What is your worst amusement park experience?

[Zookeeper]

Scary rides? Scary people? Scary giant stuffed beasts from the arcade? Empty pockets at the end of the day?

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

1. When I was 14

I threw up on the Tilt-a-Whirl in front of a very cute guy two years ahead of me in school on whom I had a MAJOR crush. He never returned my lust, and the vomiting probably didn't help matters.

[Ready4Change]

10. That's not necessarily a problem.

No, this doesn't involve weird kinks.

I know of two couple who, at some point during their dating, had one vomit on the other. One was during a dinner, the other during a train ride. Both couple laugh and admit it was a joke, but also point out that it proved the "vomitee" was devoted to the "vomiter."

[Zookeeper]

12. I was riding the ferris wheel with a couple of friends...

and just after our car crested, the kid next to me started vomiting....all over the people in the car in front of us (below us, at that point). I think that was when I stopped riding ferris wheels.

[flamingyouth]

2. All of it. The people. The smells. The rides.

Ever see the episode of Monk at the amusement park? That's not too far off from my own reaction.:scared:

[Dookus]

3. a couple years ago

on a roller coaster with a friend. I got in first, then he got in and sat down. Let out an "EWWW! This seat's wet!" I broke up laughing, teasing him about sitting in some kid's piss, probably.

Well.... at the first turn, the liquid all ran over to my side. His turn to laugh.

[RobertSeattle]

4. Swing operator over eager to please...

I was in 3rd or 4th grade in Korea (Army brat) and we went to this amusement park outside of Seoul - one that rarely got American visitors. A bunch of us got on the swing ride and the operator, eager to please the American kids, kept it running and running... I think our teacher actually had to ask the guy to shut it down as we all turned blue!

[MuseRider]

5. My father in law

(hated the man) took my then 2 year old on the ferris wheel. As they came over the top I saw that he was looking out one side and there was my kid, standing up, jumping up and down and rocking(no seat belts at this local park). My father in law (did I say I hated the man?) was oblivious. The guy stopped the wheel and made him get off. My FIL was pissed (did I say how much I hated the man?).

[Zookeeper]

14. That's a terrifying story!

Let me guess...FIL thought you were silly for getting so excited?

[AlCzervik]

6. Riverside Park in Agawam massachusetts

i went on the turkish twist on a very hot summer day. I's kind of like a small tilt-awhirl but no safety devices at all, it spins around and the bottom drops out and you kind of stuck to the wall. that was the one and only time i ever threw up after a ride. Also, the "Back to Future" risd was not for me, didnt puke but came close.

[burythehatchet]

7. Classic story

When I was 14 we loved to go to Playland in Rye, NY. One evening my dad surprised us and said we would go that evening. I ran next door and got my buddy to with us. He proceeded to have dinner. On our way there he told us that his dinner was lamb brains and salad. Mike is very large guy.

All through the night at Playland both he and I were starting to get queasy. When we ready to go home I ran to the car and called window seat. With Mike and siblings racing for the window seats, Mike lost and ended up riding the hump in the back seat. Soon, we would all lose.

About half way home Mike started moaning and groaning. Being too young to understand the reprecussions of the discomfort Mike was in we all laughed. We would not be laughing before long.

Then it happened. I heard what sounded like a bucket of lamb brains and salad being poured out of a bucket onto the floor of a 69 Pontiac Benneville station wagon. The smell was the most vicious and disguisting odor that our family had ever experienced. We endured the remaining 15 minutes to get home.

When we got home Mike took off and ran inside. Since I was his best friend it was left to me to shovel lamb brains and salad. The smell never went away and we ended up having to sell the car.

I never asked Mike to Playland again.

[tridim]

8. Once on a G-force type spinning wheel ride

It was almost exactly like the ones astronauts train on. It was late, and we were the only ones on it, so the operator kept it going for about 15 minutes. We were screaming for her to stop after about 5 minutes, but she wouldn't stop it. All four of us yacked, and I was dizzy for at least 5 hours. I'll never go on a ride like that again.

[SheilaT]

9. When I was a kid

I loved going on the wild rides at amusement parks, but rarely had anyone to go with. My brothers were all wimps, so were my boyfriends. Likewise my husband. I had two sons, and by the time they were old enough to take to the local theme park, I was over 40. The first two years we went, I was fine on all the rides. The third year, on one of the spin and barf rides, I felt a little nauseous. At first I thought it was because I hadn't eaten yet, but several hours later, after a reasonable meal, I went on the same ride and again had to lie down for fifteen minutes afterwards.

Each year, for the next several that I went to the amusement park, I had to one by one give up all my favorite rides. Life can be so unfair.

But no, I never actually threw up, so I can't report anything like that.

[TlalocW]

11. Mine is lame

I ate a funnel cake at our little dog and pony show Fall Festival that disagreed with me, and to this day, I can't stand the smell of them.

I've always been too chicken to go on most rides - I've been on one roller coaster in my life at Joyland in Wichita, Kansas. No loops, but it's extra scary just because every time it runs, you can see pieces of wood falling off of all the struts and beams that hold the tracks up.

I have seen several cool things at amusement parks that happened to other people.

At Joyland (again), one of the bumper boats sank. We were waiting in line for our turn, and this guy pulls himself out of the pool and started yelling at the ticket taker. It was a complete surprise for everyone - no one saw him coming, probably because he swam underwater to get to the shore.

Also at Joyland, my two friends and I went on the logjam ride, which is where you get in a viking boat and go through some canals and at the end you go up a steep conveyor belt and come down a mountain of water for splashdown. Well, after we had gotten off of it, we were called over by the ticket taker. We throught we were in trouble for rocking the boat, but it turned out that the attractive lady up in the booth at the top of the hill of water just wanted one of my friend's phone numbers. This happened to him a lot - girls wanting his number. Oh, how I hated him. :)

At Worlds of Fun in Kansas City, I was considering going on the Zambizi Zinger (sp?) roller coaster when the power to the ride went off. There was a full load of people in the coaster carts stuck on a heavily angled curve screaming for help, while two high school minimum-wage slaves tried to figure out what was wrong. I decided to go on the Fury of the Nile, a water ride instead, since I was better at swimming than climbing down from a 30 foot drop.

I've always enjoyed fairs and carnivals for the most part though.

TlalocW

[Zookeeper]

13. "full load of people..stuck on a heavily angled curve..."

Yup. I'd say that's probably the worst AP experience to have short of actual physical injury.

Great stories! No wonder you like fairs and carnivals.

[frylock]

15. disneyland on 'shrooms..

and getting busted for smoking weeds in the parking lot. We didn't get arrested though; after hassling us for what seemed like an hour, security finally let us go, and told us we would not be admitted into the park. Well, we had already been in the park for a couple of hours, and had our hands stamped! We drove around to the Disneyland Hotel, and rode the monorail back in!

Mr. Toad's Wild Ride was my favorite on that day!!

[Zookeeper]

17. OMG!

Mr. Zookeeper grew up very close to Disneyland and has mentioned (many times) "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride" (in particular) experienced during an "altered state of consciousness." I don't think there was much to do around there except go to Disneyland.

[no_hypocrisy]

16. I got separated from my family after a day at the NY World's Fair when I

was 7. I was such a brat that day and it took so long for them to find me that I was sure that they got in the car and left me there.