Originally Posted By DAR Let me explain this one because it can also be known the "oh crap". You get on a ride you're actually pumped up and excited to ride but then you get to the point where you think why did I do this. For me it's on the Tower of Terror. I'm okay getting on the elevator. And I'm pretty good going the first part of the ride. Then the "oh crap or or"no" moment comes when you start to move forward. And you see the time clock shatter. The doors open and d o w n y o u d r o p
Originally Posted By imadisneygal That happens to me at the top of Chickapin Hill at Splash Mountain EVERY TIME! I always say, "WHY AM I ON THIS THING?!!?" And then I splash down and get soaking wet. Good times...
Originally Posted By blueharvest82 I get the same feeling on tower of terror and space mountain. Its probably the reason I have never done rock and roller coaster. But I have been on Everest a 1000 times and never had that feeling. I am a weird guy.
Originally Posted By nbodyhome Anytime I open my wallet. "oh, crap"! Really, I don't do Stitch Encounter because I couldn't handle AE, and same with ITTBAB. Roller coasters don't scare me, but anything too interactive can.
Originally Posted By blueharvest82 ^^ I love the stitch attraction, I just think the alien encounter was better.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I had the feeling on Stitch, but for an entirely different reason. I wasn't scared, but it was more of a feeling of "I wasted a FastPass-when I had an extra for Splash that I don't have time to use now-on this?", so it could be similar...
Originally Posted By u k fan Not a Disney one, but the final drop on Atlantis at Sea World is probably mine. I think my sister was ready to go overboard when she thought we were going up again!!!
Originally Posted By Mr X Well, this isn't really the lighthearted answer I think this thread is looking for BUT along those lines Space Mountain freaks me out recently. Not because of any "oh NO, this'll be scary!" sort of thing, but more an irrational fear every since the accidents on Big Thunder in Anaheim and Space Mountain in Tokyo. Interestingly, Thunder Mountain is fine with me and I don't even get nervous on big boys like Hulk etc., even at night, but something about Space Mountain always bugs me now because of the dark factor. Actually in two specific areas of the ride too. First, at the very top when you get going, I get this fear that the track will be broken and we'll plunge to the floor. Then I have fun for a while. Then near the end with all the twists and turns I get ANOTHER fear that we'll come screaming around the corner and another train will be stopped up ahead and we'll crash into it with no warning. Granted, I REALIZE they have all kinds of safeties in place to prevent either occurrence, but that's why it's irrational right? Just like my fear of flying, pretty much. In general, I get a little nervous about coaster crashes on tracks where they run more than one train at a time (again, I realize there are safety measures in place and any crash is very unlikely). As for any "oh no, scary!" moments, not really. I love drops and plunges and all that and pretty much look forward to them.
Originally Posted By Mr X Oh, I do get that "oh no, this is SCARY!" feeling on those moon-shot rides (like Maliboomer), but not the ones that shoot you up quick...only the ones that rise slowly and then plunge. I was on one in Japan one time and it was VERY windy...MAN that was scary as we rose higher and higher (and the wind felt like the whole pole would fall over!).
Originally Posted By u k fan Having been brought up on DLP's Space Mountain my defining memory of WDW's was "Well, this is lame!" I actually found myself having to defend it to my riding partner!!!
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Hmmm, nothing at WDW makes me feel this way per say. However the Maliboomer at DCA before it goes up does it, and the Mullholland Madness, I am always like Mr X, I am worried about coming off and seeing it makes it worse. Being in the dark on Space makes it easier. Primevil whirl does not have the same effect because the spinning makes it easier.
Originally Posted By Mr X Funny that we have a similar fear but sort of opposite in the same way! Personally, I guess for me it's the fear of not being able to see it coming (not something "fun scary" but something really bad).
Originally Posted By danyoung >I have never done rock and roller coaster. But I have been on Everest a 1000 times and never had that feeling. I am a weird guy.< Don't feel too weird - I'm the same way. As much as I love Everest, I have yet to do R&RC. But it's more to do with the over the shoulder harnesses than any real fear of the coaster - I hate being locked in like that!
Originally Posted By nbodyhome ^^ I don't mind shoulder harnesses in R&RC, they don't hurt. But the ones on AE could, and that is why I don't do Stitch. (also, I found AE scary, and didn't like being held down).
Originally Posted By danyoung It's easy to fool the Stitch shoulder harnesses - just hunch your shoulders up when they come down. After a few seconds they release and go up a fraction of an inch, leaving your shoulders completely untouched for the show. Now, if only Stitch was a good show . . .
Originally Posted By nbodyhome I don't want to chance my shoulders again, it really hurt when I did AE! Plus I was scared, so that didn't help. I've not heard anything good about Stitch (I did almost get dragged onto it in October, but fortunately we were running late for something else).
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo I kind of like Stitch, though personally prefered AE. Sarah was freaked out by AE, but adored Stitch. Denise, I would suggest you give it a try. I think it gets a bad rap, but I know I liked it - that AA is pretty awesome!
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo The first time I rode RNRC, EE, and ToT I had those feelings, but not anymore. That's the prob with relying on thrills. Thankfully the theming and AA on EE makes it worth while, same with ToT, and I am lucky, I love Aerosmith, so RNR appeals too. In fact at WDS I have had the pleasure of 10 back to back RNR rides, but you have to rejoin the queue. Luckily on DLP SM, you can stay on if quiet. My record is 23 spins around the mountain. Awesome, but I wondered how much breain damage I sustained - 69 inversions in just over an hour!!!
Originally Posted By jasmine7 No question for me: Soarin'. I know so many people think this is such a tame ride, but it scared the heck out of me when I rode it with my mom in '05. She thought it was a blast, but I had my eyes closed through the vast majority of it, and I was clenching her arm so hard. I'll probably give it another try whenever I go back, but that one just took me by surprise with how badly it scared me.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper Berain damage dave? You have cause to be concerned. I have never had an "oh no" ride moment at Disney. Now, the Dragster ride at Cedar Point (0-100 mph in under 8 seconds plus a 400 foot ascent/descent) did cause me to say "oh.....". (A dirtier version of "oh no". But, the ride is over so fast you hardly have time to think about being scared. I had an "oh no" with my then 4 year old son at Sea World on their tame Shamu Coaster. About half way up the short lift hill my son asked if he could get off. Well, no...you can't. He didn't cry at all but we haven't ridden since and when he was thinking about riding Goofy's Barnstormer he had a flashback of Shamu and decided to take a pass. I had a work related "oh no" when I was on the Jungle Cruise. I was working the loading area when a...how do I put this politely..."large" family all started boarding. One of the family members got on and the boat really lurched toward the dock. My foot slipped off the boat and got wedged between the boat and the dock...futher trapped by the second member of the family. So, I let out a howling, pain-induced "oh no"...but I did not say "oh no". When my team lead heard and then saw me I suddenly did think "oh no" because I thought I was going to lose my job. But, through the commotion of the situation no one really fixated on my comment and that wasn't my final day on the Jungle.
