Greatest Ride-Op Quotes

[WoddenWarior]

What's the weirdest, funniest, or coolest things you've ever heard a ride-op say over the PA?

Here are mine:

At Dollywood, I was in line for Thunderhead. The ride-op was an older woman (probably mid-60s). When they dispatch the trains, they always say "Let the thunder roll!" Well, this lady took it a step more! Her speech was: "Let the thunder roll! Ya'll Git-R-Done out there!" Now, my family and I had been making fun of all of the 'Git-R-Done' merchandise in Gatlinburg, and we couldn't help but crack up!

At Holiday World while waiting in line for the Raven, the ride-op went a little nuts and did his immitation of Charlie Brown's teacher in place of the saftey message. "Wah wah wah, wah wah, wah wah wah wah, wah wah."


Yeah.... there's some pretty crazy ride-ops.

[MrPKI]

At Six Flags Great Adventure we were on Blackbeard's Lost Treasure Train. (http://www.rcdb.com/ig567.htm) And the op's microphone was really messed up. He did the same thing with the Charlie Brown teacher voice. Right before we were dispatched he said "Welcome to the Tallest and Fastest Coaster in this particular section of the park!" Then went on with the safety annoncement.

[SnooSnoo]

Jr. Gemini @ Cedar Point: I was with my cousin and the ride op had the funniest spiel in the world...

"Welcome to Jr Gemini, where we will take you up, not 100, not 200, but 20 feet. We will take you thru, not 1, not 2, but zero inversions, and you will make your trip at an amazing 6 mph!!!"

[WoddenWarior]

Originally posted by SnooSnoo
Jr. Gemini @ Cedar Point: I was with my cousin and the ride op had the funniest spiel in the world...

"Welcome to Jr Gemini, where we will take you up, not 100, not 200, but 20 feet. We will take you thru, not 1, not 2, but zero inversions, and you will make your trip at an amazing 6 mph!!!"

Ha ha ha!

[RCT2head]

on Alpengiest: 1 ride-op speaking bout the other... both were guys

safety message went, then right b4 we were dispatched, he was like "...and be sure to congratulate this man, he's goin to have a baby!"... and the other guy was like wtf?
went again, cause it was after closing and we were just riding out the end of the front line while we were in the back...
saftey message went again, then right b4 we were dispatched, the other guy says "thanks for your concern, but you should be concerned for (name of guy), he's getting a colonoscopy because of what he just ate!"

...and they kept it going until the last run, 1-upping each other... it was awesome!

[Plokoon111]

hmmm at the boardwalk all I hear is "Watch the tram car please 100 times!!!!!!!!! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

[KingdaKa1]

Got a bunch.

In one weekend, I had two sayings. At Dormey Park on Friday, me and my cousin had front row on Hydra, and the guy said, hey nice shirt to my TTD shirt. Then on Sunday with friends at SFGADV, I had gotten a new Steel Force shirt, and I wore it. We had front row on Skull Mountain and the operater says over the intercom, why are u wearing a Steel Force shirt at SF?

While waiting for KK to be fixed on opening day, a girl started singing in the station, begging was wonderful, but the ending she sounded like Alvin from the Chipmunks.(Oh e oh a a , ding dang, wada wada bing bang!)

Great American Scream Machine, ride operated kept on saying just scream instead of GASM, and it was just so funny the way her voice sounded.

Runaway Train at SFGADV, The ride operators had the whole train goin WHOO WHOO!

Probaly more, but I forgot them.

EDIT: Remembered one. Me and my cousin were waiting for Thunder Creek Mountain Log Flume same day as the Hydra saying, and the recording kept going over and over. Every time it got to this one point, it would go, "If yOU need assitance..." And the voice squeaked, me and my cousin couldn't stop cracking up.

Watch the tram car please, at wildwood? Nevr Stops, you just walking toward Sea Serpent, and all you here is Watch the tram car please!!! Wonder what it would say if you got ran over by it. "I told you to watch the tram car please, i'll schedule your funeral on Tuesday, we'll tie you to Sea Serpent, and you can get run over again, except this time u won't feel the pain.

[Plokoon111]

please!!! Wonder what it would say if you got ran over by it. "I told you to watch the tram car please, i'll schedule your funeral on Tuesday, we'll tie you to Sea Serpent, and you can get run over again, except this time u won't feel the pain.


LOL man im still laughing at that, do u mean the recorder would say that?!?!?! :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha:

[KingdaKa1]

yea. thought that would be good.

[lewis31lewis52]

Cedar Point is the best at these, having still have live spiels.

But the best I can think of:

-Wicked Twister's countdowns. I love it when they go 1-2-Whoops!-3. The people's expressions just make that one.

- The Gemini ride op would sing Gemini in like some superhero voice-music thing, really sweet.

[SnooSnoo]

^^^^ Recent visit to CP: Wicked Twister Ride Op:


"You will be launching in 3.............................................2....................................1 1/2.............................1...LAUNCH!"

Hilarious! I loved it. CP has got some great ops. I can't wait till next summer when i'm amoung them :)

[KingdaKa1]

Do TTD. "Are u ready to go?" Can't think of any good ones.

It was during the ERT's for Tsunami(Now J2) at midnight, they had evryone screaming TSSSSUUUUUNNNNNNAAAAAAMMMMMMIIII! On the way down the hill. We were told to do that. The park managers were behind us in the second row, and were screaming that throughout the whole ride. Headaches:bulb: .

