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[Richard87]

Anyone have fear of them? I'm 21 years old and I still won't go on one.

 

[BobG]

Only a moron wouldn't be terrified of roller coasters.

 

[negitron]

Guess I'm a moron.

 

[Andre]

Only a moron wouldn't be terrified of roller coasters.

Why would that be? I bet the survivability rate is a lot better than mounting the Annapurna

 

[turbo]

My wife was terrified of roller coasters until we went to Busch Gardens and I persuaded her to go on one with me. She was screaming, but exhilarated, and when the ride was over, She had me take a picture of her with the ride in the background, and then asked "Where's the other one?" We rode that one too.

 

[seycyrus]

Doesn't the thrill of a roller coaster come from being terrified?

 

[angak001]

Thats the whole point of all roller coasters; they are meant to freak you out imagine how it would be like of no one was scared to go on a rollercoaster and not scream when it does all its sinister twirls.

 

[Pinu7]

I go on roller coasters occasionally.
I *should* think I would be safe because of all the engineers and workers doing constant maintenance on them. However, when I actually ride it I think to myself,
"Mofo Jesus, I'm going to die! "

 

[Topher925]

Heres a cool little wiki page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amusement_park_accidents

I for one actually have gotten bored of roller coasters. I used to go to cedar point every summer at least once but now the millenium force just isn't worth the two hour wait.

 

[Loren Booda]

I fear nausea, ergo roller coasters.

 

[waht]

I stopped coming to six flags because it just doesn't do it. If time allows I'll pick up sky diving, base jumping, bungee jumping, and being dropped from a helicopter with a snow board at 14000 ft.

 

[Moonbear]

I fear nausea, ergo roller coasters.

Same for me. I don't actually fear the coaster itself, but they too often make me nauseous, so I generally avoid all but the gentlest ones.

 

[Dadface]

Same for me. I don't actually fear the coaster itself, but they too often make me nauseous, so I generally avoid all but the gentlest ones.

Same here,the last time I went on a roller coaster(big dipper in the UK)I came off really dizzy and nauseous and it took over an hour to recover.

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

I'm too afraid to go on one. I was on kind of roller coaster which consisted of a car that looked like a log and ran in a track of water. When it got to the end there was a sudden drop of about 25 feet at about a 30 degree slope. I did not enjoy the feeling at all and so I don't experiment any more. However, I rather wish I could get over my fear because I want to experience weightlessness and it seems that some roller coasters do a true freefall for a short time.

 

[Chi Meson]

I just came back from New Hampshire, where on our last day of vacation, we took our kids to http://www.storylandnh.com/info.html#3" at least ten times!

Woooooooooo Hooooooooooooooo!

(my 6-year-old, can not stop talking about it.)

 

[negitron]

However, I rather wish I could get over my fear because I want to experience weightlessness and it seems that some roller coasters do a true freefall for a short time.

There are various free fall rides which aren't coasters; as you might expect, they basically drop you straight down.

 

[noblegas]

I will not stepped in onto a roller coaster that goes really fast and goes upside down if you paid me. How can people get thrilled from feeling terrified? On the other hand, I have no qualms with going on those virtual reality roller coasters like at Disney quest;

 

[turbo]

Noblegas, inversions and quick changes in inertia are designed into coasters. You will not be harmed, as long as the machinery is properly maintained. I'll bet more people died trying drive to an amusement park than ever died on a ride.

 

[NukeEmAll]

My wife was terrified of roller coasters until we went to Busch Gardens and I persuaded her to go on one with me. She was screaming, but exhilarated, and when the ride was over, She had me take a picture of her with the ride in the background, and then asked "Where's the other one?" We rode that one too.

I get teased mercilessly until I finally get on the ride. It's always fun and I'm glad I ride everything, but I still haven't gotten over screaming bloody murder the moment the coaster starts and until the coaster pulls back into the station

 

[noblegas]

Noblegas, inversions and quick changes in inertia are designed into coasters. You will not be harmed, as long as the machinery is properly maintained. I'll bet more people died trying drive to an amusement park than ever died on a ride.

I know I won't die, I just don't like being freaked out; not a pleasant feeling; being on a roller coaster ride is akin to being stuck inside an elevator for a while;

 

[DaveC426913]

Anyone have fear of them? I'm 21 years old and I still won't go on one.

Yep. Can't stand em. Though I have done a few of them when I really needed to prove something to myself. I've haven't done anything modern. Nothing that's been built in the last 30 years at least (though I've done those older ones more recently).

I've convinced myself that a traumatic ride on http://www.astronomy-images.com/day-images/California/Marin-Sonoma/CountyFair/zipper.ride.KI8Q5299.jpg" when I was five years old is responsible for my phobia, but I'm less sure now. A couple of years ago, I forced myself to ride "The Zipper" to beat that particular monkey on my back.

