Park to Xtreme Park.They skipped Theme park :)

BrandonR said:
"The park's have an obsession with no one sitting or standing or sometimes even leaning on the railing... It's a big conspiracy I say.

I think its so noone falls off and injures themselves. Or they break the queue rails

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yeah the first time i went on a coaster with seatbelts i was like "huh?" and the op was like "jeez..."

I ticked off a ride op a couple of weeks ago at SFGAm. We tried to run on to Batman after the que had technically closed (but we easily could have ridden without keeping the workers there late or anything like that - she just wanted to be difficult).

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Current favorite coasters:
Wooden: 1) Beast 2) Raven 3) Son of Beast 4) The Boss 5) Timber Wolf
Steel: 1) Raging Bull 2) Millennium Force 3) V2 4) Wild Thing 5) Mr. Freeze

I have gotten ride ops a little PO'd cause I really like to get some air on coasters that give it. I'm reasonable with them and let the lap bars come down a little, but I guess it's kinda stupid of me - the loose springs nowadays mean they usually tighten down the first time I hit some positive G's at the bottom of the first hill.

They also are obligated to try and prevent people from injuring themselves and/or the railings by continuously trying to get the attention of those few people who are sitting on the railings. The BEST solution to having people sitting down IMO is to reduce the wait times by running at or near full capacity WHENEVER it's appropriate (wait times > 1 hr. unless it's really a low-capacity ride) The NEWEST coasters always get the longest lines, but how long at MOST parks is it going to remain the newest ride? Run the trains, keep the waits short. I don't believe that maintenance, or even staffing costs on the "new big steel coaster" should be a serious issue when you spend $12-20M, or even $25M, on a great new ride. That's why I think CP should get some recognition from the knowledgeable coastering public for keeping high-capacity rides running at high-capacity!

I rode Raging Wolf Bobs at SFWoA and I touched the rail the whole way up the first hill. I guess either I was told on, or a ride op saw it, but they said if I was going to do that than I was not permitted to ride the ride the rest of the day. I was like, oh well, I just rode it once so I could say I rode all the coasters in one day, and I can guarentee you won't see me back here. He was pretty mad.
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Spread your wings and fly away!! X-Flight '01

Well, I've never made a ride op mad, but when I was in line for FoF at PKD, this jackass on the train had called the ride op a faggot!:( Then the ride op launched the ride without warning to piss the guy off.

Here's a bit of advice. Don't try to fill empty seats at SFWoA after you have already riden the ride...

Jes: "AHH! He gave me the evil eye, then he said don't come back! But that eye!"

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Jes
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Joe Carroll said:
"I ticked off a ride op a couple of weeks ago at SFGAm. We tried to run on to Batman after the que had technically closed (but we easily could have ridden without keeping the workers there late or anything like that - she just wanted to be difficult)."

Actually, it sounds more like *you* were trying to be difficult. Let's examine the situation. The line is closed off for the night. Exactly what makes you think you have the right to "get another ride" on said coaster? Honestly?

If the line is closed (and it WAS 10:00pm. ie the Carousel Song was playing or the Southwest Territory Bells were ringing), what the HELL gives you the idea you can ride again? Shed some light, because, well, I'm baffled.

Now to the original question, yes, I have made a few ride ops angry, usually when they aren't doing what they're supposed to be doing, or telling me to not doing something when it's obviously not policy.

Examples would include: Questioning ride ops at SFWoA on occasion to see exactly why they don't think they have to work, while AT work.

Just a couple days ago at PKI, I was resting my foot on the lower part of a queue railing. I was not sitting on it. I wasn't even putting any sort of my body weight on it, just putting it up to be comfortable. Well, the ride op on Racer decided to tell me to put it off. I asked why, I wasn't sitting on the hand railing. He said, "Just do it, man." I'm like "Well, is that some kinda park policy?" He looks at the ride op and laughs like 'is this kid for real. Shoot, I'm the boss man, this is my ride.' Either way, I put it down to please him, but as you guess, I asked the driver on the coaster if that was a policy and she of course, said no. Making up random rules pisses me off.

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"No listenin', you hear me?"

these people yelled at me after i went past the yellow line a step or two. they came and got in my face and said i would be kicked outta the park yadda yadda yadda.

do they think im that stupid to walk into a train. it insaults my intellegence when they have to put up swingy things in the station to keep us from walking into the trains path

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1.Fire Dragon, 2.Ice Dragon, 3.Raptor, 4.Kraken, 5.Batman Knight Flight

The attendant on the Renagade River at Soak City seemed a bit on edge all day and had to constantly holler at everyone to stay out of water until tubes become available.

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Legendary it looks as though you have changed the topic to Have you ever gotten mad at a ride op

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You are the Weakest Link, Goodbye.

Puddingboy, actually depending in the state that is against the law. In Ohio there is a law that says you MUST obey ride op orders...if not I think its a $500 buck fine and maybe jail time (I forget) =)