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How do you like rollercoasters ?
Love them 44%  44%  [ 23 ]
Dread them 27%  27%  [ 14 ]
Enjoy them 21%  21%  [ 11 ]
Don't particularly enjoy them 2%  2%  [ 1 ]
Other ____________________ 6%  6%  [ 3 ]
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31 May 2008, 5:20 am

I have always had vertigo, so for me they're a nightmare.


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31 May 2008, 5:22 am

I love them. I get sick as all hell on them, but I love the adreniline rush.


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31 May 2008, 6:01 am

oh ya.

roller coasters are wicked awesome, especially the ones i've never ridden yet.



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31 May 2008, 6:38 am

I've tried to like roller coasters, but every time I ride one, I get a migraine. And I really just don't like them that much.



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31 May 2008, 6:51 am

i have a real love for them. not particuarly interested in riding them although i have been on a few but probably no more than average. im not keen on heights either so that doesn't help getting past the nerves

no, for me the interest is derived from the construction, architecture, positioning and elegance of them. they represent an opportunity to experience a raw human emotion - fear.

i prefer the older woodies (wooden built coasters) compared to the modern steel monsters although i enjoy being in the vicinity of either - just watching the movement of the cars over the tracks, the sounds emitted by the machinary etc. is quite engrossing for me. photos on the internet and youtube helps feed my interest nicely.



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31 May 2008, 6:53 am

I enjoy them. I think they are fun, but they also scare me a bit :)



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31 May 2008, 7:10 am

drybones wrote:
i prefer the older woodies (wooden built coasters) compared to the modern steel monsters although i enjoy being in the vicinity of either - just watching the movement of the cars over the tracks, the sounds emitted by the machinary etc. is quite engrossing for me.


I can relate to that though. I do enjoy looking at the architectural pattern of the wooden roller coasters. "OMG, an enormous pattern, stare, stare, stare!" LOL



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31 May 2008, 7:10 am

I love them, I go silly and bounce up and down at the very thought, but I'm a bit deprived - my dear little country has a grand total of one rollercoaster, and I've been on it near a hundred times - it's getting boring.


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31 May 2008, 7:12 am

mysterious_misfit wrote:
drybones wrote:
i prefer the older woodies (wooden built coasters) compared to the modern steel monsters although i enjoy being in the vicinity of either - just watching the movement of the cars over the tracks, the sounds emitted by the machinary etc. is quite engrossing for me.


I can relate to that though. I do enjoy looking at the architectural pattern of the wooden roller coasters. "OMG, an enormous pattern, stare, stare, stare!" LOL


Oh I know right! The ghostrider at Knotts comes to mind...


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31 May 2008, 7:15 am

I live near Wisconsin Dells, and there are several there.



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31 May 2008, 7:25 am

I've never got up the courage to try one.



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31 May 2008, 7:54 am

I live for roller coasters! I'm going on the nation's top coaster (and my personal favorite), The Beast at Kings Island, in a couple of weeks! I've been there twice now and I absolutely love the roller coasters there! I'm also planning on going to Kings Dominion in Virginia later on this summer as well. I used to also enjoy the roller coasters at Astro World (in Houston), but it's closed now.



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31 May 2008, 8:20 am

I hate the big black cushion things they put on your shoulders when you go on them.


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31 May 2008, 8:21 am

I love roller coasters, but I'm terrified of heights, so I don't like the ones like Superman and Fahrenheit that take you up a hundred feet and drop you.



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31 May 2008, 8:40 am

love them as long as they don't go upside down



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31 May 2008, 8:58 am

Recently I went to Cedar Point and found that I had almost no fear of going on any of the Roller Coasters. I rode all of the really huge coasters (Millennium Force, Dragster, Magnum, ect.) without feeling more then the slightest tinge of fear. It was the first time I had gone to Cedar Point since I started to try to become fearless, and it was awsome.


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