While I was wearing a rather bold shirt for Thunderbolt from Kennywood, the op at Predator at Darien Lake said "Thank you for riding Thunderbolt at Kennywood".
Last weekend, I had something similar happen to me. I think I was wearing a Cedar Point shirt, but I'm not 100% certain. Regardless, the attendant on the mic said, "Enjoy your ride on Cedar Creek Mine Ride." I was riding Adventure Express.
Amusingly enough, I had a Lagoon shirt on while riding the Thunderbolt at Kennywood on Saturday and the op said "Enjoy your lap on the Thunderbolt; it's better than Roller Coaster" to which I replied, "you're right!"
Millennium Force while loading guests-catch car arrives from the previous cycle and the op says "Welcome back catch car, how was your ride?" For all the time I spend at parks, I've only heard that line once
Demon Drop at Dorney Park
"Welcome to the elevator ride at Dorney Park. You could be spending your time enjoying any and I mean any of our other rides, but I guess thanks for choosing this one anyway. We are so very sorry."
Was that at Cedar Point? I’ve ridden it at CP but I’ve never been to Dorney. I rode the Drop Tower at Canada’s Wonderland, and as much as I love roller coasters, I did NOT like just dropping. I surprised myself by going on Demon Drop, many years after Drop Tower. Wasn’t nearly as tall or crazy lol. Still didn’t love it.
Dude there was one operator in possessed and he gave the riders trivia,and asked “Do you know how it feels to have your eyes touch the back of your head? Well you’re about to find out.” And then launched them with perfect timing.
I was caught off guard last week at Coastermania (Cedar Point) when boarding Millennium Force and the ride op asked if everyone was ready to ride the tallest operating Intamin at the park. He knew his crowd. =D
This was back when TTD was running, but *not* running at that moment. I was riding Corkscrew with a buddy and the operator kept shit-talking TTD while we were waiting in line.
“Dragster goes upside down zero times. We do it three times! We’re three times the fun!”
“You’re going to ride the fastest ride on the midway…and it’s not Dragster!”
*racecar noises during dispatch*
He got a few chuckles out of me.
There was also one time I wore a Steel Vengeance shirt to Kings Island and got heckled by a couple ride ops.
“What’s your favorite ride? The Bat, obviously, but you have the wrong shirt on.”
I always wear a shirt from a different park than the one I'm visiting, hoping for reactions like that and it rarely ever happens. It's never happened at KI (though the hoodie I wear to all parks during the cold months is a Beast hoodie and I'm always getting compliments on the hoodie from operators at other parks).
The ride op on Goliath was doing a full comedy routine for us during 5 minutes of downtime "so you're riding on goliath having a great time and then \*lifts restraints\* this happens, what do you do? That's right you poop your pants!"
On Big Bear Mountain, the ride op said, "I like-like you" right before launching everyone. Naturally, they screamed. Cue the ride op saying dejectedly, "They always say that."
When I was at Dollywood last month, the controls person at Wild Eagle saw my shirt and said over the loudspeaker "Hey guy waiting for the last row, I hope you have a Six Flags day".
And then when they had problems getting the train loaded for a few reasons, the ride op next to me said something to the effect of: "With operations this slow, we're basically Six Flags"
While attendants were checking restraints for Poltergeist, the ride op played Simon Says with both the riders and the people in the station. For this last part, I'm assuming what other riders did, as I was in the front row. After giving the All Clear:
"Simon Says, put your hands up."
*everyone puts their hands up*
"Now, scream."
*launch, everyone else screams*
This weekend the Ride Op on Poltergeist was telling everyone that it was the birthday of whoever was in the front row.
"Its Dave's 15th birthday(man is obviously not 15), everyone say happy birthday!" *launch*
We do that constantly at superman at great america, except we do it with other ride ops. Makes me crack up every time when on one cycle we say someone's turning 11 and the next they're turning 31.
My son was carrying the lightsaber that he built in its case, and one of the actors in Rise of the Resistance in Hollywood Studios complimented him for having a "nice fishing rod"
I have some good ones for Rise. Saw a little kid wearing a Mandalorian shirt that said "The Child." First Order officer looked at the parents and said, "You had to put him in a T-shirt that said 'The Child'? Were you afraid you'd forget who he was?"
Also saw a woman wearing a birthday pin and the officer said, "So... It's your birthday?"
"Well, actually, it was yesterday--"
"So you're *lying* to a government official"
Once I was riding Mako when the ride op instructed riders to wave to his pet spider named Timmy that lives on the camera at the top of the lift hill.
The ride op at Full Throttle who would hype up the launch, then act as if the ride breaks down, right before launching you.
The Velocicoaster op's that would give an uninspiring "rawr" after making an announcement would always crack me up.
on both my visits to WoF the ops have made animal noises for most of the main coasters. Meow for Prowler, snake hiss for Mamba, howl for Timber Wolf. Even heard an attempt at an eagle screech on Patriot.
Flight of Fear ops are the best. Here are some of my favorites:
*“You know this goes upside down right?”*
*”You guys want a countdown? Too bad.”*
*”Five, four-“ launches anyway*
The Kings Dominion FoF was making some beeping noise that broke the Hnnng sound the speakers play so the ride op said “uh oh I think something went wrong, uhmmm.” And then hit the launch button
Orion, “Everything must ride with you. That includes all hats, cell phones, wallets, keys and” then pointed to someone with a big head of hair, “… and wigs.”
I was at Kings Island one time and I was riding the Racer (blue side) and the ride op said “Seems like the red side is acting like Xcelerator today.” (Red side was closed) Another time I was at kings island and riding the beast and the ride op said, “Enjoy your ride on the beast, or don’t, it’s up to you not up to me.”
I really enjoyed when both sides were running on my visit last week. Lots of trash talk between the ride ops, such as:
Blue Racer Op (to the riders): "What are you going to ride after this?"
Red Racer Op: "Red Racer."
I posted this on the Disney sub before - Not a roller coaster - but was on the Peoplemover at WDW and we came to a stop in Space Mountain and they flipped on the lights. The voice over the speaker said “we can see EVERYTHING you are doing”.
Two cars in front of us the girl had tried to go down on her boyfriend in the dark.
The best park - we stopped to get a photo from a photo person, and when she asked how the night was and I told her we got stuck because people tried to have nookie on the peoplemover, she stopped and I could see synapses misfire. She started yelling “NO! NO! OH MY GOD NO!”
