Pbmcd Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 When going to the park, which rides get you most nervous every time and why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gplez90 Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 SlingShot Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoddaH1994 Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Drop Tower - I only do it like once a season. Skyflyer - I've done it once. I'm good. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTW Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Drop Tower assuming my wife can talk me into the line. It's her favorite so I'll do it with her. I've certainly drug her onto roller coasters she was not fond of... I'm not worried or nervous about SlingShot or Skyflyer because they fall into my NOPE! category. I'm not stressing over something I'm never going to do. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysticsTimber Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Drop Tower, Skyflyer, SlingShot, and WindSeeker. I will usually avoid those rides. McThwaggy used his iPhone using Thwaggatalk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APE Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 The only one that can make me nervous about it is Skyscraper at Cedar Point. Ive done Skyflyers and Slightshots many times and they don't bother me one bit but Skyscraper can make me have second thoughts. I love it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Existential Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 I get nervous that my gun won't work on Boo Blasters, thus making that ride utterly irrelevant and even more un-enjoyable. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thoe124 Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Drop Tower. There has never been a more awesome/terrifying 2 minutes in my life. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elyk Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Shockwave at Kings Dominion. The ride is so terribly designed that its actually kind of fun. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magenta Lizard Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Definitely Drop Tower. I posted in the Drop Tower thread about how my heart was pounding the first time I ever rode it, last Monday. That's the first time in probably decades that I've had that primal of a fear reaction on any ride. Love that! Even though I wasn't as afraid the second time, I don't think it will ever stop making me nervous. Like the Demon Drop before it, for the first moments of free-fall, I temporarily lose my ability to see (at least, to process that sense) out of fear. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB1 Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Drop Tower, Skyflyer, SlingShot, and WindSeeker. I will usually avoid those rides. McThwaggy used his iPhone using Thwaggatalk. BB1 occasionally rides WindSeeker often, for it is not that bad. I tend to stay away from the big droppy thingies in Action Zone........some places BB1 shall NEVER explore! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterMyths79 Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Drop Tower. Intamin intimidates me. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emileeee Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 I can handle the Power Tower at CP that launches you upward. No biggie. However, Drop Tower is a different story. The height doesn't bother me, but the suspense of not knowing when the drop is bothers me. I've only ridden it twice and I will only ride it if I have friends with me who really want to ride it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonofbeast2.0 Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Drop Tower at the top gets me nervous... Still love the ride though! If anything adds to the experience for me! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSaturdayNite Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Drop Tower, WindSeeker, Invertigo, and oddly enough, Zephyr. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vermillionlove Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 There are a lot of Drop Tower replies in this thread! It was the first thing to pop into my head. I'm not afraid of heights as long as I feel safe, and I do feel safe on the Drop Tower, but the anticipation is so nerve-wracking! Also, my bf and I try to do every ride with no hands. It's so very hard (and thrilling) to be up there, waiting to drop, holding my hands out instead of gripping the handbars for dear life. Another ride that makes me nervous is the Slingshot, which I've done a handful of times. I'm not afraid of it, but it makes me terribly dizzy most of the time, which is a shame because I think the ride is really cool otherwise. :/ The Skyflyer was also pretty nerve-wracking, but only the part where you are being lifted and the moment of pulling the cord. I've only done it once, but it reminded me of riding the Delirium, only horizontally. P: I see a reoccurring theme in response, anticipation. It's the real killer! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegajone Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 At KI, Drop Tower and FoF. The anticipation of not knowing "when" really gets me going. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoChickens Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 As I just posted in the Drop Tower thread. It's the one that I've rode that gets to me. That said, I doubt I'll ever ride WindSeeker. Hate going in circles, especially at extreme heights. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingsislandfan1972 Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 The Adventure Express most definitely.... just kidding probably the WindSeeker and Drop Tower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miythandria Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 WindSeeker... although I love to ride on rides which are very tall, I have a great fear of heights. With WindSeeker, I'm always afraid that I will be left hanging at approximately 300 feet like those poor people at Knotts Berry Farm back in 2012. They were just hanging in space for 3 hours. Whew! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue171717 Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Drop Tower for two reasons.... one the obvious height and anticipation issue, but the other is am I going to fit. It's the only ride in the park I have an issue with. Sometimes I get a seat that I fit fine into with no assistance and sometimes they have to stuff me in untill I can't breathe to get the buckle to latch. This seems to be in direct correlation to how new or faded the belt looks on a given seat, but I am a nervous wreck standing in line wondering if I'm going to fit today or not. It's my kid's favorite ride though so I put myself through it every time. With regards to WindSeeker, I am also afraid of heights and I thought it would be scary but I found it very anti-climactic when I actually rode it. Yeah, you are way up there, but you are just poking around not very fast in a circle... kind of boring in my opinion. It's cool at night though being able to see the whole park lit up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick_Plummer Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Flight of Fear and Firehawk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Italian Job 2005 Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 I have a number of weird fears on certain rides at Kings Island: WindSeeker makes me nervous because I always fear that the two person chair might become detached from the pole (even though there are like ten bolts holding the chair and pole together). Drop Tower makes me nervous because I never know for sure that the magnetic brakes will kick in. (even though they always have and always do) The anticipation thing doesn't bother me that much. On Delirium I always have this thought in the back of my head that one day, the Frisbee part of the ride will fling off and fly towards the International Street fountain or towards Banshee. Then I proceed to tell myself just how crazy I am. I will probably keep going on Adventure Express until one of the jolts on the ride injures me. Flight of Fear makes me nervous because I think one of the LIM's might catch fire again. The Bat makes me nervous because I always think that the suspended train might derail, like Ninja did at Six Flags. My biggest (yet unrealistic) fear at KI? Probably Firehawk's restraints coming unlocked mid-ride. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldschool75 Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 WindSeeker, since I am scared of heights. Drop Tower doesn't bother me too much, because your up, then right back down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electricsun Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Firehawk is one that I can only do once or twice a year. The feeling of my body pushing against the chest restraints...not fun. I worry the entire ride about what would happen if the restraints failed. Not logical I know and no other ride in Ohio gives me that feeling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver2005 Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 WindSeeker but only because of the prospect of being stuck for hours and hours a la Knott's Berry Farm. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcoaster Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Love all of them: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfire Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Well I haven't worked up the nerve for Drop Tower or Skyflyer yet, so those are out. I have entertained the idea of getting in line for both of them, and that was enough to freak me out. I'll go with Slingshot, because I do enjoy an occasional ride on it, and it still gives me that nervous feeling. Going up the lift hill on Diamondback, too. I used to get nervous on Firehawk because of the restraints but the more I've ridden it, the more I've gotten over that fear and now really enjoy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoraX Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Nothing scares me in the park. There are some I will only ride once or twice a season though. Invertigo is my least favorite in the park followed by Vortex. Droppy things don't bother me. I love the free fall part of it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DontWantToWait42mar0 Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 The Eiffel Tower scares me most in the park. WindSeeker and even just waiting in line for one of the waterslides is scary too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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