(For those purity test fans, score 1 for each one you have done and divide
by the total number of questions)
Divided by category even!
HOTELS:
1) You get a room with cable-tv and your primary concern is: "Do you get
The Weather Channel"
2) When at the hotel the only two channels you watch are "The Weather
Channel" and the "Local Attraction Information Channel"
3) You judge the quality of a hotel by its brochure rack
4) You look for a hotel that features a water slide at the pool - and it's
not for your kids.
5) You demand access to a data port in your room, and your not a business
traveler.
6) You post Trip Reports from your hotel room
7) When staying at certain hotels, you request a 'roller-coaster view"
VACATIONS:
1) When your primary consideration in trip planning is seeing different
roller coasters
2) When you travel to ordinarily dull towns that happen to feature an
amusement park. (As your primary destination)
3) When you go to New York City and don't see Central Park, the Statue of
Liberty or 42nd St., but see every ride at Coney Island.
4) When you go to Largo, MD, and don't see one acre of Washington DC, but
see every acre of Adventure World
5) When you go on a European Vacation and see 55 coasters in 14 days, but
not Big Ben or Buckingham Palace.
6) The sign "Amusement Park next right, causes an imediate change in
plans"
7) You interrupt your vacation because you see a traveling carnival

You stop and look at rides that aren't even open
9) You have already started planing a possible itinerary for the "800
Coasters" movie.
10) You feel the need to re-enact National Lampoon Vacation or
Rollercoaster!
11) youre on a business trip and your roller-coaster log is kept more up
to date than your expense account log.
12) You figure you can justify the $35 park admission as an "Entertainment
expense"
13) You've ever gotten your company to pay for a coaster trip.
14) You've entered a contest to win a Coaster Trip
14b) You won.
15) You goten corporate sponsorship of your own coaster trip
STUFF AROUND THE HOUSE:
1) You have a scrapbook filled with ticket stubs, used RAD wristbands, and
unused ride coupons.
2) The scrapbook is labeled like a museum exhibit.
3) You have a special pad you take with you to collect re-admission
stamps, and it the park won't cooperate you get one and roll it onto the
pad.
4) you have a vest covered with patches you are proud to wear - and you
aren't a scout.
5) you have a brochure rack in your family room, filled with amusement
park brochures and park maps.
6) you have dumpster dived behind travel agencies for life-size stand up
roller coaster ads.
7) Your bookshelfs main eye level shelf contains books that can all be
purchased through Gunther Hall.

Your video cabinet has a shelf full of park and coaster videos
9) You have ever put a Coaster POV in VCR and made your own motion
simulator. (Immitated airtime and laterals)
10) You buy your 'kids' products from Bandi and K-Nex.
11) Your model train layout is boring, just a dull oval, HOWEVER, the
amusement park tableux inside the oval is incredible.
12) You paid to watch those 3-D coaster movies on pay-per-view
12) Your magazine rack only has Rollercoaster!, Ace News, and other
related magazines.
13) You have a roller coaster car in your family room for a conversation
piece.
13b) You actually sit in your own roller coaster car
13c) With the lap bar locked
13d) Hands above head
13e) Screaming
13f) While watching Coaster POV on VCR
14) Your wall hangings are all poster size Coaster photos
15) Your glassware is all amusement park mugs
15b) That you won playing Skeeball
16) Your kid's toy collection grows depending on how good you are at
throwing balls at targets, ringing bottles, or similar activities.
16b) You keep all the stuffed animals you win for yourself!
16c) You can name off which park and at which game each one was won.
17) You buy all your summer wardrobe at a theme park gift shop
18) Your refrigerator magnet collection is all from theme parks.
19) Common items in your house are coaster logoed: bottle openers,
keychains, playing cards, nail clippers, mugs, frisbees.
20) You have coaster items that, ahem, can't be purchased at the parks
gift shop (i.e.: signage, height check poles, used coaster parts, lap bar
keys, front car logos, etc)
21) You save ANYTHING park related, right down to paper drink cups,
ketchup packets, and gift boxes, so long as they have the park.
logo.
