booink Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 This list from Mensa (a high-IQ society) of the top 10 amusement parks in America is an absolute joke. How on Earth is Adventureland better than Cedar Point? I had never heard of Carousel Gardens before until I saw this, and does not look at all better than those other parks. This is about as "GP" as it gets... Umm.... WTF? I love Carowinds, it is my home park, but how is Universal Orlando / Islands of Adventure not on here? WDW is a fun place, but is not the country's best park. At the top of the image it's written "as chosen by our members", so yeah this list is basically a GP favourites'. EDIT : just found out something else, at the bottom its written "we chose the 30 most visited parks of the country and asked our members to rank them". This means a park with lower attendance but much better than a park with higher attendance may not have been in that list. Also, in the voter's stats, it says that 2% of the voters had coasters & parks in their main interests. That means that 98% of the peoples who voted were GP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsThisTheRealLife Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 This list from Mensa (a high-IQ society) of the top 10 amusement parks in America is an absolute joke. How on Earth is Adventureland better than Cedar Point? I had never heard of Carousel Gardens before until I saw this, and does not look at all better than those other parks. This is about as "GP" as it gets... I love how it's source is Mensa, which is spanish for stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishCasual Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Estas Mensa, Mensa. Your stupid, Mensa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugecoltsfan Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 A comment on the KD facebook page about the singing mushrooms: What song will they sing? I think you guys should go completely retro and only have the rides you had when you first opened operational and then every 2 weeks open a ride that would be next in succession. Do they not realize how terrible of an idea this is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Someotherguyuser Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 A comment on the KD facebook page about the singing mushrooms: What song will they sing? I think you guys should go completely retro and only have the rides you had when you first opened operational and then every 2 weeks open a ride that would be next in succession. Do they not realize how terrible of an idea this is? What are you smoking? This idea is GENIUS! In fact, this idea is so awesome, Disneyland should follow suit. What better way to celebrate the 60th than to get rid of Pirates, Indy, Space Mountain, and even DCA, and have only the rides that were open when Disneyland opened up to really keep up with the nostalgia. After it's over, they could build everything all over again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPSFMMCW Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 A comment on the KD facebook page about the singing mushrooms: What song will they sing? I think you guys should go completely retro and only have the rides you had when you first opened operational and then every 2 weeks open a ride that would be next in succession. Do they not realize how terrible of an idea this is? What are you smoking? This idea is GENIUS! In fact, this idea is so awesome, Disneyland should follow suit. What better way to celebrate the 60th than to get rid of Pirates, Indy, Space Mountain, and even DCA, and have only the rides that were open when Disneyland opened up to really keep up with the nostalgia. After it's over, they could build everything all over again! Yeah! I agree! KD should tear down all of its rides that weren't open when the park originally opened, and then rebuild them all from the ground up in succession to when they opened! Yeah! This is genius! And it will only cost 4.6 billion dollars!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XYZ Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Yeah! I agree! KD should tear down all of its rides that weren't open when the park originally opened, and then rebuild them all from the ground up in succession to when they opened! Yeah! This is genius! And it will only cost 4.6 billion dollars!!! Re-building KD would cost more than Tokyo DisneySea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPSFMMCW Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Yeah! I agree! KD should tear down all of its rides that weren't open when the park originally opened, and then rebuild them all from the ground up in succession to when they opened! Yeah! This is genius! And it will only cost 4.6 billion dollars!!! Re-building KD would cost more than Tokyo DisneySea? Well, according to the GP, that would include destroying almost everything currently in the park, rebuilding all the classic rides, taking away the ones that left, then rebuild all of the ones that would currently be there in present day. I dunno about cost, but it sure would be a lot!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterP Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 I was in line for Millennium Force, and the guy in front of me said to his friend, "this ride goes 94 miles per hour". I couldn't have been more incensed. And being the snotty eavesdropping a-hole that I am, I interjected, "it actually only goes 93 miles per hour, IDIOTS". Man, those guys were the WORST... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFGAmFan1976 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Yeah! I agree! KD should tear down all of its rides that weren't open when the park originally opened, and then rebuild them all from the ground up in succession to when they opened! Yeah! This is genius! And it will only cost 4.6 billion dollars!!! Re-building KD would cost more than Tokyo DisneySea? Well, according to the GP, that would include destroying almost everything currently in the park, rebuilding all the classic rides, taking away the ones that left, then rebuild all of the ones that would currently be there in present day. I dunno about cost, but it sure would be a lot!! What I am seeing from this is that the GP wants KD to only open the rides that were there in 1974 and then reopen the rides after 1974 in chronological order. do you see what I mean? (Not that its a good idea) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Someotherguyuser Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Someone on my FB page posted a picture of themselves enjoying "Florida with the family". They posted a picture of them in front of the Universal globe. Someone commented asking, "Where in Florida?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingRCT3 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Full Throttle is the most dangerous coaster ever, because... full throught that coaSTER RIGHT THERE THE LOOP IS 316 feet tall and if the passengers get stuck upside down they are stuck and can die cause theres not a 316 feet tall ladder .. what? Because there's no 316 feet tall ladder obviously! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishCasual Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 ^ I was JUST about to post that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djboss302 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 YOLOcoaster is the most dangerous coaster ever, because... full throught that coaSTER RIGHT THERE THE LOOP IS 316 feet tall and if the passengers get stuck upside down they are stuck and can die cause theres not a 316 feet tall ladder .. what? Because there's no 316 feet tall ladder obviously! Major facepalm. Because YOLOcoaster is obviously 316 feet tall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustyinpeace Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 As me and my group were waiting for our train to arrive on X2, I over heard a woman behind me ask her partner, "Wait, so the fire doesn't come out of the seats?" Major facepalm. I sure hope not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamondbacker27 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Last year my friend Izzak said " I was at Kings Island on Diamondback, and at the bottom of the drop our restraints came undone." Me and my stepmom were watching Final Destination 3 and she said " That's why I'm so afraid every time we go up a hill on a ride." I told her it wasn't even possible. And she looked at me like an idiot and said "Oh, it's possible. They don't even check to see if they are safe or not." And one time we were in the KI parking lot getting ready or head in and she said. " SOB is the smoothest roller coaster I've ever been on!" And around June at school everyone is saying "Have you seen how unsafe the roller coasters at Kings Island are? They don't have any seat belts." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcjp Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Last year my friend Izzak said " I was at Kings Island on Diamondback, and at the bottom of the drop our restraints came undone." Interesting. Because if they actually ever were to come undone it wouldn't be at the bottom of a drop for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traincrossin Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 I really hope this guy is joking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodie Warrior Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 My orchestra class is going to Worlds of Fun for a competition. A girl asked the teacher if we were getting the front-of-the-line passes, and the teacher told her Worlds of Fun didn't have those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VF15 Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Gee, stuff like this really seems to be a waste to me... http://www.denenapoints.com/reports/danger-in-the-park-your-guide-to-keeping-your-kids-safe-on-a-roller-coaster.cfm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nannerdw Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 ^Lolwut? Why does that book even exist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFGAmFan1976 Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Anybody else notice that there is a SLC on the cover? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPSFMMCW Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Lol that's Great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackandylan123 Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Hey! that book goes hand in hand with this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VF15 Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 I am glad that they acknowledge that roller coasters are statistically very safe, but on the other hand, doesn't that basically defeat the purpose of that book? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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