Anyone else afraid of roller coasters?

[Dizneefamily+4]

I don't know that I'd call it a phobia. The sensations that coasters and thrill rides produce (high speed, sharp drops, being flung upside down) are fun for some people, unpleasant for others. It's not a phobia to want to avoid doing something that makes you physically uncomfortable.

Why stress out about it? Just tell your family that you don't feel well when you ride certain rides, and you're not going to do it. It's just a couple of rides out of the dozens in WDW theme parks, they can manage without you. Grab a soda or a snack and relax while they ride, or browse in a gift shop. It's your vacation, too.

Thanks Lynne! I'm really going to try and take that advice this time around!

 

[onelilspark]

My fiance is that way. He likes Rock N Roller because it doesn't have that drop feeling, but flat out refuses Tower of Terror. He tried Everest once and almost killed me afterwards (I may have forgotten to tell him it went backwards...) He'll do Big Thunder, I haven't even attempted to get him on Splash. He did Space Mountain once, but he doesn't care to do it again.

I won't try to push him to do Tower or Splash because the drops are so big and kind of the point of the rides. The others I'm glad he tried, but I won't force him on any more. He'll willingly go on RnR and Big Thunder, that's about it!

 

[cchron]

Me too. Love, love BTMRR. I giggle like a kid the whole time I'm on it, but any of the others including ToT scare the you know what out of me. I really wish I liked them and I know my fears are completely irrational but just standing in line I feel like my heart is going to beat right out of my chest. My DH talked me into RnR that last time we were there, I closed my eyes and screamed the ENTIRE ride. We had a dinner reservation at Brown Derby right after too, ruined my dinner.

 

[tefrench]

I absolutely hate drops....I don't do Splash Mountain, any of the coasters, Tower of Terror,etc. We went to Knoebel's, and I totally freaked out on the little ski lift car ride that takes you up and down the mountain.I did ToT on my honeymoon, and never again!

My dh and I have a deal - he does coasters, I do spinny rides, BTMM, etc. I LOVE those. We also tried Dinosaur this last time, and it's my new favorite ride! However these rides can make my dh sick, so now the kids are older, we sometimes let them go by themselves. We have also used the chicken exits. It's also handy to have one person keep all the "stuff" while the others ride, and since I love to take pictures, it works out for us. I have figured out that I'm in my 40's, I am who I am, and that's that!

 

[ericf70]

I'm not a big thrill ride person either. I don't like big drops and I'm quite claustrophibic so I don't like rides that have shoulder harnesses. I went on BTMRR several times my last trip, its not bad at all. I'm trying to get my courage up for Space Mountain and Splash Mountain in August. My daughters (6 and 9) want to ride ALL the thrill rides, so i have to talk my wife into going on with them (she's not as bad as me).

 

[ZephyrHawk]

God yes.

But I refuse to be a wimp. I've been on the biggest coasters the US can throw at you. I've even managed to enjoy some of them.

 

[tehSAC]

I truly hate them! I don't mind BTMRR, but I absolutely hate the feeling of your stomach dropping on roller coaster drops. My kids don't get it. I'm not scared, I just HATE that feeling! I won't go on Splash Mtn or EE (I tried it after much bullying and sobbed throughout the entire ride ) and I really don't even like Space Mtn. Truly, that pic they take at the end of EE showed my dd (5, yes 5, at the time) with her arms flung in the air and a HUGE smile on her face and me with my head buried under my arms.) After that experience, I was content to stand and take the pictures of the car coming out of the mountain while they rode it 75 more times.

So we leave in 3 weeks and I'm getting sick just thinking about Space Mtn. The kiddos and my dh are already pressuring me about Splash (c'mon mom, the drop is barely anything) and EE (but mom, it's NOT scary.) I gave in last time on Space Mtn. as well, and to compromise, I said I'd do it again, but I'm already getting anxious about it. How sad is that?!!! Why, oh why couldn't they be renovating Space Mtn while we're there?!!

Am I alone in this horrible phobia?!!!

Nope not at all. I hate the feeling, and it makes me nervous to think about it.

 

[ducky_love]

My DH used to whine and guilt trip me about not riding "his rides". He said he would just miss out if he had to go by himself then he would sulk about it. It actually got to the point that I started refusing to go to MK and DHS with him (this was before EE opened so AK was safe). He just wouldn't accept that those rides made me ill.. it wasn't that I was scared.

Mission Space was the game changer for us. The first time we rode he stumbled off looking green - he declared he'd never ride again. I on the other hand wanted to ride again right then!! Well, suddenly he understood!! Now he is happy to wait in line together and let me take the chicken door.

 

[Dizneefamily+4]

Ya know, in all the times I've waited for them at the end, I've never considered actually waiting in line with them and then using the chicken door! I think I may try that this time around (except when I decide to sit on a bench in the shade with a cool drink and a snack !) Does Splash have a chicken exit???

