You know you're a coaster addict when...

You name your 1st son Intamin...

Ron Toomer Ron Toomer, you can't get that name out of your mind...

First Child is born, you have to be notified over The amusement parks PA System...

You rate bumps in the road on their airtime.

When your wife/hubby says let's do the wild thing, you think Shakopee, Minnesota and Valleyfair! And Dana Morgan!

You rate interstate off-ramps by lateral G's.

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Saving a life is being calm, and comfortable!

...when you watch the "Perfect Day" video from Virtual Midway 1000 times in a row. Walt Schmidt, if you happen to look in this thread, know that I do that!
Savaq said:
Colonel Sanders said:
"You plan where you move to based only on how many themeparks are in a close radius."

Ha. I'm looking to move actually and this has become a serious concern.

My suggestion is Orlando. But nowhere in California.

RCMuzik Guy said:

When your class notes become illegible begause of doodles of of the coaster layouts that you've memorized by heart.
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800,000 years in 7 secondsMachine the movie or next S&S creation?: Time

I couldn't agree more with what GregLeg said:

Guilty as charged

If only I had a link to probe it.

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I am not the real Chris Sawyer...Or am I?...No.

*** This post was edited by Chris Sawyer on 12/9/2002. ***

.....when you start to know the people who work at your home park by name. That sounds kinda creepy but I saw the people who worked at SFGAm almost every week for the last 2 summers.

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My top 11 coasters
1)Hulk 2)Raging Bull 3)Dueling Dragons 4+5)B:TR 6)Iron Wolf 7)V2 8)RNRC 9)Viper (SFGAm) 10+11)American Eagle

...when the President/CEO of a major amusement park company starts stalking you because just "happened" to ride a certain roller coaster 5000 times (ehm, STCHick, ehm)

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I am not the real Chris Sawyer...Or am I?...No.

When:

.....When as long as the vacation invloves coasters, its a good one....nomatter where it is.

.....When to your friends and family they are hunks of metal, but to you they are works of art.

.....When everyone around you rolls their eyes as soon as you say coaster.

.....When you are the one talking about how cool the ride is when everyone else is freaking out because its 200ft tall.

.....When you are the only person on the train who sighs when they op staples you, while everyone else is happy they are stuck.

I could go on and on....nice topic!

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When your stroller-bound toddlers put their hands in the air and scream whenever they go down the driveway.

No, I'm not making that up and yes, that was Da Midget.

-'Playa

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The CPlaya 100--6 days, 9 parks, 47 coasters, 2037 miles and a winner.....LoCoSuMo.

When you try to get vallied (ahem, Kara) on Nitro.

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Be polite and ignore the idiots. - rollergator
You must be this dumb to ride Viper. -SFGAdv.

...when going up an escalator, you wish it would drop-off at the top into a cobra-roll

When you find a way to tie in roller coasters into every paper you've written in English 110...

....that'd be me. :)

.........When you read thousands of threads online about a rollercoaster that no one is sure upon (CP obviously)

.....When you don't stare in awe when you see a boomerang

........When you have nothing else to do so you visit coasterbuzz

.......when you spend your time memorizing what tracks look like so you can see what your park isn't getting for the next year.

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Dan ~ Proud Coasternet Staffer (Coasterman Dan)
"The floor is seeking but you will be sailing. 3,2,1, clear! Your outta here" ~Raptor

And after going on the rollercoaster 17 times the ride ops begin to trust you so they just skip over your row

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Dan ~ Proud Coasternet Staffer (Coasterman Dan)
"The floor is seeking but you will be sailing. 3,2,1, clear! Your outta here" ~Raptor

Good one Ride Of Steel I was going to say the same thing!
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Someone Who Hopes Their Homepark wakes up and smells the coffee!

- When you actually get a job running a coaster

- You constantly (but accidentally) answer your home phone "Vortex, Dave speaking" (Or, "Shockwave, Dave")

- More than once you have woken up in the middle of the night, trying to dispatch a train with your TV remote, your thumb high in the air, and yelling at your pillow for not pressing it's dispatch button... don't ask... (You can tell you're working too much when...)

- You have the urge to check everyone's seatbelt while getting in the car.

- Whenever you get a microphone, including school and other workplaces, you at least once have to do one of your fun speils

- The mere mention of a raccoon makes you think rollercoaster (There was an incident with a raccoon... if anyone wants to see the picture, just ask, hehe)

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Vortex Crew - 2002

Your Wardrobe includes coaster shirts, shorts, and boxers.

When you walk down the street you're a walking advertisement for Cedar Point.

$100 for a season pass, or $100 for your son's braces; see you at Dorney Park!

You count the money in your pants in Disney Dollars.

You actually know what PKI, PKD, S:ROS stand for.

You care that Superman The Escape is a roller coaster or not!

Drive 5 mins to work, or take an extra 20 mins out of your way to see how your new coaster's coming along.

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Saving a life is being calm, and comfortable!

CoastaPlaya said:

When your stroller-bound toddlers put their hands in the air and scream whenever they go down the driveway.
No, I'm not making that up and yes, that was Da Midget.

On a closely-related topic, I was talking to LoriU the other day and she started laughing, because Steve was outside on a sled with their daughter, Jordan. Jordan was riding the sled with her hands in the air...

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--Oat Boy
My page

Your addicted when you start planning for SRM 2100 now. Knowing there is no way in He$$ your going to make it.

:)

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Charles Nungester.
Is it about coasters or friends? I say both!

MrHaroldG said:

You keep a track record of not only the coasters you've ridden, but also the number of times you've ridden each one

What, doesn't everybody?

...You base most of your passwords on coaster names.

...You refer to certain coasters exclusively in the feminine form, and act as if they have feelings and moods.

...You convince your little brother that as part of his 8th grade graduation trip/gift, he wants to go to Kennywood (come on, it was for Steel Phantom's last year!).

...You can identify all of the Six Flags parks by their common abbreviations.

...You know the layout to parks you have never been to, but plan to visit, some day...

...You are upset by the inaccuracy of the speed/height ratios in RCT (and you know what RCT means).

...You have contemplated bribing the station attendants for the front or last seats on rides with assigned seating.

...You have ever known what kind of coaster a certain park is getting before spring advertising starts.

...You have ever mimicked a coaster's layout underwater.

...you get sad that guest John Miller on Conan O'Brian isn't THAT John Miller.

Jason19 said:

You know you're a coaster addict when...
First Child is born, you have to be notified over The amusement parks PA System...

LOL, ask Redman822. He almost experienced that when he went to SFGAm the last operating weekend. :)

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2 superheroes in Gurnee next season? Oh the humanity. :)

chris said:

When you call taking a dump 'going on the log ride.'
Is that good enough, Rob?
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Lets' save the Vancouver PNE Coaster before its'too late!