EC! Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 Pretty much what it says on the tin. Mine Is Detonator, still gives me many, many butterflys in the queueline! So which scares you the most? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 None Although at a push, Wild Mouse at Blackpool Pleasure Beach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inferno Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 Good idea for a thread I agree with Detonator - the wait at the top is so tense. All drop towers freak me out, but Detonator is the worst (or best, depends how you look at it!) Still get nervous every time. In terms of actually being scared though - as in "oh my god am I actually going to survive this thing", it would have to be either the Wild Mouse at Blackpool, or the Bomb Bay at Wet 'n' Wild Orlando. Coaster 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 Another vote for Blackpool's Wild Mouse, with the second half of Ultimate a honourable mention... Although most rides these days don't tend to scare me, Top Thrill Dragster certainly un-nerved me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 The only individual ride I can think of that I really unnerves me to the point I sometimes struggle to enjoy it is Samurai. The forces on those restraints that have no visible back up are huge, and the restraints have a lateral movement in them that was not there a decade ago and just feels wrong to me, they should be solid as a rock like they used to be. That coupled with the parking problems which suggests the ride doesn't really know where it is any more (which is quite important when you look at the angles involved and what it could do if it got it wrong) make me slightly relieved every time it is over. I am of course not suggesting it is unsafe, but I don't trust it as far as I could throw it, and it could throw me a long way. I am always slightly uneasy on indoor rides where I am restrained to the extent I couldn't get out if I really wanted to. At some point everything burns in the end you know. As I get older more things go through my mind about things like; the huge forces on components on rides, metal fatigue, the thousands of individual parts there often are to fail, the millions of cycles they have done, the mistake an engineer can make under pressure to get something open, the Intamin stamp of manufacture, the fact that I am likely to be the heaviest thing the ride has encountered in a while so if it is ready to go I may just tip it to breaking point etc etc. Mostly though I just find that stuff interesting and it doesn't affect my enjoyment of the rides at the time. Inferno and SteveJ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 Actually I forgot about Extreme Force at Flambards!Pluk, the restraint movement on Samurai is nothing like that of Extreme Force - it's horrific! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted November 28, 2013 Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 The following rides are still scary for me, Samurai, the ride goes all over the place and you don't know what direction you're going in Rush, It's scary at the top as it feels like you're going too all out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider Posted November 30, 2013 Report Share Posted November 30, 2013 The scariest ride I can remember is G-Force at Drayton Manor. That chain lift around the loop is horrific, but made worse by the lap bar restraints. I have never felt so vividly like I was going to fall out of a ride! And there's nothing to hold on to either! I went on it again, though, I just chose the back row, where you are pulled round the top of the loop much quicker. Still horrible though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted November 30, 2013 Report Share Posted November 30, 2013 The scariest ride I can remember is G-Force at Drayton Manor. That chain lift around the loop is horrific, but made worse by the lap bar restraints. I have never felt so vividly like I was going to fall out of a ride! And there's nothing to hold on to either! I went on it again, though, I just chose the back row, where you are pulled round the top of the loop much quicker. Still horrible though. Really? I thought it was brilliant, I went over the loop with my hands dangling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted November 30, 2013 Report Share Posted November 30, 2013 My one fear with G-Force is that I'll come off with a crushed windpipe... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted November 30, 2013 Report Share Posted November 30, 2013 My one fear with G-Force is that I'll come off with a crushed windpipe... I find that leaving a bit of room between you and the bar and holding it up until you have got onto the lift (so that it doesn't close on that first slope) really helps. Plus you get hangtime over the loop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imagineer Posted December 1, 2013 Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 Dinosaur at Animal Kingdom. Cry like a baby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted December 1, 2013 Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 Furios Baco at PA - I'm not sure if it was I was terrified of what was about to happen but the Launch on that thing was incredible and scared me every time - well worth the head banging after for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han30 Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 There are several rides that I have been on this year and vowed never to do again - these being Stealth, Samurai and Rush, but I have come to love all 3 of them. After my very first ride on Stealth