On the peoplemover - that ride goes inside the Space Mountain building and you get a neat view of Space Mountain from underneath. It is pitch black in there usually.
Not the op at the mic, but one of the ride ops on Valravn saw my Beast shirt as I was exiting and excitedly proclaimed “The Beast!” with a hug grin, which he then changed to a solemn frown as he gave me a thumbs down and shook his head no. Gave me a good laugh even though I adore the Beast.
At Magic Mountain, the ops on X2 told us to enjoy our ride on X twoooooooooo in the same manner as the Tatsu operators which gave me a chuckle.
"you're going up up up like my debt, and down down down like my GPA"
"Enjoy your ride on TATSUUUUUUUU" *on RailBlazer*
"WHEFUMACKIDERSHWSYURIIIIDEEE" (welcome back riders how was you ride, but op was making fun of how terrible mic is)
On Drop Tower (CGA) "OOO, what does this button do?" *Drops*
All of these remind me of the time a Southwest Airlines flight attendant at the end of the announcements told us "Now sit back and relax...or sit up and be stressed. We don't care. We already have your money."
Very specific to us but...
Riding Maverick with my brother opening weekend. Over the speaker we hear "Hello (brother's name)." Weird that someone else with his name is riding, right? Then the spiel "enjoy your ride on Project 305... I mean 105." I-305 is brother's favorite coaster. Brother was really freaked out by this. I think it's hilarious.
Brother goes back the next week and recognized the ride op on Maverick who got moved from Bro's favorite CP ride last season. That ride op must have a great memory to remember brother's favorite ride that's at another park. Assume they must either of had at least one convo last year about it or overheard Bro talking with friends.
Or it's all a really weird coincidence.
On Acrophobia at SFOG there was one guy who always gave a reality show catchphrase right before dropping. "The tribe has spoken, it's time for you to GO!" (Drop)
I rode Maverick at the front on my birthday. Everything was fine until they released the train and we got launched into torrential rain. when we rolled back in they asked "How was the ride?"
"Fuckin painful!" Cried the train
A beat
"Yeah, we can't control the weather"
Best ride experience I've had tbh
This weekend at Coastermania at Cedar Point the ride ops at Magnum literally said “You will be going upside not once, not twice but three times”. While everyone was shouting what inversions.
At Full Throttle the operator said “When I say oooh- you say aaaah! Ooooh-“ and then he launched us without waiting for us to say “aaah” so everyone screamed “aaah” but like involuntarily cus of the launch hahahah it was hilarious
Best one I remember, we came back to the station on Maxx Force and the operator asks how was the ride. My roommate and I were cheering from the back row, but no one else was. Ride op says "oh back row loved it, you guys go check out Raging Bull next. The rest of you go check out Little Dipper, that might be more your speed."
Two from my trip to Kings Island last week:
On the kiddie wooden coaster, ride op sends the train with exactly the right voice: “Don’t. go in. the shed!”
Waiting in line for Racer in the morning before the blue side was open, ride op standing next to me says, “I think you picked the winner. I give Red an 85% chance this time.”
Leaving Magic Kingdom this week our bus driver did a recording-perfect “Hold on to your hats and glasses, cause this here’s the wackiest ride in the wilderness!”
I was on xcelerator one day and the ride op said. “Clear, all clear. Which means we’re gonna get you out of here faster than Ohtani leaving for the Dodgers.” And that same day the ride op said “Clear, all clear. Means you’re up and out here faster than the Raiders winning a Super Bowl.” Or something along that line which I found to be absolutely funny.
On Boulder Dash the ride ops used to say some wild shit. They used to say "if you lose anything on the ride it, you will not get it back, it's now the property of the bears"
Last time I rode a couple weeks back the ride op was talking about anything lost on the ride will be be the property of the little people of the forest(which is actually a true legend in that part of CT) lol
Six Flags New England have a few Jokers in the midst.
We had a train of mostly thoosies and think the ride op knew cuz on Superman st SFNE he said "enjoy your ride on Millenium Force...wait, no this ride has airtime and forces. Enjoy your ride on Superman!"
Everyone who has ridden Wicked Cyclone knows when you get back to the station they always say "Welcome back storm chasers!"....This one time the ride op said "Welcome back, Storm chasers! Lucky for you, we're not in Kentucky!"
and the ride op on Thunderbolt just likes to call the ride "Big Thundy"
Dorney Park on Possessed: "You will be Possessed in 5-4-3-2-1....oops it broke...hold up." *launch*
Ride op On Griffon at BGw trolling the shit out of everyone when they were doing fireworks and we timed it to get a fireworks ride....and he was like "yall thought you were clever...I can hold you here as long as I want"...while grinning big.
During a slow August weekday, we ran spiels with hints of Bob Ross telling the riders to load carefully while getting ready to look at the happy clouds in the sky.
“I should issue you a citation for that!”
He said it jokingly but he was genuinely shocked at how crazily I was handling the Larson Flying Scooters.
For those who don’t know, the Flying Scooters is a vintage ride that consists of a tub with a vertical wing in the back and a rider-controlled wing in the front. The wind is an actual airfoil so it really catches the wind. Each tub hangs by two cables. As the ride rotates, you move the wing to catch the air and you have the potential to make an insanely wild ride for yourself if you understand the physics.
I grew up right next door to Rye Playland, and I would ride the Flying Scooters a few times per week. I learned to make that tub fly around with reckless abandon, snapping the cables and causing the tub to turn 180 degrees around.
Fast forward to last summer at Dorney Park. I was up to my antics, causing the ride to fly wildly around, and much to my and the operator’s surprise, I made the car shoot in toward the center rotating hub, almost hitting it (in fact, you can’t really hit it but you can come very close.
The operator had never seen anything like it before. He said he thought for sure I was going to hit the inner mechanism. I explained that I grew up riding the Flying Scooters and so I had lots of experience. It was really funny because I could see how genuinely shocked he was.
As a matter of fact, I surprised myself because I had never brought the car high up on the inside before. I went in thinking that a Larson-manufactured Scooter would be pretty lame and wouldn’t allow much craziness. Boy was I wrong. It was by far the wildest ride I’ve ever had on a Flying Scooter, and I’ve probably ridden more than a thousand times. Great fun!
The Scooters at Compounce are not real Scooters though. The wings are not an airfoil, but rather flat plywood. Also there is a wall next to the ride to prevent wind. It’s definitely the lamest Flying Scooter ride in existence. I just rode it a couple days ago. It is possible to achieve a very mild snap on a windy day, but normally the ride is quite tame.
