What Makes a Coaster Scary?

[Adriel]

I think the height will be the factor. Everytime I look down, my heart pounding twice more than it should be. But I love roller coaster and height is a must-factor in every coaster.

[FlyingScooter]

Height doesn't bother me at all.

 

Que lines scare me. There's always someone who used too much perfume or that overweight person that hasn't seen deodorant in years much less used it. Then there's the kid who has to sing Millie Vannily. Then there's the person who ate Taco Bell and is farting like crazy.

I don't like que lines....

[IwantRevenge]

It's not the hieght or the speed. I love the speed! but tis more the suspense given to you by the lift or pre-luanch that mke you think "what am I doing on this. and it's to late to turn back". Nitros lift which is long, slow and loud scares the SH** out of me. Or on KingDa Ka the voice that says Enjoy your ride on KingDa Ka is really eery and bring more suspense especially becuase you don't always launch on Que.

[Timpowes]

I haven't been on many coasters. But whenever I ride a coaster, I'm always scared of going up the lift hill, because I'm always thinking that it'll just start to roll back. Or on Kanonen, the heartbeats you hear before the launch is so scary, because I always count them, so I know when to launch, wich is scary >.

[matteocrepaldi]

I get really scared on the lift but I don't know for what reason cause I don't suffer the hight.

 

Maybe it's just the idea of the upcoming drop that makes me nervous.

[Darien Laker]

The only things that actually get me "Scared" as in actually nervous would be launches. Dragster comes to mind.

[kennywood!007]

Things that make me nervous riding a coaster for the first time is:

 

 

1.Height

 

2.Long waits build up my nerves

 

3. Speed/ short launches. Which I have no idea why that is.

[mf_4_lyf3]

Height doesn't bother me at all.

 

Que lines scare me. There's always someone who used too much perfume or that overweight person that hasn't seen deodorant in years much less used it. Then there's the kid who has to sing Millie Vannily. Then there's the person who ate Taco Bell and is farting like crazy.

I don't like que lines....

 

lmao

 

yea queue lines scare me

 

the wors is when you hear the fist timers who are annoying loud and saying thigs like"i am sooo scared OHH MY GOD THIS IS GOING TO BE SOOOO SCARY"

 

its the worst when its in a 2 and a half hour line

 

but in the end the is worth it

[Golfie]

Wow... waiting in line usually calms me down. Seeing the coaster go by a few times makes it less scary... unless you're in the station for V2... that's a whole other story.

 

Anyways, the height and/or waiting for the coaster to launch is very intense.

 

 

Andrew "Clear for launch. Goodbye." C.

[dwerling]

The unkown is kinda scary. I was shaking pretty bad before I rode Dragster for the first time. Not knowing what to expect can be a bit frightening. Especially when you are going over 100mph

[brina139]

It would have to be a huge drop. The longer, or steeper, the better. Nothing gets the heart pumping like looking down at a drop and realizing you are goin down!

Its short lived, cause by that point, you are flying through a loop, or helix, or up another corkscrew, but the deeper or more alluring the drop, the better. I love the drops into darkness. as small as the Tennessee Tornado is, I still like falling into darkness and emerging upside down into a loop. It was my first official steel coaster ride, and holds a spot in my coaster pics for the drop in darkness. Its still scares the bajeebers outta my kids, and they squeal everytime!

 

Oh, I completely agree with the huge lines, smelly persons in said lines, and those who know they will not fit on the ride, but take line anyway, and some of them, are said odiferous persons ( they got some ripeness)

[calcajun]

" What Makes a Coaster Scary? "

 

The fact that wooden supports can crack and bring a train to a sudden stop that could injure and kill riders.

[ECZenith]

Anticipation during potential-kinetic transfer: I find chain lifts and pre-launch areas bring out the most anxiety in people riding coasters.

 

Speed: Lots of people skip rides because they are too fast and think that coasters with high speeds could be uncomfortable to them.

 

Chaos/Unsafe Feeling: For several minutes, your life is in the control of an automated machine on a hard-to follow twisting layout. Not knowing what could happen next makes some feel threatened.

 

Inversions: I've heard many say they're not going on (insert coaster name here) because it has too many "flips". Most likely the fear of becoming sick.

 

Sound: Yeah, sound. I always ask my non-enthusiast friends that don't ride why... and one of them mentioned that the "click clack" of a chain lift makes them feel a bit uneasy about riding. Then there's the B&Ms and other coasters that "roar" A huge machine that roars like a beast is enough to turn someone away.

 

Visual impact: Sometimes the ride just looks too damn big for some people and they would probably ride if some coasters were smaller.

[timetrial3141592]

Funny thing. My first hyper was SROS at SFNE and all the way down the drop I thought, "Why isn't this drop ENDING?"

 

Large drops.

 

Chaos is a big thing too. The Premier LIM bowls are intense because they combine Chaos, Headchoppers, and a launch.

 

Anticipation is good. SROS has a slow-ish lift, so n00bs get scared.

 

First drop into a tunnel.

 

Headchoppers.

 

Watching a shuttle coaster roar through the station is awesome. However, watching people watch shuttle coasters roar the station is better.

 

About shuttle coasters... Atomic Coaster (Meisho shuttle loop) goes forwards out of the station, up a lift, back down the lift, through the station, down another hill, and into the loop. That is weird.

[verticalzero]

A slow lift hill (Pepsi Max Big One) is the worst part.

 

The height and speed are next

[Jumboshrmp]

I love slow lift hills. I think the Dueling Dragons Lift hills are far too fast. It's such an amazing view from a lift hill, and I wish more of them were slow.