What makes an enthusiast, an enthusiast?

by **E.R. Webmaster** on January 10th, 2003, 10:14 pm

most of us concider ourselves as 'Coaster Enthusiasts'. What truly classifies what an enthusiast really is? Does it depend on how many coasters youve ridden? How many times you have gone to the parks in one year?

by **coasterguy** on January 10th, 2003, 10:15 pm

I think it is your love for coasters!

by **coastrcorey** on January 10th, 2003, 10:41 pm

there is no determining factor, if you love coasters and spend a lot of time online talking about them and studying them, then you're an enthusiast!

by **E.R. Webmaster** on January 10th, 2003, 10:43 pm

You know whats funny? For enthusiasts, we spend more time online than actually at the park....lol

by **coasterguy** on January 10th, 2003, 11:02 pm

yea your right we go online all the time looking at pics and rumor getting mad at rumors and then we want to go to the park but it doesn't open for another 4 months!

by **coastrcorey** on January 10th, 2003, 11:05 pm

i know!!! weird! i'm going crazy and i was at GAm only 2 months ago!!! i have to wait at least four months more!!! boohoo!!! :cry:

by **E.R. Webmaster** on January 10th, 2003, 11:08 pm

Just head south for the winter...lol, Plenty of Parks open down there :lol:

by **coastrcorey** on January 10th, 2003, 11:24 pm

yeah that always works...! except that one problem... oh yeah! school...

lol

by **goldmember** on January 10th, 2003, 11:45 pm

Yea, teachers dont really like it when you leave town to ride rollercoasters

. Helps to be able to drive too...leagaly. Wish I could though.

by **T_Biggs** on January 11th, 2003, 12:39 am

What a person says about themself is what makes them an enthusiast. If they say they are, then they are. If they say they aren't, then they aren't. Someone could have a track record of 300, and not be an enthuisiast.

by **Chitown** on January 11th, 2003, 1:56 am

Actually, this topic should be called "What makes someone an enthusiast or an enthusiass"?Here is the official definition of the word "enthusiast""One who is filled with enthusiasm; one who is ardently absorbed in an interest or pursuit"The enthusiasses out there are the ones that constantly bicker and gripe about every little detail of coasters, rides, and park ownership but still claim to love coasters. They also think when they visit a park that the red carpet should be rolled out for them.

by **CoasterDave316** on January 11th, 2003, 7:27 am

I totally agree with you ChitownYou really decide yourself if you want to be a coaster enthusiasts. I go to GAm at least 30 times a year and so does my brother. But my brother doesn't consider himself an enthusiast, although I think he is since he goes to and enjoys all the parks I go too. So it is possible to be a enthusiast without being online and talking about it all the time.

by **Suf03sfgam** on January 12th, 2003, 11:03 am

I would say Just loving coasters enough to plan you vacations around it and going as much as possible and posting on the fourms when you have the off season blues!!!

by **coasterzak** on January 12th, 2003, 3:23 pm

I think you are a coaster enthusiast if you spend half your life on coasters... and the other half reading and talking about them on the internet.

by **CoasterDave316** on January 12th, 2003, 6:44 pm

Half your life on coasters and half your life reading about it? Thats crazy. Coasters are a very small percentage of my everyday life.

by **coasterguy** on January 12th, 2003, 6:46 pm

Yea I agree that is pretty crazy!

by **Suf03sfgam** on January 12th, 2003, 7:02 pm

In the summer its a big percentage of my life. Every single day i hear someone i know say wanna go to the park and most of the time i was like whos driving us.. Well that has changed

by **coastrcorey** on January 12th, 2003, 7:54 pm

yeah... i actually don't spend very much of my time talking about rollercoasters... it just seems like it because i talk on here once in a while...

by **Suf03sfgam** on January 12th, 2003, 8:09 pm

Your a megaposter I dunno how you got so many posts under my nose

by **coastrcorey** on January 12th, 2003, 8:14 pm

ya snooze ya loose buddy... lol j/k

by **cdrpntfrk** on January 13th, 2003, 1:31 pm

goldmember wrote:Yea, teachers dont really like it when you leave town to ride rollercoasters . Helps to be able to drive too...leagaly. Wish I could though.

LOL, well, let's put it this way- my professors at UAkron wouldn't even notice I wasn't there if I didn't show up in order to make it to a theme park. I think that to be a coaster enthusiast, you should know general information about coasters, etc., and generally just enjoy riding them and visiting amusement parks :wink:

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by **coasterzak** on January 13th, 2003, 6:17 pm

Wow, cdrptfrk you live right by me, and we are like 8 hours from everyone else. I know lots of people from UA. How about that?! But yeah, if I skipped school people would be amazed because up until last week I hadn't missed a day of school for years. They were all worried about me, but I was just sick!

by **coastrcorey** on January 13th, 2003, 8:18 pm

lol... i never miss school, otherwise i end up feeling guilty for some reason...

by **RagingBull350** on January 13th, 2003, 8:59 pm

Why would you feel guilty???? I feel guilty when i dont miss school!!! :lol:

by **coastrcorey** on January 13th, 2003, 10:38 pm

because i feel like i'm cheating my way out of school or something. idunno. i feel bad because even when i really am sick, my mom still doesn't really beleive me... lol oh well

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