robmiester Posted July 14, 2011 Posted July 14, 2011 This'll sound really stupid, but at the time, Windjammer and Ghostrider at KBF scared the shit out of me. Windjammer kept me off loopers for four or five years, and it took Silver Bullet to enjoy them again. My mom took me on Ghostrider the year it opened (I was 6 or 7) and according to her, I wouldn't stop crying and screaming bloody murder the entire time.
XYZ Posted July 14, 2011 Posted July 14, 2011 Orbit @ CGA, I'm never going on that or any Schwarzkopf Enterprises.
braztaz Posted July 14, 2011 Posted July 14, 2011 KD's Drop Tower is the only ride that scares me. I'm never scared waiting in line for it, but when I'm waiting 305 in the air to be dropped to the ground...it meses with your brain!
harper83087 Posted July 14, 2011 Posted July 14, 2011 Seems like a trend is forming here...Drop towers, although fun, still get me nervous while waiting. The anticipation of that feeling of your insides rushing up into your throat, I get chills just thinking about it. As far as coasters, my first ride on Dragster was pretty nerve racking, especially with the 6 hour wait.
doublestufforeo Posted July 14, 2011 Posted July 14, 2011 My first time on Harry Potter and The Forbidden Journey, I never scream on anything I'm more of a whooper, but man this thing made me scream, I hate spiders.
LoopLover Posted July 14, 2011 Posted July 14, 2011 Any of the three rides at the top of the Stratosphere in Vegas! Â When we went to the top I really didn't feel well and I couldn't push myself to go on them, just too freaky!
the ghost Posted July 14, 2011 Posted July 14, 2011 Confession time... The Matterhorn! For some reason as a kid that damn Yeti used to scare the hell out of me because it was so loud. I want to say my mom took me on when I was about 4 due to the really low height requirement and I FLIPPED OUT! I didn't ride again until 6th grade. It's sort of funny because now it may be my favorite coaster at DLR but it used to TERRIFY me, and even that's sorta funny because I could do Thunder, Space, and even Screamin without any problem. Â The only other coaster was Superman at SFMM where I chickened out... but I was pretty young and I was kinda scared of it because it was pretty new... it was like first or second grade, but I went on it the following summer... so yay me.
MayTheGForceBeWithYou Posted July 14, 2011 Posted July 14, 2011 ^Harold used to scare me as a kid, too. Â X/X2 was OMFG freaky when I first rode it. It's still got some OMFG moments that I love (namely the first drop).
DarienLaker Posted July 14, 2011 Posted July 14, 2011 Huss Top Spin rides kind of scare me, because I rode on on at the county fair and I felt like I was going to fall out of the ride and I never rode on another Huss Top Spin ride ever again.
DiSab Posted July 15, 2011 Posted July 15, 2011 For me, its the freefall/drop rides, and the S&S launch towers. I don't usually have a problem with heights, but its the freefall that really gets to me. The only drop ride I've been on is Demon Drop at CP, and I've yet to build up the nerve to get on the bigger towers. As far as the S&S towers go, I've only been on Holiday World's Liberty Launch, and although small, it still got to me. Needless to say, I've yet to ride the bigger ones.
FrightFest1408 Posted July 15, 2011 Posted July 15, 2011 Green Lantern at SFMM.....I hate facing forwards (looking at SEFK) It scared the crap out of me...
MrSum1_55 Posted July 15, 2011 Posted July 15, 2011 Â While these are not coasters, nothing scares me more than the first drop of one of these. (Especially backwards)
Thunderhead Posted July 15, 2011 Posted July 15, 2011 Anything but unrestricted heights... Eiffel Towers (KD, KI) and sometimes I need a little push for Drop Towers... No thanks!
ANJLOVER14 Posted July 15, 2011 Posted July 15, 2011 X2. I waited 2 hours alone (My friend was too freaked out to ride), and watched car after car climb the lift and fall face-first down the first drop. And when I finally made it on the ride, I was practically hysterical on the lift (Thank god the audio was off, with all of the comments that try to psych you out). Once we hit the brakes, I was practically shaking! It still freaks me out when I ride it (But obviously not as much as that first ride).
Nyteowl Posted July 15, 2011 Posted July 15, 2011 I'd have to agree and say X2. It scared me alot, but in a fun and good way . The feeling of the first drop kind of left me in shock and amazement.
CorkscrewFoley Posted July 15, 2011 Posted July 15, 2011 The average Wild Mouse scares the crap out of me. I always say how unnatural they are. This goes the same for spinning mice too...It don't stop me from riding them though.
* Misery Posted July 15, 2011 Posted July 15, 2011 The Tower of Terror is, well, terrifying, but once I get off I laugh at myself for being scared. The same with the Looping Starship, though I wasn't that scared while on it, just for a few minutes afterwards. There's a lot of rides that scare me before I get on, but when it's done I usually think they're mildly amusing or fun. There's never a thrill ride I've been on I haven't liked. I'm a little scared of going on Behemoth, but I'm sure once I'm over the first drop I'll enjoy it. Â The one ride that I am really terrified of are those giant slides. I'm nervous going down regular playground slides, so I will not even go near a giant slide. My sister tried to get me on one a couple days ago. I ended up turning back around halfway up.
ernierocker Posted July 15, 2011 Posted July 15, 2011 Free fall rides are really the only rides out there that intimidate me, with Acrophobia at SFOG being the worse (or best depending how you look at it).
Fire2box Posted July 15, 2011 Posted July 15, 2011 Freefall rides which I never been on any of so far, especially drop zone at CGA. It's just so high! Â Goliath at SFMM, which if my older brother goes with me on my VIP trip there he'll get me to go on, likely on the very front. (again, it's damn high.) Â Front seat on Medusa, Kong, V2 at SFDK. Roar however is fun on the front. Even better on the back though.
orangeguy Posted July 15, 2011 Posted July 15, 2011 Drop Tower and Intimidator 305 at Kings Dominion.
incoasterble Posted July 15, 2011 Posted July 15, 2011 Blackpool's Wild Mouse. I look at the old cars, those mushroom pegs, and just the speed it takes the last two corners at and I'm like OMG I can't beleive it's staying on the track... Â Also have quite a fear of the ultimate - there's all these old, rotting wooden sleepers the track's bolted to and the heavy clunky trains. Honestly its so brutal I'm amazed it stays together... Once I took a ride and they were only loading the front 2/3 of the trains (to keep the speed up off the lift!), and when we got to the second hill there was this evil looking guy in a digger with a rope attached, and he was on standby in case the train needed towing up to the chain...
DougMJr Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 The only ride that scared the living crud out of me was insanity @ The Stratosphere tower in Las Vegas. Second to that probably my most nerve-racking ride was my first skycoaster. I now make a point to do a skycoaster at least once a year and next time I'm in Vegas I'll do skyjump.
summerof72 Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 so far i havent come across a ride that i am afraid of, but i admit that i havent ever tried Skycoaster at Kennywood, so i think that probably counts as one! I want to do it but then I dont.....i guess i am chicken!!
QueerRudie Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 The list for me is distinguished- but it's got style, too: Â 1.) ANY Intamin 2ndGen Freefall tower- I will ride NONE of them. Don't ask. It's not happening. 2.) S&S Power Towers: See above. 3.) Mountain Slidewinder at Dollywood. See above again. 4.) Any rides with Spiders or clowns. Nuff said there.
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