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Subject: thrill rides and roller coasters, any fans?

Written By: gord on 04/16/05 at 8:04 pm

Another season is just 2 weeks away at our park 'Canadas Wonderland' :) What theme parks do you go to ?

Subject: Re: thrill rides and roller coasters, any fans?

Written By: jaytee on 04/16/05 at 8:08 pm

I've been to Dreamworld at the Gold Coast.  I love roller coasters and scary rides.  I love to scream my lungs out!!  ;D

Subject: Re: thrill rides and roller coasters, any fans?

Written By: JamieMcBain on 04/16/05 at 8:27 pm

I like roller coasters, just not the upside down ones.

Subject: Re: thrill rides and roller coasters, any fans?

Written By: Apricot on 04/16/05 at 8:47 pm

I can tolerate them.. but I'm not a big thrill man.

Subject: Re: thrill rides and roller coasters, any fans?

Written By: MidKnightDarkness on 04/16/05 at 9:24 pm

I like them...

then I get sick



and find myself riding the bench next to the old people the whole time.

Which is more fun....


cause I like old people.

Their cute, and they smell like mothballs *toothy grin*



~Beth

Subject: Re: thrill rides and roller coasters, any fans?

Written By: NullandVoid on 04/16/05 at 9:25 pm

I love any ride that will mess my head up EXCEPT the slingshot.

Subject: Re: thrill rides and roller coasters, any fans?

Written By: jackas on 04/16/05 at 9:38 pm

I love any kind of roller coaster.  The faster and taller, the better. :D

When I was in Southern Cal we would go to Six Flags Magic Mountain.

There are also some cool roller coasters on the hotels in Las Vegas.

Subject: Re: thrill rides and roller coasters, any fans?

Written By: Kenlos on 04/16/05 at 9:56 pm

I like water thrill rides, but I am not a huge fan of rolller coasters.

Subject: Re: thrill rides and roller coasters, any fans?

Written By: nally on 04/17/05 at 2:54 am


I like roller coasters, just not the upside down ones.

Same here. Actually, I'm not too big of a fan of roller coasters in general, I just don't like the upside down ones. I have been on a few of the many coasters at Six Flags Magic Mountain here in California, including Colossus (which at first I was scared to go on, but I later found it kinda fun).

Subject: Re: thrill rides and roller coasters, any fans?

Written By: Bobby on 04/17/05 at 6:06 am


I like roller coasters, just not the upside down ones.


Same here. I'll never forget 'The Stampida' ride in Peurto Ventura. It is a ricketty one and they are scary, lol. I didn't have the guts to do 'Dragon Khan'.  :-\\  :)

My first upside-down rollercoaster was the backward rollercoaster 'Indiana Jones' at EuroDisney. Very short but glad when it was over, ha ha!  ;D

I passed on the Aerosmith rollercoaster.  ;D

Subject: Re: thrill rides and roller coasters, any fans?

Written By: NullandVoid on 04/17/05 at 7:46 am

The First Roller coaster that I ever rode was "The Cyclone" in Coney Island's Astroland Park. The rollercoaster is over 100 years old but it is SCARY.
On the first drop you feel like you're going to fly out of your seat. My brother(Techno 383) actually almost did one easter, but my mom grabbed him by the shirt. She held on to him from her seat behind us for the whole ride. She had tears in her eyes when we got off.
The coastter still makes this horrible clackety clackety sound but I still can never leave without getting on it.

Subject: Re: thrill rides and roller coasters, any fans?

Written By: CatwomanofV on 04/17/05 at 1:11 pm

Don't care for roller coasters. I like rides that make you dizzy-like the Tilt-A-Whirl or the Scrambler.




Cat

Subject: Re: thrill rides and roller coasters, any fans?

Written By: Alchoholica on 04/17/05 at 1:48 pm

I loved Six Flags.

Here i like to go to Alton Towers and to Blackpool.

Alton Towers has the biggest Vertical Drop, Plus the biggest lay down one.. it has some awesome rides.. Blackpool has 'the Big One' or as it's now called.. The Pepsi Max.. it's exceptionally large.

It has some other excellent rides.

For a small country we have some freakin awesome rides.


Subject: Re: thrill rides and roller coasters, any fans?

Written By: MidKnightDarkness on 04/17/05 at 2:00 pm

I remember the day I willingly followed the creepy old man to Six Flags....





~Beth

Subject: Re: thrill rides and roller coasters, any fans?