I shared the car with a nine-year-old who laughed the whole way through the ride. I'm not sure if he was laughing because he was having fun, or because I spent the entire ride singing "Inchworm" backwards at the top of my lungs.

Mrowhcni, mrowhcni!
gnirusaem eht sdlogiram!
smees ot em!
d'uoy pots dna ees!
woh lufituaeb yeht era!

 

[Danger]

You couldn't get me onto one of those things at gunpoint. It's not the motion; I'm severely acrophobic. In all seriousness, I have trouble looking over W's (used to be mine too) 1st floor balcony. It's only about 2 metres to the ground, and it gives me chills.
Rather ironic, since the only thing that I ever loved, the only thing that I intended to do for a living, the only thing that I was good at, was flying. Let me strap on an iron bird, and I'll make the sucker dance. Try to get me to stand on a chair to change a lightbulb... uh uh.

 

[Evo]

There was a study years ago where they were testing the level of brain activity of individuals.

One group showed a high level of brain activity when the only stimulus was classical music. The second group showed almost no brain activity when listening to the same music.

The first group did not need external stimuli to keep their brains active, while the second group required quite a bit of external stimulation. While the first group found things like loud noises, roller coasters, and high levels of physical activity and excitement disturbing, the second group needed the external stimuli from such activities because they were unable to internally stimulate themselves.

Interesting.

 

[TheStatutoryApe]

I'm too afraid to go on one. I was on kind of roller coaster which consisted of a car that looked like a log and ran in a track of water. When it got to the end there was a sudden drop of about 25 feet at about a 30 degree slope. I did not enjoy the feeling at all and so I don't experiment any more. However, I rather wish I could get over my fear because I want to experience weightlessness and it seems that some roller coasters do a true freefall for a short time.

I'm not sure if you were there but they have a ride like that called The Log Ride at Knott's Berry Farm here in California. At the same park they also have (or had) a ride called Sky Jump or some such that just drops you several meters really fast while standing in a cage.

 

[Loren Booda]

The second group showed almost no brain activity when listening to the same music.

The second group required quite a bit of external stimulation.

The second group needed the external stimuli from such activities because they were unable to internally stimulate themselves.

Give them a dose of Night on Bald Mountain.

 

[Danger]

Well, welcome aboard Rajuguru.
You're in the right place for just about anything that you're interested in (excluding any crackpot crap). You have world-class experts in any field of science at your disposal. Feel free to snoop around in the serious sub-forums dealing with engineering, math, medical science, physics, chemistry... whatever.
Here in GD is where we just shoot the **** regarding any topic of interest, whether or not it involves science. If you have a question about quantum chromodynamics, there's a place for it in the Physics sub-forum. Wanna talk about a bug that you found in your breakfast cereal, there's room for that in the Biology section.
Stick around, pal... you're in for the ride of your life.

 

[Sorry!]

My friends sister was terrified of rollercoasters. So we got her to go on the rollercoaster that had the most spins and loops etc. Its at Canada's Wonderland used to be called Top Gun don't know what it's name is now.

While we were in line we were telling her about all these accidents that had occurred such as the train coming off the rails at the top and the weird part was that just before we had gotten on they said they couldn't allow us to go on for a bit because they had to fix something. I will never forget her face when they were finally making sure her restraints were on tight enough. Of course I'll also never forget her face after she had finished the ride and got of... then wanted to get back in line to do it again :P

I never understood people being afraid of rollercoasters to the point they can't ride them.

 

[Danger]

Its at Canada's Wonderland used to be called Top Gun don't know what it's name is now.

Are you talking about the one at West Ed? I know that it had a semi-serious accident a few years back.
As for the not understanding someone being afraid to get on one, you apparently have no idea of what a true phobia is. As I said, I have a bit of trouble looking over W's balcony on the first floor. A buddy of mine from over 20 years ago lived on the 7th floor of an apartment building. I had to stand in the balcony doorway to grab a smoke (non-smoking apartment). One warm evening, all of his guest were standing out there. I forced myself to crawl on my belly to the edge and look over. I was within two quick sphincter contractions of garbageting my pants. Never again.

 

[Sorry!]

Are you talking about the one at West Ed? I know that it had a semi-serious accident a few years back.
As for the not understanding someone being afraid to get on one, you apparently have no idea of what a true phobia is. As I said, I have a bit of trouble looking over W's balcony on the first floor. A buddy of mine from over 20 years ago lived on the 7th floor of an apartment building. I had to stand in the balcony doorway to grab a smoke (non-smoking apartment). One warm evening, all of his guest were standing out there. I forced myself to crawl on my belly to the edge and look over. I was within two quick sphincter contractions of garbageting my pants. Never again.

