I know it is fully ridiculous that I find this ride scary, but I do. I say it as a joke "Yeah, I'm scared of the fake dinosaurs", but during the ride, my body reacts like I really am in a dangerous situation, even though I know it's all pretend. My heartrate jumps up, I'm constantly flinching away from the jump scares, I become very tense, and in spite of consciously knowing better, it still feels like I'm experiencing a real threat.
There are a lot of elements that combine to make it highly disorienting - people have mentioned the jerkiness, and that's part of it, especially combined with the fact that the grab bars are just a bit too far away for me (maybe I just have short arms), so I end up without anything to really hold on to to steady myself. In addition to that, it's just SO loud.
Personally, I've pretty much sworn off any more rides on it at this point (although I have been on it probably close to a dozen times over the years, so I've given myself more than enough chances to get used to it and I still have the same reaction every time). If I ever did somehow let anyone talk me into riding again, I would have to at least try using with earplugs and see if that would make it less anxiety-inducing for me. (But the last time I did let a friend convince me to ride, we ended up getting stuck on the hill right at the end when the ride shut down and we were the last ones to be evacuated because we were at such a steep incline that they had to take extra time with us, so we were trapped right underneath that final dino for half an hour or so - just proved that I should have trusted my gut and waited for my friends outside.
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All that said, I wouldn't ever tell someone not to ride if they thought it sounded fun! It is honestly a good ride (albeit in need of a few updates) and lots of people love it. On paper, it's something I should love, too, and, like I said, I find it ridiculous that it scares me, but it just does.
) The bumps work out my middle-aged lower back ache too, definite plus!
