Crazy things you hear while waiting in line...

Paisley said:

Do they even have chickens this year? Last year they didn't have any chickens because of whatever bird disease was making the rounds. I noticed a turkey Thursday but I admit I haven't really given the critters much attention this year.

I'm not sure if there are chickens this year or not, but this was after barnyard hours and there were no animals "out" other the ducks and geese and maybe the ponies and llamas on the other side of the barn.

I really missed the chickens at the county fair and at CP last year. I love it when they just start strutting around Frontier Trail like they own the place.

Was there at the start of the month and there were 2 chickens just wandering around the pedestrian path...

There are a lot of chickens, wandering the midways, at Cedar Point. Most don't have feathers.

Rusty said:
Not waiting in line, but yesterday while walking past the barnyard, my wife had just corrected my daughter who misidentified a few geese as ducks, when an adult blonde woman of about 40 walking in the other direction shouted out to her group: "Look at all those chickens!"

I can understand a 9 year old mistaking a completely white goose for a duck, but I would think that an adult would know what a chicken looks like...

There's a video that went viral on social media of a little girl who was standing next to a group of geese and yells "look at all those chickens!" I'd say she knew what she was looking at and was just referring to the video when she said that.

Bluestreaker said:

There are a lot of chickens, wandering the midways, at Cedar Point. Most don't have feathers.

Hardy, Har Har.. You should've been a Paddlewheel captain :)

Rusty said:
Not waiting in line, but yesterday while walking past the barnyard, my wife had just corrected my daughter who misidentified a few geese as ducks, when an adult blonde woman of about 40 walking in the other direction shouted out to her group: "Look at all those chickens!"

I can understand a 9 year old mistaking a completely white goose for a duck, but I would think that an adult would know what a chicken looks like...

This is a popular YouTube video where a little girl screams "look at all of those chickens" while there's a flock of geese in their yard. She was more than likely quoting the video.

Here's the link:

My parents used to have a Turkey. His name was George. They lived next door to an office building and once they saw two kids waiting in a car and they were arguing and the boy yelled "That ain't no peacock!" to his sister.

"Mean Streak is getting RMC'd"

....The heck it is! TAER IT DOWN!!

My one friend told me one Cedar Point visit that Kings Island was supposed to get Gatekeeper instead of Cedar Point back in 2013. I thought this was hilarious. I know there's not much to this post but still thought it was funny enough to post.

I remember one time when I got blocked from cutting the line in millennium force to get my 123rd ride, i heard some total newb say that millennium force goes 92 mph instead of 93 mph. HAHA. Classic gp. They're so stupid for not knowing petty facts! amirite?

^ Well that's not too bad. They were only 1 mph off. Today while waiting in line at Kings Island, this group of kids tried to tell each other that the monsters at Cedar Point are allowed to touch you. I guess one of them told his friends that theory. I'm thinking to myself, "really," since when?" Lol!

^^Actually, Millennium Force's original marketed top speed was 92mph; later on (once the coaster was complete), they discovered that the max speed was actually 93mph, and changed the marketing accordingly. A PointBuzz article talks about how this was discovered: Article. Also, here's the original promo for Millennium Force (the 92mph statistic is at 2:10). The More You Know.

It was a joke

^ That was a joke? Man do I feel silly!

I knew it was a joke--just giving the general public a little bit more credit than some enthusiasts give them. ;)

I don't know that this qualifies for the "spirit" of this thread, but yesterday while near the front of the line for the Hexed haunted house, a small group of people came up the Fright Lane path and they had two large service dogs with them and one or two small children (maybe about six or seven years old). We were close enough that we would have been part of the next group to enter the attraction. The attendant did some checking and went into the zone (I assume to notify the screamsters that a group would be coming with service dogs). There was a bit of murmuring in the line around us -- mostly people saying they wouldn't want to be in the tight space maze with those dogs, etc.

I was busy responding in agreement to one of those comments, so I did not see what happened next, but the best I can figure is that one of the screamsters lunged or make a quick action of some sort and one of the service dogs barked loudly at him. Someone in the line said: "See! That dog is mad at them!" and a woman in the group with the dog looked over and said: "Oh no! He's okay. It's just because he got a little too close to the kids."

I did a double take and cocked my head a bit sideways trying to understand that explanation. You are taking a small child and two protective service dogs into a scary and very tight maze where the entire PURPOSE is for screamsters to jump out at you from nowhere and scare you at a very close range... Did I just hear correctly? But they went ahead through -- thankfully in their own group ahead of us.

At just about the same time, another park guest came up the Fright Lane path in one of the park's rental wheelchair scooters. One of the screamsters had to tell her that the zone was not handicapped accessible.

I seriously don't know what some people are thinking. :::smh:::

Not to sound terrible or anything.

But why would anyone who needs a service dog (usually blind right?) want to go through a haunted attraction. ****, all the twists/turns and then you're not able to see anything. It's all just a bunch of random sounds every so often to startle you..

What part of that is enjoyable? Lmao

I am not sure what the man's disability was, but he definitely was not blind. Most people immediately think of seeing-eye-dogs when they hear the term "service dog". I was always one of those myself. But after seeing several of them around the park this year and last (usually with a person who obviously was not blind), I looked it up and discovered that there are many service dogs who are not seeing-eye-dogs.

Actually, you both sound terrible.

Service dogs are trained specifically to perform assistance to their owners and their work covers a wide range of issues. There are Diabetic Alert Dogs, Severe Allergy Alert dogs, Visual Assistance Dogs, Hearing Dogs for the Deaf, Wheelchair Assistance Dogs, Psychiatric Service Dogs, Brace/Mobility Support Dogs, Medical Alert Dogs, Seizure Alert Dogs, the list goes on. They can be trained to answer the telephone or a door. Sometimes they are there just for emotional support. Not all are trained or needed for protection, and most would refuse to attack.

The fact that the dog "barked" at someone can mean a lot of things. Maybe the dog was just excited to be there, not unlike their owners who otherwise, for whatever reason, may feel excluded from an attraction. If I see a service dog who is properly uniformed and badged I know the dog is at work and I wouldn't dream of bothering or questioning the dog or the owner about their business.

Rusty- my impression of you so far is that you sit in constant judgement. You must be awfully busy, what with all you have to do in addition to keeping a watchful, critical eye on everyone else as well.