You drive to the park, you walk to the gate, you get your hand stamped, you run to the line, you move up, you grab a hot-dog, you move up, you check your watch, you get to the front, you jump in the ride, and then the big moment finally arrives: the screechy cars start moving, there’s some rumbly bumping, and you’re cranking up the big first hill while all you hear is tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick.
Then there’s a short, quiet pause as you teeter on the top and float for a brief second as the cars tip down, your stomach twists around, and your arms wave high in the air as you get ready to scream.
AWESOME!
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29 Comments
November 16, 2009 at 1:14 am
The Scream Machine at Six Flags Over Georgia was my first coaster when I was about 12 years old. And you’re right. Reaching the top of the first hill is incredible.
November 16, 2009 at 1:17 am
I live for that moment!
November 16, 2009 at 2:32 am
You hit my sweet spot, Neil. I love this very much.
5 great hilltops: El Toro (Great Adventure), Nitro (same), Millennium Force (Cedar Point), Magnum XL-200 (also Cedar Point) and Alpengeist (Busch Gardens Williamsburg)
November 19, 2009 at 7:15 pm
I remember Alpengeist! That was back when I was still scared of roller coasters, but my persuasive younger brother forced me to go on it with him. Definitely an epic top-of-the-hill moment.
November 16, 2009 at 7:57 am
I dunno, I still like the roller coasters where the goal is not the first hill, but the speed at which you are launched in order to climb over said hill. The ones where compressed air is used to launch you at 200 miles an hour and such.
November 16, 2009 at 9:18 am
At the top of the biggest hill on the Minebuster at Canada’s Wonderland, you get a brief glimpse of Toronto – the CN Tower – such a great moment before the plunge.
January 4, 2010 at 11:09 pm
Behemoth is AWESOME!
November 16, 2009 at 11:11 am
Not awesome, not awesome, not awesome, AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!! so not awesome! The only awesome thing about roller coasters for me is when they stop.
November 17, 2009 at 7:10 pm
Have to agree. This is the very moment when I want the ride to stop so that I can get off because I’ve changed my mind. Nope don’t want to do this. Uh uh.
November 19, 2009 at 5:32 pm
I know what you mean. In fact I use this fear to enhance the ride. This is the moment that I contemplate how I could possibly get out of the coaster. It makes the terror of the first drop even more intense.
November 16, 2009 at 11:33 am
The best of all those feelings is Millennium Force at Cedar Point. Really, really awesome.
November 17, 2009 at 2:48 pm
Exactly what I came here to say. Millennium Force’s hill is the epitome of this feeling.
November 16, 2009 at 12:29 pm
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November 16, 2009 at 1:35 pm
click click click click…click….click………………….OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
hells yeah
November 16, 2009 at 1:44 pm
I really think Canada’s Wonderland’s Bohemoth has maximized this feeling. The ridiculously steep drop helps, I like not being able to see the track below you. I think rollercoasters are the #1 awesome thing for me.
November 16, 2009 at 3:45 pm
The air time on Behemoth is amazing. Absolutely loved it.
My favourite coaster was the Maverick at Cedar Point. Was seated right at the front, you can’t even see the track in front of you as you go down the first hill.
Awesome!
November 16, 2009 at 3:46 pm
This is one of my all time favorite awesome things.
November 16, 2009 at 4:30 pm
These adrenaline posts always give me thrills up and down my spine. LOL Thanks ! :D
November 16, 2009 at 5:36 pm
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November 16, 2009 at 6:35 pm
I couldn’t help but post at this awesome thing.
It’s incredible when you are on the top of the hill, on the front seat(Best place ever), Ready to start screaming(Just for fun) as you go down.
AWESOME!
November 17, 2009 at 2:44 am
I’m more of a back row rider, myself. You’re the LAST person to go over the hill and most of the time, you don’t see where you’re going! Sure, the view is better in the front, but the eyes strain on the taller and faster ones.
November 16, 2009 at 9:11 pm
I have to say…I am such a wuss that I don’t really like roller coasters. I think ever since my parents made me go on Splash Mountain as a young’n I have been scarred for life.
Awesome blog though!
November 17, 2009 at 4:54 am
Ohhhhhhhhh yeah! The suspense! Though killing but super AWESOME!
I totally love it! Argh! i am sooooooo craving for a roller coaster ride right now! Wooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhh! XD
November 17, 2009 at 9:59 pm
found your blog through postsecret. this is definitely one of the blogs i will read to make me smile.
ooooh yeah i love that feeling! you feel suspended for just a moment and then whoosh! down you go :)
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November 18, 2009 at 1:26 am
I wouldn’t call this “awesome” in the enjoyable sense of the word, but it is certainly an uncomparable feeling. The feeling for me is usually one of dread and regret. But I do love roller coasters!
November 22, 2009 at 12:43 am
A couple years ago, as a coaster was going “clickety, clickety, clickety” and almost to the top, I turned to my buddy, Rick, and said, “In a second I will tell you what my favorite spot on the planet Earth is.” Then at that spot, “Right here!” Then we were hurdled downward.
November 27, 2009 at 9:36 am
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November 28, 2009 at 12:28 pm
Nope, do not want.
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