Is it knowing what a rocket coaster is? Is it taking pictures of roller coaster construction sites? Is it keeping that ever important Roller Coaster count?
Or is it something A LOT more deeper, and personal?
Is Robert Niles a coaster enthusiast, or simply a man who covers them, as a way to pass time at work? :-)
Be interesting to see what makes and enthusiast, within the eyes of TPI's readers!
You have a denim jacket with patches from the coasters you've ridden.
You've ever contacted rcdb.com to correct something you saw on the site. And you were right.
You know the definition of terms like "trim brake," "station stop" and "rachet dog."
You track your child's growth not in inches or centimeters, but by which coasters they are now tall enough to ride.
When you talk about "your first time" you are talking about being on a coaster, not, well, you know....
You've ridden a coaster since you last, well, you know....
You plan your family visits home around coaster trips.
You spend most of your day at work on websites dedicated to coasters and theme parks.
If the hospitality tent and a coaster is both closing in 10 minutes, you would take one last ride rather than a free beer!
You talk to ride operators, and call them 'key contacts'
When you go to an amusement park with a group of people you talk about who built, and when the roller coasters were built, only to find everyone has ditched you...
You run a web site on roller coasters, and consider it a Full-Time Job... Yet still have no REAL job.
If someone in line says a certain ride is 80mph, and you know it's 80.9mph, you butt in and correct them...
You can recite queue spiels; yet can't even remember your anniversary or your son's name...
1. You never miss the coaster shows on the Discovery Channel. Even then, everything on there is old news.
2. You visit this website everyday.
3. "Coaster" is in your e-mail address.
I'll think of more later!
You hop fences, and even risk being arrested to touch brand new roller coaster track.
When your wife is giving birth to your first child, you recieve a call, over the amusement parks PA system...
You name your son Intamin, or name your twin children Bolliger & Mabillard!
1. You feel strongly about which park is better, Cedar Point or Magic Mountain.
2. You can name all of the stats for your favorite coasters.
3. You can give a play-by-play on your favorite coaster(s).
4. Your pets are named for various coasters.
5. You refer to ACE as your second family.
Your greatest musical hit's includes, On-ride and Queue music from your favorite amusement park rides.
While driving your car down the freeway, you blast on-ride music from your favorite coaster, an act as if you're on the ride.
You understand such acronyms as,SFMM,USH,and DCA.
You'd rather ride a coaster then ride your.... :-)
You refer to roller coasters, as "she", and "he." Yet you still refer to your husband/wife, as, "Hey you." or,(insert vulgar word here).
You would never consider a vacation that did not involve an amusement park.
You would still ride Millenium Force in snow and hail!!
Every Ride Op knows you by your full name...
When you talk about G's you're not referring to that certain spot.:-)
You think having your lap bar 3 inches above your waist is "Fun."
You make fun of people because they don't know what a Raven Turn is.
You know who Dana Morgan is.
You know about all amusement ride makers, and brag about it, only to find people think you're a nerd.
You consider Roller coaster riding better then....
... Has GUESS WHAT set up as home page. --Best viewed when daylight hours are EST-USA.
... Has the Perfect Desk Top.
... Bought [LINKIN PARK] Reanimation in hopes that it would somehow do same here: Lincoln Park/Comet Coaster. ... Not to be confused with Whalom Park. Yes, Comet Coaster was my first. It still holds the most frieghtening memories of my life, over and over, year after year. This ride had more unrealistic air-time and lateral G's than the 9/11 Drop Tower. ***A little Halloween humor*** Which may or may not explain a few of these lucrative bumps on my head :/
... Has Screamscape, Coaster Buzz, TPI, and ARN&R (as well as many others) set as my default news pages. Which I check daily.
... Has a great idea for the perfectly themed "family" thrill ride! A racing, dueling, twisted, wooden coaster named RUMPLE-Stilt's Kin. "... and in his anger he plunged his right foot so deep into the earth that his whole leg went in, and then in rage he pulled at his left leg so hard with both hands that he tore himself in two." Using the same loading platform, one track (Rumple) would be the adult side; the one for the parents. Reaching a magical 150', this attraction would attain speeds around 55mph, spinning straw into gold along the way. The second track (Stilt's Kin) would be for the kiddies and, initially racing alongside their parents' coach to the top of the lift hill, they would reach a whopping 70' and their whole ride would be up on stilts, attaining speeds up to 25mph. Rumple would dive in and out of Stilt's Kin, trying to capture the "first born" before the young lass can guess his name! It has been suggested, also, that speakers be placed within the parents' coach along with mics in the kiddie cars. This would amplify the children's screams for added effect. The whole ride would be computer controlled for ultimate interaction.
