Mark-Cal
TS Member
- Favourite Ride
- Shambala
I should start by saying I'm not the world's biggest coaster fan boy, probably 50% of my 60ish "creds" have been obtained in the past year and the rest many years back and 99% of them are UK based, so I'm returning to the world of coaster fun after a long time away.
But there's no doubt I do enjoy a good coaster and they envoke many feelings when planning trips, waiting in the queue and actually during the ride.
Anticipation, excitement, trepidation, euphoria and many others but never actually fear.
After looking at many coasters from around the world I can honestly say there isn't one of them I wouldn't ride, dodgy Chinese knock offs, that unrideable Australian thing that goes over a cliff face, hell I'd even risk a go on Smiler if they promised me they'd just torqued all the track bolts.
So why is it that Drop Towers completely scare the crap out of me ?
I'm not talking about those silly pointless air powered bouncy things I mean the ones that crank you slowly up to some vertigo inducing height and then just drop you.
I hate everything about them from being strapped in to the moment I can get off again, there's no part of the ride I enjoy, and sitting at the top waiting for the drop actually petrifies me !
I know they're perfectly safe, I know something is going to arrest my plummet towards certain death before I become pavement pizza ( magnets or magical fairies or however they do it) but the fact remains they scare me like no other ride can !
Apocalypse at Drayton Manor is bad enough but this year I'm going to have to face up to Hurakan Condor. I'm worried already ! :-[
Yeah, I realise I don't have to go on them, but I'm not going to let my kids get one up on me that easily and to be honest being actually scared by a ride is pretty cool, so is it just me with this unnatural fear of drop towers then ?
But there's no doubt I do enjoy a good coaster and they envoke many feelings when planning trips, waiting in the queue and actually during the ride.
Anticipation, excitement, trepidation, euphoria and many others but never actually fear.
After looking at many coasters from around the world I can honestly say there isn't one of them I wouldn't ride, dodgy Chinese knock offs, that unrideable Australian thing that goes over a cliff face, hell I'd even risk a go on Smiler if they promised me they'd just torqued all the track bolts.
So why is it that Drop Towers completely scare the crap out of me ?
I'm not talking about those silly pointless air powered bouncy things I mean the ones that crank you slowly up to some vertigo inducing height and then just drop you.
I hate everything about them from being strapped in to the moment I can get off again, there's no part of the ride I enjoy, and sitting at the top waiting for the drop actually petrifies me !
I know they're perfectly safe, I know something is going to arrest my plummet towards certain death before I become pavement pizza ( magnets or magical fairies or however they do it) but the fact remains they scare me like no other ride can !
Apocalypse at Drayton Manor is bad enough but this year I'm going to have to face up to Hurakan Condor. I'm worried already ! :-[
Yeah, I realise I don't have to go on them, but I'm not going to let my kids get one up on me that easily and to be honest being actually scared by a ride is pretty cool, so is it just me with this unnatural fear of drop towers then ?