What have you learned in your years as an enthusiast?

[Dave]

That the more time you spend in the bar of a theme park the more you come to the conclusion that most theme park enthusiasts are intolerably annoying.

 

[rob666]

So that's why I am missing Mme Crevettes this year...respite time!

 

[Dave]

So that's why I am missing Mme Crevettes this year...respite time!

I thought it was because the skyride at pleasure beach was closed

 

[rob666]

Skyride at the Beach???

Oh, you mean the Cableway!
No, it closed around the millennium didn't it when Valhalla turned up.
Way before the wankle good sir.
Best way of using up your c tickets back in the day.
And the best way of scaring mum senseless with a little bit of rocking.
And to think I now (often) go for a little tinkle in the precise spot where I used to get off...if you pardon the expression.

 

[Zeock]

The main thing that I learned is that a higher height restriction for a ride does not necessarily mean that it is more intense.

 

[DiogoJ42]

That theme park fandom is actually a front for a secret cabal of nomadic alcoholics looking to meet up and enable each other in public.

 

[Jonathan]

Well, during the course of being an enthusiast, I've learned I'm gay, so...

Nah, in all seriousness, I've learned so much that it'd be impossible to list everything. I think everyone else has probably covered things better than I could.

One thing I have learned, though, is this. 4am airport pints are amazing.

 

[Bert2theSpark]

There will always be ‘bigger’ enthusiasts than you, I’ve met a lot of people at Towers where the park is IS their identity and this pretty much seems to be the same across every park, and is especially bad with Disney people!

If anything, becoming an enthusiast and burning out on it has made me interested in soooo many other things. Sports, theatre, politics, healthcare, the list goes on. I love how I can be introduced to someone/something and going down the Wikipedia rabbit hole for a little while and seeing how others see the world with their interests and passions!

 

[DiogoJ42]

I actually learned this in my first week of working at the Beeb, several ice ages ago, but it works here as well. Fits far too many situations in life...

"There's always a bigger geek."

 

[Leigh]

I’ve learnt the best ways to contort myself so I can get on more wacky worms and runaway trains.

+1’s are more important than comfort.

 

[Jonathan]

I’ve learnt the best ways to contort myself so I can get on more wacky worms and runaway trains.

+1’s are more important than comfort.

There's only one ride I've ever had to cross my legs on in order to close the restraint. This was Dragon's Apprentice at Legoland. Technically, I can blame you for this, but I won't because I'm in a good mood.

 

[Leigh]

There's only one ride I've ever had to cross my legs on in order to close the restraint. This was Dragon's Apprentice at Legoland. Technically, I can blame you for this, but I won't because I'm in a good mood.

That wasn’t even the worst one I’ve done!

 

[Poisson]

I’ve learnt the best ways to contort myself so I can get on more wacky worms and runaway trains.

+1’s are more important than comfort.

Seconded. Dragon's Apprentice might as well be a B&M with the amount of room compared to a Go Gator or similar.