Guests Say The Darnest Things

[Oldiesmann]

And the Six Flags official mascot unofficial song, We Like To Party used to be frequently played there, and the Six Flags dance party favorite Cotton Eyed Joe used to be a train regular.

In an effort to get even, Great Adventure used to play Paramount Gate Music on Dream Street until noon and featured Maverick's theme song about getting those doggies rollin' in Rolling Thunder's station.

"Cotton Eye Joe" still is a regular song on the train.

[XGatorHead 8904]

Woman pointing to the building behind The Great Pumpkin Coaster: "That used to be 'it's a small world.'"

Um, yeah... not quite. Boat ride that took you past various scenes while playing a song that would get stuck in your head, yes, but that's about where the similarities end. And no Mary Blair or Sherman Brothers on Enchanted Voyage, or Smurfs' Enchanted Voyage.

[The Interpreter]

And no Monster Mansion or Plantation or anything like that, either.

[XGatorHead 8904]

What is it with me being in Planet Snoopy and overhearing comments about Enchanted Voyage?

Yesterday in front of Flying Ace Aerial Chase, Mrs. Gator and I heard a grandfather say to his grandson, " Let's go ride the Smurf boat ride next."

[The Interpreter]

Somehow, I doubt that ended well. How old was the grandson? (Please don't say 26).

[silver2005]

Every time I've been to Cedar Point, more specifically in line for Wicked Twister and Magnum for some reason, I get people pointing out and insisting that Lake Erie is really the ocean.

[TheCrypt]

I talked to a man who defined himself as a "real coaster nut" this afternoon in line for Flight of Fear. Apparently, Flight of Fear used to go 70 mph, but someone got hurt in the first season and the park reduced the launch speed to "45 or something like that."

On the charter bus to Kings Island for our school trip today, I overheard a guy with a huge ego saying "Yeah on Mountain Space at Disney World it's pitch black and you go like 75 miles an hour. Then there's this Space Mission thing at Epcot..."

[Oldiesmann]

Someone on Surf Dog this morning referred to the ride as "like the ship, only better". I don't know if they were referring to Viking Fury or Zamperla's "Rockin' Tug" ride, but I thought it was a rather random comment (SD is definitely better than a Rockin' Tug, at least for those who want thrill. I'm not sure how they can say it's "like" Viking Fury though).

[emileeee]

Waiting in line for Diamondback the other day, something caused a delay and they had to run a few empty trains. Someone in line said, "What if it hit a deer!" I really hope they were being sarcastic.

[thedevariouseffect]

Cedar Point:

Magnum Force

Ocean Erie

Millenia Force

Does corkscrew go upside down

Deaths at CP

Magnum is rough because it's made of wood

This job has made me loose faith in humanity

[jdawg1998]

I saw a YouTube comment on an Expedition Everest POV that went something like: "My friend told me this went upside down in the dark part, I rode it and didn't feel any. Is this true?"

The reason I feel this is worthy of Guests Say The Darnest Things is because I don't understand why whenever a ride has a dark part (BLSC), people assume it goes upside down...

[kblanken]

This job has made me loose faith in humanity

Was it a guest that said that at the park?

[Vortex]

Yeaster day while on the blue Racer kid behind me points to the access road and tells me they started building a new path for x-base.

Me: really those roads don't look new.

Kid: kid it is true was on KICentral.

[Oldiesmann]

Yesterday I heard some kids exiting Racer saying that Adventure Express is lame. The ending might be seen as such, but the ride itself is actually quite fun.

[TheCrypt]

"No. The park is open until midnight on weekends now."

[Oldiesmann]

We can dream can't we?

[SonofBaconator]

Kid in line for flight deck talking to his friend

Kid's Friend: "what's being built ontop of The Beast?"

Kid: "some roller coaster called a giggy coaster called mammoth"

Kid's friend: "gigity"

Me: *slaps forehead*

[TTD-120-420]

Was at Alpengiest yesterday and a lady asked me if the ride was an upside down water ride.

I asked her if those really existed.

She thought Alpengiest (a B&M like Raptor) connected with the log flume that is under the coaster.

[XGatorHead 8904]

Somehow, I doubt that ended well. How old was the grandson? (Please don't say 26).

The grandson was probably about 4-5 years old.

[coasterfanatic83]

Today while walking in Oktoberfest I hear, "Which one is Millennium?"

[The Interpreter]

I heard a guy Sunday ask atop the Eiffel Tower where Beast was...at Kings Dominion!

