Amusement park rides
MsLiz
talked into a Ferris Wheel and a Tilt-A-Whirl ride, several years
apart. After the second ride, I swore never to be talked into it
again.
Decades later, I got on a merry-go-round with my daughter. As soon as
the horse moved upwards, I panicked. My daughter sensed it, so I had
to shape up and not show fear.
Bumper cars are fun, but they don't involve dizziness or elevation.
I decided that there was something different about me that made rides
no fun at all. Now I am wondering if this may be AS related.
How do other ASA participants feel about amusement park rides?
MsLiz
Ryno
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>How do other ASA participants feel about amusement park rides?
>
>MsLiz
I don't like the ones involving height and sudden falls.
The time I was placed (very much against my will) on a helicopter
joyride: *that* could fill a horror-genre novella, all of its own
accord.
Ryno
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Karlisa
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never seems to get dizzy. He just gets off the ride and can walk a straight
line. That's something we've noticed about him. I'm guessing that with
him, it's some sort of sensory-related thing. His favorite rides were the
merry go round and the swings.
The thing he *hates* about amusement park rides is ride-specific. He cannot
tolerate rides that have obnoxious sounds associated with them. We went to
an amusement park last weekend and it had little kiddie rides that sounded
like the engine was powered with a lawn mower. He would cling to my neck
and cry or whimper whenever we passed that ride, even though I think he
really wanted to ride it.
lisa
micksmom
> MsLiz
Matt MacDonald
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> How do other ASA participants feel about amusement park
> rides?
I'm not afraid of them, and I guess I used to like them as a
kid, but now I just find them uncomfortable for some reason.
neral
I don't like amusement parks. I've been once in a roller coaster, I was
around 12 and that was the first and last time :)
In that same amusement park something happened a few years ago. There
where no casualties, but I think it would have been very uncomfortable
for those who where in that roller coaster at the time. At the moment
those people where upside down, the thing broke, perhaps something with
electricity, I don't remember and they got stuck there, hanging upside
down for more than an hour.
MsLiz
The "upside" of that is that any nausea would be directed away from
the passengers.
MsLiz
Jeremy Reece
> How do other ASA participants feel about amusement park rides?
I love thrill rides of almost all varieties, especially rollercoasters,
to the extent that I'll deal with the crowds for the pleasure. I seem
to be in a minority in this respect, though :)
Jeremy
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Arak
> I hate amusement park rides. As a pre-teen and young teen, I was
> talked into a Ferris Wheel and a Tilt-A-Whirl ride, several years
> apart. After the second ride, I swore never to be talked into it
> again.
I have never been able to handle rides either, except for the marry go
round (it's slow). Once, when I was a teenager, I got talked into
going on a ride called the Tidal Wave (It's the one with the boat that
swings back and forth and almost flips over). I was so freaked out by
it that I swore never to go on a ride again...and I haven't!
>
> Bumper cars are fun, but they don't involve dizziness or elevation.
I used to like the buper cars, but after my car accident which gave me
whiplash in 1996, I tend to get a sore neck and then a headache when
riding the bumper cars (which totally sucks!).
>
> I decided that there was something different about me that made rides
> no fun at all. Now I am wondering if this may be AS related.
>
> How do other ASA participants feel about amusement park rides?
I don't know if it's AS related but I either get freaked out or
nauseous, so it's just not worth it.
Amusement parks do tend to be too crowded and noisy for my liking, so
I try to avoid them when I can.
Arak /|\
dolph...@fsmail.net
I won't do them. Never have and never will.
I don't understand what positive feelings people get out of being
scared. I would just feel very scared.
Dolphinius
(Male, mid-thirties, UK, self-diagnosed AS)
Oliver Wong
I've been on a few mild roller coasters (nothing where you end up
upside down), and I didn't like them. Haven't tried, and not planning on
trying, the more wild roller coasters. I find them scary.
Merry Go Rounds are dull for me. I'm not scared or anything, just
bored.
There's this ride in an amusement park near me called "UFO", and it's
essentially just a hollow spinning disc, with you strapped facing inside.
It spins quickly, but because you're indoors, you don't see the
environment around you spinning. You just feel centrifugal force. I like
it.
Bumper cars are okay, but I find I'm not as competitive or aggressive
as some other drivers, and it annoys me when they bump me when I don't
want to get bump. Not scared, but just annoyed.
In Universal Studios, there's a ride themed around the move "Back to
the future". It's a like very small movie theatre (6 seats) in that
there's a screen onto which a movie is projected. The film plays from the
point of view of a flying vehicle, and your seat rumbles and tilts in sync
with the image being displayed, to give you the illusion that you are
actually flying around in the directions that the movie is showing you to
fly in. I like that one.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_to_the_Future:_The_Ride
Similarly, I've played some arcade games in which you fly a jet, and
the seat in which you sit tilts in sync with the game. I also like these.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_simulator
I generally don't like amusement parks, because I don't like to wait
in line. I don't mind the noise that much, but I don't like the sunlight
and the heat.
- Oliver
Justin Pate
I HATE amusement parks. Long lines, hot temperatures (in Texas anyway),
long walks, and being scared on the rides is no fun either.
neral
Hmm.. I tried to look up the incident at Google and didn't found it but
came accross a lot of websites and wikipedia pages mentioning roller
coaster incidents, some with casulties. Now I know for sure why I don't
get in those things.
Sometimes...@gmail.com
I quite like thrill rides. Can't tolerate the crowds well anymore, but
the rides are a blast.
chris
bubbleghost
I don't do them because I rarely go to theme parks / amusement parks.
And it's not the sort of thing you'd do on your own anyway. But when I
*have* had to go, eg helping on a school trip, I've had good fun and
we've all got soaked.
It's not the rides that make me uncomfortable, it's all the people.
Catriona R
I really don't like them; a slow merry-go-round is alright, but anything
with any kind of speed, and especially sudden drops/corners, is very
uncomfortable to say the least. I only once went on a rollercoaster; never,
ever again. Very overwhelming, and not fun at all for me. Which is strange,
as having seen rollercoasters on tv as a child I always thought I'd like to
go on one - it looks fun when you only see the pictures, but actually
experiencing it is totally different for me.
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Catriona (23, AS)
Delila
When I was a kid and young adult, I loved them. Now I can't stand them
anymore. The change happened in my late 20s. Don't know why. BTW Hi, I'm new
here! :)
D.
MsLiz
wrote:
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8/1/07 and add yourself to it. I look forward to getting to know you.
MsLiz
corbe...@juno.com
Short answer -- I do not hate thrill rides, but I get no enjoyment out
of them. I posted on this matter before:
Baba Yaga
>[...] BTW Hi, I'm new
>here! :)
Wilkommen.
Baba Yaga
Zed
How ironic that you post this at just about the same time I finally go
on my first roller coaster ride at the age of 45. As I wrote in a
separate post, I just felt it was time to finally do it. Now I love
them. I'm still a bit apprehensive as the ride starts out. And if it's
one of those that like goes from 0 to 70 in two seconds, I still
squeeze my eyes shut and hold my breath. But I am getting the hang of
it. I'm planning on riding a really big one this Sunday. I've found
that when I'm on them, it feels much more like I'm dreaming, than
experiencing something that's actually happening. Maybe I'm just going
into shock. I will say this about them from an aspie prospective: I
think the biggest problem for me with rides is a loss of being in
control. I used to do crazy things on dirt bikes in the desert, but I
was in control. On a roller coaster etc. I have no control whatsoever.
I'm at their mercy. PLEASE, someone talk me out of this Sunday... :-)
Chris
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