Crazy things you hear while waiting in line...

CodyR said:
Some kids today, probly around 13 or 14 were talking about dragster while we were waiting for Mean Streak. They were talking about how fast it can go and the one kid said 'oh it goes 120 mph.' Then I hear his friend say, in the background, 'yeah but it depends on how many people are on it. It can get up to 2 or 300 mph.' haha

LMAO, maybe he was actually talking about a actual top fuel dragster, lol.

CodyR said:
Some kids today, probly around 13 or 14 were talking about dragster while we were waiting for Mean Streak.

I'm calling B.S. ;)

^the waiting for Mean Streak part? haha

I was waiting in line last Friday for Magnum and I overheard this couple asking each other which one is this one? They eventually asked me if this one was Maverick? I'm like no this one is Magnum. Then they asked if this one goes upside down? So Its like they asked me the same question twice...lol.

At least they didn't ask you if it was sinking.

The best was, while in line for Dragster this past Monday...this trashy woman behind me, talking to her boyfriend (or whatever he was...maybe even son?) "WHAT? These are Christian Dior sunglasses? UGH. I thought they were Prada. Why did I even buy these pieces of crap."

I guess you just had to see her too to make the full funny connection...but yeah, that was a good one.

Also, this guy with a heavy Jersey accent was trying to convince his buddy that the Gemini was made out of dinosaur bones. Right.

Annnd, last but not least...some guy came up to me and asked (are you ready?)...."What lake are we on?" I told him and he started freaking out on his girlfriend that she was wrong...yadda yadda. Wow. Well, these people still beat the folks you get at Six Flags Great America, so I'm not complaining.

I always love going with friends who aren't as into Cedar Point as myself. It's quite amusing correcting them all day long. This year has been great so far for crazy comments: I heard someone say that a Demon Drop car fell down the lift shaft and killed a few people, that's why they ripped it out. I heard someone say that Power Tower ripped off a young rider's feet after a cable snapped, so they didn't get a ride on it their last trip. I heard someone say I wanna ride "the Maverick" as they pointed at Magnum from Wicked Twister's line. I almost got into a fist fight with this kid at school once who claimed that Gemini was a wooden coaster, and that Millennium Force was sinking and was going to be ripped out. Fighting wasn't quite worth it, though. ;)

I'd much rather hear an uninformed person say that Magnum has a loop than hear someone with a comic-book-guy persona correct that person.

When Maverick came out I overheard a guy telling his friends it was named after the character that Tom Cruise played in Top Gun. I laughed to myself as his buddies kind of looked at him with that "yeah man, uh that's cool look" beacuse they knew he was wrong. Maverick is slang for a horse that can't be broken.

airee85 said:

Annnd, last but not least...some guy came up to me and asked (are you ready?)...."What lake are we on?"

That reminds me of the time two years ago I was on the beach and heard a lady tell her kids "that's the same ocean we saw when we were in Tampa last winter." My head nearly exploded due to the sheer number of things that were wrong with that statement.

My favorites are when people think COASTERS are powered. I once heard someone say the dragster rolls back when it hasn't charged long enough.

Good thread!! ^ ha, funny one about TTD charging long enough!!

Some I heard, ready?

1. That TTD's light tree at the launch keeps track of how many people get in line!

2. That MF uses duct tape to hold it together.

3. That Maxair's "passenger disk" may fly off sometimes.

4. People were heard looking for the "Magnum motion" in the park

5. If wild cat has airbags in it's cars, because it stops so fast!

6. The ride op at giant wheel in opening day spent the whole time at his station talking about foot long hot dogs and saying how hungry he was to all of us in line, and for people in the cars.

7. Girls at TC last thursday were complaining about getting wet on it.

8. People ask employees "where is the kiddie diaper station?"

9. Someone said that an old man died with his pacemaker on TTD

10. That a guy brought toothpaste on magnum and squirted it out on everyone in the train. They said they found the empty tube in the midway near the exit.

11. And, lastly, that some kids were horrified to ride mine ride, because they thought that Gemini was part of mine ride and they were scared of the big hills on "that one over there". (gemini)

Miss_Maverick07 said:

7. Girls at TC last thursday were complaining about getting wet on it.

Haha, wow.

Love it :)

Miss_Maverick07 said:
10. That a guy brought toothpaste on magnum and squirted it out on everyone in the train. They said they found the empty tube in the midway near the exit.

That one may not be far from the truth. Last weekend I was standing by Magnum's exit gate and got hit with something green and minty as the train passed. It had a spit-like consistency to it, so I washed up pretty good in the bathroom right away.

I always hear that Power Tower chopped off that girl's leg.

At least that was something that (unfortunately) happened. They just have the wrong park and wrong ride manufacturer.

But since most people don't realize who actually makes the rides, I can kinda forgive that one.

I thought it was both of her feet?

I always hear people swearing up and down a girl was scalped while riding the power tower when her long hair got tangled up in whatever. Even my friend, who's an executive at the Toledo Blade, tells me he remembers running the story. I always ask him to show me the article.

This kid with a defected ear (I don't know what else to call it) told us Sunday that he lost his ear riding Dragster 3 years ago. I was like... I dont think thats at all possible.

@Kyle: I think it was only the left one that was gone. I think they were able to put her right leg back on.

^ the girl's two feet, not legs, were chopped off. I read an article on her and her family. It happened at Six flags kentucky kingdom, on a ride called "superman, tower of terror" I think it was the name. I have been to this park before when the drop ride was named "hell-evator". They had fake feet put on her and she is learning to walk again. I feel bad because she will probably never ride rides again..:(

This did not happen on power tower, though.