You strongly believe the movie, "Rollercoaster," is worthy of an Oscar. Instead Of Robert Niles, you became, Robert "Disney" or Robert "Knott" Ride Ops ask you for advice on how to run their ride.. You'd fight someone because they think your favorite coaster is a bad ride. You play the game, No Limits. You count your money in, Disney Dollars.
"Sorry for the hold-up folks, seems there's a slow moving train up ahead...."
... You rate interstate on/off ramps by their lateral G forces. ... You live in the 'flat lands' but visit your family in New England often, not for their company, but for the fact there are more hills to drive on. ... Ron Toomer, Ron Toomer, Ron Toomer, ... can't get his name off your mind. ... You visit your local park in the off season and just stare at the ride. ... "(Love) Roller Coaster" by The Ohio Players gets your first quarter in any juke box. ... You have to ask, "There is more to life than roller coasters?"
You perform restraint safety checks before sitting in your own seat. When someone mentions doing, "The Wild Thing," you think about Dana Morgan, and the city of Shakopee, Minnesota. You'll put up a fight to ride a childs coaster, just to keep your coaster count up. You care that superman the escape is a roller coaster, or not. It's a Friday, around 6pm, and you enter a park with 12 different hand stamps from all the parks you've visted that day. You see paying $500 for season passes to all your favorite parks as a MUST. But see using that money for your childs braces as, a waste.
No, wait ... the parking lot cam is back on. Who here knows what a Screaming Squirrel is? He he
o surface area 12x11 m o deflection height of 6.50 m o of six degrees of freedom, electric drive o maximum speed of 2 m/s o capacity 200 kg o of 3 music-synchronous programs standard o 400 V 50 cycles per second of 13.5 KVA o DIN 4112 (TUEV Munich) o IP 65 o 3 years servicing contract inclusive. Maybe, I shouldn't be posting this.
Your picky were you sit on the roller coasters like the front seat on volcano at kings dominion is the best When looking for a house you make sure it is by a theme park
You have an enitre room full of photos of coasters. An entire shelf in your room is full of the boxes of coaster games. You send good snapshots of coasters to their theme parks, asking if they can hang them up in the coaster's station. You've memorized all the words in those 12+ roller coaster books that you happen to own. You go out and buy all the videos about roller coasters that you can find. You rate things by roller coasters...for instance...you might rate TPI as Millennium Force...has all the good features on it...just like MF itself. You go onto TPI every day! (Well, maybe I don't do this. But when you are coaster treking around the globe, it's tough to! At least now I actually access TPI now.) I have done all of these.
You secretly wish that someday you will get to experience the same "B-Force" effect that Fabio enjoyed.
...You dream only about roller coasters ...When your parents ask you what you want to do you always respond "I want to go to a theme park!" ...Roller Coaster Tycoon is your favorite computer game ...Theme Park Insider is your favorite website And last but not least: ...You buy photos from every ride with on-ride pictures
Your Christmas Tree has Amusement Park & Roller Coaster Ornaments on it. You use the Scenario Editor in ROLLER COASTER TYCOON to re-create your Favorate Cities, and turn them into Amusement Parks! (I Didn't know Miami's Fontenbleu Hotel has a SHIEKRA-Type Diving Coaster in its Lobby!) If a Plane you are flying in encounters Turbulance, you raise your hands! (And if it's a REALLY Turbulant Flight, after you've arrived in the Terminal you scream LET'S DO IT AGAIN!) If someone tells you they're going to Hawaii, your first thought is "What a waste of a trip!" (I have this feeling if Hawaii ever gets a Coaster, no matter HOW insignifcant (Ex a Kiddie Coaster) Coaster Enthusiasts will COME OUT OF THE WOODWORK in order to get the "Credit"
And, I second Steve: welcome, William, and 'gratz!
If the Flight you are on involves changing planes in Charlotte, North Carolina, and you find out you Connecting Flight is delayed 5 1/2 Hours, the next two words out of your mouth are.. TAXI!, CAROWINDS! (A True Story I might add, and a "Mastercard Moment" as well) Dinner: $15.00 Cab Fare: $30.00 Admission to Carowinds: $42.00 Getting to Ride Five Roller Coasters Between Flights: P-R-I-C-E-L-E-S-S!!!
BTW: Raging Bull, Viper, Batman, and Krakken
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There's a very large spider web across the Camera Lens, and there are now two tracks in position!!
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Cedar Point turned off the parking lot camera in the past hour. However, you can still view construction live cam from atop the Demon Drop by clicking "Park Cam Index" in the upper right hand corner of the cam page :/
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you want to design them for a living.
when you only go to southern california to ride rides.
when you play rollercoaster tycoon for hours even though you have other stuff to do.
when you would stand in line for 8 hours just to go on one ride.
when you waste a sunday just looking at coaster pics all day.
when you cant get that stupid techno song from riddelers revenge out of your head.
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