22) You have a collection of Sipper Cups (Sports Quarts) you get with a $4
soda.
23) You never take advantage of the cheap refill offers, instead opting
for another souvineer cup with a different design.
24) You have a theme park credit card (Disney), or a credit card with a
theme park deisgn, or a credit card with a theme park promotion attached.
25) You have Disney Dollars or Scooby Bucks in your 'foreign currency'
collection.
26) You have a roller coaster postcard collection
26a) and try to pass it off as your photo album
27) You can't find the photo albums for your Wedding or your sons college
graduation, but can find "Kings Island - 1975" in under 10 minutes.
28) You coaster photo albums outnumber you non-coaster photo albums
29) Your photo developer refers to you as "The guy who always brings in
the roller coaster pictures"
30) Your camera has special attachments to either take better pictures
while riding, or an attached harness to insure the camera won't leave your
hand during the ride.
31) Some smart aleck has given you *DRINK* Coasters as a gag gift
31b) You gave them to yourself as a gag gift
31c) They are Coaster or park logoed
COMPUTER:
1) You consider a fully loaded computer one that comes preloaded with
Disney's Coaster, Bullfrog's Theme Park, Internet software, a roller
coaster screen saver, and maybe a database program to track either your
coaster cenus or track record.
2) For this reason you consider a 486 SX-50 to be just right for your
needs.
3) You want this in a laptop configuration so you can keep up-to-date on
the various interenet rollercoaster resources while on your coaster trip.
4) You put CAD experience on your resume and present a portfolio of Disney
Coaster tracks as a reference.
5) You put architecture on your resume and present a portfolio of Theme
Park parks as a reference.
6) Your personal home page is all about rollercoasters
7) You have a coaster related e-mail address

Your Start Page is a rollercoaster site, and it's NOT yours
9) You skip Wall Street Journal Interactive and head straight for the
Ultimate Guide Rumors page.
10) Your favorite 'web-search' site is maintained by Mr. Melego or Mr.
Constanja.
11) The only reason you get a 36.6 modem is to download coaster .avi's
faster
12) You have a coaster mouse pad
13) You have a coaster screen saver
13b) That you designed
14) You have over 10mb's of Coaster JPEGS
15) You wish more ride manufacturers would put their catalog online
16) You uninstall MS Works because you just HAVE to see that new coaster
movie.
17) You put down your champaigne on New Years and rushed to see if World
of Coasters was ready.
18) You put a black shroud over your monitor when World of Coasters went
offline a while back, and just now removed it.
19) You consdier an Amusement Park Links Page and a six pack to be quality
entertainment.
20) You use Paint to draw your own park layout, own coaster
21) You start counting park websites in your park visitation record
22) You wish IWERKS would come up with a motion sim plug-in for Netscape
so you could see how these new coasters RIDE.
23) You have a old laptop that you can take on coaster trips with you, so
you can record your Trip Reports while fresh in your mind.
24) You have a palmtop so you can record your trip report *AS IT HAPPENS*
25) You carry a palmtop so you can correct other park guests about the
obscure stats of some ride in a completely different park.
26) You take your palmtop on the roller coaster with you
26b) You USE the palmtop while riding the coaster
27) You have visions of what would happen if Microsoft came up with a MS
Coaster operating system, based on Win 95.
28) You want a copy of B&M's CAD system
29) You leave software stores in dismay, noting they never carry anything
coaster related.
VIDEO GAMES
1) You agree to play ANY video game, as long as it is coaster related
2) You collect video games soley on wether there is a coaster or park
pictures somewhere in the games backdrop
3) You play Virtua Racing on the "Easy" level so you can see the carnival
at the last turn.
4) You play that Mr. Do!'s Wild Ride game
4b) You own a Mr. Do!'s WIld Ride game
5) You pester your arcade operator to put Coaster and Theme Park in all
his locations.
