Stupid things the GP have said
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Nemesis Inferno
Strata Poster
Neal said:
I term train by having more than one carriage, hence Dive Machines have trains, whilst Spinners have cars...
I hate these topics, the arrogance in it reeks, so what if they refer to Rita as 100mph, so what if they refer to Kumali as "that big blue one that swings over the lake" or Velocity as "the motorbikes!"... so what if some peoples imagination goes a little wild in thinking they were going faster than they were, highger than they were, felt it was more dangerous than it actually was.... I can guarantee you the General Public have a hell of a lot more fun when they visit a park than when an enthusiast does.
Some enthusiasts make it sound like a chore.
Wow. Rant over I guess.
Some enthusiasts make it sound like a chore.
Wow. Rant over I guess.
wash
Mega Poster
^True, you can't expect someone who isn't an enthusiast to be familiar with ride names, stats, and workings, but sometimes a person makes a comment which leaves you no choice but to believe that they are too dense to be aware of the world around them. There's a topic like this over at TPR with over a hundred pages that I looked at once. Take a look and you'll see what I mean.
The stupidest thing I've heard was that the nets after the station on Montu are there to catch you if you fall out so that the crocodiles won't eat you. This makes no sense because the net is obviously not mean to bear the weight of a person, it would take a miracle for someone to fall out of a seat leaning back on a flat bit of track by accident even if the restraints failed, and no company would operate a ride with the kind of hazards supposedly present.
Honorable mention goes to the widely-held belief that trains commonly get stuck in loops when the power goes out. This shouldn't make sense, even to a non-enthusiasts. Gravity powered coasters have no running rails, so unless the entire structure is carrying a charge, it's not electrically powered. Second, if it was powered, why would there need to be a chain lift (again, clearly visible). And if we are to assume that the train would immediately stop when the power cuts off, then the power would have been responsible for every bit of momentum at any point of the ride. If that was the case, why would the lift hill be so slow, when the rest of the ride is fast? Why would there be a lift hill in the first place? All that aside, if the coaster "lost power" , why would it come to an instantaneous halt? It would still be carried forward by momentum even if its source of locomotion was cut off at the top of the loop. And even if the train came to an instant stop, what are the odds that it would be perfectly balanced at the top of the loop (with cobra rolls and batwings its a different story, I'll admit)? There's just no logic behind this idea.
The stupidest thing I've heard was that the nets after the station on Montu are there to catch you if you fall out so that the crocodiles won't eat you. This makes no sense because the net is obviously not mean to bear the weight of a person, it would take a miracle for someone to fall out of a seat leaning back on a flat bit of track by accident even if the restraints failed, and no company would operate a ride with the kind of hazards supposedly present.
Honorable mention goes to the widely-held belief that trains commonly get stuck in loops when the power goes out. This shouldn't make sense, even to a non-enthusiasts. Gravity powered coasters have no running rails, so unless the entire structure is carrying a charge, it's not electrically powered. Second, if it was powered, why would there need to be a chain lift (again, clearly visible). And if we are to assume that the train would immediately stop when the power cuts off, then the power would have been responsible for every bit of momentum at any point of the ride. If that was the case, why would the lift hill be so slow, when the rest of the ride is fast? Why would there be a lift hill in the first place? All that aside, if the coaster "lost power" , why would it come to an instantaneous halt? It would still be carried forward by momentum even if its source of locomotion was cut off at the top of the loop. And even if the train came to an instant stop, what are the odds that it would be perfectly balanced at the top of the loop (with cobra rolls and batwings its a different story, I'll admit)? There's just no logic behind this idea.
Error
Strata Poster
One day, at Matterhorn at CP:
"Let's swing back and worth even though the ride host said not to!"
"Could you stop doing that?"
"**** off!"
In line:
"I heard the mine ride had 20 cars at one point."
Working Skyride:
"Spit off the edge, they won't care!" I was standing right there.
In line:
"Maverick original had a giant jump in it, but they took it out cause everyone kept dying."
Yeah, I have so much fun.
"Let's swing back and worth even though the ride host said not to!"
"Could you stop doing that?"
"**** off!"
In line:
"I heard the mine ride had 20 cars at one point."
Working Skyride:
"Spit off the edge, they won't care!" I was standing right there.
In line:
"Maverick original had a giant jump in it, but they took it out cause everyone kept dying."
Yeah, I have so much fun.
M_Force_4_ever
Roller Poster
While I was in line for Nitro I overheard some dude say to his buddy "Ride in the back car, it goes fastest"
I LOL'd
I LOL'd
CMonster
Giga Poster
We got stuck on the lift hill once on Montu while in the front row, and I looked back and saw some lady sweating and praying in the second row. :lol:
And I HATE it when people add unnecessary "The's" to a ride's name, or even worse call it "the big red ride that goes straight down." I just want to drown the ignorants in truth!!!!
:wink:
And I HATE it when people add unnecessary "The's" to a ride's name, or even worse call it "the big red ride that goes straight down." I just want to drown the ignorants in truth!!!!
:wink:
