Posted August 8, 20169 yr comment_239649 Yeah this exists on TowersTimes but also I don't care. Not sure if this goes here or nonsense, but stuff you overhear at parks. On Monorail: *Points at Galactica* "That's Air!" *Points at Nemesis* "Oh wait no, that's Air." I wonder if this guy had any trouble finding the entrance for Air. Worst thing is he was at least 18 and was taking some people there for the first time. He also claimed a boy fell out of Nemesis. Later that day on death tra- skyride: (Let's call him Bob) "Oh that's the log flume! Is it open, I couldn't find it on the map..." (Someone else in his group) "Does it f... look like it's open" About one of the ducks atop the showers after the drop: "Is that the giant 30ft duck you were talking about" (Bob): "No its indoors and it jumps out at you" At the end, when the audio starts again for some reason (Bob) "Yeah, you just said all this" (made me chuckle for some reason
August 9, 20169 yr comment_239653 ”I am not riding any coasters, especially not that Smler, I like my legs and so did you last night” Overheard on that monorail, girl to bloke around same time. Oh and the classic: Wife: what ride is this? Son: That's bubbleworks. Me: LOL Five mins later... Wife: why is there bat shaped signs everywhere? And is that dracula playing the organ? I though bubleworks was a kiddie ride?
August 9, 20169 yr comment_239657 "Colossus has 10 corkscrews" "Stealth shoots you off at 60 miles an hour" "Stealth shoots you off at 100 miles an hour"
August 9, 20169 yr comment_239658 "Log flume is closed because 2 cars crashed on it" (start of this season stood next to the bilboards saying SW8 coming soon. spoken by a lady in her 20's with a london accent)
August 9, 20169 yr comment_239660 When they have queued under it for up to 90 minutes, on Stealth saying "is that it then?" ( I did suggest to someone once that it used to go down the M3 until complaints from drivers - gullible types about)
August 9, 20169 yr Author comment_239678 That same day at Towers - A group in the Congo River Rapids exit "Excuse me, do you know where Duel is?" (I give them directions) "Oh so we just walked past it." (Start to walk away then turn around) "What is Duel?"
August 9, 20169 yr comment_239679 They weren't three young teenage boys were they? one really fat? They were going round asking people where rides were for ****s and giggles on the Tuesday, they made the mistake of asking me twice in an hour where the Nemesis entrance was, while standing outside it, the second time I said same place it was when you asked me an hour ago along with something unrepeatable here beginning f and ending wit, they didn't see the funny side but didn't bother us again.
August 9, 20169 yr comment_239681 The other day walking past Slammer as someone looks up at it. "Is it allowed to do that?? Like seriously?"
August 9, 20169 yr Author comment_239682 3 hours ago, Ian-S said: They weren't three young teenage boys were they? one really fat? They were going round asking people where rides were for ****s and giggles on the Tuesday, they made the mistake of asking me twice in an hour where the Nemesis entrance was, while standing outside it, the second time I said same place it was when you asked me an hour ago along with something unrepeatable here beginning f and ending wit, they didn't see the funny side but didn't bother us again. No I don't think so - I can't remember fully but I think they were the same age but two girls and a boy.
August 9, 20169 yr comment_239699 When you're in a queue for a coaster and someone tells a story about when it was stuck upside-down
August 10, 20169 yr comment_239712 (A group of a man and 3 boys are pushing through the main queue of Swarm) "Sorry, we're fastrack, we're allowed to do this"
August 10, 20169 yr comment_239715 "The Darren Brown rollercoaster is closed because someone fell out" No word of a lie, I heard that one back in May after the first delay. It saddens me how some people are so stupid..
August 10, 20169 yr comment_239717 (Guy in test seat for Saw) "It gets really annoying when someone has this down (pulls down the restraint) and it makes this sound, it really annoys everyone (whilst the sound is going off)" What he did next was annoying, but that's another story for another thread.
August 10, 20169 yr Author comment_239741 Not something I overheard but funny and sad all in one, an elderly couple who had presumably gone to Towers just for the Towers themselves reading the Scarefest preparation sign... I felt so sorry for them but its hard not to laugh... what awful timing.
August 10, 20169 yr comment_239745 At Thorpe park, a teenage girl points at Colossus: 'Hey lets go on Oblivion!' today at Towers, in the Smiler line 'oh yeah all the staff are really big roller coaster enthusiasts, that Shawn bloke has a million subscribers.'
August 10, 20169 yr comment_239746 2 girls sitting behind myself and Ryan on X "I liked it more when it was a maze. They should replace the music with grime." *sings Stormzy the whole way around*
August 11, 20169 yr comment_239755 Queuing for Nemesis Inferno at Thorpe, ride attendant in the booth was obviously a little bored so he puts on a spooky doom voice and says "PREPARE FOR YOUR DOOM UPON NEMESIS INFERNO!!" Many a giggle was shared.. Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk
August 11, 20169 yr Author comment_239829 On Kobra today, a member of staff forgot to step off of the ramp (that moves up and down, forgot what its called) so the air gates shut on his back, George (the best and funniest ride operator ever, who's always on Kobra) goes "Dont test me (his name, couldn't hear properly), don't test me". My mum made a passing comment about how she hates Kobra (only went on it because I needed someone to go on with me) and the member of staff said something to her, cant remember, so George goes "Stop talking (name). Don't test me" the member of staff pretends to throw his pen at him, so then George gets on the mic and repeats himself "Don't test me (name)" The member of staff goes in the ops cabin and shuts the door, the door opens up again and George pushes him out, then shouts at him "You're sacked now! You've done it! Get out of here! Get out of my park!" So the other staff member pretends to walk away sad then turns around and throws his pen for real, the ride ends and George makes the "Your spin is slowly coming to an end" announcement and so the member of staff goes "You know it hasn't stopped yet don't you" so George says "That's why I said slowly. This is why youre sacked". All parks need this lol.
August 13, 20169 yr comment_239882 I'm glad you were entertained, to me they just sound unprofessional
August 13, 20169 yr Author comment_239884 3 hours ago, Tom said: I'm glad you were entertained, to me they just sound unprofessional It was all in good fun, nothing too bad happened. I could have explained it better. Also, one of the most common things I hear is "Are the pandas real?"
August 13, 20169 yr comment_239903 Another one I heard at Towers on Tuesday was a dad to his kids saying 'next coaster should be a really tall one, one you can see for miles away.' There's a reason Nemesis was built in a pit...
August 15, 20169 yr comment_239976 *points at Oblivion* "Come on guys let's go on The Smiler" *other guy points at The Smiler* "Nah, this one is Smiler" "Oh yeah, this one is the Nemesis what someone lost their legs on" And to top it all off, The Smiler was closed anyway..
August 17, 20169 yr Author comment_240136 *Goes to staff* "Where's the entrance for the train ride?" (Safari Skyway)
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