6) When you enter an arcade you head straight for the pinball machines
6b) If given a choice of machines, you play the one with the most
habitrails and ramps.
6c) If you spot a Cyclone, Comet, or Hurricane Pinball machine you feel
obligated to play it.
6c1) No matter what condition it is in.
6d) You OWN a Cyclone, Comet or Hurricane Pinball machine
7) Your only exposure to arcades is at amusement parks, during lightning
storms.

You have 10,000 skeeball tickets - 100 each from 100 parks
CAR
1) Your car is a convertible, with the top down, the headrests removed,
bench seats, and lap belts only.
2) You drive an old car and use the money you would have spent on car
payments on roller-coasters
3) You have a little sign on the dash that says "Remain Seated - Keep hands
and legs inside the vehicle"
4) You don't allow eating, drinking or smoking in your car becuase they are
not allowed on coasters.
5) You expect the car to stop on its own
6) You expect the car to steer itself around sharp turns
7) You flush load your car, everybody gets in one one side, and slides
across and gets out on the other side, again sliding accross.

You feel the need to tug on all your passengers restraints before
starting the car.
9) You require TWO riders in the back seat, (or the last seat in a van)
10) You sneak a copy of the Space Mountain Music, and put it on an endless
loop tape to play in your car
11) You put a "Do Not Stand Up" sign over your driveway
12) You paint yellow lines on both sides of the garage floor a safe
distance from the car.
13) You install seat queues in your garage
14) You install a turnstile in the doorway leading to the garage
15) You modify your garage so it has a garage door at both ends
16) You have an accelerometer on your dashboard
17) Before Leaving your garage you give a safety spiel, if you are a Cedar
Point Fan upon returning to the garage you announce "Welcome Back
Riders..."
17b) Even if you are the only passenger
SOCIAL LIFE
1) You are thrilled to read in club/church/work newsletter about an
amusement park outing. (More so than the kids)
2) You are even more thrilled to have an outing at Stricker's Grove, or
Hillcrest
3) You are the only person in a group who knows what Stricker's Grove or
Hillcrest is.
4) You arranged the outing
5) You have party crashed.. at Stricker's or Hillcrest
6) In conversation when someone mentions a city, for any reason, you
rattle off the nearest park and its rollercoasters.
7) When going bowling you envy the ball because it gets to ride the ball
return.

You pass on a golf outing to go coaster riding
9) When at a bar you try to impress the candidates with your track record
10) You save bar ID-check wristbands
11) You try to pass them off as park wristbands
12) Your idea of a date is to take the prospect to Kennywood
13) You *attempt* to serve a theme park theme dinner at your next
pot-luck, with the finest park pizza, fudge, french fries, Dippin Dots, and
frozen lemonade.
14) Charity's know who to call if doing an amusement ride-a-thon
15) When a charity does a door-to-door sales pitch, you pull out an equally
impressive "Save Leap the Dips" sales-pitch for revenge.
16) When at a park with a date, you suggest rides, such as the Log Flume,
Enterprise, and Jumbo Jet.
17) Your social club memberships include ACE, NAPHA, WNYCC, and GOCC.
18) If not for Coaster Cons you would not know what a convention center
is.
19) You 'sign up' for work related conventions, that just so happen to
occur in the same general area as a Coaster Con. You attend the full
Coaster Con, but just make a brochure run of the work related con.
20) All your friends are coaster club members
21) You call skydivers and bungee jumpers crazy lunatics, then line up for
Skycoasters, Ejector Seats, Giant Drops, Space Shots, Turbo Drops, etc.
22) When someone mentions friendly competition, you think of spin-and-spew
endurance contests.
