Originally Posted By Disney and beyond Were there any rides, shows, or characters that used to scare the crap out of you. I feared the Haunted Mansion for so long. The word Haunted just always got to me. Country Bears used to scare me for an odd reason. I had (and somewhat still do) have a fear of gunshots. I watched one of the old videos that advertised Disney World Christmas. They showed the clip of the gunshot in The Christmas Show, and from them on I was afriad to go on it. The Great Movie Ride scared me for the same reason.
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight Only in DL or other just in general? In DL just the HM. It WAS very scarey when I was little.
Originally Posted By RockyMtnMinnie I was the kid that used to scream through Pirates of the Caribbean. I apologize to everyone who had to ride with me.
Originally Posted By Disney and beyond I was going through all parks. Since there is no All Parks Forum, I put it in here.
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains LP Meets... So thankful I got over that... Thanks Tinkerbel819
Originally Posted By DyGDisney When I was a kid, I was so afraid on The Pirates that I would get on the floor during the ride. I'm still afraid on Haunted Mansion, but I go on it!!
Originally Posted By tinkerbell1962 Three things scared the heck out of me when I was a kid. 1 - the shooting cannon ball scene in Pirates. I was convinced that one was going to sink my boat. 2 - in the Haunted Mansion where the heads pop up from behind the gravestones 3 - Inner Space, I was mortified each time my mom took me on this and we shrunk!!
Originally Posted By DyGDisney >>1 - the shooting cannon ball scene in Pirates. I was convinced that one was going to sink my boat.<< Me too!!!
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 The shooting cannon ball in Pirates creeped me out for years. I always felt like it could have been a real cannon ball that had been placed there for someone else and I was the unlucky stranger who would be blown away. Creepy. More recently I was afraid of the loop in Screamin. Loved the ride but kept my eyes shut for the loop. I'm OK with it now but it took many trips before I appreciated the view. Now I am only afraid of looking at the pictures that are taken of me on the rides. I always look the same, hair straight up, DH and my kids get the biggest kick out of it
Originally Posted By DyGDisney I asked my daughter when she was 4 if she was afraid the cannon balls would hit our boat and she said no. I asked her why not and she said, "They never have before." I guess she'd been to DL a lot more than me at that age!!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros The only thing that I can think of that I was scared of was leaving at the end of the day, sicne I had no idea how long it would be before we were back (even though we made trips about every year). My cousin (who is 6 years older than me) was always afraid of the talking skull in POTC. I guess it had something to do with the drops, but I always remember her getting upset about it, and then being fine for the rest of the ride. She is also still afraid of Harold on the Matterhorn, and closes her eyes every time we pass him (she knows exactly when he's coming up!) but she loves the rest of the ride too much to not go on it because of him...it's kind of funny to watch, if you ask me.
Originally Posted By disneylandfan8 When I was small I was afraid of the whale at the beginning of Storybookland Canal Boats. Just would NOT go on that ride. I couldn't see the other side and just did NOT want to go into it's mouth!
Originally Posted By disneylandfan8 As an adult there are two rides that kinda scare the beegeesuz outta me - Maliboomer and the Sun Wheel of Death. Maybe in the right mood you might get me in one of those stationary red buckets on SWD, but think I'll pass on the MB. I will do TOT, tho... go figure!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Ooh! I forgot about the Storybookland whale! That used to terrify me. We always did Casey Jr instead, since it was the same view, but no getting eaten. I remember walking past there when I was little and crying because the people on the ride were getting eaten, and they didn't even seem upset about it. So much for the Happiest Place on Earth! : )
Originally Posted By BrnardM LilMermaid when I was a kid I always had to close my eyes on the Matterhorn because of the Snowman. To little me he seemed like the Bumble from rudolph the red nosed reindeer. All due respect to those afraid of the Sun Wheel but I have a story from an eqully terrified friend. She spent the whole trip clawing the side like a cat, it was pretty funny.
Originally Posted By lightfello I was afraid of Snow White when I was 10 years old. I have no idea why since I'd been on it before. I remember begging not to go, saying I had a headache. I might have been scared of Pirates or HM but my parents didn't take us on it, as far as I remember.
Originally Posted By dresswhites pirates. that ride scared me for the longest time. mostly because of the drops. everytime i went on it, i always started getting scared in the loading area and didn't calm down till halfway thru the ride. also everytime i went on it, i got scared because i thought they took out the seatbelts and i would fall out of the boat. of course, i know now there were never seatbelts. but when i was a kid i always thought on a previous visit there were and they took them out. every so often i would get scared on the people mover when it went through space mountain. i think because it was real dark and seemed like the train was going 10 times faster.
