Screaming on a decline

Is it just me or are there less screamers riding coasters these days? I remember when I was a kid (about 10 years ago) and I would go to SFGAdv. and people would be screaming their heads off coming down GASM's first drop. Now, as you enter, the trains are virtually silent (but still full of people).

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I haven't noticed, but then again I really don't like screaming on rides, especially people who do it the entire time, in an extremely shrill fashion.

I usually say "Woo!" or something right before the first drop, but otherwise I'm silent (unless I make a comment to the person beside me).

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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.

I usually do the "Whoo!" or the ever-popular, "Oh yeah!" interspersed with non-stop laughing...

I have also noticed that there are less screamers. I usually have to clench my teeth and hold my breath going over a big drop, 'cause I'm scared of heights and don't want to sound like a little sissy girl =)

when I first rode, I screamed like a baby! then I started tensing up and gritting my teath through extreme g moments. lately I've been giving a lot of Whoo!s and Oh Yeah!s. but now that Ric Flair is back, I think that I'm going to have to extend my Whoo!s into Whoooooooooooooooooooo!s. also, last year I started throwing in laughing and a nice scream through the tops of loops and camel backs.

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-Bob (formerly Coaster Jedi)
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"Your proctologist called, he found your head!" ~Jerry "The King" Lawler

Myself, the airime whore that I am, I prefer the "Oh yeah, airtime baby!!" but that is my personal preference.

On topic, I think that as a rule, people are more high thrill oriented then years ago. The popularity of bungee jumping, extreme upcharge attractions, and bigger and better coasters have desensitized them to some of the older coasters. Just a theory here.

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Yeah, after the first teeth gritting drop, I start in with the Wooo's and giggles. "Woo" is a little more dignified than a blood curdling scream.

Speaking of first drop vocalizations....

For a while during my teen years, my buddies and I would shout out a certain movie quote just as we were going over the edge.

"We're on an express elevator to hell, going DOWN!"

Anyone name the movie???

Later,
EV
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I just usually clench my teeth, and "bear down" as it were. It seems to magnify the airtime to me. I realize it is purely mental, but hey........that's what I do:)
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I think it really depends. A good place to hearing (or not hear) screaming is waiting in line for Viper at SFGAm. You're right by Raging Bull's first drop and get a good ear-full as the train drops. There's times when it's almost silent and other times when there's so much screaming it's crazy. Perhaps we're becoming a little desensitized but I don't think it's changed too much.

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Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein

When I did my very 1st lap on Millennium Force thats the only time I screamed my head off, keep saying it was a erie feeling going up the lift. Other than that I dont usualy scream anymore expect for Millennium Force ;).

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I still pretty much yell/scream. It just adds excitement to the ride, I think. Most of the yelling/screaming is genuine. Well, depends upon the ride.

EchoVictor.......that line is from *Aliens*, right??

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Dayuum, Your HOT!

I yell comments about the coaster along with OH YEAH WOO HOO!!!! SWEET!!! Then take Top Gun for example I will go SMILE! LOOP! IMMELMAN BABY!!! WOO HOO 0G YEAH BATWING SWEET!!!!! AWESOME FOOT CHOPPER!!! CORK! YEAH WOO HOOO AWESOME RIDE!!!!

then say on Ninja at SFOG i kep going ****E! CRAP! Everytime I ducked, awesome headchoppers on that ride at I thought it was a lot of fun but I am the crazy one who loves Megaloopers.

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Well what I yelped at the top of the Raging Bull and Son of Beast lifts is not really fit for *polite* conversation. I cannot remember the last time I screamed out of fear on a coaster, but the first time I rode Dr Doom's FearFall (DDFF ;)) I screamed like a Banshee because it caught me all off guard.

As for screaming, in general, being down, I think that is a falsehood. Sometime this summer, take a trip up to SFA. Watch as S:ROS crests that notorious third hill. Even though the riders will be almost a quarter of a mile away from you, you'll most assuredly hear them scream (as everything else goes dead silent)
jeremy
--who always makes it a point to let out a beep baritone "Freddy Kruger" scream in the lighted tunnel of SFGAm's Demon

I'm a woooooo hooooooooo! person! If I scream and/or yell, my throat will hurt!

MagnumForce said:

------I yell comments about the coaster along with OH YEAH WOO HOO!!!! SWEET!!! Then take Top Gun for example I will go SMILE! LOOP! IMMELMAN BABY!!! WOO HOO 0G YEAH BATWING SWEET!!!!! AWESOME FOOT CHOPPER!!! CORK! YEAH WOO HOOO AWESOME RIDE!!!!

Im the same way except on new coasters.

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I'm a laugher. Maniacal laughter all the way.

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"He's blazin' away like the stars in the universe.." A. Vega + M. Rev "Ghostrider"

EchoVictor wrote:

"We're on an express elevator to hell, going DOWN!"

Anyone name the movie???

That movie was "Aliens"

Well, on X's first drop I exclaimed "Holy S*@#!" Usually, I will say WOO or Yeah and if I really like the ride I will be laughing through most of the ride.

I normally just yell yea or somethin. Not a scared scream but a yell that means your having fun. I notice a lot less are holding there hands up now. Also a few years ago like on the Beast at night in the station everyone was cheering and clapping and just having fun. Now sometimes its so quiet in there its hard to believe your at an amusement park. I guess no one is pumped up they are about to ride the longest, one of the best woodies there is, at night.

Yeah, simple woos.... I'd imagine that I'd get some pretty funny looks if I started naming each element as we passed by...

Of course, there is a whole different protocol on Demon at SFGAm...

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