23) You play poker for Kennywood ride coupons
24) When you go to a cultural fair or festival, your overriding thought is
"Who is supplying the midway rides"
25) You can turn *ANY* conversation into something coaster related in less
than 2 minutes
26) Normal social groups class you as an outcast, becuase you bored them
all with coaster lore
Coaster Riding Practices - Amusement Park visits
1) You *ALWAYS* call before leaving the home or hotel requesting a complete
status report for ALL the parks coasters
2) You have alternative parks in mind in case the coaster is closed where
you are
3) You arrive at a park before the parking lot opens - in hopes of getting
free parking by sneaking into the lot.
4) You are stadning at the ticket cage long before it opens, allready have
coupons in hand, and have figured with tax exactly how much a ticket is
gonna cost you, and have that much money prepared to expedite getting your
ticket.
5) You pick up park map, (unless you already got one sent to your house
some time ago), and plot the shortest course from Point A(The front Gate),
to Point B(The waiting area for the parks best coaster), before the
turnstiles are opened.
6) You enter park, and walk as fast as Security will let you, and will be
in remote section of park long before anybody else, except the locals.
7) You immediately strike up a coaster chat with anybody in line who cares.

You have already reviewed the coasters profile, and know just where to
sit.
9) You have a coaster riding pattern, (Front seat first, then a back seat
them a middle seat, then choose the best of the tree)
10) You have a coaster evaluation checklist, and attempt to objectively
evaluate the coaster.
11) You don't need to be told how to fasten/unfasten the restraints
12) You cary your own riding accesories, such as straps to negate ratchet
bars coming down midride, and even seat belt extenders
13) You have a system to negate ratchet bars being ratcheted too far by
well meaning operators.
14) You know how to work the buckles on PTC trains
15) You have a park visitation plan that would make the plans in the
"Unofficial Guide" books look vague
16) You can carry on a conversation all the way through the queue and up
the lift, but as soon as you crest the lift, you shut up, and then restart
the conversation when you hit the final brakes, exactly where you left off.
17) You know proper riding posture to avoid 'unnecesary roughness'
18) On a B&M with 32 seats, you will only sit in 18 of them
19) You can identify a coaster you have never seen before's manufacturer,
on looks.
20) You have no qualms about paying $30 to stand in line 5 hours to ride
the latest thing in Coastering.
21) You have no qualms about paying $30 when you know you have less than 5
hours to enjoy a park.
22) At a pay-per-ride park you analyze every purchase in terms of coaster
rides. (i.e. Those potato patch fries look awesome, but they will cost me 2
Thunderbolt rides!)
23) Instead of taking time out to eat in the park cafeteria, you grab a
lunch from a grab joint, then head on over to the coaster with the longest
line in the park, and eat lunch peacefully, while waiting in line.
24) You can spot your favorite flat rides from the other side of the park.
25) You can ride any ride without getting sick
26) You have "longevity Contest" on rides - Who can ride the most without
puking.
27) You don't consider Flying Scooters to be a kiddie ride.
28) You despise motion simulator attractions, and think of them as wasted
midway space.
29) You don't mind Cinema 180, becuase you can count on a coaster being
shown most of the time.
30) You know who manufactured the flat ride you are riding
31) You know every inch of the coaster, where the air is, where the
laterals are, so much so you could ride blindfolded and not have any
suprises
32) You despise over-the-shoulder bars more than you do motion-sims.
33) You think any schwarzkopf or Hopkins looper without shoulder bars
should be an ACE Coaster Classic.
34) You wonder why some coasters are/are not coaster classics
35) You know the history of the park you are visiting
36) You ride Skycoaster so much, the crew does not give you the normal
safety spiel, just "You know the drill, any questions?"
37) You think of smart-aleck pranks that are so bad, no one would ever pull
them off, right Todd Long?
38) Your season pass collection exceeds your credit card collection
39) You have a season pass to every park known to man
40) You want to give Kennywood Mangement a sales pitch on the concept of
Season Passes.
41) You go out of your way to find the kiddie coaster, then spend a decent
amount of time scheming your way on to it.
42) You have the spiel memorized and perfected to borrow strangers kids to
achieve goal 41.
