Ever Been The Only One On A Ride?

[leqant]

Once I had the Star Tower at California's Great America all to myself.

[GnastyGnoric7]

I have a few times, when I went to Hershey Park on October 28th, 2012, I was the only one on Great Bear and Wildcat. It happened again on June 13th 2013 when severe weather threatened my area, only one on Wildcat and Flying Falcon. It was more funny than thrilling

[boardwalkbullet91507]

Actually, today!

 

. . . but they were flats. I got Drop Zone and the Inverter (Larson Super Shot and Chance Inverter) to myself at the Kemah Boardwalk. Not very crowded at all today.

[kailisun98]

Flight Deck at CGA. It broke down on a slow day. Everybody in line left. I remained and once they got it running moments after and tested, I was the only one on the train.

[Ultimate]

Yes! On the Wild Mouse at Flamingo Land, I was the only one on the entire ride. I got a lovely comment from the ride assistant about how I have no friends

Edited July 10, 2013 by Ultimate

[Canobie Coaster]

Excluding coasters with small trains such as Wild Mouses, here are the coasters that I've been the only one on for a ride:

 

Anaconda (Kings Dominion)

 

Excalibur (Funtown U.S.A.)- My family and I would often visit Funtown on a late August/early September weekday since most children from Maine have gone back to school by that point and the park was almost completely empty. I was able to ride Excalibur 35 straight times without getting off and for my last ride, it was just me in the front.

 

Joker's Jinx (Six Flags America)

 

Polar Coaster (Story Land)

[rolercstrluvr]

Don't know why I didn't post this earlier, but the most recent one that I can remember has to be when I was on the last train of he day on Gold Striker. I wasn't the only one but pretty dang close, there were three others and they sat in the front two rows. I, of course, took the glorious row 12. It was really weird seeing practically nobody in front of me until the front of the train.

[caffeine_demon]

I was the only one on the vekoma roller skater at farup sommerland, after A heavy thunderstorm.

 

The tyre lift couldn't get enough friction, so I had my first roll back!!

[Nrthwnd]

Yes - on Diavlo in Central Park, Japan for my last ride before we took off back to the hotel. (2007)

I was in the front row, and it was really awesome, all things considered, heh heh.

And recently, on the now finished TPR Japan Tour, David and me were sat at "the back of the boat"

(how embarrassing) at Sindbad's Adventure,in Tokyo Disney Sea. Not exactly a coaster, but it still felt...wierd.

"All by myself..." Diavlo in Central Park, Japan.

[skitt2010]

No, but me and fiancee rode Shockwave at Drayton Manor just us on the front.

[fraroc]

I was on both The Crypt at KD and HangTime at Dorney all by my self on one point. It really wasn't that fun screaming "WOOOHOOO!!!!!!!!!" during flips all by my self, It's much better doing it with other people!

[CP2000]

Snake River Falls at Cedar Point. It was Labor Day Weekend. The weather was cold I was bored so I went on it.

[Erik Johnson]

I once had a back row ride on The Hulk by myself. Boy, that ride can be quite rough when you have a very light train. My favorite solo ride has to be Jaws. I was the only one on the boat and yes the skipper did the full routine, just for me. It was quite unreal especially that there were fireworks going off at the same time.

[narkitty]

I've snagged a lot of solo rides over the years at SFFT, but my favorite happened last year. I got to the park at opening on a day with 80% chance of storms. The park was practically empty and I got on Superman: KC first thing. It was nice and cool out and there was a good amount of fog. I sat front row, put in my headphones and listened to some Bruce Springsteen. It was amazing. I wish I could relive that ride every single time I go to SFFT.

[yay101]

Once, I was at Kiddieland and I was the only one on the elephant ride. It was depressing

[gisco]

Nemesis at Thorpe during a TPR ERT in 2010. Had a number of rides alone. There were a ferw people on the other train but most had gone to Rita.

[molemaster43]

Iron Dragon at Cedar Point during the early hours. Only one on the train and I got stuck on the second lift hill for a couple minutes.

[golfburner1]

Nitro!

[daniellazarus]

On August 14 I was the only one on Scream at SFFT on the first ride of the day.

[goatdan]

Cool topic, been on more than I care to admit all alone. My favorite though wasn't a coaster, but the Indiana Jones Adventure at Disneyland. It was a slow day at Disney, and at the end of the night there was no line. I asked if I could not walk the quarter mile queue to re-ride, and they said they would put me back on it. I got one ride alone, and then one ride where a cast member came with me and explained to me how everything works, where stuff was, and so on.

 

For someone like me who always enjoys the "how stuff works" of the rides, it was absolutely amazing.

 

As for roller coasters, it's particularly amusing if you ever get to be the only one on a train between two full trains. I've had that happen a number of times.

[Angle O. Descent]

The closest I've come was on Thunderhawk at Dorney Park, if only it weren't for the GF

[palmerleeberry]

Here's a story for the "Ride it and they will come" department:

 

One year in Knoebel, I was the only rider on the Wipeout. After that ride was over, Believe it or not!, there was a massive line of riders waiting to board. Talk about stepping into another world experience.

 

"I'm not perfect; I just love to ride!!!"

[Intaman]

I've actually ridden Scorpion at BGT, Voyage, and Raven alone. Of course, there were like ten people at Holiday World when this happened. It was definitely strange.

[Voxelmatic]

I've had solo rides on Superman, Joker's Jinx, and Batwing at Six Flags America. Superman was the coolest of all of those, it's weird seeing all those empty seats when you're in the back row.

[XYZ]

I was the only person on Vortex (CGA) 3 times during Thank You Thursdays. Those were the best rides I ever had on Vortex as it was actually enjoyable.