Are YOU a credit whore?

[Purplepills]

So since coming to TPR, I've noticed a lot of talk of credits, and how important they seem to a lot of people. Personally, I've never ridden a coaster just to get a credit, only if I actually wanted to go on it! I'm not saying theres anything wrong with whoring (it makes for good photos!), I was just wondering what the percentages in each category are.

 

I voted 'I count coasters ridden but don’t just ride a coaster for the sake of a credit'.

 

If you think there should be another option let me know

[RIP Psyclone]

I get as many as I can get, but don’t mind if I miss a few kiddie coasters.

 

This is why I've never been on the kiddie coasters at SFMM and KBF, for example. Well, I thought they had a maximum height limit. I see now it's only a factor on Goliath Jr.

[Guest]

^ The kiddie at Knotts also has a height limit, which seems to vary from year to year. Sometimes I can ride, and others I can't.

 

As for being a credit whore, yes.

[matteocrepaldi]

I get as many as I can get, but don’t mind if I miss a few kiddie coasters.

[FLIPDUDE]

I don't PAY small children, but let's just say I do have the Jr. Gemini credit.

 

 

 

It was kind of funny, but Ryan actually got abducted BY a kid to ride Jr. Gemini!

[CoasterFanatic]

I will do pretty much anything short of kidnapping.

[jmccalip]

I don’t even bother counting.

[pkdcoaster]

I try and ride all the coasters a park has to offer.

But I never go "Whoring" to like a Jeepers or something and pay for a kiddie coaster or something. It just seems like a big waste of time and money to me when most of them are clones of kiddie coasters at bigger parks.

 

JEFF

[Scaparri]

I try and get as many credits as possible, but I make no effort to get the kiddie coasters that require a kid, and I generally won't wait longer than 5-10 minutes for any other junior/kiddie coaster. To give you an idea, I've lived an hour south of Indianapolis almost my entire life and actually in Indianapolis the last year and a half and it wasn't until last month that I finally got the Kombo credit at the zoo.

[IggyACE]

^^ Well I do, but that is part of our adventure that the kids and I do. It makes for some fun trips, trying to get all the coasters we can!

 

Craig--doesn't think it is a waste of money if your having fun!

[SFOGdude25]

I don't count, but it's still fun to get on as many as possible.

[lil jimmy norton]

First, I will get in all the good coasters at a park, then, I will see if I can get any extra credits. I do count them, and I want to get my count up, but I want to get it up with the right coasters. I always make things sounds sexy when I talk.

[jarmor]

Meh...I dont count just like going to the parks and marvel at coasters...

[verticalzero]

I don't count, just ride em.

[ghost007jas]

I try to get the ones that I can. But I wont be dissapointed if I don't get my Goliath Jr. credit. Lets leave it at that .

[jten11]

I blame this site for introducing the "credit" concept to me.. Before, I would just ride a coaster cause I want, to, not really for the sake of a credit. But now, I'm in plotting and planning on future credits, but I dont think I would be a credit whore to try and ride EVERY thing thats considered a coaster

[ebl]

I fall into the first group, and I have an ongoing spreadsheet with the coasters I've ridden, but as time goes by, racking up credits for the sake of a credit is just becoming less and less important.

 

Eric

[lil jimmy norton]

It's fun to think about how many credits I will have at the end of my trip, but I definitly chose quality over quantity. I had the chance to go to Six Flags New England with Superman being down, but with more credits than Bush Gardens Europe, and I chose Bush Gardens.

[hansrubens]

No I am not a credit Whore. Most of the time i skip most of the kiddie rides.

[denning]

I care much more about the quality of the ride than the credit.

 

So at CP or GL, I went to Maverick and Dominator a second time versus the wildcat or the double loop.

 

Quality over quanity.

[fmulder21]

I don't care about counting, I ride for the feeling. I hate it when a park closes a ride and people whine " Ooh i'm going to miss that credit!" Who cares If you ride 1000 coasters or 1 it doesn't affect me at all.

[Loco]

I ride them as I go.

I don't bother counting.

[PKI Jizzman]

If I had the choice to ride one of my favorite coasters or get a new credit....most likely, I'd rather ride one of my favorite rides.

[mike541x]

I do count coasters that I've ridden but don’t just ride a coaster for credit. I just ride roller coasters for fun.

[niiicolaaah]

I ride as many as I can get, but I won't wait hours for a kiddy coaster, and I won't ride a kiddy coaster if none of my friends ride with me.