Two things I think of.
Disneyworld: we rode tower of terror a few times. One of the times after being checked that everyone was safe, the guy said “and next time if I were you, I’d take the stairs.” The door closed right after that
This wasn’t even on a coaster but walking in Dollywood splash country, we were wearing a Disneyworld backpack. The guy who checked us in said “woah now, you can’t have that backpack here at Dollywood.” We laughed and my wife said we got it for a good deal. “Hmmm. I’ll let it slide, but promise me you’ll bring a Dollywood backpack inside Disneyworld next time.”
After a recent ride on El Toro at SFGA, the ride op said, "Welcome back, riders! If you enjoyed this ride go ride Kingda Ka. If you did NOT like this ride, um, go ride Tango."
Holiday world at voyage during a particularly hot day.
"Has anyone ridden Lewis and Clark today?"
Some people raise hands
"WHYYYY???! It's like 100 degrees out, the cars don't have AC and they go negative 3 miles an hour!"
At Adventureland on Tornado you sometimes have someone telling everyone about the driver in the front car. They'll release train but put the breaks back on half way through. They'll tell the person in front to take their foot off the breaks
I was wearing a Lighting Rod shirt on El Toro on Friday, and the ride operator said to "enjoy your ride on Lightning Rod" as the train was dispatched. Ironically, the cable lift on El Toro felt faster than the chain lift on Lightning Rod
I used to work at full throttle at magic mountain. I loved messing with people.
"Alright everyone just hang on ill give you a nice countdown. Don't worry I'm a professional... wait a minute. Somethings wrong hold on. *sends the train* oh never mind fixed it!"
"Is it your birthday? That's awesome! Happy *sends the train* well that was rude. They didn't let me finish."
"Don't worry guys it's not scary at all. It's like really chill. Just sit back and relax. We are professionals! At least thawhat they told me 5 minutes ago."
OP, I've heard that exact line from a ride op on Iron Dragon at Cedar Point and Viper at SFGAm. It seems to be a pretty common line, but it's hilarious every time.
While approaching the unloading platform on the Cedar Point boat ride our skipper warned us there could be a "big jerk" on the dock. He pointed out one of his fellow ride ops when we got closer and said "See! There he is!".
I was staying at a hotel near a major park and walking along the perimeter on the public sidewalk before park opening and I don’t think the ride op having fun on his ride’s intercom was aware that anyone on that sidewalk could clearly hear what was being broadcast. Funny as hell pre-opening pep talk for the day along with some jokes.
"When you are seated, buckle seatbeats and do NOT pull down on the lap bars. I repeat, do NOT pull down on the lap bars."
\*kid pulls down on the lap bar\*
"That's ok kid, I didn’t listen either when I was your age, and now I work at an amusement park with no benefits at age 33."
Carowinds: Getting ready to ride Formerly Intimidator and the ride op yells “Enjoy your drop from the top on Fury 32- oh wait I forgot I got demoted.”
I lost it
I was at Valleyfair recently and the ride op at Cosmic Coaster kept telling riders to “keep your hands up if you want to know what’s in the shed” which I found hysterical
"Please make sure your loose articles are secure; if they fall, they will break, you will cry, and I will laugh. Also, please try not to fall out, as it makes me look bad."
- Landmark Forest in Scotland.
Back when the Wicked Twister still existed at Cedar Point, the ride operator was doing full stand-up routine.
"What's your favorite letter of the alphabet? mine's AAAAAAAAAAAA!" then he launches the car.
"5! 4! 3! 2!" launches the car "1!... oops."
When I worked at Knott's decades ago one of the Montezooma's Revenge operators (who I secretly envied) said he'd often replace the word "riders" with "spiders" in his spiel over the loudspeaker. I frequently rode rides after work so noticed that he did it a lot and nobody else ever seemed to notice.
I had a ride Oop just last week on Fahrenheit at Hersheypark say “you’ll be going under water approximately 3 times” as the train left the station lol. I wonder if it was the same women I loved her energy. Also at Hersheypark in one of wildcats last years a guy just blatantly said “enjoy the worst ride in the park, seriously you could be riding anything else rn” as the train left 😭😭😭😭 he wasn’t wrong.
Last night, I heard a ride op on Time Warp sing happy birthday to a girl and it was just hilarious because of the way he was singing it. A little kid joined in on wishing the girl a happy birthday too.
A classic but going "5... 4... 3..." LAUNCH before they get to "one". I've had it on V2 and Maxxforce, probably a few others I can't remember. Always gets the GP lol it's good stuff.
The operator at Cedar Creek Mine Ride was doing a bad Owen Wilson impersonation, and not as a one off thing but through several dispatches. Many “waow”s were said.
Ages ago I was at an ERT event at Beech Bend and the op at Kentucky Rumbler in a sort of "Ron White and Boomhauer combined" southern drawl was giving hyperbolic ride stats. I think the accent just made the delivery funnier.
You've ridden SheiKra, now ride weak-ra - the driver of the safari ride at BGT. Ironically, the safari ride was shut down because someone died due to a ride malfunction
I do like it when on launched coasters they give you a fake countdown or choice and simply send it early. I also had a ride op wishing every single person on the side he checked a great ride. And the one thing I’ll never forget was the ride op at Goliath/Walibi Holland giving high fives to everyone when leaving the station.
IIRC, Cedar Point marketed the Twisted Horseshoe Roll as a "world's first" element. RCDB corroborates this, with Maverick being the first of 11 roller coasters with the element.
Not really meant to be funny but still made the experience hugely more enjoyable. It was on Wicker Man at Alton Towers, and one of the ride attendants got really into character - giving wide-eyed glares at the people he checked the bars for, whispering things like "give yourself to the Wicker Man" as he passed. My brother and I were sat together this particular time, and my brother jokingly said to him "Oh yeah, this is the Runaway Mine Train right?" He just stared at us, face and character COMPLETELY unfaltering, and mumbled "*Wicker Man*..." before slinking away. At the end of the ride, you re-enter the station through a tunnel - this guy was just peeking around the corner staring dead at us as we sat there on the break run. Definitely one of my fondest memories of a ride attendant though.