[TTD-120-420]

I was going to get a water during work and a young international worker asked the cashier for water. The cashier asked:

"Do you want bottled water or a free cup of water?"

The international worker replied:

"How much is a free cup of water?"

[rsipus13]

^ he/she might have not heard "free" but its still funny. Well rereading that he asked how much the free cup was? Still funny, but how do you do that?

[calakapepe]

"The Racer doesn't have a backwards one anymore because too many people got hurt, so they turned it around."

[CharleyTheDinosaur]

Cousin- "Someone died on Flight Deck. The car got stuck upside down and someone slipped out"

Me- "No that was Flight Commander. That was a completely different ride that hasn't been there for 20 years"

Cousin- "That's what it used to be called. They renamed it after that kid died. It's the bluish grey one that swings all over the place"

I just let him think he was right so he would repeat that story to someone else and sound like an idiot again.

[Oldiesmann]

You should have let him ride on Flight Deck so he'd realize that it doesn't even come close to going upside down

[XGatorHead 8904]

Here's one for guests outside the park say the "darnest" things...

I went to Office Depot yesterday to get a tally counter for Coasting for Kids. The guy that showed me where they were located asked if I was taking attendance. I told him that I was using it to keep track of my number of rides and explained Coasting for Kids. He asked if we have to get off after every lap and get back in line, I told him no, we stay on the train. I went on to say that I got 96 laps on Racer last year, and those that stayed on the whole time had about 113.

He said "I don't see what's so impressive about that. The real challenge would be to see how many times you can ride with getting back in line each time." When he said that, I'm thinking "Excuse me? 96 laps, the equivalent of 62 miles (or 113 laps / 73 miles) isn't impressive?!?!?" But in the interest of being polite, I bit my tongue.

He then went on to ask "How much do you know about the coasters there?" I replied, "Quite a bit." He said "The only rides I can ride there any more are Racer and Beast. I have steel rods in my back, and all the other rides have magnetic brakes, so they pull on my rods and I don't feel good afterwards. But that's why there are signs about medical conditions, but I ignored them. I rode Drop Tower once, and I wasn't right for a week and a half after. I can only ride the rides that still have friction brakes: Racer and Beast."

My mind starts going at it again, thinking "Ugh.... Racer and Beast have had magnetic brakes for years! How can I escape quickly to the register?" I just politely said "Oh, yeah," and headed towards the register.

[TheCrypt]

"Hey! Lets go ride that Xtreme Skyflower thing!"

[Oldiesmann]

Here's one for guests outside the park say the "darnest" things...

I went to Office Depot yesterday to get a tally counter for Coasting for Kids. The guy that showed me where they were located asked if I was taking attendance. I told him that I was using it to keep track of my number of rides and explained Coasting for Kids. He asked if we have to get off after eevry lap and get back in line, I told him no, we stay on the train. I went on to say that I got 96 laps on Racer last year, and those that stayed on the whole time had about 113.

He said "I don't see what's so impressive about that. The real challenge would be to see how many times you can ride with getting back in line each time." When he said that, I'm thinking "Excuse me? 96 laps, the equivalent of 62 miles (or 113 laps / 73 miles) isn't impressive?!?!?" But in the interest of being polite, I bit my tongue.

He then went on to ask "How much do you know about the coasters there?" I replied, "Quite a bit." He said "The only rides I can ride there anymore are Racer and Beast. I have steel rods in my back, and all the other rides have magnetic brakes, so they pull on my rods and I don't feel good afterwards. But that's why there are signs about medical conditions, but I ignored them. I rode Drop Tower once, and I wasn't right for a week and a half after. I can only ride the rides that still have friction brakes: Racer and Beast."

My mind starts going at it again, thinking "Ugh.... Racer and Beast have had magnetic brakes for years! How can I escape quickly to the register?" I just politely said "Oh, yeah," and headed towards the register.

Let's hope that guy doesn't plan on visiting Kings Island again anytime soon. Funny how he referred to it as Drop Tower even though Beast and Racer have had magnetic brakes far longer than that ride has been known as Drop Tower.

[jasonondropzone]

Every time I've been to Cedar Point, more specifically in line for Wicked Twister and Magnum for some reason, I get people pointing out and insisting that Lake Erie is really the ocean.

When I went to Cleveland a couple years ago, I kept calling Lake Erie the ocean, and then they'd laugh and I'd realize what I said. West Virginia is boring, fairly empty except for a few rivers an small lakes. FUN FACT: The New River is known as that because it was on of the later discovered rivers, although studies find that it's very ancient.