 

[ducky_love]

Ya know, in all the times I've waited for them at the end, I've never considered actually waiting in line with them and then using the chicken door! I think I may try that this time around (except when I decide to sit on a bench in the shade with a cool drink and a snack !) Does Splash have a chicken exit???

EVERY single ride has a way out! (believe me, I've taken them all!! )

 

[momatater]

I hate them now too. When I was young, I rode Space Mt all the time, but now I have a terrible fear of ALL the thrill rides. Well, most anyway. My family had been bugging me for years to go on Splash Mt. I even went all the way to the boat, and walked straight over and left! But, last year, I decided to try Splash Mt. and low and behold, it's my new favorite ride. (first time, I squeezed my DHs hand and panicked thru it all, so I didn't enjoy it at all.) But, When I got off...I was like, lets go again. I thought my whole family was gonna faint!

I swore that our next trip I was going to go on RNR, but I'm having shoulder surgery before we go and it will restrict me from doing certain rides. I'm actually kinda bummed about it.

So, in reality, I like SpM, would try RnR, but you would never, ever get me on anything else.

 

[nessz79]

I used to love all roller coasters, but now I have a phobia of many of them. Any that are claustrophobic or especially high are big nos. I always avoid Space Mtn and have refused to ride EE so far (too high). I will ride BTMRR and Splash Mtn (although Splash is come and go with me).

I tell my family that I'll go get the next set of FPs while they ride something. That seems to satisfy them enough for me not to have to ride something.

 

[pooki1]

It's going into darkness on Space Mountain, all of a sudden I'm 7 yrs old again and my parents are saying, you can do it! Noooo!

 

[scion5220]

Really, truly? No drops???!!! If so, I could do that one! Like I said, BTMRR doesn't bother me at all. As a matter of fact, even loop-de-loops don't bother me - it's just that darn drop. And I should clarify, dh and the kiddos don't really MAKE me feel guilty, I put that on myself. They do, however, try to pressure me into going thinking that if they love it so much, I should too. Well heck, we don't typically do DHS, but if I could actually do RnR, maybe we'll add it to the list this time! Thanks!

I am exactly like you and I will ride RnR. I grilled a CM extensively about the ride before I would get on it! When you think about it...it's inside that building, how big a drop could it even have? And it really doesn't have one...and no click click climb either.

I WILL NOT ride Splash Mountain or Tower of Terror EVER AGAIN. I rode each of them once and was shaking. I don't ride Space Mountain either although I liked the one at Disneyland. I have ridden EE and it is fun, but pushes the boundaries of drops my stomach can handle.

 

[scion5220]

You can also check out videos of the rides on YouTube to get a real look at what is involved.

 

[RobDIS]

I'm definitely a wimp about coasters, but I've always ended up enjoying the ones I've worked up the courage to try. The ones in MK are tame enough for me, RNRC I'm not sure about.

 

[Dizneefamily+4]

I am exactly like you and I will ride RnR. I grilled a CM extensively about the ride before I would get on it! When you think about it...it's inside that building, how big a drop could it even have? And it really doesn't have one...and no click click climb either.

I WILL NOT ride Splash Mountain or Tower of Terror EVER AGAIN. I rode each of them once and was shaking. I don't ride Space Mountain either although I liked the one at Disneyland. I have ridden EE and it is fun, but pushes the boundaries of drops my stomach can handle.

I'm starting to think that clanking, click, click climb is part of the problem! Maybe that's why I'm KIND OF okay with Space Mtn. You're in the dark, so you don't know when a drop is coming - unlike the anticipation & dread of the clicking climb!

 

[scion5220]

I'm starting to think that clanking, click, click climb is part of the problem! Maybe that's why I'm KIND OF okay with Space Mtn. You're in the dark, so you don't know when a drop is coming - unlike the anticipation & dread of the clicking climb!

I think if you're okay with SM you would enjoy RnR. It's also in the dark and you get great music right behind your headrest and it's just loops and turns and FAST!

 

[Dizneefamily+4]

I think if you're okay with SM you would enjoy RnR. It's also in the dark and you get great music right behind your headrest and it's just loops and turns and FAST!

Loops and turns I can do (and even like) and fast? The faster the better! Soo, as long as there's no steep drops, I believe I'm in for RnR!!! Maybe that will pacify the rest of the family and they can lay off me in regards to Splash and EE!! Of course, if we do DHS, that means the heat will be on for ToT. No way, no how!!!

 

[DonaldDuck 117]

I live right by Six Flags great adventure, home of Kingda Ka, the fastest/tallest coaster in the world. in 3.3 seconds your going 128 mph. AND I LOVE IT! so there is no way I couldn't be a coaster rider with so many near I live.
lol
don't believe me check it out for yourself.
It's fun!

Kingda Ka!