Hahaha Danger I actually love your posts. 2 quick spincter contractions, lol.

But no the ride is at Canada's Wonderland which is in Vaughan near Toronto. We were just being jerks messing around with her head to make her scared. She was crying as they buckled her in. Ah I'm an *** :).

On that same ride actually I was trying to see if I could get out of the middle of the restraint with my arms as it made the climb up the first hill... Well, I could, and I had one arm hanging out at the top of the hill and was struggling to get it back into the restraint, it was pretty scary but I eventually worked it back in before the drop... but I had repositioned where I was sitting and my *** was starting to slip UNDER the restraint so i was kind of slipping out and most of the forces on this ride force you downwards haha.. I honestly thought I would have my legs ripped off by the supports which my feet come about 1 foot from anyways because of my height but it made it all the more fun :P (The ride is a hanging roller coaster)

I would always pretend I was a pilot and be yelling random stuff to the ride operators they always got pissed off.

 

[BobG]

I've convinced myself that a traumatic ride on http://www.astronomy-images.com/day-images/California/Marin-Sonoma/CountyFair/zipper.ride.KI8Q5299.jpg" when I was five years old is responsible for my phobia, but I'm less sure now. A couple of years ago, I forced myself to ride "The Zipper" to beat that particular monkey on my back.

Don't get on that ride when you have loose change in your pocket or purse. Actually, I'm not even sure the change belonged to one of us, but flying discs of metal definitely hurt! Little kids were running around under the ride picking up loose change being flung from the cages.

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

I'm not sure if you were there but they have a ride like that called The Log Ride at Knott's Berry Farm here in California. At the same park they also have (or had) a ride called Sky Jump or some such that just drops you several meters really fast while standing in a cage.

For a short time I lived in La Mirada, CA just a few blocks from Knott's Berry Farm, but I never went in. I think the log ride was here in NJ, perhaps in Clementon, but I can't remember for sure.

 

[BobG]

I'm too afraid to go on one. I was on kind of roller coaster which consisted of a car that looked like a log and ran in a track of water. When it got to the end there was a sudden drop of about 25 feet at about a 30 degree slope. I did not enjoy the feeling at all and so I don't experiment any more. However, I rather wish I could get over my fear because I want to experience weightlessness and it seems that some roller coasters do a true freefall for a short time.

I actually like these rides. You're so wet at the end that your date doesn't realize that you peed your pants out of fright.

 

[Moonbear]

I'm too afraid to go on one. I was on kind of roller coaster which consisted of a car that looked like a log and ran in a track of water. When it got to the end there was a sudden drop of about 25 feet at about a 30 degree slope. I did not enjoy the feeling at all and so I don't experiment any more. However, I rather wish I could get over my fear because I want to experience weightlessness and it seems that some roller coasters do a true freefall for a short time.

That's not a coaster, that's a log flume ride. Those I can do, and love! They are pretty gentle, not a lot of sudden jerks and twists, and not too high of drops. Definitely no upside-downs.

I just came back from New Hampshire, where on our last day of vacation, we took our kids to http://www.storylandnh.com/info.html#3" at least ten times!

Woooooooooo Hooooooooooooooo!

(my 6-year-old, can not stop talking about it.)

Now THAT looks like my size roller coaster! I do like coasters that remain upright the entire time.

By the way, I've officially sworn off any form of wooden coaster. They may LOOK tame compared to their steel counterparts, but the ride is so bumpy and jerky, especially around turns, that the last time I was on one, I swore I got off with a concussion.

I can handle ones with a single loop-de-loop, but no more than that, and none that send you upside-down while twisting. They look like loads of fun, but it's no fun when you need to spend an hour recovering from the nausea.

 

[BobG]

Why would that be? I bet the survivability rate is a lot better than mounting the Annapurna

Better than shooting the rapids in the Royal Gorge, for that matter. (That's why I'm also afraid of the water.)

]http://www.adventureblog.org/images/royal-gorge-river-rafting_45.jpg

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

That's not a coaster, that's a log flume ride.

A healthy pine tree, growing on the side of a mountain, is cut down in its youth. Its limbs are severed and the corpse is dropped onto a watery sliding board called a flume. When it gets to the bottom, someone stabs it with a tong and drags it over to a lathe which whittles it down to a toothpick just in time for the next log to get tonged. I am not jealous of the tree. I do not feel the urge to go down the flume with it. Besides, I can't stand that feeling of falling. The Ferris Wheel is enough of a white-knuckle ride and a little bit of that goes a long way with me.