43) You carry your log book with you at all times
44) You use a hand-counter to count total rides on a given coaster in a day
45) You have MS Excel analyze your ride log.
46) You go to a park, only to ride a Pinfari Zyklon
47) You go to a park, not knowing what coasters they have
48) The park gift shop offers you easy-financing on your purchases
49) You have no qualms about putting $2 in Coke machine at a park
50) You trek clear from the back of the park to the front, then out to
your car to have a Coke, so that $2 can buy you another coaster ride
51) You have debates over the relationship of the park's ride selection
to the brand of soft drinks served
52) You debate if certain thrill ride in California is a coaster.
53) You debate if Racers count as 1 or two coasters for your log
54) You debate if kiddie coasters count for your log
EDUCATION
1) Your primary reason for maintaing a good dicipline and attendance
record is the big end of school year theme park field trip.
2) You have atteneded a park science day
3) You honestly did the work assigned at a science day.
4) You copied someone elses work at a science day in order to get more
rides.
4b) You 'blew off' the work at a science day and took a zero, but man was
it worth it for no-wait coaster lines!
5) You think Amusement-Park-Ology should be an accepted major.
5a) Physics - How Coasters and other rides work
5b) Art- How to make a Coaster look as appealing as it does.
5c) Music - Learn to play ride theme music
5d) Math - How to measure stats, how to analyze your ride log
5e) Accounting - Keeping a Coaster Trip Budget
5f) History - History of Amusement parks and Coasters
5g) English - Art of writing trip reports
6) You held on and actually used the accelerometer during physics day
MISC.
1) You learn to fly a hellicopter in order to get aerial photographs
2) You learn to fly a hellicopter/Cessna in order to get to far out parks
in less time.
3) You have ever considered a normal everyday device as an amusement ride.
(i.e. subways, busses, express elevators, swivel chairs, NYC cabs)
4) You have walked a roller-coaster track
4b) Without the park knowing about it
5) You compare anything to a roller-coaster, and I do mean anything
6) Your folks/friends/relatives/teachers/boss/co-workers etc. have ever
gotten upset because you talk coasters too muh
7) When a clerk ask for two forms of ID (to cash a check, buy alcohol or
smokes), you show your state ID, and then let your accordion style wallet
drop open, loaded up with season passes)

The sight of a coat hanger brings visions of a certain coaster desinger
9) You curse Ron Toomer every time you bang you head on a rollercoaster
harness
10) You celebrate LaMarcus Tompkins' birthday
11) You attend IAAPA, and have no working connection in the theme park
industry.
12) You go without food for a week in order to afford IAAPA
13) You offer the back 40 of your farm to Walter and Claude for use as
'development testing grounds' in exchange for....
14) You have every seriously wanted your own amusement ride, of any type
14b) You have seriously considered buying your own amusement ride
14c) You HAVE bought your own amusement ride
14d) You designed some sort of fancy-shmancy hi-tech remote control
device, in oder to ride your ride by yourself
14e) You have a staff to run your ride for you
15) You realize most coaster shows are Cedar Point infomericals in
desguise.
16) You actually produce the "800 coasters" movie
16b) You let a schmuck like me have a major role
16c) Now you can't get 100% on this unless I get in movie
17) Your Monday Nights are filled by something called IRC.
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18) A rollercoaster magazine in your mail takes precedence over any other
mail. Including your check from Ed McMahon, and that job offer.
19) You think of the state Lotto Jackpot in terms of how many amusement
rides it could buy
20) You purchase a winter house in the South so you can be close to a year
round park in the winter, and a summer house in the north, so you can take
advantage of seasonal parks in the summer
21) You purchase a used Greyhound, school, or city bus, redo the interior
and call it the Coaster Express. Then use it to haul 40 coaster
enthusiasts from event to event at a con.
22) You freelance with Coaster Express and use it to take tour groups of 40
coaster enthusiasts around to see parks, and make money in the process.
