I remember Giant Slide, it was one of my favorites.
My ex and I went to Blizzard Beach a few years back. Summit Plummet gave me pause, but I decided if it was still running 15+ years after opeining, I'd be okay.
I'm a Marxist, of the Groucho sort.
MaXair. No way, no how. Really, just about any spinny rides make me pukey.
I figured Windseeker might be an exception because of the wide range of the swing. Relaxing, even! But nope. Still made me kinda sick.
Edit: Forgot Skyride. Or any ride like it. Something about bobbing along in the breeze supported only by that [seemingly] little cable...ehh...
If we open this up to water parksI would have to add water slides that are tube shaped. I'm too claustraphobic. Open ones are OK but not my favorite thing so I see no point in forcing myself on to the closed ones.
For me, Skyhawk and Windseeker get me every time. Looking down at the sidewalk freaks me out every time. I have no issue with smaller Screamin' Swings, but Skyhawk is terrifying. Windseeker is just so high up there with a minimal restraint. I have grown to love it, and I ride it every time it has a short line, but I do panic about three-quarters of the way up.
I have never had issues with MaXair or Skyride. MaXair's OTSRs comfort me, and they probably would make Skyhawk less frightening, but the lap bars make Skyhawk more fun. Like Pete, I have ridden many ski lifts that go higher and bounce more than Skyride, but I can understand why people would be petrified by it.
In terms of waterslides, height doesn't bother me, but those trap-door slides absolutely horrify me. There's something about the suspense that gets to me. The suspense of TTD's launch doesn't get to me as much as the trap-door slides because TTD has restraints, but those waterslides are just you and an 80-degree drop.
Loving Maverick since 2007!
I love Skyscraper! I don't hold onto anything though, I just put hands up and my feet out and just spin around like crazy. Except this one time I rode it, the operator stopped the ride at the very top(no one was getting on or off) and for about 5 full minutes. That freaked me out a bit, but it was nice and quiet up there.
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I got a nasty friction burn on Giant Slide as a kid. Didn't really realize it till I was at the bottom. Had to go to first aid. Didn't like the ride after that.
Oh, and I totally agree about trap door water rides. Those are legit. Scary!
Giant Wheel.
Also, all this hatin' on Skyscraper makes me sad. It's probably one of my favorite "flat" rides in the park.
2010: Millennium Force & Mantis
2011: Raptor
2012: Raptor, Sky Ride and Wicked Twister
2013: Co-Team Leader of Sky Ride
2014: Supervisor of Slingshot/Skyscraper
I'm seeing a lot of people saying that Sky Ride terrifies them. If any of you were at the park today, Sky Ride broke down, with people in the cars on the cables. I feel bad if any of you were stuck up there!
Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most!
Former Screamster
'08 Terror Island
'09-'10 Fright Zone
For me, it used to be any given ride that looked intimidating, either really big or went upside-down. I've since gotten over the inversions, however, and breaking the 200-foot barrier on Magnum last year was also a big help.
Witches' Wheel is demon spawn, by the way (see my 8/28/2014 trip report). Or maybe I just have a weak stomach.
A few due to my fear of heights...
Cable Cars- and thank you for putting the idea in my head that they can be broken down and at a standstill ARGH!!!! I miss the space needle due to it being the first thing we would look for while driving to CP, but that scared me too, claustrophobia and heights lol
Windseeker- haven't ridden it due to the potential of it breaking down and I'd be terrified
Skyhawk- restraints, enough said.
Sky Ride and Giant Wheel......Giant Wheel scares the crap out of me for whatever reason, don't know why.....I can handle any other ride in the park, tall, spinning, you name it but these two scare me to death!
Windseeker doesn't scare me. I thought it would- I had previously ridden Texas Sky Screamer and found it to be underwear-sacrificingly terrifying. I was surprised how docile Windseeker- it is like a carousel compared to TSS.
The back seat of Wicked Twister is scary to me. It feels like you're going to get launched right off the tower.
But I think the Ripcord is the scariest of all rides at the Point.
RipCord is the only ride that truly scares me anymore, which is probably why I love it so much. Gravity drop towers such as Drop Tower, Xscream at Waldameer, etc. make me a bit nervous. I have no issues with Power Tower. I tend to get more of a thrill from the rides that "challenge" me.
Also I get a bit nervous on Sky Ride if I start thinking about the fact there is really nothing to save you if the cable fails.
I am getting queasy just reading all the comments here about the WS. I'll get to that...
I'm never one to back down and always wanting to jump right on any new thrill. I did get teary eyed with the anticipation of my first ride on TTD. The wait in line was hell that first year. Three hours waiting to a constant bombardment from employees and a looping recording of safety instructions. We watched the ride roll back two different times and break down once. Didn't realize I was so amped till the tree lights ran to green and nothing happened! The car before ours took off and I didn't realize it was not yet our turn. I exhaled, released my grip and my whole body shook and was tingling. I couldn't feel my hands! Tears in my eyes and enduring an embarrassing call out by my friend- "Are you crying?!" While stomping my feet (couldn't feel them either), shaking my hands to restore the blood flow, shouting "You'd better not tell anyone!" Take two and time to fly now and what a rush! So much fun but my friend had to help me get out of the ride because my legs were all rubbery. I laugh now but couldn't believe my reaction to this ride. Bought my pictures for that one and every time I run across it I go right back to those moments. TTD is by far one of my fondest memories now and in my top five must dos for a trip to CP.
And the WS... *sigh. I think there should be OTSRs and I fell right into the trap of manipulation to scare/thrill you. I hated the height, wanted to yell at a kid that was bending over to look straight down as I felt that he would topple out, almost had a nervous breakdown when my sister also started losing her mind during the ride and never prayed so hard in my life. This ride could not end soon enough. Release from that seat was sweet relief indeed! Had tears steaming down my face as I patted my sister's back who was bent over with the dry heaves. I've made it my mission (out loud to witnesses) that I'll conquer this fear and get back on one day. Again, enduring embarrassing call outs from my sister ever since about being a wussy little girl (she's ridden WS again). Was not disappointed at all that it was closed due to weather on our last visit. Any helpful hints out there? Maybe I'll just keep praying for it to be closed when I'm visiting CP.
2 rides really make me nervous.
The first one has been mentioned once I think. I went on Windseeker the year it opened and found it to be not quite as bad as some of you have said (the scariest part for me was my phone that was slowly slipping out of my pocket) as I don't really have that big of a fear of heights. However, later in the summer my family went to San Antonio and one of the days we went to Six Flags Fiesta Texas. The skyscreamer ride there was the first time since my preteen years that I've been legitimately scared on a ride. It's not as tall as windseeker, but the radius is way smaller and the angular velocity is much greater. The worst (I guess it made it more fun though) part was the restraints. Some of you guys are complaining about Windseeker's, but this SkyScreamer has Wave Swinger type restraints!
The second type is fully enclosed body slides that are twisty at waterparks. I just always get a ton of water in my nose and I feel like I can't breathe!
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