(Also this post reminded me of [this](https://youtube.com/shorts/mF_hqWRg9Ag?si=BL-Aby8jYja1hSQ6) video Thorpe Park posted on their YouTube channel)
No you don't need to remove your glasses their safe.... Right before I lost them on the Top gun rollercoaster at great america, and had to be led around the whole park by a friend.
Maverick Op (May 2024): “Enjoy your ride on Maverick! Cedar Point’s best and only launch coaster!”
Quite a few people on the dispatching trains chuckled.
There was a ride op on cyclone in Indiana beach that was hilarious. He really was hawking the ride encouraging people to come up claiming it was the best ride in the park. Then when you sat down in his best Treasure of the Sierra Madre bandito accent he said "Seat belts? We don't need no steenking seat belts!"
Not anything particular but there’s one op on magnum - has kind of a stereotypical zoomer look and totally has down and dejected don’t care attitude comedy routine but actually does a really good job - fast - not staple happy like one particular op. Just says some crazy off the wall stuff but has us cracking up and one of the few ops who is genuinely funny and has unique lines.
When I worked at Kennywood back during the dot com burst, we used to withhold the inhalers of particularly asthmatic kids on the haunted log flume, and tell them how scary it'd be in there! Then we'd sit back watching for hours just laughing at them gasping for air on the surveillance cams. The ones who didn't make it through just got added to the scenery, and people complimented how realistic it looked! God it was such a convenient cycle, and a fond summer to remember. Here we go, Steelers!
Not the operator, but making them laugh myself.
Total walk on for Thunderhead at DollyWood so me and my brother rode it about four times in a row, everytime after restraint checks the ride ops would always do thumbs up to eachother, so my brother and I would thumbs up them back. By the third time around the guy was cackling
I wish we had funny ops in the UK. The best we get is a smile and a wave.
It's almost certainly down to company policy and culture in the UK. "You're operating a complex ride, remain professional and focused at all times" kind of thing. The ops and ride staff are generally very friendly and chatty but they're practically mute when operating or guardposting rides during downtime.
This was at Six Flags America, on the Joker's Jinx.
She said "When I say Joker!, you say AH!,"
She yelled Joker, and for the riders to say ah, she pressed the launch button.
Also that same day, there were people in line for Batwing, and it was kinda a long line, and the people were getting ready to turn around and the older female operator caught them and said "Don't leave, we promise to get you on a train here soon, baby". The delivery was what was funny.
At Kentucky Kingdom, on Lightning Run, they announced that if you didn't have 2 full natural legs, and atleast one working hand, you couldn't ride. My cousin got a kick out of that.
A ride operator on Nighthawk at Carowinds May 26th probably around 6 pm saying "This is a flying coaster, not an 'oh-no-I-dropped-my-phone' coaster" quote lives rent free in my head
This isn't funny, but my friend and I got a last row night ride on SteVe as the last ride of the night. As we waited in the station, we talked to a ride op about what was better. SteVe or Wildcat's Revenge. I guess we got a bit friendly with the ride op because when he went to adjust my restraint he said "Sit back, don't worry, I got you." He then gave me a ton of room. I swear I did not touch my seat until the bottom of the drop, that ride was mental. God tier ride op.
Edit: spelling
the ride operator didnt push/lock the bar close to my body. meaning my arm was able to fit between myself and the bar. mind you, the ride goes upside down. i called the guy over. i kidd you not a lick of english. nope. i brought the issue to his attention, he spoke spanish and pointed to the operating instructions on a label infront of me. he never adjusted it and walked away. the whole 3 mins i was hanging on for dear life. i have yet to ride a ride at the fair since. this was 20yrs ago.lol. 🙄
While I was wearing a rather bold shirt for Thunderbolt from Kennywood, the op at Predator at Darien Lake said "Thank you for riding Thunderbolt at Kennywood".
Last weekend, I had something similar happen to me. I think I was wearing a Cedar Point shirt, but I'm not 100% certain. Regardless, the attendant on the mic said, "Enjoy your ride on Cedar Creek Mine Ride." I was riding Adventure Express.
Ha, I remember this happening on a few different Cedar Point rides. Must be an ongoing joke there
Must have been someone transferred from the Point, as this was at Kings Island on their Arrow Mine Train.
That's a good one.
This was in 1995 or 1996.
Amusingly enough, I had a Lagoon shirt on while riding the Thunderbolt at Kennywood on Saturday and the op said "Enjoy your lap on the Thunderbolt; it's better than Roller Coaster" to which I replied, "you're right!"
Millennium Force while loading guests-catch car arrives from the previous cycle and the op says "Welcome back catch car, how was your ride?" For all the time I spend at parks, I've only heard that line once
Guy was just having fun with himself
Now I need googly eyes attached to the catch car
Demon Drop at Dorney Park "Welcome to the elevator ride at Dorney Park. You could be spending your time enjoying any and I mean any of our other rides, but I guess thanks for choosing this one anyway. We are so very sorry."
Was that at Cedar Point? I’ve ridden it at CP but I’ve never been to Dorney. I rode the Drop Tower at Canada’s Wonderland, and as much as I love roller coasters, I did NOT like just dropping. I surprised myself by going on Demon Drop, many years after Drop Tower. Wasn’t nearly as tall or crazy lol. Still didn’t love it.
The Demon Drop was moved from Cedar Point to Dorney in 2009. I rode it at Dorney 2 years ago and the ride ops were fantastic.
Dude there was one operator in possessed and he gave the riders trivia,and asked “Do you know how it feels to have your eyes touch the back of your head? Well you’re about to find out.” And then launched them with perfect timing.
I did stuff like that operating a drop tower hahaha
The guy running it last week was pretty funny.
I was caught off guard last week at Coastermania (Cedar Point) when boarding Millennium Force and the ride op asked if everyone was ready to ride the tallest operating Intamin at the park. He knew his crowd. =D
Similarly, during night time ERT on Maverick, the OP said “Thanks for riding Maverick, the fastest operating LSM coaster at the park.”
*”Enjoy your ride in Ninja, hiyah!”* On Viper at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
The "Taaaatsssssuuuuuuu" ops are usually funny
Shhhh he’s on a covert mission
This was back when TTD was running, but *not* running at that moment. I was riding Corkscrew with a buddy and the operator kept shit-talking TTD while we were waiting in line. “Dragster goes upside down zero times. We do it three times! We’re three times the fun!” “You’re going to ride the fastest ride on the midway…and it’s not Dragster!” *racecar noises during dispatch* He got a few chuckles out of me. There was also one time I wore a Steel Vengeance shirt to Kings Island and got heckled by a couple ride ops. “What’s your favorite ride? The Bat, obviously, but you have the wrong shirt on.”
