You Might Be A Coaster Nerd If....

[livinandrockin]

-If you have made a k'nex coaster without using tubing (just lots of yellow connectors )

-If your favortie 'game' to play with your wife is where she looks up random POVs and you see how quickly you can identify them

-If you describe certain coaster elements as 'sexy' (i'm looking at you, meudsa's vertical loop!)

[VF15]

...you enjoy takeoff on a plane because it has a bit of g-force.

...you hate seeing cartoon drawings of roller coasters because of how unrealistic they are.

[boldikus]

If when your parents are speeding down the highway

 

Last weekend the missus and I were in the back of my Dad's SUV on the way to a family function and we were both commenting on the airtime we were getting over every little bump.

[Barge84]

While on a TPR trip, you try to talk to me about roller coasters constantly. Even when I'm trying to drink beer.

[GCI Wooden]

...if you ride kiddie coasters to get your coaster count up.

...when people say RC Car you think roller coaster car, not remote control.

...when you cringe when you hear Vekoma.

...when you can tell what company made the ride by looking only at the restraints.

Edited August 12, 2014 by GCI Wooden

[Vtafro]

While on a TPR trip, you try to talk to me about roller coasters constantly. Even when I'm trying to drink beer.

 

Ok Thad, let us remember who actually starts these conversations.

[SFMMGeek27]

You try to calculate the capacity of things that aren't even rides. Such as drink stands and lines at restaurants or airports. And then comparing them to the capacity on your favorite roller coaster.

[Midgetman82]

You look at open plots of land or big parking lots, and think what type of amusement park/large funfair could go there.

[GCI Wooden]

... you wish that turns on roads were banked.

... you keep park maps and look at them frequently to find empty spots were new coasters or flat rides could go.

[loop-de-loop]

...you enjoy takeoff on a plane because it has a bit of g-force.

I'm guilty for that one.

[rcjp]

^Especially when the pilot accidentally pulls the plane up a bit too quickly giving even more Gs.

[Canobie Coaster]

and you enjoy riding in the back of the plane where you have the wildest ride.

[tolivefreely]

To add on..

You plan your annual trips to the parks months in advance

.. and watch CP's live webcams before the park opens to watch them transfer TTD's trains

.. and scream the fiercest/proudest at shows when they say, "Make some noise!" because you've had plenty of practice

[buck funny]

You go to Oktoberfest not for the beer, but for the coasters!

 

(and you are a professional brewer as well...)

[aeyrolet]

You Might Be A Coaster Nerd If....

 

The most entertaining nights consist of sitting and watching hours of rollercoaster POVs over and over again.

[gerstlaueringvar]

When one of your friends got a super cool sports car and they all talk about how fast the acceleration can be. But when you ride it, even though you pretend to like it a lot, what you are thinking is "pfft this is as weak as a Zamperla MotoCoaster"

 

When your electronics are not available and there's nothing you can do, POV's are automatically played in your mind and people can actually see you are riding coasters in your mind because you are leaning back and forth.

 

When you are excited for August 16th.

[Barge84]

While on a TPR trip, you try to talk to me about roller coasters constantly. Even when I'm trying to drink beer.

 

Ok Thad, let us remember who actually starts these conversations.

You and Joe?

[rcjp]

When one of your friends got a super cool sports car and they all talk about how fast the acceleration can be. But when you ride it, even though you pretend to like it a lot, what you are thinking is "pfft this is as weak as a Zamperla MotoCoaster"

Coming from someone who really likes cars, I also get the feeling their acceleration is nothing compared to intamin accelerator coasters.(for instance)

I've been having driving lessons and sometimes, when going uphill I have to completely floor the gas pedal just to maintain the speed. Then as the uphill part gradually becomes flat or the cars gains some RPMs I can feel it starting to accelerate better but, as I have to respect the limits, I have to control myself (which is really hard and frustrating). I also have the constant desire to speed through the corners to get some lateral Gs.

[Rollercoaster Rider]

You count empty seats on coasters while waiting in queue lines (I did that for Boomerang at Wild Adventures)

[adamico2]

...you tell your mother you went to Columbus last weekend, and she asks what amusement park is there.

[VF15]

...you perk up whenever you hear the term 'roller coaster' used in any context.

[timetrial3141592]

...you perk up whenever you hear the term 'roller coaster' used in any context.

 

 

I am dead certain when I get my Necomimi ears that mentioning coasters in the break room at work will be popular.

 

Also,

 

... when you have an on-ride photo keychain on your car keys. (Mine's currently "Are we there yet?": a photo of four people, including me, looking extremely bored in Bizarro's car 9.) For that matter...

 

...if you title your on-ride photos.

[rcjp]

If you watch so many POVs so many times that you have no idea how it would be to ride a coaster without knowing its layout first.

[ZeroGravity55]

When you're driving on a back road and you see a hill and think "If I go fast enough, I might get some airtime". Then you do it and get a bit of airtime, but it wasn't strong enough for your liking, so you proceed to take that hill at a faster speed every time you come upon it.

 

Also, when there are several quicker ways to get to HW off the interstate, but you take Highway 162 out of Dale, Indiana because that road quite possibly has the best series of bunny hills on a road in the U.S. You're almost guaranteed airtime no matter what speed you're going.

[loop-de-loop]

If you watch so many POVs so many times that you have no idea how it would be to ride a coaster without knowing its layout first.

I still don't know the layout of Flight of Fear, and I don't want to so I can enjoy the surprises of the ride.