12-year-old boy dies on Disney's Rock'n'Roller coaster

[RStar]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

So, grown women are natural fraidy cats?

No........ I said even grown men scream like little girls (refering to the sound they make)........

And frankly I think men are more likely to be scared (except Alex) because everyone knows women are the stronger sex when it comes to stress endurance.

[Not Afraid]

I scream because I can.

[Matterhorn Fan]

I feel foolish screaming on a roller coaster. The first time I rode one, the friend next to me said "you're not screaming." I asked him why I should. He didn't have a good answer.

I think I got that from Laura Ingalls Wilder. After all the girls at a party she went to screamed when given an electrical shock, she was asked why she didn't scream, and she said "what would be the point?"

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Matterhorn Fan

I feel foolish screaming on a roller coaster. The first time I rode one, the friend next to me said "you're not screaming." I asked him why I should. He didn't have a good answer.

I think I got that from Laura Ingalls Wilder. After all the girls at a party she went to screamed when given an electrical shock, she was asked why she didn't scream, and she said "what would be the point?"

This reminds me of the days when we'd ride the tamer stuff at Magic Mountain - Revolution, Gold Rusher - and scream and scream simply because it was funny. Screaming makes almost any ride seem exciting

[CoasterMatt]

To me, the screaming is just a release. Some people strap up and shoot up heroin, I strap into steel/wood machines and scream like an idiot.

[Alex]

I'm ok with other people screaming. Rollercoasters just don't create any such desire in me. But I have zero fear of heights, zero fear of speed, and have never yet been on a rollercoaster that I found "thrilling." I with that weren't the case and people who do find them thrilling get a better deal than I do.

But in terms of excitement I find California Screamin' and King Triton's Carousel to be about equal.

[CoasterMatt]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

But in terms of excitement I find California Screamin' and King Triton's Carousel to be about equal.

Sounds about right...

[Alex]

Yeah, but the same is true of any roller coaster in the world just about and King Triton's Carousel. I was just keeping the comparison in house.

[Gemini Cricket]

Screaming is a way to release all that tension and adrenaline you build up in line. And it's fun.

I'm a screamer. But not in a 'Eeeeeeek' sort of way, it's more of a 'Wahoooo!'


And call me mean and dark, but I think there's nothing wrong with joking about death. I think everything can be and should be funny. At least, that's how I feel about it today...

[scaeagles]

I joke about death all the time. However, I'm not going to be doing it at a funeral. Context and timing.