Non-Enthusiasts Say The Darndest things...

while in the que for th13teen a few weeks ago

"the drop in the building is well scarey, its like 30 seconds"

I was at sfot and i was in line for pandemonium and these kids in front of me were arguing about how tall rollercoasters at the park were.

Kid 1: Well Titan is at least twice as tall as texas giant and its like 300 feet high.
Kid 2: Titans not 600 feet tall its only like 500.javascript:insertsmilie('[?]')

I laughed my butt off.

when were you at SFOT??

*V2 goes up the back spike...* "Oh look, Yankee Clipper is running!"

Operator on Orbit (Schwarzkopf enterprise): "your seat belts are on the left, they are neon orange" -guest 3 minutes later- "I can't find my seat belt!!!"

Guest standing under the drop of Talon.

"That's not a drop! It doesn't go straight down!"

"But it goes straight up into that loopy thing...so isn't that a drop?"

Originally posted by dmillz

Guest standing under the drop of Talon.



"But it goes straight up into that loopy thing...so isn't that a drop?"

Epic physics fail! I laughed so hard.

Some guy points at Magnum (note the sign is clearly in front of him) and says "Is dat da Milenneummm Forccceeee?"

Today @ SFGAdv

In line for Kingda Ka..."Is this one a wooden coaster?"

^People can be so stupid

I was reading an article about takabisha and these people kept saying, "wow what a fail!! 90 degrees is as steep as it gets!! What noobs!" And "You guys are stupid, there just saying 121 to make it seem amazing really it's only 59." and my personal favorite "That drop isn't 121 degrees, it is clearly 90, thats a pretty insane lift though, you almost go upside down."

*facepalm*

Originally posted by C_Dude

I was reading an article about takabisha and these people kept saying, "wow what a fail!! 90 degrees is as steep as it gets!! What noobs!" And "You guys are stupid, there just saying 121 to make it seem amazing really it's only 59." and my personal favorite "That drop isn't 121 degrees, it is clearly 90, thats a pretty insane lift though, you almost go upside down."

*facepalm*

Was this on a coaster website?

In line for Apocalypse
kid: what's the best part of the ride
dad: the air control of the ride

^LOL!!!!! Wow!!! I didn't realize Apocalypse was built by Freightliner.

*watching the gun show at Knott's*

Kid: When is da big drop???

"You know why you get that funny feeling when you go on Millennium? It's 'cause it has all those extra curly-doo's."

It almost sounds like a poorly-thought-up fake, but I poop you not. It's real.

Ive got two from lake commpounce today.
1.
(in line for boulder dash)
Some tattooed ghetto dude- "wait this the line fo that one?" (points at wildcat like half way across the park)
2.
(in bd station)
This guy is talking to his friends about how the transfer track works (its really obvious it just slides over)- "i think the track drops down in the middle and the car slides over"

I still say the steepest slope you can have is 90*, in response to the comments a few posts up.

^dcs is right. 121 degrees is technically upside-down.

[Coasterkidmwm]

Originally posted by dcs221

I still say the steepest slope you can have is 90*, in response to the comments a few posts up.

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Today @ Waldameer. This was a grown woman talking to her kid and she was NOT trying to help her sound it out, she really was having trouble.

Hunny do you wanna go on the uh...let's see its the Ray-Vine Flyer Eye Eye.
(10 seconds later)
Oh wait its the Ray-Vine Flyer 2 ok...hunny do you wanna go on the Ray-Vine Flyer 2?

Then the ops says enjoy your flight on Ravine Flyer 2 and she says to the kid "Wow that guy running the ride said the name wrong."

[pdie]

From a McGraw Hill book on economics, referring to graphs: "The steepest possible slope is a vertical line. The flattest possible slope is a horizontal line."

Not a great reference, but that's all I could find without wasting too much time. With that said, I did just find a dictionary that said "steepness" could be defined as angle with respect to the plane of the horizon, which could theoretically mean the parks are correct.

However, by their own definition, why is an El Loco steeper than a Screamin' Squirrel? If the curve can't be braked that's not exactly a solid definition, especially considering 4/5 of the El Loco drops are braked. I assume all the flat sections are descending slightly, and those parts aren't braked, so you can't say it isn't a roller coaster...it still picks up speed as it descends down the track. I think parks just want any way to advertise their rides, even if it's false or made up.

dcs... I think you're wrong about the difference between the drop of a Screaming Squirrel and the 90+ degree drops on other coasters.

To me, the Screaming Squirrel changes orientation from the rider rightside-up to upside-down by following a 180 degree curve. Technically, the drop reaches a 90 degree angle before it proceeds to change rider orientation.

Meanwhile, the drops on the El Loco models do not change rider orientation during the drop, so the rider remains rightside-up before and after the drop. Because of this, the drop can advertise itself as a 90+ degree drop...

Idiot #1: "Does this one go upside-down?" (Points to Fahrenheit)

Idiot #2: "No, this is the only one in the park that doesn't."

Me: You f*****g idiots, you're both wrong. [stoning]

Idiots 1&2: O.o
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True story. Happened last summer at Hershey. I had almost forgotten about this one.

People make poop up all the time to advertise.

Did you know that Six Flags Great America is the nation's best waterpark, inside America's best theme park? And we're the world's cleanest theme park, and we have the world's best funnel cakes!

I'm not making this up, they actually advertise this.

This thread annoys me because people who call themselves enthusiasts also make up some of the dumbest crap Ive ever heard.

In fact, some of the most insane and idiotic things I hear coaster related come from people who claim to "know" rather than those who just "dont care". And its a far bigger crime to claim you know and spout off garbage than to be around your friends, all of whom know nothing including yourself and make up tall tales.