What's the craziest thing to ever happen to you on a ride?

[Turbo]

just from track roughness?

Turbo wrote:

just from track roughness?

Not entirely sure to be honest; I was 10, so I don't remember too well. Given my age, my lapbar probably did not fit as well as it should've.

Turbo wrote:

TTD03 wrote:

^^ and ^ That sounds awesome!

Was truthfully one of the most intense experiences I've ever had on a roller coaster.

Was the most random, I don't know what's happening, flipping, high g-force, free fall, just random mess, amazing, I usually just enjoy the ride, but here I was breathing hard! I actually got scared! I was great. To bad they don't let the ride leave so unbalanced anymore.

[Turbo]

it really is too bad. Glad I did it though, one of my most memorable experiences on a roller coaster.

Maybe they'll let you do it on Insane at Grona Lund still. Anyone up for testing that theory?

OH! I just remembered! One day, last year, I was at Holiday World and my girlfriend didn't feel like riding The Legend so she sat out. So I was a single rider waiting in what was walk on crowd and this kid walks up behind me and just stands there. You have to be 54" to ride the coasters at HW and he was clearly about 6-10 inches under the requirement. I eyeballed him as the operator went by with the measuring pole. He was definitely under. So I go and sit down thinking I was going to have an empty seat next to me, and i turn around after handing my bag over to the operator to store in a locker and this kid is already in the seat, buckled with the lap bar down. I then proceeded to do the same and then thought to myself about the safety of this kid on this ride. So, I called over to the operator and asked about remeasuring the kid and he looked down at the kid and said, "He's fine." Walked off and never gave it a second thought. I was horrified. Here come's the kicker. I finally look at him and say, "Have you rode this before?" He looks at the ground of the car and said something inaudible and I looked at his wrist and he was wearing a "Autism Speaks" bracelet. Which scared me even more that his parents might not know where he is if he had a disability. As I'm sitting there horrified, pulling out of the station, I asked him again to clarify. He finally looked me dead in the eyes and said nothing and looked down again. As we started rounding towards the top of the lift, my instinct kicked in because I just gave the kid one more glance and realized his lap bar wasn't even close to touching him. I reached over and held this kid down in his seat with all my might and had my arm around him. i probably freaked the kid out, but I couldn't let this kid be hurt or killed. After the ride pulled back into the station, I had never been more furious. As a former employee, this is never even remotely acceptable. I got off steaming and asked to speak to a supervisor. I told her what happened and the careless mistakes they failed to correct as ride operators and let's just say I never saw those high school kids operating those rides again.

[Turbo]

good, they shouldn't have been there anyway

[TTD03]

Turbo wrote:

TTD03 wrote:

^^ and ^ That sounds awesome!

Was truthfully one of the most intense experiences I've ever had on a roller coaster.

Same, I've never had another ride with such G's as that one!

KrazyKoasterKid wrote:

Given how bad it used to be, this isn't too crazy, but I cracked a rib in the tunnel on the old Rattler at SFFT.

Ouch :/

Rickrollercoaster wrote:

OH! I just remembered! One day, last year, I was at Holiday World and my girlfriend didn't feel like riding The Legend so she sat out. So I was a single rider waiting in what was walk on crowd and this kid walks up behind me and just stands there. You have to be 54" to ride the coasters at HW and he was clearly about 6-10 inches under the requirement. I eyeballed him as the operator went by with the measuring pole. He was definitely under. So I go and sit down thinking I was going to have an empty seat next to me, and i turn around after handing my bag over to the operator to store in a locker and this kid is already in the seat, buckled with the lap bar down. I then proceeded to do the same and then thought to myself about the safety of this kid on this ride. So, I called over to the operator and asked about remeasuring the kid and he looked down at the kid and said, "He's fine." Walked off and never gave it a second thought. I was horrified. Here come's the kicker. I finally look at him and say, "Have you rode this before?" He looks at the ground of the car and said something inaudible and I looked at his wrist and he was wearing a "Autism Speaks" bracelet. Which scared me even more that his parents might not know where he is if he had a disability. As I'm sitting there horrified, pulling out of the station, I asked him again to clarify. He finally looked me dead in the eyes and said nothing and looked down again. As we started rounding towards the top of the lift, my instinct kicked in because I just gave the kid one more glance and realized his lap bar wasn't even close to touching him. I reached over and held this kid down in his seat with all my might and had my arm around him. i probably freaked the kid out, but I couldn't let this kid be hurt or killed. After the ride pulled back into the station, I had never been more furious. As a former employee, this is never even remotely acceptable. I got off steaming and asked to speak to a supervisor. I told her what happened and the careless mistakes they failed to correct as ride operators and let's just say I never saw those high school kids operating those rides again.