[Freddie1]

On Boulder Dash, I kept getting off and riding again, in the same seat (car 6 row 2 left seat) and the attendant who was doing the Right bars goes "your only going on that side so the hot attendant will check your bar" (yes she was hot).

The lake also has the famous "secure loose articles, or you will see them on ebay tomorrow."

Also, the classic (on Boulder Dash): "So, did you know this ride has the world's biggest loop?"

Can't think of any more atm.

[Harpo]

A slight mis-speak at Walt Disney World on the Monorail, when the operator decided to override the automatic recording:

"Please take all young children firmly by the hair."

[BorisTheFish]

the only one i remember was the one that everyone at USF must have been told to use, because for the whole day, you'd hear the same old "please remember to secure your restraint" trick on all the rides that have no restraints

[Small Print]

At alton towers on Beastie, the ride op was dressed as a farmer and Eccenticly singing, Old mcdonald had a farm. Silly but fun.

[KingdaKa1]

Hey SnooSnoo. I got a good one for WT. "You will be launching in 5,4,3" And launch it at three:haha:! Hilarious, to see the looks on the face of the riders.

EDIT: 200th Post. YES!!!

[MrPKI]

Another one: On Thunder Run at SFKK the op was clearly used to working a different ride. After the train got back "Thank you for riding Mile High........I mean Thunder Run" The people in the station were like "We heard that". He was an cool op though.:up:

[WoddenWarior]

Originally posted by MrPKI
Another one: On Thunder Run at SFKK the op was clearly used to working a different ride. After the train got back "Thank you for riding Mile High........I mean Thunder Run" The people in the station were like "We heard that". He was an cool op though.:up:

There are a few weird ones at SFKK. Mostly, though, it's just the kids who don't really want to be there and are just doing it for the free admission.

[Kadillac]

In line for Rattler

"Someone on the ride was hit by flying debris in the section near the station. Now please stay clam...(did you call the EMS yet)?"

the () section was something he whispered to his friend, but it came out over the intercom

[David Ellis]

I have heard one announcement in an American Park, which concluded with "enjoy the rest of your day at " followed by a park name that was not the one I was in!

Also in America (I believe it was Mean Streak at Cedar Point) the announcement said "we will take you up really really high, drop you down really really low, and you will reach a top speed of 200 mph"

The last two I can recall are both from Chessington World of Adventures in England:

"this is a fast ride - hold on to your pants" (remember in the UK pants means underpants / briefs)

and the funniest yet...

"please secure all loose articles, such as hats, glasses, handbags and your foreskin".

Beat that!

David.

[Harpo]

By any chance, was that last one heard while enjoying a breezy ride in the buff? :D

Does remind me a bit of the crew shirts for White Water Landing at Cedar Point just after Thunder Canyon was built: "We may not be as wet, but we're twice as long." (Oddly enough, the park wouldn't let the crew wear those shirts while on duty.)

I've heard similar announcements at Cedar Point to the one you refer to on Mean Streak. It's not too uncommon for them to say, "We'll take you up really, really high, drop you down really, really low, going really, really fast for really, really long. Ready, ready!"

Waaaaaaay back in time, when Cedar Point's Paddle Wheel Excursions used to be Western Cruise, with the dock where Iron Dragon now stands, and with larger boats, there was a captain who had a tendency to go a bit wild. One time, he had everyone on the boat moving from side to side in an effort to see if they could tip that big boat over. While not successful, they did get some significant spashing of water up onto the boat's deck. I suspect his management wasn't particularly pleased with this action, as he never did it again. However, he would periodically have everyone join in with hand clapping and foot stomping while singing "Witch Doctor."

I think he was still there after Iron Dragon was built, when the boats were re-routed the opposite direction. There's one point where Paddle Wheel Excursions goes quite close to Iron Dragon. At just the right moment, he'd have everyone on the boat scream like they're on the greatest thrill ride in the park. At that point, the harnesses in Iron Dragon were such that the riders couldn't turn around far enough to see where the screams were originating, but people on the boat could see the Iron Dragon riders TRY to turn around. Upon arriving back at the dock, he'd instruct the folks on the boat to say, in a sultry voice, "Ooooh, that felt GOOD" when the boat bumped the dock.

Hmmm, and to think, this is supposed to be a family park, not a park for making families! (That's a phrase often used by the weight guessers, myself included, when witnessing something that seemed inappropriate, which could even include wildlife being a bit "rambunctious.")

[Small Print]

Apart from the crazy Old mcdonald woman, the only other wierd ride op quote/action, was inviting sombody onto enterprise in a car where someone had just been sick, which was one behind me, it stunk.

[Squid2]

My personal favorite was when SFoG had just opened Georgia Cyclone. They had a ride op that their whole job was to entertain the crowd that was waiting in the station. I remember him doing the Robot up the exit ramp and then proceeding to give the ride safety speech as a Robot. He was incredible.

Also of note are the ride ops at Acrophobia at SFoG. They are trained to ham it up while the riders are at the top of the tower. They will say things such as "You are dropping in 5...4...(drops ride)" or even sing to the patrons while they dangle at the top of the tower. Rock A Bye Baby is a favorite, when the drop the riders at "Cradle will fall..." It's highly amusing to just sit there and listen to the ride ops!

Squid2