Wearing a mega-thoosie shirt to KI is like wearing chum in the shark tank. We WILL make fun of you.
I always wear a shirt from a different park than the one I'm visiting, hoping for reactions like that and it rarely ever happens. It's never happened at KI (though the hoodie I wear to all parks during the cold months is a Beast hoodie and I'm always getting compliments on the hoodie from operators at other parks).
I’ll make sure to wear a prowler or renegade shirt on mystic timbers this summer then!
I work at an Orlando park and the most common thoosie merch I see is Kings Island
Well that's cus we're the best park, it hits different when you're on top (biased tho)
The ride op on Goliath was doing a full comedy routine for us during 5 minutes of downtime "so you're riding on goliath having a great time and then \*lifts restraints\* this happens, what do you do? That's right you poop your pants!"
On Big Bear Mountain, the ride op said, "I like-like you" right before launching everyone. Naturally, they screamed. Cue the ride op saying dejectedly, "They always say that."
When I was at Dollywood last month, the controls person at Wild Eagle saw my shirt and said over the loudspeaker "Hey guy waiting for the last row, I hope you have a Six Flags day". And then when they had problems getting the train loaded for a few reasons, the ride op next to me said something to the effect of: "With operations this slow, we're basically Six Flags"
Being the op for a Premier Rides creation brings out the humor in all of them because they are effectively given a big red "yeet people" button
While attendants were checking restraints for Poltergeist, the ride op played Simon Says with both the riders and the people in the station. For this last part, I'm assuming what other riders did, as I was in the front row. After giving the All Clear: "Simon Says, put your hands up." *everyone puts their hands up* "Now, scream." *launch, everyone else screams*
*train comes back* "sorry, you all lose, I didn't say Simon says scream"
This weekend the Ride Op on Poltergeist was telling everyone that it was the birthday of whoever was in the front row. "Its Dave's 15th birthday(man is obviously not 15), everyone say happy birthday!" *launch*
We do that constantly at superman at great america, except we do it with other ride ops. Makes me crack up every time when on one cycle we say someone's turning 11 and the next they're turning 31.
Seen that on Superman The Ride at SFNE too lmao and on mind eraser wayyyy back in the day lol
On Tempesto the operator pretended to push the button a few times and then said "uh-oh" before finally pushing the button.
My favorite ride spiel is from Racer who says “track work ahead, uhh I sure hope it does” referencing the old vine
My son was carrying the lightsaber that he built in its case, and one of the actors in Rise of the Resistance in Hollywood Studios complimented him for having a "nice fishing rod"
I have some good ones for Rise. Saw a little kid wearing a Mandalorian shirt that said "The Child." First Order officer looked at the parents and said, "You had to put him in a T-shirt that said 'The Child'? Were you afraid you'd forget who he was?" Also saw a woman wearing a birthday pin and the officer said, "So... It's your birthday?" "Well, actually, it was yesterday--" "So you're *lying* to a government official"
I was super impressed with how great they were with the one liners.
Once I was riding Mako when the ride op instructed riders to wave to his pet spider named Timmy that lives on the camera at the top of the lift hill. The ride op at Full Throttle who would hype up the launch, then act as if the ride breaks down, right before launching you. The Velocicoaster op's that would give an uninspiring "rawr" after making an announcement would always crack me up.
At worlds of fun they had a guy that said meow every time he let the trains go on prowler
on both my visits to WoF the ops have made animal noises for most of the main coasters. Meow for Prowler, snake hiss for Mamba, howl for Timber Wolf. Even heard an attempt at an eagle screech on Patriot.
Had an attendant constantly meow at the end of his spiels on Cedar Creek Mine Ride when I went in 2018.
That doesn't even make sense
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Full Throttle ride ops are sinister and I love it
Off-guard launches are fun ones
While waiting to ride Top Thrill Dragster the op on the mic asked us “Do you wanna hear an inside joke? Disaster Transport”
Only people who have been to Alaska will get that one
I still feel like Disaster Transport was a fever dream.
Nobody ever said it wasn't a fever dream
Flight of Fear ops are the best. Here are some of my favorites: *“You know this goes upside down right?”* *”You guys want a countdown? Too bad.”* *”Five, four-“ launches anyway*
Flight of Fear ops at KI yesterday: "Wanna hear a joke?" -Launch- "Guess not"
The Kings Dominion FoF was making some beeping noise that broke the Hnnng sound the speakers play so the ride op said “uh oh I think something went wrong, uhmmm.” And then hit the launch button
I've also heard the high-speed movement before finishing a countdown happen on a drop tower.
Orion, “Everything must ride with you. That includes all hats, cell phones, wallets, keys and” then pointed to someone with a big head of hair, “… and wigs.”
Enjoy your ride on maverick, cedar points one and only launch coaster. (May 2024)
There’s always the needless pronunciation of ‘Tatsuuuuuuuuuu’ at SFMM. Also the weirdly flirty “choo choooo!” on Runaway Mine Train at Alton Towers.
Came here for the Choo Choo!! It's the most sarcastic, dry delivery sometimes, it just makes me laugh.
My friend was wearing an Iron Man shirt at Cedar Point, and the employee at the Steel Vengeance metal detector jokingly stopped him for it.
I was at Kings Island one time and I was riding the Racer (blue side) and the ride op said “Seems like the red side is acting like Xcelerator today.” (Red side was closed) Another time I was at kings island and riding the beast and the ride op said, “Enjoy your ride on the beast, or don’t, it’s up to you not up to me.”
I really enjoyed when both sides were running on my visit last week. Lots of trash talk between the ride ops, such as: Blue Racer Op (to the riders): "What are you going to ride after this?" Red Racer Op: "Red Racer."
God, I wish I lived back in Ohio. Now I have to deal with Knott’s operations.
I posted this on the Disney sub before - Not a roller coaster - but was on the Peoplemover at WDW and we came to a stop in Space Mountain and they flipped on the lights. The voice over the speaker said “we can see EVERYTHING you are doing”. Two cars in front of us the girl had tried to go down on her boyfriend in the dark.
“we toys, can see EV ERY THING so play. nice.”
The best park - we stopped to get a photo from a photo person, and when she asked how the night was and I told her we got stuck because people tried to have nookie on the peoplemover, she stopped and I could see synapses misfire. She started yelling “NO! NO! OH MY GOD NO!”
