Here's how false rumors get started
Dan the Coaster Fan said:
I have to back up the fact that it is always the enthusiasts who talk complete crap at parks. The older ones are fine, they discuss the physics and design and it's a pleasure to talk to them in the queue line. The young enthusiasts just seem to talk about new rides, often shouting out blatantly wrong facts in the hope of attracting attention from the GP.
So, you're saying that because I'm 20 years old, you're labeling me a snot-nosed, blabber-mouth brat that likes to spout off stats just to get my rocks off?
I dont think it's right of you to pre-judge us "younger" enthusiasts like that. Granted, a LOT of them ARE like that, but you gotta take them with a grain of salt, and be a positive influence on them. I've seen plenty of older "Enthusiasts" doing the same amounts of things you're speaking of. I tend to wonder sometimes, why I sometimes don't get the respect I deserve, and I'm thinking it's because people view me as one of the "teeny-bopper" enthusiasts (I actually had someone tell me that once when we met up " oh wow, I thought you were one of those Teeny-Bopper enthusiasts, but you're a lot more mature than I thought" )
Granted, yes, I have a good time at parks, make fun of stuff and have a great time. I also LOVE to discuss physics, engineering, and new rides. I don't go around spouting stats to look cool, but I do wear my ACE shirts and whatnot, so if people have questions, they can ask me. With brightly colored hair, I get asked a LOT of questions.
Seems the conversations always go like this "hey, I like your hair, what did you use" ME: tell them what I use and say "I meet a lot of people at parks and it makes me very easy to spot." then they usually ask how often I go and we start talking coasters.
Not everyone that's a young-in is bad.
-Josh
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And yes, I did mean between the ages of 12 and 15 - although it's steroetypical and I'll get blasted for it; they tend to like coasters because of the phycial thrill, the adrenaline rush whereas people 18+ begin to see the engineering side and the art of it all.
There is Nothing Wrong with Liking rollercoasters for the thrill - it's just a lot more young people like it for that reason than older.
Indeed - it is the best way to being an enthusiast - start young for the thrill and later on begin to appreciate the other sides to it.
*** This post was edited by Dan the Coaster Fan on 11/15/2001. ***
Now rumors about what is going to be built at a park always tend to bog down into what each person thinks should be built. I like to just wait and find out from the mouths of those who make that choice. Much easier. Speculation is fun to a point.
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Any resemblance to living or
dead people is purely coincidental.
As far as people being thrown out. I can remember a girl at Myrtle Beach when I was young, the guy falling out at PKD and the kid about a month after it(he had heard about it, and tried the same feet the other, older guy had died attempting), the Bell's accident, the Americana accident, PP, and the first S:ROS accident at DL(he lived). It's safe to say it's happened several times, but people get off into talking about things. Even when they're wrong, they are going to be right. Most the accidents happened due to some set of circumstances. Some people will never see it that way.
I can remember the stories. The stories of people being stuck for hours after being shot too hard and missing the brakes on the Freefalls, cars falling not-so-straight. Did you know that White Lightnin' was removed from PC because it kept rolling off the end of the track?
BTW, why you guys argue about age for? Age means alot, that's why I'm so annoyed by the 90% of you that do not give your age on your profile?! What gives? Just put your b/date or month/year, something! Every time I read someone's post, think how old that person might be, look at the profile, and it says just a date, no year! There's lots of differences between people at different ages, it's a nice starting point:).......
=)
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Aughhh look out there are Mice all around
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Ozzfest - June 8 - Drowning Pool, Papa Roach, Linkin Park, Disturbed, Black Sabbath
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A bad day at Cedar Point is better than a good day at work.
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Mayday - Memorial Day Weekend - Nonpoint, Nickelback, Oleander, Staind
Ozzfest - June 8 - Drowning Pool, Papa Roach, Linkin Park, Disturbed, Black Sabbath
Awake Tour- June 15 - Darwin's Waiting Room, Puddle of Mudd, Deftones, Godsmack
tservo said:
I could have sworn that there was a pretty severe incident on King Cobra when it first opened. I am probably wrong because I was extremely small when that first opened.
There was a wheel failure the first year that resulted in several people being hospitalized including a couple in intensive care. No one died. I remember the incident well since I was in Cincinnati on business and was at PKI the next day.
:)
(Imagine that!)
Working at Knotts, I have had a person ask me if anyone had died on VertiGo. (It had only been open a few weeks at that point.)
I think a lot of people are just confused.
THe person confused Colossus with Ghostrider.
The other confused Perilous Plunge with VertiGo.
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Knotts 2002...ready when you are!
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"I'll bet that thing hits 5 Gs going through that loop.....faaar ooouut!"
Booze at a park? Now I'm as much of a partyer as anyone (maybe more so) but that's just the wrong thing at the wrong place at the wrong time!
Between the BARFING and the hazards ....that's one BAD combo-platter!
If ANYPLACE needs to stay drug free....it's Amusement Parks!
~Tocci
If you BARF on an ENTERPRISE / ORBIT / WITCH'S WHEEL thing.....where will it fall?
~Tocci
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