How To Coach Someone Onto Thrill Rides

[luvthemouse71]

I would never force or ridicule someone into riding. But, sometimes people need a liitle gentle push, especially if you know the person well enough. I myself was a ride chicken back in the day. I was so bad that I had to talk myself onto BTMRR. At this point, I ride all the rides at WDW now, including TOT.

I also see nothing wrong with bribery. It works. I think tring something once doesn't hurt anybody either.

 

[OKW Lover]

How about just yelling at them "I paid a lot of money for this vacation and you are going to go on this ride!"

 

[CTDisneyfan816]

If it is someone that is afraid but has come out and said they wanted to try a ride, then offer to ride with them. If not then don't push. Respec their decision to not ride.

 

[Luvchefmic]

How about just yelling at them "I paid a lot of money for this vacation and you are going to go on this ride!"

Sadly though I have heard this in the parks.

 

[CTDisneyfan816]

Yell at them "you are going to have fun whether you like it or not!!!"

 

[MaryLovesPoohBear]

I would never force or ridicule someone into riding. But, sometimes people need a liitle gentle push, especially if you know the person well enough. I myself was a ride chicken back in the day. I was so bad that I had to talk myself onto BTMRR. At this point, I ride all the rides at WDW now, including TOT.

I also see nothing wrong with bribery. It works. I think trying something once doesn't hurt anybody either.

Did you not see the posts that explained how someone got sick, or had to go back to the their room?

How is that not hurt?

I have to say, if I allowed someone to shame, guilt or bribe me onto a ride that then caused me to throw up, I know where I would be aiming when I tossed my cookies. Especially, if the person had told me that it wasn't as bad as I thought it was.

 

[DaisyLou2]

Oh, man, there has got to be NOTHING more annoying than getting stuck in the seats adjacent to this performance.

I didn't read past this post because I was laughing too hard. I SOOOO agree with this comment!

 

[goofy4tink]

I have done this exact thing. The result? My dd now rides stuff you couldn't pay me to get on! I seriously doubt anyone is trying to coax someone onto a ride that is foing to make them sick. If someone tells me that spinning makes them sick, I'm not telling them they should try M:S! My dd and I were in WDW years ago, with another mom and her dd. we were celebrating the girls' turning 13. We wanted to ride Soarin'....I explained to the other mom and her dd exactly what it was. She insisted that her dd take a Bonine before riding as she tends to get motion sickness.....nothing I had ever noticed in the past, but not my call. So on we get....when we got off, the girls wanted to do it again, the other mom was white and shaking. She turned to me and said...' You never said it goes up in the air like that and it was a simulator!' Well, yeah I did....explained it very well if she had explained she had those 'issues' I would have recommended she sit that one out.
My dh was appalled at how I 'made' our dd ride stuff when she was younger. But....here's the thing. I know my dd. I know that she gets frightened of the unknown. But I also know what she likes...so forcing her to ride Star Tours when she was 6 was not child abuse...although the poor kid cried the entire time in line!
If you know the persons limitations, then you should be okay with 'encouraging' them to try a certain attraction.

 

[ExBellhop]

Also I would have to disagree with one point holding your breath is the WORST possible thing you can do during a thrill ride OP. This is from my own experience and my job as someone that prescribes medication for people that have fear of flying, coasters, motion sickness. Holding your breath makes the sensation of falling worse in your GI.

In Laymen's terms this his is part of the reason why people scream and laugh or make that "woo hoo" sounds. Its a pathological response to the movement of air in the upper GI if you don't release it the sensation of "dropping" or nausea just builds up.

I am so glad to have some science to back up my observations. Really just wanted to quote this so it would be in here again Scream away!

 

[BuzzinDownToDisney]

I am bummed that my DW refuses to ride ToT with me. She loves Twilight Zone as much as I do, and whenever there's a holiday weekend marathon happening, we tend to spend more time watching it on the couch than we do attending BBQs. I know she would love the actual ride itself based on other rides she adores. She just has some mental block in her head that makes her refuse to ever want to ride it. Is it better to try to Jedi mind trick her into riding it despite the fact she would be scared to a point of near panic, or respect her wishes and go ride it solo while she enjoys something else? Seems like a no brainer to me.

 

[maryj11]

I bribed my DGD with a Disney pin to ride RNRC She agreed ! She now likes the ride She is a big pin collector, so she was happy ! She got the RNRC guitar pin. Next trip I'm working on a bribe with Space Mountain . I told her she could get a pin for each ride she was brave enough to try. She is 12 so I'm not forcing her onto the rides but I know her and know she will like them once she rides them.

 

[maryj11]

I would never force or ridicule someone into riding. But, sometimes people need a liitle gentle push, especially if you know the person well enough. I myself was a ride chicken back in the day. I was so bad that I had to talk myself onto BTMRR. At this point, I ride all the rides at WDW now, including TOT.