Now, me being in high school, I see where those kids are coming from, but that's no excuse for what they did. I do plan to be a ride op some day and I would never be as irresponsible as those kids.

One time I was at a waterpark and I went on one of those inner tube slides, I was either pushed or turned backwards, and at the bottom I fell over and under the water and drowned, and when I got out from under, I smelled vomit for the rest of the time even tho I didn't vomit at all.
That one little incident is why I will never, ever ride most tube slides again. I'm even more scared of them than something like Deep Water Dive or Verruckt. Not kidding. If there is one of those that's also totally enclosed, that's combining the two biggest evils of waterslides.
I will still ride water coasters tho, and possibly slides with those big rafts.

One time, I was riding boulder dash at Lake Compounce.. And as we were riding, we went over the first hill, and then I got hit in the eye by an acorn! Or something, Idk, But It hurt. I had to go to the hospital and get 3 stitches because whatever it was, it slashed right below my eyelid.
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At six flags lake george, there's this new ride called Extreme Supernova. It's Basically a mini 'MaXair' where your spinning in a pendulum motion with the seats facing backwards. Anyways, I got my auntie to go on, and well.. We started good, then about half way through she started vomiting everywhere. And because the seats were outwards, it was literally a shower of vomit in every direction.

[Paradox]

I was on Acrophobia at SFOG and this lady sits next to me. I asked her how the ride was and she started hyperventilating and said "I don't know, I haven't been on this ride in 10 years because I promised God I would never ride it again but He dragged me back on it!" Her husband, who was sitting next to her was laughing very loudly and so did I because it was hilarious and just so no one gets upset over religious issues, I will just say that I am an Atheist so I found it funny and if you don't that is your opinion.

Also, I was riding Bizarro at SFNE with my friend and his brother. I look in front of me on the lift hill and some kid pukes off the side of the ride into the river.

I climbed up this thing, which was kinda crazy/stupid:

[Coasterkidmwm]

Freddie wins

Rickrollercoaster wrote:

OH! I just remembered! One day, last year, I was at Holiday World and my girlfriend didn't feel like riding The Legend so she sat out. So I was a single rider waiting in what was walk on crowd and this kid walks up behind me and just stands there. You have to be 54" to ride the coasters at HW and he was clearly about 6-10 inches under the requirement. I eyeballed him as the operator went by with the measuring pole. He was definitely under. So I go and sit down thinking I was going to have an empty seat next to me, and i turn around after handing my bag over to the operator to store in a locker and this kid is already in the seat, buckled with the lap bar down. I then proceeded to do the same and then thought to myself about the safety of this kid on this ride. So, I called over to the operator and asked about remeasuring the kid and he looked down at the kid and said, "He's fine." Walked off and never gave it a second thought. I was horrified. Here come's the kicker. I finally look at him and say, "Have you rode this before?" He looks at the ground of the car and said something inaudible and I looked at his wrist and he was wearing a "Autism Speaks" bracelet. Which scared me even more that his parents might not know where he is if he had a disability. As I'm sitting there horrified, pulling out of the station, I asked him again to clarify. He finally looked me dead in the eyes and said nothing and looked down again. As we started rounding towards the top of the lift, my instinct kicked in because I just gave the kid one more glance and realized his lap bar wasn't even close to touching him. I reached over and held this kid down in his seat with all my might and had my arm around him. i probably freaked the kid out, but I couldn't let this kid be hurt or killed. After the ride pulled back into the station, I had never been more furious. As a former employee, this is never even remotely acceptable. I got off steaming and asked to speak to a supervisor. I told her what happened and the careless mistakes they failed to correct as ride operators and let's just say I never saw those high school kids operating those rides again.

Given that Holiday World has a strict zero-tolerance policy with safety, that may be something they'd be interested in hearing about. That said, Legend as well as the other coasters there have a 48" requirement which is standard for PTCs. The only ride I know of running PTCs that is 54" is Riverside Cyclone.

Doi! I knew I forgot to change it back to 48". Out of all things to forget.

[TTD03]

Freddie wrote:

I climbed up this thing, which was kinda crazy/stupid:

Yeaaaa, not the smartest idea

^
Yeah but I would've done the same thing. Lol

[TTD03]

^ I would not have