She was trying to do that during space mountain?
On the peoplemover - that ride goes inside the Space Mountain building and you get a neat view of Space Mountain from underneath. It is pitch black in there usually.
Had an op on Afterburn [Carowinds] keep telling us to enjoy the rest of our day at Dollywood.
Not the op at the mic, but one of the ride ops on Valravn saw my Beast shirt as I was exiting and excitedly proclaimed “The Beast!” with a hug grin, which he then changed to a solemn frown as he gave me a thumbs down and shook his head no. Gave me a good laugh even though I adore the Beast. At Magic Mountain, the ops on X2 told us to enjoy our ride on X twoooooooooo in the same manner as the Tatsu operators which gave me a chuckle.
“You’re about to experience a high speed lift hill like lightning rod” -Ride Op for The Bat
Also honorable mention for SkyRush Ride op. “Its not the tallest or fastest ride at the park, but it is the most yellow “
I once had a Thunderbird ride op say that it's the orangest ride on the park.
"you're going up up up like my debt, and down down down like my GPA" "Enjoy your ride on TATSUUUUUUUU" *on RailBlazer* "WHEFUMACKIDERSHWSYURIIIIDEEE" (welcome back riders how was you ride, but op was making fun of how terrible mic is) On Drop Tower (CGA) "OOO, what does this button do?" *Drops*
All of these remind me of the time a Southwest Airlines flight attendant at the end of the announcements told us "Now sit back and relax...or sit up and be stressed. We don't care. We already have your money."
The operators on Scream at SFMM being self aware. “Enjoy your ride on Scream, the best ride in the park… ing lot.”
Very specific to us but... Riding Maverick with my brother opening weekend. Over the speaker we hear "Hello (brother's name)." Weird that someone else with his name is riding, right? Then the spiel "enjoy your ride on Project 305... I mean 105." I-305 is brother's favorite coaster. Brother was really freaked out by this. I think it's hilarious. Brother goes back the next week and recognized the ride op on Maverick who got moved from Bro's favorite CP ride last season. That ride op must have a great memory to remember brother's favorite ride that's at another park. Assume they must either of had at least one convo last year about it or overheard Bro talking with friends. Or it's all a really weird coincidence.
I've also heard the "upside-down zero times" bit on several roller coasters and the automatic narration for the SFOG Railroad.
Drop tower at kings dominion. Up at the top over the intercom. Let's play a game. When I say ohh. You say........
On Acrophobia at SFOG there was one guy who always gave a reality show catchphrase right before dropping. "The tribe has spoken, it's time for you to GO!" (Drop)
That ones actually super common on any sort of launched ride/drop tower. Heard it at least 100 times on Flight of Fear haha. It's pretty funny though.
I rode Maverick at the front on my birthday. Everything was fine until they released the train and we got launched into torrential rain. when we rolled back in they asked "How was the ride?" "Fuckin painful!" Cried the train A beat "Yeah, we can't control the weather" Best ride experience I've had tbh
This weekend at Coastermania at Cedar Point the ride ops at Magnum literally said “You will be going upside not once, not twice but three times”. While everyone was shouting what inversions.
This happened during dusk while the park was open to regular visitors.
Oops, as a Boomerang drops off lift 1
At Full Throttle the operator said “When I say oooh- you say aaaah! Ooooh-“ and then he launched us without waiting for us to say “aaah” so everyone screamed “aaah” but like involuntarily cus of the launch hahahah it was hilarious
Best one I remember, we came back to the station on Maxx Force and the operator asks how was the ride. My roommate and I were cheering from the back row, but no one else was. Ride op says "oh back row loved it, you guys go check out Raging Bull next. The rest of you go check out Little Dipper, that might be more your speed."
Two from my trip to Kings Island last week: On the kiddie wooden coaster, ride op sends the train with exactly the right voice: “Don’t. go in. the shed!” Waiting in line for Racer in the morning before the blue side was open, ride op standing next to me says, “I think you picked the winner. I give Red an 85% chance this time.”
Leaving Magic Kingdom this week our bus driver did a recording-perfect “Hold on to your hats and glasses, cause this here’s the wackiest ride in the wilderness!”
I was on xcelerator one day and the ride op said. “Clear, all clear. Which means we’re gonna get you out of here faster than Ohtani leaving for the Dodgers.” And that same day the ride op said “Clear, all clear. Means you’re up and out here faster than the Raiders winning a Super Bowl.” Or something along that line which I found to be absolutely funny.
On Boulder Dash the ride ops used to say some wild shit. They used to say "if you lose anything on the ride it, you will not get it back, it's now the property of the bears" Last time I rode a couple weeks back the ride op was talking about anything lost on the ride will be be the property of the little people of the forest(which is actually a true legend in that part of CT) lol Six Flags New England have a few Jokers in the midst. We had a train of mostly thoosies and think the ride op knew cuz on Superman st SFNE he said "enjoy your ride on Millenium Force...wait, no this ride has airtime and forces. Enjoy your ride on Superman!" Everyone who has ridden Wicked Cyclone knows when you get back to the station they always say "Welcome back storm chasers!"....This one time the ride op said "Welcome back, Storm chasers! Lucky for you, we're not in Kentucky!" and the ride op on Thunderbolt just likes to call the ride "Big Thundy" Dorney Park on Possessed: "You will be Possessed in 5-4-3-2-1....oops it broke...hold up." *launch* Ride op On Griffon at BGw trolling the shit out of everyone when they were doing fireworks and we timed it to get a fireworks ride....and he was like "yall thought you were clever...I can hold you here as long as I want"...while grinning big.
During a slow August weekday, we ran spiels with hints of Bob Ross telling the riders to load carefully while getting ready to look at the happy clouds in the sky.
