The Stupidest Things the GP Has Said

[ragingbull1331]

Today I decided to make this topic after I heard the two stupidest comments in my life, both on American Eagle. What are the stupidest things you've ever heard the general public say at any amusement park? I'll start with my 3 things I've heard

(I'm at Cedar Point stuck on the brakes of Magnum)
Kid: Isn't your park the one with Kingda Ka?
Me: oh... I wish

(On the brakes ready to go to the station on American Eagle
Kids 1 and 2: Doesn't this ride keep going and go back up the lift again now?
Me: I'm not sure about that.
(The train arrives at the station, the kids realized the ride was over)

(In line for Eagle)
Me: So which side broke down?
Guy: Green Side

[CstrFan512]

^ The green side! Someone told me something like that in front of the bull. They asked me where the raging buffalo was and i pointed at the eagle. They asked if that was the viper and i said "Um...... sure" and they asked if it had live snakes. I walked away.

[Ilovthevu']

A girl for American Eagle goes for this backward side, do they turn track around, or do they turn the cars around?

[tribar]

From TPR

Did you hear about the seat that fell off of Top Gun at Great America?"

"Does Boomerang go upside down?"

"Medusa is 1000ft tall"

"Did you hear about PGA taking out Stealth? It was because the restraints released on the whole train and everyone died. I saw them tearing up the track with a wrecking ball."

"SFMW stole Boomerangs design from Invertigo"

"I saw Zonga's restraints open at the top of the green loop, everyone fell out, but they landed in the train when it reached the bottom of the loop."

"Did you know they actually crashed Demon at PGA to film Final Destination 3?"

"They have to rebuild ROAR every year so the wood won't rot"

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[Coaster Justin]

"T2 Came From Opryland"

[monsterfan99]

People asking "wheres Harry Potter?" is at the Magic Kingdom.

"How many loops does that Jungle Cruise have?"

At SF Great America I heard "Where can I meet Mickey Mouse and see the castle?"

and the classic "(x amount of people) died on the Giant Drop last year."

[RBullFan97]

I only have two things, but here you go.
A little girl, about 9, said the Viper was very slow and boring and claimed it was a "metal" coaster.
And, this is a classic. About 5 years ago in line for the Condor, a lady on her cell phone was calling a person she knew at a different place at the park to tell that person their location in the park. This was her description: "Yeah, we're at this ride called the Condor and I believe there's a seagull on top."

[Goku1910]

"Is the new roller coaster opening before Labor Day?" Because we all know SFGAm can build a roller coaster in a week!
"looks like a show involvings horses"

-2012 speculation on Facebook page.

*Opens door* "Excuse me, you're TV is broken" (This is during the Dark Knight Pre-show....when the screen flickers)



EDIT: and people can't seem to drop the "THE PARK IS CLOSING THIS YEAR OMG OMG OMG!!!!" crap.....That's been going since '09.

[tribar]

From TPR

"did you know that Hades has a mile long tunnel?"
"Why doesnt Raging Bull have those shoulder things? Cant the people fall out because of all the upsidown hills?"
"The reason Raging Cajun doesnt spin on the first have is because the spinning axel would cause too much friction and the car will fly off"
"When we saw UF 15 people fell out of the car"
"How do you get in the seats of Superman UF when the cars are tilted down and you are facing the ground?"
"The reason De Ja Vu is always broken down is because people keep falling of the verticle lift"
"I was on V2 and when I was going up the spiral, i puked, went backwards up the verticle spike, and when I went back up the spiral, the puke hit me in the face"
"The Giant Drop tipped over during the winter and they had to put it back up"
"how do they take down and put up all the rides during the winter?"
"how do they rin the water slides and water rides during the winter?"

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[Ilovthevu']

^For this one, to me it's a valid first time gp person talking. It's a good question if you never went on Superman before.

"How do you get in the seats of Superman UF when the cars are tilted down and you are facing the ground?"

[tribar]

Ok confession

These aren't mine i'm taking them from another site

While I was loading guests on Mantis) - "When do I sit down?"

(Standing in front of Mantis) - "Does this go upside down?"

(Waiting in line for Top Thrill Dragster) - "That's where it joins Iron Dragon..." (referring to the brake run)

"Does Wicked Twister go upside down?"

"Where's the rest of Wicked Twister's track?"

"How many times does maXair go upside down?"

(Standing in front of a sign that says 1/4 hour) - "Wow, it's only a 25 minute wait!"

"What's that green ride? The one from Jurassic Park."

"What if it stops upside-down?"

(Standing near Wicked Twister) - "What ocean is that?"

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I'm still partial to questions/statements regarding weather and a rides operation. It seems to me that the GP is misinformed in that certain rides have to close for rain while others do not.

"Millennium Force is running, why aren't you? (referring to Wildcat)

"When is the rain going to stop?"

"What if it doesn't stop raining?"

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Mechanical issues throw a whole new breed of questions into the mix.

"Didn't someone fall out? That's why it was closed for an hour..."

"Do I have to fasten my seatbelt?"

"What if the lapbar comes up?
"Didn't the green train on Millennium Force go into Lake Erie?"
At CP:

- TTD was rolling back, and about three people thought it was going to crash and started running away from the track, screaming. [There ARE signs that tell you this is a normal occurance]

At Hershey:

- After riding Roller Soaker, I was confronted by a guy I had bombed. He apparently didn't understand that the ride was meant to drop water, and apparently didn't see the "YOU WILL GET WET IN THIS AREA" painted on the ground. He said, and I quote: "What the F#$%'s wrong with you? You got some major balls to be dumping $#%^ing water on people from a roller coaster! My phone won't ^@#$ing work! You got the #$%^ing money to replace it?" He then stormed off, found the nearest employee, and complained that I dumped a bottle of water off the ride. The employee looked at me and we both burst out laughing. He continued yelling at the employee, who couldn't keep a straight face. The best part is, after he finished "talking" with the employee, he pulled out his phone and called someone.

