What if you couldn't ride anymore...
I was just mowing my lawn yesterday, and accidentally ran over a piece of metal, which shot out of the mower with some force, barely missing my foot. And since one has nothing else to do while mowing but think, I started thinking...
What if you were injured in some way - say, you lost a foot or leg - that prohibited you from riding coasters? Would you still keep up on new rides and such? Would you still go to parks just to look or watch people ride? Would you be depressed?
I know I'd be depressed for a while, but in the end, I'd just be happy I was still alive and still had my wife and family. And I would just focus more on my other hobbies.
What if you were injured in some way - say, you lost a foot or leg - that prohibited you from riding coasters? Would you still keep up on new rides and such? Would you still go to parks just to look or watch people ride? Would you be depressed?
I know I'd be depressed for a while, but in the end, I'd just be happy I was still alive and still had my wife and family. And I would just focus more on my other hobbies.
My cousin is too large to ride. I don't know how much it bothers him. Then again, he isn't a coaster nut.
I'd most definitely still go to parks. I'm into everything about them.
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Forget about it. It can't be THAT bad!
I'd most definitely still go to parks. I'm into everything about them.
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Forget about it. It can't be THAT bad!
I always thought it would be terrible to be a midget coaster nut. You wouldn't be tall enough to ride anything!
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Jes
Webmaster, Jes's Roller Coasters
http://www.jesms.cjb.net
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Jes
Webmaster, Jes's Roller Coasters
http://www.jesms.cjb.net
That would proboly be the worse thing that could ever happen to me, because roller coasters are my life and if I could not ride them i would proboly get very,very depressed .
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titan laps :9
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I don't think missing a leg would disqualify you from riding any coasters. (stand-ups would be the obvious exception) Actually, being handicaped would let you get to the front of the line at almost all parks.
A teacher I had in college had a prosthetic leg, and I never knew it until the end of the semester. He could walk without a limp, I am sure he could ride a coaster and the ops would never know the difference.
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"X" marks the spot in 2001!
A teacher I had in college had a prosthetic leg, and I never knew it until the end of the semester. He could walk without a limp, I am sure he could ride a coaster and the ops would never know the difference.
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"X" marks the spot in 2001!
The first year Six Flags America was open I had to have surgery on both of my feet. Needless to say I missed some time that summer, and I was limping around the rest of the time. By the way, I was very excited last week to meet four "mature" enthusiasts at SFA. They rode everything including Batwing. It gives me much hope that when I'm in my 60's that I could still be riding.
Depending on what happened to you, there would probably always be coasters that you would be able to ride. And not to sound morbid or anything, if you lost a leg or something to that effect I think you'd have bigger problems than "oh no, I can't ride coasters!" Sounds mean, but hey! I think given a choice between being able to walk and riding coasters, to be frank, I'd focus on walking -- and I'm definately a coaster nut! :)
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Po!nt of View: A different look at Roller Coasters.
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Po!nt of View: A different look at Roller Coasters.
http://www.crosswinds.net/~justmayntz/thrills/index.html
If I couldn't ride coasters, I'd be dead (or as good as dead). Thats the only way it would happen. Even if I loose both arms and both legs, I'll ride!
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Cyclops. 1900 feet of CCI goodness.
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Cyclops. 1900 feet of CCI goodness.
I'm 6'6" and there are also hight limits. In fact on Vertical Velocity The height limit is something like 6'8".
If you think you'd be better off dead if you couldn't ride coasters, there's something wrong...
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Matt Lynch
Co-Webmaster, Kennywood Boulevard
http://kennywood.coasterbuzz.com
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Matt Lynch
Co-Webmaster, Kennywood Boulevard
http://kennywood.coasterbuzz.com
Id still go to parks to hear the screams and smell the popcorn and cotton candy. Of course id keep up on new coaster, i loved to watch em when i was to scared to ride and ill love em till the day i die!
I would try to get on as many as I can. Also like car76013 said I would keep on on the latest coaster news. :)
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Top Gun laps: 6
Times gone to PGA: 2
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Top Gun laps: 6
Times gone to PGA: 2
I feel bad for the people who are too large to ride. For example, when I was at SFWOA last Friday I rode Time Warp and the restraints kept unlocking and the ride-op couldn't figure out why. After about 5 tries he realized that someone was to large to ride, so after the ride-op explained to the guy that he was too large for the ride, some obnoxious kids started cheering as he walked out the exit.
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Lynch said:
"If you think you'd be better off dead if you couldn't ride coasters, there's something wrong...
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Matt Lynch
Co-Webmaster, Kennywood Boulevard
No kidding. I feel like if I lost my legs I just might be more upset about not being able to walk.
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The day that I spend more time analyzing the rides than screaming my head off like a moron is the day that I hope someone will kick my in the love sausage and tell me not to be a moron. - Jeff
Believe it or not, there is more to life than coasters.
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Colorado Avalanche: Stanley Cup Champions!
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Colorado Avalanche: Stanley Cup Champions!
Yea, we've also got Intamin Reverse Free Falls!
J/K Not to be taken serioulsy!
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Jes
Webmaster, Jes's Roller Coasters
http://www.jesms.cjb.net
J/K Not to be taken serioulsy!
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Jes
Webmaster, Jes's Roller Coasters
http://www.jesms.cjb.net
Zero-G said:
"I always thought it would be terrible to be a midget coaster nut. You wouldn't be tall enough to ride anything!
They could put a hook point (eyelet) on the train somewhere and the midget could wear a 5 point harness and could be fastened to the eyelet. They could use something like this for for people with prostetic limbs too.
Apparently, not enough little people care enough about roller coasters to lobby to have something like this done. If there's a will, there's a way.
Maybe if that Land of Oz park ever opens, they will have rides that can accommodate.
*** This post was edited by Joe Carroll on 6/29/2001. ***
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