Written By: Jennifer028 on 04/21/05 at 10:39 am

We have Six Flags Astroworld here...its ok I go like once a year, but they really need to clean up the place!

Subject: Re: thrill rides and roller coasters, any fans?

Written By: ktelqueen on 04/21/05 at 10:41 am


Don't care for roller coasters. I like rides that make you dizzy-like the Tilt-A-Whirl or the Scrambler.




Cat


you're speakin' my language,Cat  ;)

Subject: Re: thrill rides and roller coasters, any fans?

Written By: CeramicsFanatic on 04/21/05 at 11:42 am


you're speakin' my language,Cat  ;)


And mine!!  ;D

Subject: Re: thrill rides and roller coasters, any fans?

Written By: RockandRollFan on 04/21/05 at 1:07 pm

I never could take those rides...but I bet they'd be easier on my heart than the "Love Rollercoaster" I've been riding the past few years :-\\

Subject: Re: thrill rides and roller coasters, any fans?

Written By: gord on 05/07/05 at 5:18 pm

Just got in from the 1st day of the season at the park, I feel alive after a long winter :) G-forces, whether negative, positive or lateral are a beautiful thing.

Subject: Re: thrill rides and roller coasters, any fans?

Written By: CeramicsFanatic on 05/07/05 at 5:26 pm

I'm rather nervous of heights, so I usually avoid the rollercoaster rides and ships that make you hover upside down!  :o

I do, however, like spinning rides!!  ;D 

Subject: Re: thrill rides and roller coasters, any fans?

Written By: gord on 05/07/05 at 9:03 pm


I'm rather nervous of heights, so I usually avoid the rollercoaster rides and ships that make you hover upside down!  :o

I do, however, like spinning rides!!  ;D   



that's cool Karen, spinning rides rock, well they spin but they rock :)

Subject: Re: thrill rides and roller coasters, any fans?

Written By: Bobby on 05/07/05 at 9:06 pm


awwwww, come on Rob, my son LOVED that one and he was only 7 at the time ;D  The best part is they blast Aerosmith throughout the entire thing ;)


Tee hee. What can I say? I'm a big chicken.  ;D

Subject: Re: thrill rides and roller coasters, any fans?

Written By: CeramicsFanatic on 05/07/05 at 9:17 pm


that's cool Karen, spinning rides rock, well they spin but they rock :)


8) ;)

Subject: Re: thrill rides and roller coasters, any fans?

Written By: Dumb Ass Kid on 05/08/05 at 6:10 am

I used to detest rollercoasters, but now they're great!
I haven't been to many with my family (only a handful), but i've been to a theme park every year with the school. Since yr 7, we've been to Flamingo Land twice, Lightwater Valley and Disneyland Paris. All were really good. I was almost sick after the waltzers on my friend at Flamingo Land, but never mind!  ;D

Subject: Re: thrill rides and roller coasters, any fans?

Written By: whistledog on 10/21/06 at 5:55 pm

The last time I was at a theme park was Grade 12.  My science class went on a class trip to Canada's Wonderland to study how the rides work, but of course once we got there, we never did that :D

I'd never been on a roller coaster before, but one of my classmates convinced me they were fun, so I went on one called the Vortex, and ended up having so much fun, they kicked me out because I wouldn't get off the ride ;D

Subject: Re: thrill rides and roller coasters, any fans?

Written By: Sister Morphine on 10/21/06 at 6:04 pm

I don't "do" theme parks.

Subject: Re: thrill rides and roller coasters, any fans?

Written By: deadrockstar on 10/21/06 at 11:04 pm

I'm not one for rides.

Subject: Re: thrill rides and roller coasters, any fans?

Written By: Gis on 10/22/06 at 4:31 am

I LOVE theme parks and fast rides. the only time I have ever felt ill on one was the spinning teacups at Disney !

Subject: Re: thrill rides and roller coasters, any fans?

Written By: Ashkicksass on 10/23/06 at 9:55 am

I also love roller coasters and rides.  The higher and scarier the better!  :o

Subject: Re: thrill rides and roller coasters, any fans?

Written By: NullandVoid on 10/23/06 at 10:02 am

Oh heck yeah I love anything high, curvy and FAST!!

My parks: Hershey Park, Dorney Park, and Six Flags

Subject: Re: thrill rides and roller coasters, any fans?

Written By: Marty McFly on 10/25/06 at 11:51 pm

I scare pretty easily, but that's the fun of 'em (although I almost threw up last year at the thought of going on the upside down ones). :D

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