You know you're a coaster geek if...

RCT3rox wrote:

SkyArrow wrote:

You're so much of a geek that your dad takes all of your K'nex coaster parts, lays it out in the yard, and runs over it with a lawn mower while telling you to get a job, and your asshole brother films it and puts it on YouTube.

You got that from that psycho dad series, didn't you?

Yup.

deere839 wrote:

what psycho dad series?

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmJhC17ABwkkBiHSZ3AmHOv4r1wGCfjqN Not all of them are psycho dad.

...when searching for hotels, you always try to find one that has an attached waterpark.

VF15 wrote:

...when searching for hotels, you always try to find one that has an attached waterpark.

not for me I look for a hotel that's walking distance to the park

...you created a thread called "You know you're a coaster geek if..." (That would be me. )

^best one yet

...when you're driving along a highway and see a sign saying "Amusement Park - This Exit", there is an immediate change in plans.

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VF15 wrote:

...when you're driving along a highway and see a sign saying "Amusement Park - This Exit", there is an immediate change in plans.

YES!

[Dirk_Ermen]

VF15 wrote:

...when you're driving along a highway and see a sign saying "Amusement Park - This Exit", there is an immediate change in plans.

That only counts for me when I've got an annual pass from that themepark (group). Otherwise it's pretty expensive.

[TTD03]

^ Lol, but would you really be heading that way for anything else besides that theme park

[Dirk_Ermen]

TTD03 wrote:

^ Lol, but would you really be heading that way for anything else besides that theme park

If you have such themepark density as here in the Netherlands. Yes.

...when there's no one sitting next to you on a ride, you pull down the empty seat's restraint and buckle the seatbelt for the ride ops to help speed up the loading process.

^I do that all the time for kraken since im like only few people in the park that ride it

[Dirk_Ermen]

VF15 wrote:

...when there's no one sitting next to you on a ride, you pull down the empty seat's restraint and buckle the seatbelt for the ride ops to help speed up the loading process.

Yup, that's totally me.

[TTD03]

Dirk_Ermen wrote:

VF15 wrote:

...when there's no one sitting next to you on a ride, you pull down the empty seat's restraint and buckle the seatbelt for the ride ops to help speed up the loading process.

Yup, that's totally me.

Oh yes, and they always thank me for it also

I think most coaster lovers do it but figured out a trick with b&m restraints to be able to do the seat belt and put it down at the same time it may hurt sometimes but I do it anyways

...you show up at the park entrance long before the turnstiles open.

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^ Definitely not guilty. I am always just making it on time.
I can't contain once my excitement so I try to plan it perfectly every time!

^
I'm not guilty either because I normally show up no more than 10 minutes before opening, but there are some people I know that get to the park super early.

Another one:
...when you went on school field trips that required you to drive past an amusement park, driving by the park is the most exciting part of the trip.

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^ Yep me.

When you're really mad you're going on a school trip to Put-in-bay because you have to stare at CP all day Without going.

You major in engineering JUST to become a roller coaster designer. Nothing else.

VF15 wrote:

...you show up at the park entrance long before the turnstiles open.

oh god a few times I show up at seaworld before the sun came out while waiting for the park to open at 10 and there water park too

You listen to your cat purr and you immediately think of the sound of the anti-rollback on a coaster's lift.

deere839 wrote:

VF15 wrote:

...you show up at the park entrance long before the turnstiles open.

oh god a few times I show up at seaworld before the sun came out while waiting for the park to open at 10 and there water park too

You seriously showed up before sunrise for a day at SeaWorld? I wouldn't think the parking lot would be open that early. Besides, there's no way I'd be able to contain my excitement for that long.

[Dirk_Ermen]

...You're in a skype call riding a rollercoaster