"Welcome to Cedar Creek Mine Ride! We are going to take you up 205 feet, drop you at 72 miles per hour at a 60 degree angle......oh wait, that's magnum. Sorry!"
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WARNING: THIS POST MAY ACTUALLY INCLUDE SARCASM AND OR HUMOR. PLEASE CONSIDER BEFORE RESPONDING.
At Cedar Point they say "Thank You for riding (BLANK) and enjoy the rest of your day at Cedar Point, America's Rockin' Roller Coast.
Also, we rode the Cedar Creek Mine Ride and said, "Welcome to the Mine Ride, the coaster where we will take you upside down 6 times less than Raptor, 4 times less than Mantis, and 3 times less than Corkscrew. Now on with your ride on the Cedar Creek Mine Ride, at Cedar Point, America's Rockin' Roller Coast.
Welcome Riders, how was your Flight?
Demon at PGA : "Welcome aboard the Demon, which will exceed speeds of 150 miles per hour."
Cobra (Tivoli double figure 8 family coaster) at SFMW : "Cobra welcomes you. Please board Cobra. Cobra bids you fairwell! (launch) (entering station first time) "Cobra is happy. Cobra wants to go again. (entering stationg second time) Cobra is bored. Cobra wants to go again. (entering station third time) Cobra demands vengence. Cobra wants to go again. (after we get halfway to the lift, a little girl starts cyring. The RO stops the ride and reverses it back into the station) Cobra shows mercy. Cobra will let you off." (normally they run it twice)
Giant Dipper at Boardwalk : (launches train, then says) "Hey, this is my last day on the job! What, you think I care about these people? You gonna stop me?" (he said more but we were in the tunnel at that point)
For some reason at Cedar Point, Iron Dragon and Cedar Creek Mine Ride always have the funniest ride ops. Once while entering CCMR station's the ride op said,"Welcome back Cedar Creek Mine Riders! HOW WAS YOUR RIDE?!" The train hardly responded with a few murmurs here and there. The ride op said,"I know its not quite Millennium Force but we are working on it."
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On the top of Magnum's second hill I'am the one who screams, "I can see Canada!"
One time I had a Raptor op say, "Thank you for riding Raptor here at Cedar Point, America's Roller Skate where every day's a fun day unless of course you work here."
We had an edgy "tour guide" (probably his first time)on the Kilimanjaro Safari at the Animal Kingdom park at Disney. Before the trip he had instructed the passengers to take as many pictures as they want as long as the vehicle had stopped. Well about 5 minutes into the ride we came upon a croc pit or something and this guy stood up to get a picture (we were moving at the time) and the guy who was driving hadn't noticed until he looked up. (Screeching Brakes)
Ride op: "(while supressing rage) PLEASE REMAIN SEATED WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION!"
The picture guy: "Sorry buddy"
Ride op: "THANK YOU" (more supressed rage)
When I got off I think I saw him praying.
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16W - Colorado Avalanche
Mission Accomplished - 2001 Stanley Cup Champions
*** This post was edited by Puddingboy on 6/18/2001. ***
(on Cedar Point race way) "Welcome to Cedar Point Driving School. Take one lap and have your picture taken on the raptor cause they were TOO CHEAP to buy us an on ride photo thingy! But we can supply the cards!"
I yelled at my girlfriend to speed it up when she left the station. The guy yelled on the intercom, "Yeah speed it up Kathy! I'll have to charge double for your lessons!" Kinda corny but it was funny. :)
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Shawn Bailes
110 Drumline
http://ohiodrumline.tripod.com
CP Gemini: Remember place keep all your belongings inside the train, Cedar Point is not responsible for anything lost. Cedar Point is not responsible for anything.
"Welcome to Mamba, one of the tallest and fastest coasters in the country. Over the course of 5600 feet you'll be going upside down zero times."
At SFGrAm, the canned announcements never pause: "...thank you for challenging Viper Welcome to Viper..."
Good topic :)
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-Joe
(Who will be at Cedar Point August 9th. E-mail me if you're gonna be there.)
SFSTL Train ride "For your safty there are floataison device s located under your chair incase the train crashes into water. Also in case of a sudden lose in pressuer hair masks will fall from the over head conpartent."
While at SFEG, which I believe was just Elitch Gardens when I visited, I waited about 45 minutes for the Tower of Doom. In the line, the head ride op was quite a character. He was yelling at people in the line that "if he couldn't smoke, they couldn't." Sometime during the wait, an apprehensive woman got into the lift vehicle, and she started screaming as soon as the restraints were locked that she "wanted off." He teased her and kept asking if she was serious and if she really wanted off. She of course replied yes and calmed down, thinking she would get off of the ride. He then yelled, "Too bad," and started the lift. She screamed bloody murder, and nearly the whole line was shaken up with laughter at the poor woman. Upon her return, she yelled at the op for teasing her, but she then admitted that the drop was exhilarating.
I guess it's not really a classic ride op quote, but a case of a ride op being extremely funny nonetheless.
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According to the "official" count, next year's new coaster lineup will feature 17 Arrow 4-Ds, 21 TA2Ks, 34 B&M floorless's, 17 Intamin Gigas, 12 beemer flyers, and 247 CCIs. And oh yeah, CP will receive one of all of these.
at the go carts at pki,days of thunder. I witnessed the funniest dang thing ever. The guy on the intercom and the other ops were pretty pissed of at the least because two guys kept slamming in on the other cars. Well after about two minuutes of them saying WE DO NOT TOLERATE BUMPING AND WRECKLESS DRIVING ON DAYS OF THUNDER on of the ride ops just went crazy on the guy. He told him "
what the f*** can't you stupid A** understand about know f***ing bumping. We have told you for the past two d*** minutes to stop. Pull you F***ing car over into the station. After he got him in the station he really laid it on to the guy and I think they even escorted him out of the park. Well lets just say the next few cars turns didn't bump at all.
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Gosh people can't you take a joke. Just laugh and get on with life.
I think the funniest thing that I've ever heard was on Millennium Force.
"Hold on tight - do NOT put your hands into the air!"
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
(entire train puts hands in air once the train is dispached. The bad thing was, the ops were being serious!)
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MALENEM FORSE!!!111 IT ROXOR YUR WORLD!!1!
A bad day at Cedar Point is better than a good day at work.
Iron Dragon ride op informed everyone that "picture taking is an abomination."
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everything's better with a banjo
Great American Scream Machine:(SFGADV)
"All checks, Prepare to SCREAM!" Then everyone responds. Hate it and love it.
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What's a world without upstops?!
BRING OUT THE DEAD!
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At PKI`s train the person speaking to thew train once said "Please remain seated until the train coime to a complete and total stop as the train will often stop with a jerk, and I don`t mean me." That same person used another bad pun when talking about the kids area (Buccanear Island) in Water Works when he said "Do you know what a buccanear is? A terrible price for corn."
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www.geocities.com/coastersrz I`ve riden Son of Beast 38 times!
My favorite ride op thing was when the Raptor train came back the ride op said...(look down)
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"Welcome back Raptor riders. How was your flight?"
(Screams)
On The Chiller at SFGAdv: "All of you in the train just relax, I'll let you know when the launch is, just calm down.... {LAUNCH} ooops!...my bad!"
