Comments on: Top 3 Most Annoying Things at Amusement Parks

By: The Coaster Critic

The Coaster Critic — Wed, 30 May 2012 13:32:35 +0000

That's a good one. It happened to me while waiting for Top Thrill Dragster and Superman at SFMM. Two pretty large and unusual rides that I missed out on due to a breakdown just minutes before I was to board them. Definitely annoying. I guess I hadn't included it because it doesn't happen very often.

By: Joey

Joey — Tue, 29 May 2012 14:13:55 +0000

I find it interesting that no one else has my top most annoying thing on their list….when a ride breaks down and you are first in line. This has happened to me at California's Great America–I waited in an hour 12 minute line and was at the front of the line when the ride broke down. Wasted soooooo much time! The other was on X2 at Magic Mountain. The line was 1 hour 30 minutes this time! I can't think of anything more annoying!

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:21:22 +0000

The most annoying thing for me at amusement parks is having to rent lockers. Thankfully at parks like Dorney, Kings Dominion, and Cedar Point(except on Dragster and Millennium), they have bins to put your stuff in. Lockers are a waste of money, a waste of time, and most of all are a real pain. I hate when i'm just about to go in line and a person says "put that in a locker." JUST BUY RIDE BINS!!! They save the people and the park money, and people don't have to get out of line to put there stuff in lockers. Also, if you lose your locker ticket it will be very hard to get your stuff back from the locker. I once lost a souvenir cup in a locker when I lost my locker ticket on Kingda Ka!

By: CFC

CFC — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:37:23 +0000

My top three:

1: Lousy ride ops – I was once in line for Vortex at Carowinds, and there were maybe 50 people in line. However, the ride ops were taking their sweet time, and I finally gave up 45 minutes later.

2: Prices – Are you kidding me???!!! $8 for a freakin' hot dog?! $10 parking?! I mean wt… well, you know the rest.

3: Dirtyness – You don't find a dirty park too often, but when you do, you think OMG! What is that doing there?! At Carowinds, in the Rip Roarin' Rapids ride, there is a rock with so much gum on it, you can't see the rock! C'mon, people, at least try to keep the park clean!

By: JaMeS

JaMeS — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:03:39 +0000

hey, language is P.G. ppl suck doesnt cut it

By: QB3

QB3 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:30:40 +0000

good point. i once saw a comercial for X2 but insead of the real ride, it had a completeley different ride, arond a valcano, on an inatamin track! also the new kennywood launch coaster it had some POV footage of Mr.freeze! its not even the right company!

P.S.- food prices suck.

By: Nessie

Nessie — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:40:31 +0000

My top three-
3. Lousy ride ops- Seriously!!! How hard can it be to train operators! All they must do is say "Did you enjoy the ride?", press the button to let the restraints go, get them all out, press the button to open the gates, close the gates, check the harnesses, and press a button to dispatch the train. If Kneobles can do it in 20 seconds, why can't some of these lifeless, bored, angry, or preoccupied teenagers get a train out in 2 minutes!

2. Commercials- This isn't at amusement parks, but it drives me nuts when a parks does false advertising on advertisments. I saw a KD comercial where a kid is ecstatic about this one ride. And correct me if I'm wrong, but the ride was Timberline Twister at KBF! Wrong coast Cedar Fair. And in a Drayron Manor TR, there was a poster saying G-Force is the only one of its kind. The problem is that it showed a Skyloop X-car insead of G-force. False Advertising! I'm suing!

1. Food Prices- 10 bucks for a hamburger plus fries. 5 bucks for a kids chicken nuggets. 10 bucks for a slice of Pizza. Amusement parks have no feeds from the outside world, do they? I could buy a Regular roast beef combo and an apple turnover (angelic voices) for the same price of a hot dog.