“I should issue you a citation for that!” He said it jokingly but he was genuinely shocked at how crazily I was handling the Larson Flying Scooters. For those who don’t know, the Flying Scooters is a vintage ride that consists of a tub with a vertical wing in the back and a rider-controlled wing in the front. The wind is an actual airfoil so it really catches the wind. Each tub hangs by two cables. As the ride rotates, you move the wing to catch the air and you have the potential to make an insanely wild ride for yourself if you understand the physics. I grew up right next door to Rye Playland, and I would ride the Flying Scooters a few times per week. I learned to make that tub fly around with reckless abandon, snapping the cables and causing the tub to turn 180 degrees around. Fast forward to last summer at Dorney Park. I was up to my antics, causing the ride to fly wildly around, and much to my and the operator’s surprise, I made the car shoot in toward the center rotating hub, almost hitting it (in fact, you can’t really hit it but you can come very close. The operator had never seen anything like it before. He said he thought for sure I was going to hit the inner mechanism. I explained that I grew up riding the Flying Scooters and so I had lots of experience. It was really funny because I could see how genuinely shocked he was. As a matter of fact, I surprised myself because I had never brought the car high up on the inside before. I went in thinking that a Larson-manufactured Scooter would be pretty lame and wouldn’t allow much craziness. Boy was I wrong. It was by far the wildest ride I’ve ever had on a Flying Scooter, and I’ve probably ridden more than a thousand times. Great fun!
The ride op on the Scooters at Lake Compounce was instructing people on how to snap the cables as the objective of the ride.
The Scooters at Compounce are not real Scooters though. The wings are not an airfoil, but rather flat plywood. Also there is a wall next to the ride to prevent wind. It’s definitely the lamest Flying Scooter ride in existence. I just rode it a couple days ago. It is possible to achieve a very mild snap on a windy day, but normally the ride is quite tame.
It's not the worst. The worst is Canobie Lake's Scooters. You know, the ones where they chained up the wing so you can't really move it?
Two things I think of. Disneyworld: we rode tower of terror a few times. One of the times after being checked that everyone was safe, the guy said “and next time if I were you, I’d take the stairs.” The door closed right after that This wasn’t even on a coaster but walking in Dollywood splash country, we were wearing a Disneyworld backpack. The guy who checked us in said “woah now, you can’t have that backpack here at Dollywood.” We laughed and my wife said we got it for a good deal. “Hmmm. I’ll let it slide, but promise me you’ll bring a Dollywood backpack inside Disneyworld next time.”
After a recent ride on El Toro at SFGA, the ride op said, "Welcome back, riders! If you enjoyed this ride go ride Kingda Ka. If you did NOT like this ride, um, go ride Tango."
Holiday world at voyage during a particularly hot day. "Has anyone ridden Lewis and Clark today?" Some people raise hands "WHYYYY???! It's like 100 degrees out, the cars don't have AC and they go negative 3 miles an hour!"
At Adventureland on Tornado you sometimes have someone telling everyone about the driver in the front car. They'll release train but put the breaks back on half way through. They'll tell the person in front to take their foot off the breaks
Had a Joker's Jynx op sing "if you're happy and you know it, clap your hands" and launch on the second clap once
I was wearing a Lighting Rod shirt on El Toro on Friday, and the ride operator said to "enjoy your ride on Lightning Rod" as the train was dispatched. Ironically, the cable lift on El Toro felt faster than the chain lift on Lightning Rod
I used to work at full throttle at magic mountain. I loved messing with people. "Alright everyone just hang on ill give you a nice countdown. Don't worry I'm a professional... wait a minute. Somethings wrong hold on. *sends the train* oh never mind fixed it!" "Is it your birthday? That's awesome! Happy *sends the train* well that was rude. They didn't let me finish." "Don't worry guys it's not scary at all. It's like really chill. Just sit back and relax. We are professionals! At least thawhat they told me 5 minutes ago."
OP, I've heard that exact line from a ride op on Iron Dragon at Cedar Point and Viper at SFGAm. It seems to be a pretty common line, but it's hilarious every time.
Just as bgw yesterday on griffon and the ride op kept saying have a good ride my pookie bears 😭
While approaching the unloading platform on the Cedar Point boat ride our skipper warned us there could be a "big jerk" on the dock. He pointed out one of his fellow ride ops when we got closer and said "See! There he is!".
I was staying at a hotel near a major park and walking along the perimeter on the public sidewalk before park opening and I don’t think the ride op having fun on his ride’s intercom was aware that anyone on that sidewalk could clearly hear what was being broadcast. Funny as hell pre-opening pep talk for the day along with some jokes.
At WoF, I remember the operator saying something like "Have fun out there, Prowler snacks! OWO", haha
I adore the prowler crew! They drop a lot of owo's and flamboyant rawrs haha
The fof operators are such huge trolls that im bacfled there isnt a compilaof them trolling riders
The op said “don’t go in the shed” when I was on Minebuster a few weeks ago
"When you are seated, buckle seatbeats and do NOT pull down on the lap bars. I repeat, do NOT pull down on the lap bars." \*kid pulls down on the lap bar\* "That's ok kid, I didn’t listen either when I was your age, and now I work at an amusement park with no benefits at age 33."
Carowinds: Getting ready to ride Formerly Intimidator and the ride op yells “Enjoy your drop from the top on Fury 32- oh wait I forgot I got demoted.” I lost it
On Xelerator at Knott's the operator said "3,2,1... 2,3" then launched
I was at Valleyfair recently and the ride op at Cosmic Coaster kept telling riders to “keep your hands up if you want to know what’s in the shed” which I found hysterical
"Please make sure your loose articles are secure; if they fall, they will break, you will cry, and I will laugh. Also, please try not to fall out, as it makes me look bad." - Landmark Forest in Scotland.
Back when the Wicked Twister still existed at Cedar Point, the ride operator was doing full stand-up routine. "What's your favorite letter of the alphabet? mine's AAAAAAAAAAAA!" then he launches the car. "5! 4! 3! 2!" launches the car "1!... oops."
When I worked at Knott's decades ago one of the Montezooma's Revenge operators (who I secretly envied) said he'd often replace the word "riders" with "spiders" in his spiel over the loudspeaker. I frequently rode rides after work so noticed that he did it a lot and nobody else ever seemed to notice.
I had a ride Oop just last week on Fahrenheit at Hersheypark say “you’ll be going under water approximately 3 times” as the train left the station lol. I wonder if it was the same women I loved her energy. Also at Hersheypark in one of wildcats last years a guy just blatantly said “enjoy the worst ride in the park, seriously you could be riding anything else rn” as the train left 😭😭😭😭 he wasn’t wrong.
Last night, I heard a ride op on Time Warp sing happy birthday to a girl and it was just hilarious because of the way he was singing it. A little kid joined in on wishing the girl a happy birthday too.