- Someone talking about Sidewinder, a Vekoma boomerang: "Why are they letting people on when it's not even finished?"

- Random ghetto guy: "Yo yo son how's your daughter son?"

At Morey's Piers:

- On the Sea Serpent: "How do they keep it from falling through the boardwalk?"

- Outside the Nor'Easter "Let's go on the Alpengeist!"

At Dorney:

- Getting on Steel Force:
1: "What the hell's that bar there for?"
2: "You're supposed to hold on to it, duh"
1: "I can't hold onto it right! It feels uncomforatble! Wait...Okay! It moves!"

seconds later:
"Why won't it go back up?"

I felt like strangling them. Too bad that mysterious bar doesn't go back up....

random guests stares at the 10 feet tall Millennium Force sign for about 10 min. straight and then walks over to me and asks the following* "Exscuse me, Why did they paint the Magnum blue and move it over here?"

SFGAm 2003 on SUF
*kid looks over at hill that shockwaves parts are on*
"DAD LOOK IT'S A NEW ROLLER COASTER!"
"Wow son, would you look at that!"

[SfGaMownz]

This from the Six Flags Facebook saying set your clocks early tomorrow for the big announcement since its a pretty fair assumption she doesn't mean announcement or she is really bad at phrasing things.

Amanda ***** "new roller coaster coming next month"
2 hours ago

[tribar]

I have one of my own for today

Someone puked on RB. While the it was being cleaned up the ride op at the mike played trivia with us. We got to the question of what was the tallest coaster in the world. He said it was Kingda Ka which is obviously right. He said it was at SFGAv which he thought was in Missouri

[tribar]

From TPR

got asked:
Does Down Town Disney accept cash?
-No, we only accept disney dollars.

Is the tap water safe to drink?
-No we poison it with drugs to make you happy and buy stuff.

Some people at work have once been asked:
Where do they put the castle at night?
So where do all of you sleep? They think we all live inside the park or something.

And these are all 100% real questions, and they were serious.

When I was at Belmont Park, This woman asked the ride operator, "Can you stop the ride halfway through the drop so I can take a picture?

Student 1: I hate Wicked (Lagoon), It sucked so bad that their gonna take it down.
Student 2: When?
Me: Yeah, Lagoon is going to listen to the complaints of a hormonal, jail bait teenager, and pay money, to tear down something, that they payed money for, and is making money for them...
Student 2: So when are they going to take it down?

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[Luxornv]

Some of these are hard to tell if the person is just stupid or trying to mess with you. For instance, when someone said it's the green side of AE that's closed. I've also heard the one about the green train on Millennium Force flying off into the lake. Again, hard to tell if that person is trying to scare someone, or is an idiot.

[monsterfan99]

^I can tell you down here in Orlando, they are idiots.

[ragingbull1331]

The green train was believable because it looked like the kid who said it was 8 or 9...

[Ilovthevu']

In line at the park the other day, someone said that's "Lone" Wolf.

[FParker185]

The biggest thing here is the GP doesn't care about stuff like we do. We know all the details, while they don't, and they don't care about not knowing all the details, they go to the park to just have fun and that's it. They could really care less what color trains AE has, who made rides, heights of rides, exact names of rides, etc.

Ignorance is bliss, I almost envy the GP. Maybe if I was only GP and had no knowledge, I would still see SFGAm as the be all, end all of amusement parks

[Coaster Justin]

I've been to Well Over 50 Theme and Waterparks and Great America still ranks in my Top 5. So your comment does not hold alot of water, at least with me.

[FParker185]

Well everyone has their own opinion on parks and that's up to every individual. I've been to 160 different parks and I *personally* find it to be very middle of the road, or maybe even in the upper third at best on a good day.

The rest of it is true though and I think holds water better than the Hoover Dam. The GP as a whole honestly does not give a crap about details, numbers or any other specifics, which was my point. There is a reason I put the designation "I" before that last statement "would still see SFGAm....."

[6Flags4Evr]

I can't tell you how many ridiculous things I hear the GP talk about while standing in line. A few examples being that "Did you know that Raging Bull is the tallest in fastest coaster in the world?" or how about "Did you know Six Flags Great America has the most coasters in the world!" the list goes on and on. I can't tell you how bad I want to just get up in their face and correct them and then they'll think wow this is the craziest guy in the world . The GP can be very amusing.

[tribar]

Well everyone has their own opinion on parks and that's up to every individual. I've been to 160 different parks and I *personally* find it to be very middle of the road, or maybe even in the upper third at best on a good day.

The rest of it is true though and I think holds water better than the Hoover Dam. The GP as a whole honestly does not give a crap about details, numbers or any other specifics, which was my point. There is a reason I put the designation "I" before that last statement "would still see SFGAm....."

Just out of curiosity what is your favorite park

[Cole]

Heard this on monday, no joke.
"I heard X-Flight is really just Iron Wolf with a new color."

[FParker185]

Europa Park in Rust, Germany is my #1 followed fairly closely by Blackpool Pleasure Beach, or maybe De Efteling, Liseberg would also be up there right near the top.