I was shaking and close to tears and, up until the Stealth ice cream photo shoot it was the only coaster that really scared me - having ridden it 39 times this year it no longer scares me but that doesn't take away the fact it is a brilliant coaster. There is only really one answer for this and that is.....DETONATOR. I hadn't ridden it before this year but got encouraged to go on on my first trip to TP - I was surprising chilled out and really enjoyed it. Second ride I panicked a bit and my third and final ride I was almost in tears. The thing I hate is going up to the top then when it stops. If I could click my fingers and be at the top for just a split second before the drop I would be fine because I quite enjoy the drop - it's just the hanging around I can't handle, especially when my anxiety kicks in. So yeah.....out of rides I have ridden, Detonator is my answer. From rides I haven't ridden I would say Slammer - I don't trust those restraints at all and it looks like an uncomfortable ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 As Mark should remember, I cannot to Detonator at all. I will not do drop towers. Just no. Never. Only in exceptional circumstances. Other than that, any ride really that looks unsafe etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 Classic. Dan9 and Benin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 And if we hadn't forced that situation, we may have never have seen Emilie de Forestier live... Just goes to show that sometimes, facing your fears makes your life better... Unless it involves spiders... Although, that was technically a Shot Tower rather than a Drop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 There is only really one answer for this and that is.....DETONATOR. I hadn't rIdden it before this year but got encouraged to go on on my first trip to TP - I was surprising chilled out and really enjoyed it. Must have been my soothing words that got you through it! Just before we got on I did think you might just collapse on the floor and die instead by the look on your face! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 Classic. I was basically crying XD and Benin, anything that drops! Even that kid one we went on at Tivoli as well XD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han30 Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 Must have been my soothing words that got you through it! Just before we got on I did think you might just collapse on the floor and die instead by the look on your face! I never thought I would see the day when I would ride Detty and anyone that could get me on that deserves a pint or 7 (pluk)! - I remember many times watching my sister going on it and thinking she must be mad! All of my rides on Detonator I have got off and wanted to go straight back on again, but having not ridden it for a while, I genuinely don't think I could ever do it again. The audio that they played for FN left people up the top for far longer than I would personally like! Drop rides (well the idea of them) have always scared me as I have a fear of falling - but having ridden Detonator I have since done Magma at Paultons Park, Skydrop at Adventure Island and that drop ride thang at The London Dungeons - although NONE of them are half as bad as they are free fall. Was watching a vid of Lex Luthor Drop of Doom and my face was a bit :O - just, no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 For me anything that consists of a vertical slide where you are not not strapped in at all and you just allow the earths natural forces to do their work leaves me panicking. Only time on a ride you'll hear a genuine scream from me as some people heard at oakwood. Might have somethin to do with as a kid on those things I really banged my head quite severely and it REALLY hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC! Posted December 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 For me anything that consists of a vertical slide where you are not not strapped in at all and you just allow the earths natural forces to do their work leaves me panicking. Only time on a ride you'll hear a genuine scream from me as some people heard at oakwood. Might have somethin to do with as a kid on those things I really banged my head quite severely and it REALLY hurt. And this is the footage of Peaj genuinely screaming on said ride in Oakwood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 Whilst on the subject of Oakwood, I've just remembered Waterfall. That's the only ride anywhere that I won't go on. I used to go on it when I was younger, but I won't anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC! Posted December 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 Whilst on the subject of Oakwood, I've just remembered Waterfall. That's the only ride anywhere that I won't go on. I used to go on it when I was younger, but I won't anymore. Yeah jaymie peaj's friend fell off it! Total comedy gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 I've been thinking, I can't think of any ride that currently frighten me. I used to get a bit of a 'feeling' at the top if Detonator, and it's only recently (past season or two) that I've been able to go on it without having to hold on. Apart from on my first go, it's never actually scared me though. The only other ride I can think of that's actually scared me is Oblivion; even then, that was more the build up due to the excellent queue line videos. So yeah, there's no rides which scare me actually. I guess that's a product of not having done many rides though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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