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[trinityvixen]

Coney Island tripping was fun. That place is so ghost-y already, given how much they've shut down in order to make it over anew. It's sad to think of those rides and such I didn't go on as not being there in another few weeks, but on another level it's completely understandable as some of the rides are sufficiently old and decrepit enough not to instill me with confidence in their lasting much longer anyway.

It's great that they'll keep the "classic" coaster, the Cyclone, though its memory will probably be raped when the new theme park opens to pretend like it is anything like the old Coney Island was. Personally, I'd rather they kept the tilting ferris wheel, as it was both different from normal ferris wheels and fun. Also, unlike the Cyclone, it didn't give me sprained neck muscles. No, seriously, my neck is killing me. I was so tensed against the painful jerks and throwing about you get on the Cyclone that instead of getting whiplash, I just pulled every muscle in my neck. Joy.

Comments

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Well, it's a pick-your-poison thing. I'm willing to try everything, which is clearly the problem: not every single roller coaster is good for you. Many were built to induce pain--see: The Great American Scream Machine. In the Cyclone's case, the coaster is old, has clearly been kept barely operational status for a long time, and wasn't built with any of the safety standards that might have made for a smoother ride.

I think roller coasters are GREAT ideas. It's just that a lot of them, especially older ones, aren't the smoothest of rides. I was very good and stayed off all the spinny ones, though, even though the tilt-a-whirl looked fun and I was dying to get on the Scrambler since it had been ages since I'd gone on one. I would have gone on those had I known how jarring the Cyclone was.

[edgehopper.livejournal.com]

While if you had gone on that paragon of coasters, Millenium Force, you'd be going at 90 mph with no neck jarring whatsoever. Smoothest coaster I've ever been on.