August 5, 200917 yr Not many - it's only 48".....but I swear, I heard that. And also, at The Beast dispatch, the crew "interviewed" some kid and they asked him how old he was and he answered 6. And I believe that.
August 5, 200917 yr How many five year olds are tall enough to ride Beast? I knew at least one for a short time. See below Not many - it's only 48".....but I swear, I heard that. And also, at The Beast dispatch, the crew "interviewed" some kid and they asked him how old he was and he answered 6. And I believe that. I would, my son turned 6 on Monday and is tall enough for The Beast and he definitely was not the tallest six year old at his birthday party. Although, I have not yet let him ride The Beast yet - there are some things that the park, lawyers, and insurance companies might say is ok that I'm not willing to sign up for.
August 6, 200917 yr My dad after riding Dodgems: "Those were the slowest bumper cars I've ever seen!" I love it when non-enthusiasts realize things like that...
August 6, 200917 yr haha yeah, i honestly hate how slow those bumper cars are. My favorite bumper cars are at Coney Island and at Dollywood. Those were my favorite ride at both parks! Then again, i havent been back to dollywood since 1997, where as a happy young 7 year old I purchased an official Dollywood Pocket Knife... they didnt even age check me!
August 6, 200917 yr How many five year olds are tall enough to ride Beast? My friend's 4 year old daughter is tall enough. She's 49"! She'll probably be tall enough for Diamondback when she's 6.
August 6, 200917 yr Thanks! As one who was allowed to ride coasters even before he was born, I can only imagine how awful it would be to not yet be tall enough to ride. Then again, I do remember being too large to ride Superman at Six Flags Over Georgia and how upset I was about that. At least that was a situation that was somewhat in my control and I was old enough to understand why. The only other coaster that rejected me was Vertical Velocity at Six Flags Great America, and I had ridden its siblings before... Not that any of this was why I subsequently engaged in mass reduction, it wasn't. Nice side benefit, though....
August 6, 200917 yr I was in line for Flight deck and herd a guest say KI payed for Diamondback by Selling the Props from Top Gun on Ebay.
August 6, 200917 yr Must you rub it in to him? Huh? I can ride V2 now with the restraints in their lowest position. It's T2 that now makes me wish I couldn't ride it. Terpy, a far, far lesser man than he once was
August 6, 200917 yr I figured you could fit now because you say you've lost so much weight. I was kinda kidding. By the way, congratulations on all of the weight loss. Also, you're on here early today.
August 6, 200917 yr Must you rub it in to him? I was just messin around you know. I wasnt trying to like be mean or anyting. And yeah, congrats!
August 7, 200917 yr "this ride doesn't go upside down, it's an indoor coaster!!" (about FoF, which DOES go upside down, at least 2x)
August 7, 200917 yr I think it does four times. They went to Firehawk after FoF (as did I) and I was SOOO tempted to say "I told you it went upside down" to them lol.
August 8, 200917 yr I think it does four times. lol yeah, alot of people think it only goes upside down once (the corkscrew at the end) but it actually has 4 inversions there's a cobra roll which is two. the corkscrew at the end. and there on more, but the i cant ever notice what kind,. lol i know it's there though
August 8, 200917 yr It goes immediately from the cobra roll (first element of the ride after the launch) into a sidewinder inversion. Then the corkscrew at the end is #4. I have the entire layout of that ride memorized.
August 8, 200917 yr guy in line for Flight of Fear: "this ride doesn't go upside down" girl with him: "how do you know?" guy: "it doesn't have those big bulky harnesses that go over your shoulders" girl: "what does that have to do with going upside down?" guy: "for insurance reasons, just look at Son of Beast, it only had the lap belt and the insurance companies told Cedar Point that they needed to either remove the loop or put on the shoulder harness, so Cedar Point just took out the loop."
August 8, 200917 yr That gentleman needs to go all the way to Louisville and ride the wonderful example from Anton there...or Six Flags Over Georgia, Hersheypark, etc. He's in for quite the surprise!
August 10, 200917 yr A friend called the side of The Racer which wasn't running during our visit (Blue) the "White Racer", since she had heard me call the red side "Red Racer". She also called Action Theater "Attraction Theater".
August 10, 200917 yr guy in line for Flight of Fear: "this ride doesn't go upside down" girl with him: "how do you know?" guy: "it doesn't have those big bulky harnesses that go over your shoulders" girl: "what does that have to do with going upside down?" guy: "for insurance reasons, just look at Son of Beast, it only had the lap belt and the insurance companies told Cedar Point that they needed to either remove the loop or put on the shoulder harness, so Cedar Point just took out the loop." Ohhhhhh dear. Did you correct them?!
August 10, 200917 yr Wonder how many times he thought Flight Deck went upside down? It has those big bulky shoulder harnesses... LOL
August 10, 200917 yr Girl looking at The Racer while in line for The Zephyr: "Look, mommy! The Son of The Beast is running!" Man, she even screwed up the name of the ride she thought it was!
August 10, 200917 yr An eight year old boy that was sitting on the right side of me on Drop Tower said that kids fall out this all the time. I glanced at him and shook my head.
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