IndyGuy4KI Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 With the addition of WS, I was wondering if you plan on changing your ride habits on Racer. I chose No - I choose whichever has the shortest line Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIfan1980 Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 I always seem to go for whichever side is open Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrill_Biscuit Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 The habit I'll change is looking away from the track (very hard for me to do on O&B coasters) to observe this new marvel. Well, until I get used to it, then I'll probably return to ignoring my periphery for my instinctive eye-lock on the track ahead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 My Racer riding habits will probably be changing, and I sure will miss the other side of that scream machine... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coaster_junky Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 i voted "no- i have my favorite side and i always ride it." lucky for me, however, it happens to be the red racer side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browntggrr Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 WindSeeker or no WindSeeker, my habit of sitting down on Racer will continue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted March 16, 2011 Author Share Posted March 16, 2011 I always seem to go for whichever side is open Then that means you are not changing your habit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BavarianBeatle Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 I will prefer Red Racer unless and until I get spat or puked on by a WindSeeker rider.....LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoeter Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 Preferably Red. Last few times I've ridden, Blue Racer wasn't operating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotag Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 (using hippie voice) i dont have a racer habit m-a-n; i dont keep track of that stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
74Gibson Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 ^ LOL My mind's eye saw you in the green wig saying that I love Racer for all that it is. If WindSeeker makes one side better than the other I might frequent it but, I have no idea looking ahead. I think it'll be cool that they're so close though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSaturdayNite Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 No change. Blue Racer all the way! Provided it's open, it has the better looking trains, IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elkman Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 I stick with Blue Racer, it was the faster of the two a day I went last year, in an epic come from behind victory over red racer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selective Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 I will prefer Red Racer unless and until I get spat or puked on by a WindSeeker rider.....LOL I had a thought earlier this week actually.... if it's a federal crime to spit off of the Eiffel Tower because one drop of spit could kill someone from that height, then how will riders with loose articles and riders vomiting on WS be dealt with when it is so close to the Coney Mall strip, The Racer, Action Theater walk way, and The Vortex exit? If one rider dropped just one pinny from a pocket, someone below could be killed. Just to be safe, blue racer for me from now on and I'll be cautions around WS, till I ride WS and see how they handle things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 It is not a Federal crime. It is, as posted, a violation of Ohio law. And that same law applies throughout the park. Nor is that the reason it is a violation of Ohio law. One drop of spit will not kill someone from up there, nor will a penny, as I can sadly personally testify in both instances. Where do you get this stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted March 20, 2011 Author Share Posted March 20, 2011 One drop of spit will not kill someone from up there, nor will a penny, as I can sadly personally testify in both instances. Where do you get this stuff? I am pretty sure this has been debunked on Myth busters as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 Not to mention that after 39 seasons of park operation at Kings Island, exactly no one has died from being hit with an object dropped from the Eiffel Tower. Nor has anyone at Kings Dominion. Is he trying to tell us that no objects made contact with guests? As I have said, I can personally testify that I have been hit, more than once... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coaster_junky Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 i've been hit by change while standing under the first drop of Diamondback, and also while taking pictures of it from the exit of the crypt (it was like a waterfall of coins, clearly the persons change was jarred out of his pocket, then the negative-g's took them on a trip.). neither no where near as high as the Eiffel Tower, but still i was hit and survived. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigacoaster2k Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 ^ LOL My mind's eye saw you in the green wig saying that haha, me too! As for the poll: I'm one of the few masochists who enjoys the blue side, even on a wheel seat. I'll pick that side (if it's open) regardless of the addition of WindSeeker. I like a woodie that throws me around.. hence why Voyage and Georgia Cyclone are on my top 5 wooden coasters.. however, with ridiculously and unnecessarily large woodies like MS or SOB (tomayto tomahto), in the past I have refused to ride anywhere but row 1.. but maybe, just maybe, they will get another chance.. IMO if you can take the beating that Georgia Cyclone gives you, you can pretty much handle any wooden coaster.. I have several friends that refer to it as the Georgia Bruiser, yet somehow it's my #3 woodie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 There was a time when the Cyclone at what was then Riverside (now Six Flags New England) was far more furious than the Georgia Cyclone ever thought of being. And then they raised the first drop. Sigh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 I prefer backwards. I can still ride the ride backwards too! but for some odd reason the people behind me get mad(wait technically they would be in front of me if i was looking at them right?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveStroem Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 I have never worn a habit on a roller coaster, so I guess I can't change what I have never done. :0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveStroem Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 There was a time when the Cyclone at what was then Riverside (now Six Flags New England) was far more furious than the Georgia Cyclone ever thought of being. And then they raised the first drop. Sigh. I never got to ride the SFNE Cyclone in its former profile, but it still is a great airtime machine in the back car. Going over the lift hill you fell like your going to be thrown out of the train. