J-Man Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 I have been riding coasters in the Tampa and Olrando area parks for 3 years now ..but within the last year and a half i have notcied I no longer feel drops anymore , I feel all the forces and stuff, but no drops...When i rode Jurassic Park at IOA..I felt like all we did was speed up insted of dropping....anyone else no longer feel drops ?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConleyKE Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Yes, I no longer feel drops on coasters I use to. For instance, Chang at SFKK, I use to think the drop was never going to end. But now I lack that feeling, as it just feels as I'm just standing there slowly accellerating. This seems to happen to everyone, as alot of my friends and sister have noticed. I guess your body doesn't (for back of better words) "fear" the intensity and you become almost immune to your stomach droping. For me, there are only a handful of rides and coasters that I still feel the drop, including Millenium Force in the back, some Intamin drop towers, and the launch on Top Thrill Dragster has that feeling, but while being launched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumboshrmp Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Yes. This happens to me also. On rides like Space Mountain, I used to have to curl up and push my feet against the seat in front of me and shut my eyes because the 29 (I think its about that tall) drop was so intense to me at the time (I was about 10). The launch on Rock 'n' Roller Coaster was pretty intense the second time I rode it (the first time I was so nervous about going upside down i didn't notice it), and it's always intense the first time you ride during that trip, but subsequent rides, it seems to lose the intensity just a little bit. Other rides, it depends where you sit. For some reason, on Dueling Dragons I never noticed the airtime in the back on Fire's hill. But after a few rides, I started noticing it. The two rides that I have still not become immune to are Sheikra and the first drop on Kraken when you sit in the back. I have only been on both rides 4 times, but I hope that I dont lose the feeling once I ride more. I used to get a tingly feeling in my privates on big drops when I was little . Now, the most intense airtime seems to only affect me in my upper chest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yankees15 Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Yes this has also happened to me lately. I used to get the feeling on Hydra, Steel Force, and Thunderhawk, but not anymore. I figured out if you don't ride that ride for awhile and then ride it you will get the feeling on your first ride and mabey the second but that's about it. I do still get the feeling on rides I've never been on and ones that I've only rode a handful of times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Stop riding coasters for a while, say two or three months. I've gone for a year now without coasters or flat rides and will probably go a whole another year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knottslover77 Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Yes,it makes me sad --Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrillrider15 Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Yes. It's true about waiting for about a whole year or so, and the first coaster you ride will have pretty intense airtime. Even if it's an Arrow Corkscrew (I'm not kidding) . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-Man Posted August 14, 2006 Author Share Posted August 14, 2006 It happens to me on coasters ive never even been on before...sheikra i only feel a little bit now, even tho ive been on it about 20 times...and as for the "wait a few months thing" i waited 6 months then i went on the mummy and didnt feel any drop at all ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rollerholden Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Yeah it's a bummer! I still get it the first few trips of the season on good coasters...but then I guess I get used to that feeling or something. It's too bad...that's the best feeling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coastermontu Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 what about on TTD, do you feel anything on there?...like the drop? im going next year and kinda need to know befor i go on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rollerholden Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 ^ it's over so quick lol. That ride is pure craziness! If you ride in the back, it sort of feels like it will roll back, but then you get pulled over the top hat and you go out of the seat and twist...the only ride at CP I majorly lost my stomach on was Power Tower. I like Millennium Force's first drop much more...ride in the back row! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConleyKE Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 For me, TTD's drop was not intense at all, even the first time. It's the launch! You get the stomach dropping feeling getting propelled forward and it felt like it was never going to let up. The drop just felt like sitting hear in my computer chair spinning around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommanderLock Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Hmm...I had this INSANE airtime on my first Lightning Racer ride (out of randomness, which I found helped get over my slight fear of heights), then when I went on Gemini, I thought that airtime would be even worse. Turns out I was worried for little of anything. That drop was over so quick I decided to go on again to feel the airtime WITHOUT being nearly freaked out. Then afterwords it started going away. Probably because I wouldn't stop riding until blue won. That took a REAL long time. By the time blue FINNALY won, that "I think I left my stomach back at the drop" feeling was gone. I kind of missed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 kinda makes me semi-glad we have an off season... I lost the feeling a few times and i can not stand when that happens. The last great drop i felt was Wicked Twister in the back row, after the reverse spike- freaked me out. Not even TTD or Storm Runner was that good. its those darn launches that kill the drop. come to think of it, I got some good pop on Lightning Racers (thunder) first drop last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easytoremember Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 I haven't felt it (on a coaster) for years. Not even S:ROS or ShiKra the first time. The last time I really got that feeling was on the little moser kiddie drop tower. Every time it dropped, I gt massive belly thing feeling. Pic from flatrides.com Moser Spring ride Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Those Moser spring rides are great for that because the drop is sudden, short, and sweet, so you don't get a chance to get comfortable on the drop before it whips you back up and drops you again. That and the fact that the drop isn't "cushioned" like Intamin drop rides, it's just pure freefall, makes it even better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IwantRevenge Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 I really only feel/felt the dorps on the following rides: Nitro Golaith KingDa Ka the other 19 coatser i've been on i feel nothing Does anyone still feel launches too? I mean I still do but I was wondering if I could stop feeling that wonderful sensation of a launch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMAN962 Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 It really depends on what the coaster for me, I think that drops that don't turn at all, like if you look at a drop like Scream at Magic mountain, those kinds of drops dont really give me the feeling. If you look at Goliath at Magic mountain, those seem to give me moore of the feeling, if it just doesnt turn in the middle of it, it seems to give me it. I personally don't like the drop feeling.....it makes me shrivel up and feel really weak. I really felt it on Superflight at Playland in Rye, New York, it's wierd I hope you were able to understand what I'm saying, that's just what i think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKlockster Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 There for a while I didn't - but I kind of do now. I toned down my PKI going from daily to like once every two weeks. Your body gets used to it and it no longer affects you eventually. There were a couple weeks where I rode Drop Zone alot and IT started loosing the feeling. It was just like going really fast. Even after I had got used to PKIs drop-out feelings - Cedar Point caught me off guard. I felt it all over again on Raptor (took my breath away), Magnum - even Iron Dragon (in the back). Corkscrew in the back was nuts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheArchfiend Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Thats a good point cause drops don't get me much at all either. Launches are a different story though. I've marathoned on Batman and Robin the Chiller and every launch has had the same effect every time I've gone to Great Adventure. Even Ka feels just as intense at the launch eventhough I've rode that a bagillion times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24 Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 I think I'm at the begining of loosing it. Goliath at SFMM I can't feel it as well as the first ride. X and the pretzel loop of Tatsu really gave me back an excelent drop feeling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKlockster Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Yup. It happens to everyone. Eventually youll lose it on those it too. You gotta keep traveling to ride new things so you can keep getting the feeling. Its like an addiction! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheArchfiend Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Actually now that I think about it... Freefall at Great Adventure gives me that drop feeling every time and I've been riding that thing for over 15 years(not anymore). Wonder why free falls give me that feeling but coaster drops don't? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfie Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 I can feel it starting to happen. On Raging Bull at SFGAm, at first the drop was too much, now it's just fun and not enough. This has got to be my most busy year of roller coaster riding. I've gone to SFGAm twice this summer and BGA once. Andrew "I want my airtime back!" C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKlockster Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Kind of like a Righteous Brothers song... Youve lost that airtime feeling! Ooooh that airtime feeling. Youve loat that AIRTIME feeling and its gone gone gone - whoa oh a oh. Bum bum - bum bum - bum bum - bum bum bum bum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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