Can't Ride Anymore

[Tardisblue]

Does anybody else (who may be on the dark side of 40) have a ride that they can no longer go on? I used to love roller coasters but the last few times we've been to WDW, I've been queasy after riding RNR and sometimes on Space Mountain. I'm not that old, not even 45 yet...

My wife will usually go single rider while I stay back with the kids and once in a blue moon I'll go after she does, but I can't say that I really enjoy it anymore. No problems with ToT, but it's not a ride that spins around.

 

[RogueKnits]

The Teacups, and pretty much anything with that kind of spin. I used to love spinning rides as a kid, but now (as an ancient 35 year old) my stomach can't tolerate them. I can actually remember being sad that my parents wouldn't ride the teacups with me when I was little (Grandpa went, though), but now I totally understand why. Thankfully there aren't many rides in WDW that fall into that category. I wimped out and did the green side of Mission Space last summer because I just wasn't sure how my stomach would behave. I rode it when it was brand new (before there even was a "less intense" side) and had no problems, but that was years ago.

 

[msmama]

Once is my limit on star tours (since the redo, and I blame that more than age, lol). My son would love to see how many combinations he could get in a day, but I can only manage once. And not too close to meal time!

 

[Babe the Blue Ox]

Primeval Whirl. I'm done with that one.

 

[bumbershoot]

Space is horrible on my back, and I have a healthy back (thank you, regular chiropractic). Alas, I don't have a chiropractor in Orlando, so I just avoid that ride. And RnR is really hard on me as well, though other coasters are just fine. Everest is awesome, for example.

For awhile there in my earlier 40s I was having big problems, but I upped the acupuncture and chiro, I lost some weight and got more active, and things got better. I'm still not riding Space at WDW, though. I'll save my Space experience for Disneyland (where it's a completely different ride apart from the theming).

 

[GATORinaZ28]

Does anybody else (who may be on the dark side of 40) have a ride that they can no longer go on? I used to love roller coasters but the last few times we've been to WDW, I've been queasy after riding RNR and sometimes on Space Mountain. I'm not that old, not even 45 yet...

I will be 45 this year, and for the past few years, the same thing has happened to me. Roller coasters and Mission Space make me a bit queasy and light headed now. I still ride them, but nowhere near as much as I used to. I think that Disney visits will be Pirates of the Caribbean type rides only starting soon.

 

[Jenny Sanders]

I feel much better now. I'm 45, and Space Mountain just isn't the same anymore...gives me a wicked headache.

 

[TXAKDisneyFan]

Granted, I tend to have back and neck pain normally, but I haven't been able to ride Space Mountain without regretting it since I was about 25! Last time I rode the Matterhorn, I was 23 and I won't go again. I get off both rides feeling like I'm 90!

 

[chefmb]

I'm with you! I haven't been able to do the spin rides for awhile. Stupid me tried Astro Orbiter (due to no line and never having done them) last year and was almost sick! Over the last two years, I've noticed that the coasters mess with me. Just went to Universal for the first time and rode RipTide Rocket. I was walking like a drunk for the first few steps when I got off. I will still do a few coasters while I can, but I think I'll be spending less and less time at those rides in the future! DH has never done the thrill rides, so it will just mean we'll spend more time together on our trips--he won't be holding my hat/purse/ etc. while I ride those rides without him!

 

[cakebaker]

Spinning rides have been off limits for me since I was 30- many years ago. )

I'm well past my 40's and coasters don't make me ill or cause me any issues- I just don't like the more intense ones anymore. I don't care if I ever ride Space or RRC again. The only other ride I just can't do because it makes me queasy is EE. I have no idea why, but several years ago I hit a wall with it and don't intend to test it again.

 

[Tardisblue]

The Teacups, and pretty much anything with that kind of spin. I used to love spinning rides as a kid, but now (as an ancient 35 year old) my stomach can't tolerate them. I can actually remember being sad that my parents wouldn't ride the teacups with me when I was little (Grandpa went, though), but now I totally understand why. Thankfully there aren't many rides in WDW that fall into that category. I wimped out and did the green side of Mission Space last summer because I just wasn't sure how my stomach would behave. I rode it when it was brand new (before there even was a "less intense" side) and had no problems, but that was years ago.

I will go on Teacups once if my kids want to do it, but I put a restriction on how fast we spin. I also opted for the green side of Mission Space and after the ride was over I knew I wouldn't last on the orange side. That ride has the added bonus of potentially inducing claustrophobia.

 

[lynch34]

Astro-Orbiter
I think the goal of the ride is to get you sick.

 

[jason10mm]

I've lost some tolerance for rollercoasters as well (now 40). I blame some on just being larger than when I was a child/teen (I'm in good shape but I don't weigh 130-140 pounds anymore) so there is more sheer force, more blood pressure related issues, plus I can drink now, so a belly full of carbinated beery goodness doesn't jive with a wild ride. Some of it is that I think a lot of modern rides are just more powerful with lots of spinning, inversions, and lateral g forces versus the up/down style of wooden rollercoasters.

Maybe there is something to the theory that older folks lose their ability to deal with equilibrium issues in the inner ear (as professed on Modern Family) or maybe it's just that older folks don't have the rapid response vascular system of young kids (how often do you get lightheaded after squatting down for a bit?).

 

[Hummingbird]

I'll be 36 this year and Teacups, Primevil Whirl, & Mission Space are the rides I get sick just thinking about. It kind of sucks because I was always the mom/aunt that the kids could count on to "hang in there" with them (my sister's are ride chickens) but now I havent been on those 3 rides in the past 5 trips. Atleast I don't have issues with coasters, yet. That is going to be such a sad day if and when it happens because I am a thrill/coaster junkie (I travel all over JUST to ride coasters)

 

[Tanooki]

I still looove thrill rides (I ride ToT alone since no one in my family wants to ride with me) but the big coasters (RnR, Rip Ride Rock it & Hulk at Uni), give me such a headache now that I hesitate. I can do the spinning ones (Teacups, Astro Orbiter) once if I don't look out too much (concentrating on one inside point makes it easier) as well as Space Mountain (once because it does a number on my back!) and I don't even want to try the orange side of Mission Space...

 

[Tardisblue]

Maybe there is something to the theory that older folks lose their ability to deal with equilibrium issues in the inner ear (as professed on Modern Family) or maybe it's just that older folks don't have the rapid response vascular system of young kids (how often do you get lightheaded after squatting down for a bit?).

I think that's pretty much been proven to be a fact. You also lose hearing in the upper ranges the older you get. Buzzfeed just had article with video testing this out among 20-40 year olds. A buddy of mine had a real life experience with this working with 20-somethings at a hobby store. A new display was annoying them with it's high-pitched squealing and he couldn't hear it, thought they were all crazy. The did a blind test and confirmed - he was just old and couldn't hear.

 

[Simba's Mom]

Although I'm now way on the dark side of 40 (about 22 years dark), I remember that the first one I couldn't do anymore, when I was about 45, was BTMRR. And now many others have joined it.

 

[JustCallMeMommy]

Space Mountain throws me around so much not that I don't like it. One side is better than the other, and being in the front really helps, though DD fights me for that seat.

 

[sarahann77]

Star Tours. Rather bummed on that one but motion simulator rides make me nauseous for the rest of the day. Maybe when I don't forget my ginger candy or the pills I wanted to try. Confirmed this last trip that it's on my can't ride list now. Still need to retry Mission Space - green side but might be on the no list. Coasters fine.

 

[larryz]

Space Mountain is the only ride I even think twice about.