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigacoaster2k Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 I prefer backwards. I can still ride the ride backwards too! but for some odd reason the people behind me get mad(wait technically they would be in front of me if i was looking at them right?) I was at CP one morning and went for the very last row on Magnum, and turned around to face the other way through the entirety of the ride, from lift hill to brake run. That was something else, to ride an Arrow hyper backwards.. you have no idea what's going to happen next, and seeing yourself fly out of a tunnel backwards was pretty cool. Not to mention it jarred me around quite a bit.. those bunny hills got me good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selective Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 It is not a Federal crime. It is, as posted, a violation of Ohio law. And that same law applies throughout the park. Nor is that the reason it is a violation of Ohio law. One drop of spit will not kill someone from up there, nor will a penny, as I can sadly personally testify in both instances. Where do you get this stuff? Yeah, Ohio Law, that's what I meant. Anyway, you should know where I got it from, the employees that ride you up the elevator to the top of the Eiffel Tower. They say no spiting or dropping anything from up there because it's against the law and it could kill someone. To clear this up, it'll have to be taken to the Eiffel Tower department. Perhaps it was a rumor created within their department from a belief without facts to back it up. However, by you saying spitting and dropping stuff from that height is harmless and won't kill anyone, wouldn't you be encouraging people to break the law? If it's against the law, it has to be for safety reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BavarianBeatle Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 It is not a Federal crime. It is, as posted, a violation of Ohio law. And that same law applies throughout the park. Nor is that the reason it is a violation of Ohio law. One drop of spit will not kill someone from up there, nor will a penny, as I can sadly personally testify in both instances. Where do you get this stuff? Yeah, Ohio Law, that's what I meant. Anyway, you should know where I got it from, the employees that ride you up the elevator to the top of the Eiffel Tower. They say no spiting or dropping anything from up there because it's against the law and it could kill someone. To clear this up, it'll have to be taken to the Eiffel Tower department. Perhaps it was a rumor created within their department from a belief without facts to back it up. However, by you saying spitting and dropping stuff from that height is harmless and won't kill anyone, wouldn't you be encouraging people to break the law? If it's against the law, it has to be for safety reasons. Oh yeah, I know that spit from 265 feet can kill me. That's why I don't go out in the rain drops that fall from much higher..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coaster_junky Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 Yeah, Ohio Law, that's what I meant. Anyway, you should know where I got it from, the employees that ride you up the elevator to the top of the Eiffel Tower. They say no spiting or dropping anything from up there because it's against the law and it could kill someone. i've never heard them say in the speil that dropping and item or spitting off the top of the Eiffel Tower would kill someone, if you heard it, someone added it in. i don't see the park trying to induce panic like that. However, by you saying spitting and dropping stuff from that height is harmless and won't kill anyone, wouldn't you be encouraging people to break the law? If it's against the law, it has to be for safety reasons. he never said it was harmless, he just said it wouldn't kill someone, big difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 It is not a Federal crime. It is, as posted, a violation of Ohio law. And that same law applies throughout the park. Nor is that the reason it is a violation of Ohio law. One drop of spit will not kill someone from up there, nor will a penny, as I can sadly personally testify in both instances. Where do you get this stuff? Yeah, Ohio Law, that's what I meant. Anyway, you should know where I got it from, the employees that ride you up the elevator to the top of the Eiffel Tower. They say no spiting or dropping anything from up there because it's against the law and it could kill someone. To clear this up, it'll have to be taken to the Eiffel Tower department. Perhaps it was a rumor created within their department from a belief without facts to back it up. However, by you saying spitting and dropping stuff from that height is harmless and won't kill anyone, wouldn't you be encouraging people to break the law? If it's against the law, it has to be for safety reasons. Now you are doing it again! Two things: *It is not a pleasant guest experience to be hit with things from the tower. I believe I even told you I have been hit, with both spit and coins. It is NOT a pleasant experience. *Many, many laws exist that have nothing to do with safety reasons. Speed limits in many places are in fact at least often perceived as being nothing but revenue producers. In school zones, yep...safety. 55 MPH existed as the national speed limit for many, many years...and the reason was not safety. Laws exist that require you to wear clothing in public. Safety has little, if anything, to do with that. In fact, there are two major classifications most American criminal law fits into: those things prohibited because they are bad by their very nature and those things prohibited because they are illegal, the legislature did the equivalent of your Mommy: "Because I said so": malum in se and malum prohibitum, respectively. Evil in and of itself and evil because it is prohibited, if you will. And, by the way, more than once I was hit by spit from Twisted Sisters at Kentucky Kingdom...so the problem can also occur near roller coasters as well. In any event, spitting from rides is, in my opinion, bad in and of itself, whether or not anyone can be immediately physically injured from it. You also do not take into account the possibility of contracting disease from contact with someone else's bodily fluids. It may be true that such fears are exaggerated in today's society, but they are not totally baseless. Dropping stuff is also bad, as people can be injured (and perhaps even killed...it could happen some day). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldiesmann Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 The only thing that's likely to change is the number of times I ride Racer - I'll either ride it more often (due to being in that part of the park more frequently to ride WS), or less often (due to it being close to WS and therefore attracting much larger crowds than it has in the past). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasper Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 I will choose whichever side is open, which from what I saw last year is usually only one side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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