I also see nothing wrong with bribery. It works. I think tring something once doesn't hurt anybody either.

 

[wdw&sonny]

Most of you are over reacting. The OP is not talking about forcing anyone to do anything they don't want to do. She is just talking about calming someone's nerves who is anxious about riding a thrill ride for their first time. The content of her blog is correct. The title was what was alarming. She should retitle it to something like "How to calm someone on thrill rides".

Jeesh. chillax.

 

[eliza61]

How about just yelling at them "I paid a lot of money for this vacation and you are going to go on this ride!"

OMG lover, I actually saw this a long time ago. I think I wrote about it but it was the only time I think I wanted to "not" mind my own business.

A young family, mom, dad and two sons were arguing outside of the HM.

Obviously the trip had cost them a lot of money and it was the only time they were going to get there. little boy#1 was about 7 years old and crying because he did not want to go on. too spooky.

Dad was literally in moms face screaming that this was the only day that they had in MK and the trip was so expensive, that everyone was riding all the rides.

my dh had to pull me away and I'm not the type of interfere. Kid was clinging around moms neck while mom was telling the big bully to go ahead on the ride, she'd sit outside with the kids. It was soo ugly.

Believe it or not every once in a while I think about that family and hope mom stuck to her guns.

 

[nkereina]

When I was 12, I refused to go on rollercoasters that had loops or inversions. That year my parents took me to Hershey Park and my dad "tricked" me on a rollercoaster with loops - told me the queue actually led to a different ride, when really it led to the rollercoaster. If I hadn't been tricked onto it, I probably would have never rode a rollercoaster with loops. Lo and behold, I ended up LOVING it and now will try anything at least once. It was tough love and it worked.

If the person coaxed into riding comes off screaming and crying and truly loathes it, then lesson learned and no need to push the issue anymore. But chances are good they will enjoy it, and then the fear will be conquered. We're not talking life and death here, just a matter of potentially 3-5 minutes of someone hating you for putting them on it

 

[luvthemouse71]

Did you not see the posts that explained how someone got sick, or had to go back to the their room?

How is that not hurt?

I have to say, if I allowed someone to shame, guilt or bribe me onto a ride that then caused me to throw up, I know where I would be aiming when I tossed my cookies. Especially, if the person had told me that it wasn't as bad as I thought it was.

Did you not see where I mentioned that most of us know our traveling partners pretty well. And, tossing your cookies and/or having to lie down isn't going to hurt you long term. My dad got sick on Mission Space Orange. He was 66 at the time and after relaxing on a park bench for a while, he was fine.

I repeat, trying something once is not going to hurt you. I think most kids should be encouraged to face and conquer fears though. If not, you end up with a nervous Nellie adult who think Barnstormer is a thrill ride,lol.

 

[kathy884]

You could also just respect the person's wishes & not try to browbeat them into riding something they don't want to ride..

I'm personally a fan of this approach. I teach that doing or not doing a ride is no big deal. // Doing or not doing a ride is such an insignificant thing in the grand scheme of things IMHO. // At a certain age or after a certain number of trips, some children or adults on their own may decide they are curious and do something out of their comfort zone.

It's not the same thing at all, but kids who can say to friends I'll wait for you here, this kind of ride is not my thing, also seem to develop a skill set later in life to say when other teens or young adults are drinking or doing drugs, say I'm not into that it's not my thing quite easily. That's been my personal observation.

 

[APiratesLifeForMe2]

I know she would love the actual ride itself.....she would be scared to a point of near panic. Seems like a no brainer to me.

So it would scare her so much she would love it?

 

[Luvchefmic]

I'm personally a fan of this approach. I teach that doing or not doing a ride is no big deal. // Doing or not doing a ride is such an insignificant thing in the grand scheme of things IMHO. // At a certain age or after a certain number of trips, some children or adults on their own may decide they are curious and do something out of their comfort zone.

It's not the same thing at all, but kids who can say to friends I'll wait for you here, this kind of ride is not my thing, also seem to develop a skill set later in life to say when other teens or young adults are drinking or doing drugs, say I'm not into that it's not my thing quite easily. That's been my personal observation.

Before anyone tells you you are overreacting, or that you should " chillax", I think you are correct. The list even suggested " peer pressure" and that's exactly what you are saying.

 

[karly05]

Did you not see the posts that explained how someone got sick, or had to go back to the their room?

How is that not hurt?

I have to say, if I allowed someone to shame, guilt or bribe me onto a ride that then caused me to throw up, I know where I would be aiming when I tossed my cookies. Especially, if the person had told me that it wasn't as bad as I thought it was.

OK, I'm in the camp of "if the person doesn't want to ride, leave them alone!" But this was the post that really made me

May I just say that one thing in life that drives me crazy is people who will not accept "No, thank you," as an answer (and not just in this situation).