Guest rcfreak339 Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 Hey! Is anybody else going to the park tommarow? Im going alone but I would like if someone else could maybe hangout and ride some rides... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin_M17 Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 Hey! Is anybody else going to the park tommarow? Im going alone but I would like if someone else could maybe hangout and ride some rides... Hey, I'm going with a group of like six people. Although one likes to chicken out on most rides. Feel free to join us if you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rcfreak339 Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 Awsome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masonguy21 Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 I unfortunatly will be working at the park sat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rcfreak339 Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 i just want someone to hangout with! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin_M17 Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 i just want someone to hangout with! Well, we'll be there around 9:30AM. Probably running to Firehawk first like everyone else in the park XD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 Nope. Some of us follow the rules of the park, which include no running. If you fall, will you sue the park? If you knock some nice little old lady down, will she sue the park and you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin_M17 Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 Nope. Some of us follow the rules of the park, which include no running. If you fall, will you sue the park? If you knock some nice little old lady down, will she sue the park and you? Wow, somebody seems moody >.< But no, after three years of HS track, soon to be four, I've learned how to avoid doing both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 No, I am not moody. Running IS against the park's rules. For whatever reason, Cedar Fair seems to enforce that about as well as the rules against smoking except in designated areas. Falls are the number one cause of injury in parks, and most occur getting in and out of rides or on midways. And regardless of what you say, at any time that nice little old lady can appear from nowhere and step right in front of you. BLAM! Allowing guests to run on midways, particularly at opening is one of my three biggest park behavior pet peeves...the other two being: a. allowing, encouraging and even contributing to the constant bounce, bounce, bounce of basketballs in the parks and b. equipping games operators with microphones and not instructing them not to try to swallow the mike while speaking...so you get loud and annoying versions of Charlie Brown's teacher in your ears as you walk down the midways... Remember, peeves are minor annoyances. Of course, safety is of paramount importance...and running violates even that. Guest comfort and convenience also ranks highly, and running annoys many, many guests... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin_M17 Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 No, I am not moody. Running IS against the park's rules. For whatever reason, Cedar Fair seems to enforce that about as well as the rules against smoking except in designated areas. Falls are the number one cause of injury in parks, and most occur getting in and out of rides or on midways. And regardless of what you say, at any time that nice little old lady can appear from nowhere and step right in front of you. BLAM! Allowing guests to run on midways, particularly at opening is one of my three biggest park behavior pet peeves...the other two being: a. allowing, encouraging and even contributing to the constant bounce, bounce, bounce of basketballs in the parks and b. equipping games operators with microphones and not instructing them not to try to swallow the mike while speaking...so you get loud and annoying versions of Charlie Brown's teacher in your ears as you walk down the midways... Remember, peeves are minor annoyances. Of course, safety is of paramount importance...and running violates even that. Guest comfort and convenience also ranks highly, and running annoys many, many guests... Well, unfortunately there isn't a whole lot that can be done about any of the three. People don't want to wait in long lines for rides like Firehawk and FoF, so they will undoubtedly run to the back of the park, ignoring any security guard who tries to stop them on the way (Not happened to me yet, but maybe today?). As far as the basketballs go, you give a child a toy and he/she WILL want to play with it. Since there is no rule posted against bouncing the basketballs there is no way to make it stop other than hoping the parents of the child in question will do something about it. And the game operators...Not much I can say about them since I go to school with and/or I'm friends with a good portion of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 Notice that on all three topics, I have noted it is the park not doing much, if anything, about the situations that I find most annoying. But if those are the biggest problems I see in any park, the park is doing fairly well indeed. Unfortunately, at least at some parks, those are not the most serious problems I see. And of those three peeves, one can have serious, immediate consequences. Some day it will...and the parks' abject refusal to even try to contain the morning stampede may well come back to haunt them. There are parks where this is not allowed to occur. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast1979 Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 Nope. Some of us follow the rules of the park, which include no running. If you fall, will you sue the park? If you knock some nice little old lady down, will she sue the park and you? Wow, somebody seems moody >.< But no, after three years of HS track, soon to be four, I've learned how to avoid doing both. Interp is always like that! If you learn that he never really gets angry and has good intentions in his posts, he can be quite informative! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin_M17 Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 Anyway, back on topic, I'll be there today Rcfreak. I'm wearing khaki cargo pants, a Nirvana tee shirt...I have black hair and a "Carpe Diem" tattoo on my left arm. If you happen to see me come over and say hey and we'll ride a few rides XD Hope to see you later. Well everyone, I'm out of here. Expect a TR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 Interp is always like that! If you learn that he never really gets angry and has good intentions in his posts, he can be quite informative! Oh, I can get very angry. At things like ride operators not enforcing or following safety rules, parks not following manufacturer's recommendations for safety, employees not following legal guidelines, statutes and regulations, etc. But things posted on a website? That rarely, if ever, makes me angry. And hopefully, my intentions are always good. But, I'm human, and to err is human. Millennium Force the tallest B and M, anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin_M17 Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 Notice that on all three topics, I have noted it is the park not doing much, if anything, about the situations that I find most annoying. But if those are the biggest problems I see in any park, the park is doing fairly well indeed. Unfortunately, at least at some parks, those are not the most serious problems I see. And of those three peeves, one can have serious, immediate consequences. Some day it will...and the parks' abject refusal to even try to contain the morning stampede may well come back to haunt them. There are parks where this is not allowed to occur. Honestly I've never seen a rule against running enforced in any park I've been in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast1979 Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 ^I've heard that you're not allowed to run, and people have told me not to run (Running out of The Beast Station to get right back on), but I don't think I've ever seen anyone get busted for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 Believe it or not, at Paramount's Kings Dominion, the rule was rigidly enforced when Volcano was new. And then, suddenly, long before the Cedar Fair sale, it no longer was. Probably a short sighted money, staffing thing. Six Flags New England also rigidly enforced it when Superman: Ride of Steel was new. Disney can be hit or miss, with more miss in enforcement from what I have seen of late. And small family parks have less of a problem with this, for obvious reasons, having fewer "spectaculars." (Spectaculars is the carny word for large, eye attracting thrill attraction). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastersRZ Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 Yep, I called you out Interpreter on the B&M and Millenium Force thing. It is amazing how many people will run. Even at Coney, we will have people run down the exit ramp at the Rock O Planes to get back in line, when the line is only about five minutes long. It is usually kids in the 8-18 range that run. But it is amazing how many of them don`t understand the concept of "Walk, don`t run please" when you shout at them as they parade down the exit ramp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 As a sweet little old lady friend of mine said about twenty years ago, as one gets older than 18, one begins to resent the little whippersnappers who can run to the coasters! Seriously, that was nearly twenty years ago, she was probably 75 at the time, and we rode many, many coasters together. That woman was a gem. I miss her terribly, and only hope I am as able to ride, and to enjoy life, as she was up until almost her very end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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