Crazy things you hear while waiting in line...

Busch Gardens Virginia FTW. :)

While I was waiting at the gates to get in the park I heard someone say that they saw a show fly off maXair that hit some kid in the head and knocked them out.

What kind of show? Was it a country show, or an ice show? :)

I bought the "Magnum moving to MiA" rumor somehow when I first got interested in amusement parks, and even went to tell my ex-girlfriend's dad about it.

Woof. Though some of me gets excited by propagating said rumors when I hear them in line just for fun when it is safe. I cannot stand when people ask "am I gonna die?", what do they expect me to say?! "Well, yeah, but not anytime soon hopefully!"?

By far the most annoying one is when the couples say that the other one isn't tall enough and ducks under the height stick.

I am at Great America and heard in line for Viper that Beast is rated the #1 wood coaster, Viper is in the top 5, and MAGNUM Force is the #1 rated steel coaster. This guy was talking straight out of his butt and clamed to be a huge coaster enthusiest.

I heard that magnum was sinking.:)

The wife and I went to Halloweekends on Friday, 10/1. We were standing in line for Cornstalkers, and came up to one of the tables where they sell towels, beach lockers, and ponchos. The sign was still on the empty table, and the teenage girl in line in front of us looked at her mom and said "Why would you need a poncho in Cornstalkers?" Her mother gave her the "Did you really just ask that?" look, and we all started laughing, at which point she remembered what the line is used for the rest of the season. Was one of the highlights of our evening.

While waiting in line for Top Thrill Dragster 2 weekends ago, I overheard a blonde girl explaining that a "normal top fuel dragster might make it to 225 miles an hour, but this is way faster than that".

I don't know where she got the number 225, but that sign that talks about how much faster a top fuel dragster is must have made her look real smart.

For the rest of the day, Top Thrill Dragster was 840 feet tall, a mile and half long, powered by a nuclear reactor and capable of reaching 240 miles an hour in under 2 seconds.

RyanRSheets said:
For the rest of the day, Top Thrill Dragster was 840 feet tall, a mile and half long, powered by a nuclear reactor and capable of reaching 240 miles an hour in under 2 seconds.

When does construction start? I gotta ride this thing!!!

^ She needs to do some research about Top Thrill Dragster.

Today I overheard (not at CP) two people talking. The lady asked if the guy know of any good amusement parks in Michigan and the guy said "well I know that Cedar Point was planning on buying that place in Muskegon" (MIADV). haha

I heard someone say that Top Thrill Dragster was going to move to Michigans Adventure so they could make a taller and faster version. It was these two kids saying that in line for Maverick.

Overheard a woman talking to another Saturday. She said "This is a big crowd, but we were here a couple years ago and the crowd was so big even the train had a 3 hour wait." I immediately thought of this topic.

So, standing in line for Power Tower this past Sat. night, I hear this girl tell her bf that they took the Demon Drop down because some girl lost her legs on it by them getting cut off by a wire.......I soooo wanted to ask her how that was possible when your legs aren't dangling in the air but somewhat enclosed on the ride....ha ha! Oh, and the other Demon Drop one - some rich guy bought it and has it in his backyard - LOL! I also overheard one of the girls at the exit gate talking to another employee about how this guy told her he rode the MF 27 times and the Maverick 10 by noon on Saturday - uhm, I was lucky to ride MF and TTD once before the park opened to everyone! I'm no expert on coasters and CP is the only park we frequent but I do find it funny when I hear really stupid things!

cmann24 said:
I heard someone say that Top Thrill Dragster was going to move to Michigans Adventure so they could make a taller and faster version. It was these two kids saying that in line for Maverick.

That can't be true because a few weekes ago I was told it was moving to King's Island. It is going to replace SOB next year! Sometimes people are so messed up with their stories. :)

I was in line for MaXair last night and this girl was telling asking her boyfriend, how can they put cameras at the bottom? I turned to her and told her those are strobe lights...lol.

Some guy was telling me in line that Millennium Force is sinking. He said it used to be 320 feet but now its only 310 feet.

People always look at me like I'm crazy when I point out that we're in the White Water Landing station while in line for Maverick. They also don't understand what I mean when I point out the piece of the remaing flume that spills water into the pond.

One guy this season approached me asking where the Maxim 2000 was.
It was so hard to not laugh in his face. Through stifled giggles I said "you mean the magnum XL 200?" made my day.

^^ I never realized that. Is it the part you can see from the bridge that everyone throws their change in?