(Remember a lot of places admit the bus driver free:) )
23) You paint the outside of the Coaster Express to please any coaster
enthusiast.
24) You threaten to sue the Las Vegas Holiday Inn for emotional damages
after being decieved by their billboard.
25) You go to Las Vegas and spend more on the rides and shows than the rest
of your party looses to the tables and slot machines.
26) You are over 21, go to Vegas, and ride the rides and do not gamble $1.
27) You are over 21, go to Vegas, and try to gamble in order to get enough
money to ride for your whole vacation, 'on the house'
28) You go to the Stratosphere Tower, and spend a weeks salary on Big Shot
tickets.
29) You expect free coaster rides to be awarded for earning slot points
30) You go to Vegas and take book on the results of "endurance contests" on
the MGM Grand's Zipper.
31) You go to the Stardust, and actually place a bet on that rumored wager
they offer about how soon someone will fall off of the High Roller.
32) You bet big at the Stardust, and get in touch with "The Young Man" to
make it happen.
33) You insist on carrying a suitcase on the rides at Kings Dominion
34) You are on a student activities board, and book "Rollercoaster" into
the Student Movie Series.
35) You hold down hard on the lap bars on Thrill! so they don't open on the
lift.
36) Instead of celebrating your childs birthdate, you celebrate their
height.
37) You search music stores everywhere for Dana Schwartz's new CD.
38) You make travel plans to Bithlo, FL, to go visit Longworld, without
first making sure the park even exists.
39) You arrive at Bithlo, FL and ask at the corner gas station for
directions to the park.
40) You can't take the news that the Big Woodie does not exist, and put out
a contract on Todd Long's life.
41) On your way through Ohio you decide to check out those state-of-the-art
coasters at Dave's Dominion in Xanadu, OH.
42) You wind up at Cedar Point and forget all about Dave's Dominion.
43) You go looking for the steel coaster at Stricker's Grove....
"Whadaya mean you don't have a steel coaster! Both ACE Census and Roller
Coaster Lovers Companion say its here!"
44) You go out of your way to go visit Idora Park, Chipewa Park (OH),
Lincoln Park, the original Elitch Gardens, etc.
45) You know what all Premier Parks owns
46) You have confidence in Phoenix Rides
47) You wake up half-asleep and suddenly spring to life on that first drop
of the day.
48) You ride roller coasters during your break
49) You ride roller-coasters after 12 hours of work
50) You leave work at 7pm on day 1, go 300 miles, get to hotel at 2am,
sleep fast, go to park at 9am, stay till 8pm, drive home 300 miles, get in
at 3am, go in to work at 9am next day. (<<-GUILTY--<<)
51) You consider Canada's Wonderland a nice 3 day road trip...except you
live in Cincinnato, OH!
52) You go to more than 1 amusement park in a day
53) You go to amusment parks for more than 2 days in a row
54) You are still energetic after 3 days in a row
55) You have no shame in riding kiddie coasters
56) You have no shame in hogging front or back seats of coasters
57) You consider coaster riding to be a weight loss plan, walking from one
ride to another.
58) You go to David H.'s "Fittness Amusement Park"
59) You remember David H's "Fitness Amusement Park"
60) You are Still reading this post!
61) You hear about a disaster at anamusement park, and ask if the coasters
are allright before asking if anyone got hurt.
62) You remain perfectly emotionless during "Schindler's List", or "Mr.
Hollands Opus", but the sight of a coaster/park documentary with a coaster
destruction scene you start crying.
63) You know the procedure to use a chains season pass at other parks
64) You look at a modern coaster and wonder how Traver or Miller would have
done that ride.
65) you have a picture of Walter and Claude above your bed.
66) You have a certain "Sparks" album in your record collection, one that
has "Filler Up" and "Big Boy" on it.
67) You have ridden a coaster whose structural integrity was questionable
68) You have ridden a portable coaster
69) You understood every one of these questions
70) YOu answered "Yes" to every one of these questions, honestly