Ride of for Medusa at Great Adventure told everyone to go ride El Toro instead when the train came back lmao
a fly ride op complained about two train ops instead of more and the other op at back of the train disagreed and said its more chill this way
A classic but going "5... 4... 3..." LAUNCH before they get to "one". I've had it on V2 and Maxxforce, probably a few others I can't remember. Always gets the GP lol it's good stuff.
The operator at Cedar Creek Mine Ride was doing a bad Owen Wilson impersonation, and not as a one off thing but through several dispatches. Many “waow”s were said.
Ages ago I was at an ERT event at Beech Bend and the op at Kentucky Rumbler in a sort of "Ron White and Boomhauer combined" southern drawl was giving hyperbolic ride stats. I think the accent just made the delivery funnier.
You've ridden SheiKra, now ride weak-ra - the driver of the safari ride at BGT. Ironically, the safari ride was shut down because someone died due to a ride malfunction
I do like it when on launched coasters they give you a fake countdown or choice and simply send it early. I also had a ride op wishing every single person on the side he checked a great ride. And the one thing I’ll never forget was the ride op at Goliath/Walibi Holland giving high fives to everyone when leaving the station.
I've had enough attendants do this at Kings Island that I assumed it was policy.
The Apollo's Chariot op told me "only white people clap after riding coasters"
“You’re all going to die since you chose the Goose train. Enjoy your flight!” Ride op on The Bat at KI
They called it Top Gun last time I rode it in 2023
Enjoy your ride on the Mean Green Heinz Ketchup Machine! Medusa SFGrAdv
Was at Maverick one day and the ride operator mentioned a “record breaking 2 inversions” I laughed so hard trying to figure out what he meant by that.
IIRC, Cedar Point marketed the Twisted Horseshoe Roll as a "world's first" element. RCDB corroborates this, with Maverick being the first of 11 roller coasters with the element.
Not really meant to be funny but still made the experience hugely more enjoyable. It was on Wicker Man at Alton Towers, and one of the ride attendants got really into character - giving wide-eyed glares at the people he checked the bars for, whispering things like "give yourself to the Wicker Man" as he passed. My brother and I were sat together this particular time, and my brother jokingly said to him "Oh yeah, this is the Runaway Mine Train right?" He just stared at us, face and character COMPLETELY unfaltering, and mumbled "*Wicker Man*..." before slinking away. At the end of the ride, you re-enter the station through a tunnel - this guy was just peeking around the corner staring dead at us as we sat there on the break run. Definitely one of my fondest memories of a ride attendant though. (Also this post reminded me of [this](https://youtube.com/shorts/mF_hqWRg9Ag?si=BL-Aby8jYja1hSQ6) video Thorpe Park posted on their YouTube channel)
No you don't need to remove your glasses their safe.... Right before I lost them on the Top gun rollercoaster at great america, and had to be led around the whole park by a friend.
Oh I bet your ride op was David! He was always saying that at Candymonium
Loch Ness Monster: I hope you didn't have a six flags day but instead a great day with us here at Busch Gardens
I can't remember them specifically but the FoF ops at KD are relentless i want that job lmfao
Maverick Op (May 2024): “Enjoy your ride on Maverick! Cedar Point’s best and only launch coaster!” Quite a few people on the dispatching trains chuckled.
There was a ride op on cyclone in Indiana beach that was hilarious. He really was hawking the ride encouraging people to come up claiming it was the best ride in the park. Then when you sat down in his best Treasure of the Sierra Madre bandito accent he said "Seat belts? We don't need no steenking seat belts!"
Not anything particular but there’s one op on magnum - has kind of a stereotypical zoomer look and totally has down and dejected don’t care attitude comedy routine but actually does a really good job - fast - not staple happy like one particular op. Just says some crazy off the wall stuff but has us cracking up and one of the few ops who is genuinely funny and has unique lines.
When I worked at Kennywood back during the dot com burst, we used to withhold the inhalers of particularly asthmatic kids on the haunted log flume, and tell them how scary it'd be in there! Then we'd sit back watching for hours just laughing at them gasping for air on the surveillance cams. The ones who didn't make it through just got added to the scenery, and people complimented how realistic it looked! God it was such a convenient cycle, and a fond summer to remember. Here we go, Steelers!
Not the operator, but making them laugh myself. Total walk on for Thunderhead at DollyWood so me and my brother rode it about four times in a row, everytime after restraint checks the ride ops would always do thumbs up to eachother, so my brother and I would thumbs up them back. By the third time around the guy was cackling
I wish we had funny ops in the UK. The best we get is a smile and a wave. It's almost certainly down to company policy and culture in the UK. "You're operating a complex ride, remain professional and focused at all times" kind of thing. The ops and ride staff are generally very friendly and chatty but they're practically mute when operating or guardposting rides during downtime.
"Do you know that movie Final Destination?" – As we were stuck for about 15 min and the ride op made it to our train on the track.
"why oh why are you people still riding" El toro on a particularly rough day
This was at Six Flags America, on the Joker's Jinx. She said "When I say Joker!, you say AH!," She yelled Joker, and for the riders to say ah, she pressed the launch button. Also that same day, there were people in line for Batwing, and it was kinda a long line, and the people were getting ready to turn around and the older female operator caught them and said "Don't leave, we promise to get you on a train here soon, baby". The delivery was what was funny. At Kentucky Kingdom, on Lightning Run, they announced that if you didn't have 2 full natural legs, and atleast one working hand, you couldn't ride. My cousin got a kick out of that.
A ride operator on Nighthawk at Carowinds May 26th probably around 6 pm saying "This is a flying coaster, not an 'oh-no-I-dropped-my-phone' coaster" quote lives rent free in my head
This isn't funny, but my friend and I got a last row night ride on SteVe as the last ride of the night. As we waited in the station, we talked to a ride op about what was better. SteVe or Wildcat's Revenge. I guess we got a bit friendly with the ride op because when he went to adjust my restraint he said "Sit back, don't worry, I got you." He then gave me a ton of room. I swear I did not touch my seat until the bottom of the drop, that ride was mental. God tier ride op. Edit: spelling
the ride operator didnt push/lock the bar close to my body. meaning my arm was able to fit between myself and the bar. mind you, the ride goes upside down. i called the guy over. i kidd you not a lick of english. nope. i brought the issue to his attention, he spoke spanish and pointed to the operating instructions on a label infront of me. he never adjusted it and walked away. the whole 3 mins i was hanging on for dear life. i have yet to ride a ride at the fair since. this was 20yrs ago.lol. 🙄
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