Have you ever been scared of going on a coaster?

High roller on the stratosphere sketched me out alot. I just didnt like the stratosphere in general.

Also for some reason i get really spooked on the lift of tatsu. I dont like how your just staring down at the ground.

Originally posted by Real

Scared? No. Nervous? Yes.

Ideally you should NOT be scared. Whats to be scared of? Your chances of dieing or even being hurt are in the billions. Youve got a better chance being in a car accident like 10 times between your house and the park. You are going no where - so the fear is in your head.

Meh, you can say the same thing about nervous... Nervous for what? Nothing is going to go wrong. Right? It's still the same thoughts of 'lack of control' that make you scared or nervous.

I'm always scared!
Not so much on rides I've been on that I like...but if I've never been on a ride I'm most scared that I'm gonna cry when I come off it or half way round screaming 'GET ME OFF!!!'
But on coasters I've already been on, I am petrified on rocket/launch coasters...eg Rita and Stealth that I've been on. And I don't just mean nervous coz that's what the rides are made to do, but I mean petrified about them...and despite really liking the feeling of acceleration in cars before hand(hardly comparable, I know)I know really hate the slightest jerk that takes me by surprise which I guess adds to my scaredness of these coastees (gouldy's driving doesn't help!)

When I first rode sros I was scared because I knew there was once an accident with the restraints. Also my neighbor fell off the roof the night before died. Not only that, but we got stuck on the lift for what felt like 20 minutes but was probably more like ten. I started to feel like luck wasn't on my side or something, but it turned out to be a great ride and the rest of my time at 6 flags was ok.

My first big ride was Tower of Terror at MGM Studios. I was 6 so i cant remember much of it but all i do remember was that i was scared and it was pitch black throughout basically the whole ride. And me dont like pitch black! So yes i do get scared of every coaster i go on. I love to go on things like Nemesis or Colossus (even though i still get nervous) but its things like Stealth or Rita or Oblivion or Rush or Slammer or Detonator. I hate that feeling you get in your stomach when you go down a straight drop. Like Oblivion! I think i dont really like heights either. Mainly because i dont like planes. But ill still go on anything! Even if i have second thoughts. (Touch wood.)

I dont get scared on roller coasters, ive been riding coasters since i was 3, so nothing is really too intimidating. My first ride on Nemesis when i was about 8 and actually too small (my uncle managed to sneak me on once, didnt manage it the second time though [:(]) scared me a bit before hand though.

Shot or Drop towers are way more intimidating to me, and they are the one thing that can really scare me. Dive Machines im fine, i trust B&M, they feel comfy, i can see the track in front of me, thats all good. Its going straight down when you're looking outwards that gets me for some reason. Cliffhanger at Flamingoland first time round really scared me, now im okay. Its the build up of tension i think BEFORE falling/shooting up on a tower ride that gets me. PLUS THE NOISES all add to it, e.g the sound of compressed air tanks on S&S space shots. EEK! But i love them for the fact they still have te cpability to scare me.

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I went on the American Eagle when I was 5 lol. I was VERY scared when it started cresting the hill. Before that I was one of those "run into the line enthusiastically" kids.

People were saying 'are you ok, you look white as a sheet' when I rode Oblivion when it opened I was about 12. These days, some drop towers scare me, but that star flyer at Tivoli Gardens... OMG!!! I was constantly swearing and going ''who came up with this thing!!''

corse every one is still a little scared of coasters, if you wernt you wouldent get the adrenaline surge when on it.

but i think you mean really scared and i must honestly say no not really, no coaster really bothered me and i was never bothered about a coaster untill the day nemesis was opened and that just blew my mind and i have loved them ever since.

When I was 8, we went in Gardaland and I didn't want to ride anything. But then my cousin and my dad dragged me on Magic Mountain, but it didn't end happily, as everyone elses story, becouse I became sick. Then we went on top spin and I was like OMG this is SO cool, and I love to be inverted ever since. Except for on Blue Tornado. I was scared of it since last year...

i nver backed down from a coaster except when i was 7 and i would not ride a vekoma boomerang cause i was sick...not like a good ol boomerang to make the headachego away. but this May i went to SFMM and rode "X" for the first time...i was scared stiff in line but i rode it and it was the best ride i have ever ridden...so i guess i was scared of roller coasters...but i do not back down from them.