Help!!my sis is scared of big rollor coasters

[Aly]

see she isn't scared of the little coasters it's just the big ones....i think it's mind over matter...she told her self she couldn't do it so naturaly she got scared when it came time....any suggestions 4 her would be great! thx ~*ALY*~

 

[robvia]

She wants attention.

Little kids do that.

Walk up to the ride and tell her it's a "FUN RIDE." Something I've been trying to sell for the last year.
People get scared of the big rides because they are labeled "thrill rides." Wrong name.
FUN RIDE.
Plus the little kids want attention by saying "no." It's their way of being in control.

My daughter was scared to go on Dr Doom. No Problem. We went thru the queue, and she chickened out. Wife and I went on the ride, daughter waited at the exit with a ride op watching her.
Daughter was frustrated she was scared. Later that day, she went on it.

If they chicken out, then let a ride op watch them on the exit side. They'll be frustrated, and want to go on the ride later in the day.

 

[Aly]

ummmmm well see the thing is she is 15 and i am only 13 soooo i guess your a little off......but i'll tell her the last part

 

[BarryHom]

It's time to tell the tale again! Here's an article I wrote a few years ago...


How I Learned to Love Roller Coasters and Stop Worrying About the Beast

by Barry Hom

"Inside Edition" reported that your chances of getting into a fatal roller
coaster accident is 1 in 10 million. Yet, everytime I thought about riding
one, I thought that I would die.

I used to avoid riding roller coasters. I chickened out on Space Mountain.
I avoided Busch Gardens Tampa for years. If I didn't ride the roller
coasters, what else is there to do at Bush Gardens? I did ride Big Thunder
Mountain at the Magic Kingdom and I swore to never to do it again!

That all changed when I visited Islands of Adventure in May 1999. I
initially planned to avoid riding the roller coasters. I really just wanted
to ride one ride -- Spiderman. I passed by the Incredible Hulk Coaster and
I kept on thinking, "I'll save it for later." Finally, I decided to ride
it.

I almost ran away from the entrance, but I thought of what my mom said when
I wouldn't eat lima beans -- "How do you know if you don't like it if you
haven't tried it?" I never ate my lima beans and I still don't like them, but I figured I'd ride it once and if I didn't like it, I'd
ride something else. There are plenty of other things to do at the park!

I entered the queue and I felt my heart pounding, my skin crawling, and my
breath becoming shorter. I finally was strapped in and I was terrified! As
the car rolled into the launch tube, people in the back of the coaster
started yelling, "Whoo!" I began to yell "Whoo!" too and suddenly, my fear
turned into excitement and I was launched out!

I yelled "Whoo!" so much that my voice was harsh after the ride. I don't
remember much of what the track looked like because I kept my eyes closed
(especially during the upside-down parts). At the end of the ride, I said,
"What a rush!"

I had planned to ride the Hulk Coaster zero times, but I ended up riding it
seven times. I finally conquered Space Mountain. I visited Busch Gardens
a few months after visiting IOA and enjoyed the coasters there. I'm
planning to visit the roller coaster mecca, Cedar Point, one day.

Perhaps one day I will have the courage to eat lima beans

 

[gschmerl]

Hey Barry,
My mother also used to say,"You'll never know unless you try..." Well, I still don't eat lima beans, but I LOVE those coasters!

 

[crazyme5kids]

Barry, I don't know........... I rode that darn old rickity roller coaster at Coney Island, and felt like I was going to have a heart attack (I was young at that time mind you). Never rode another coaster again. Took my 3 year old on the water flume in Fiviel's play ground and got off the thing shaking. I just don't like any ride that makes me feel like I am being propelled really, really fast.I am so sure I hate these things that I don't think there is any amount of money you could pay me to ride them. Some of us are wimps! I do like other rides though so I am not a complete lost cause!