Our guests don't surprise me anymore.

[CedarPointer]

I am amazed by the stupidity of some guests. I was at Kings Island today (where else?). Hilarity ensued. A woman in line for the Blue Racer informed me that "I was there when the chick fell out of The Bat, and I was there when the chick fell out of Top Gun. She was DRUNK!" Later, she informed me how "during my senior prom, the lions from the Kings Island animal kingdom thing escaped and were in my school's football field."

For one, no guest was ever killed on The Bat or Top Gun. Maybe she was thinking of Flight Commander? Two, lions never escaped from Wild Animal Kingdom/Lion County Safari. For added effect, when the ride ended, she asked me where the closed designated smoking area was. Did she think I worked there or something?

[-Bolt-]

Well well, we finally have a thread along the lines of "Stupidest things the GP have said"!

At Knott's Berry Farm, 2006, I overhear this from a woman talking to her family while walking to Xcellerator:
"After the Ghostrider, let's go on the Hulk!"

Wrong park, wrong state, and also wrong reigon dumb-ass! :haha:

[CedarPointer]

A man on Diamondback asked me if I had ridden "the Blackhawk" yet. I asusme he meant Firehawk?

[-Bolt-]

^At least he didn't ask if you had ridden Thunderhawk in the same park!

Bolt

[CedarPointer]

We don't have a Thunderhawk... at least, I don't THINK we do...

[-Bolt-]

^I know, I was being sarcastic (Geauga Lake and what-have-you...)

[CedarPointer]

Well, at Cedar Fair, there's Firehawk, Nighthawk, Thunderhawk, Thunder Hawk, ThunderHawk, and Skyhawk! Lots of room for guest errors...

[ytivarg]

When I worked on Wicked Twister, nearly daily, I was asked:

"What ocean is that?"

My normal response was "Ocean Erie"

[Harpo]

My all-time favorite came on a rainy day at Cedar Point when I heard a lady say to her friend:

"The weatherman said there was a chance of thunderstorms. He never said it was going to rain."

Of course, Cedar Point is famous for those rainless thunderstorms where the water just runs off the dome... Oh, wait. That dome hasn't been installed yet. Never mind.

Another entertaining quote was a mother talking to her young child, pointing at the Krazy Kars in Kiddy Kingdom at Cedar Point, saying, "Would you like to ride the pony, dearie?" While they were once known as horseless carriages, I don't think I've ever heard anyone else refer to a bumper car as a pony.

[ytivarg]

OH I LOVE RAIN QUESTIONS!!

"Excuse me sir, do you work here"
*looks down at uniform, inspects nametag* "Yes, I believe I do"
"When is the rain gonna be over?"
"Uhm... let me grab the red phone and see if God is available to answer that for you"


Aaand, speaking of Red Phones at Cedar Point... I hate hearing "OH! LOOK! It must be something REALLY bad... they're on the RED phone!"

Ladies, gents, and unspecified genders... the red phone is the intra-ride phone. It connects to the phone at entrance, the phones around the ride, and nothing more. Usually the conversation going on is something like "Get a load of that jackass in 3-2" ;)

[CedarPointer]

"The weatherman said there was a chance of thunderstorms. He never said it was going to rain."
There are, in some areas, times where you get thunder without rain. This happened quite a bit when I lived in South Dakota. So, if she was from the midwest, that might be why she thought that. (Yes, they referred to storms in which it rained and thundered as "thunderstorms with rain".)

Ladies, gents, and unspecified genders... the red phone is the intra-ride phone. It connects to the phone at entrance, the phones around the ride, and nothing more.
At Kings Island, the red phone usually is bad. ;) Weather closings, fireworks closing, tornado alerts, etc come through the red phone.

[kylr23]

Yep some good dumb moment in the park this year.
Story A:
Q:What does the festa Loca do?
My A: It goes in the air and spins. ;)

Another story a lady tryed to get on hwi his nephew and she had no payment the other yelled at me due to it was his first time if it was his first time why didnt you buy two pass's? That will be allot simple.

Another one for the moby dick. A guy tryed to bribe me into getting him a free ride, Some girls tryed hitting on me and some other teens tryed anoying me did it work? no. :p

[Harpo]

Equipment certainly can cause confusion.

Remember, I worked at The Guessing Game. That's where I guessed the ages, weights, and birthday months.

I had one person come up and ask me, "Can you tell me where that thing is where you get yourself weighed?"

I took a big, exaggerated look at the 6+ foot tall scale that was directly behind me, then turned back to the gentleman, and, with a straight face said, "I have no idea." He proceeded to walk away, presumably in search of the scale.

I had quite a few people point to the scale and ask, "What's that?" I generally responded, "It's the most sophisticated barometer you'll ever see."

I would also get people asking me why a certain ride was broken down. One time, I was working at the location near Magnum's entrance, and someone asked me why Iron Dragon was down. From where I was standing, I couldn't even see Iron Dragon. Anyway, I said, "Iron Dragon was the first coaster ever to run on hydrogen rather than gasoline. It was so successful, Magnum was also built to run on hydrogen. However, the hydrogen shipment is late, and we only had enough remaining to keep one of the two coasters open for the full day, so we chose to keep Magnum open."

When you're able to say it with a straight face, it's amazing how many people will respond by nodding as if they completely understand and are buying into this explanation!

(As it turns out, I found out it was a chain issue on Iron Dragon.)

[RangerStudios]

Harpo and Graviy, I was...:haha::haha::haha::haha::haha::haha: at your posts.

[godsmuffinman]

OH I LOVE RAIN QUESTIONS!!

"Excuse me sir, do you work here"
*looks down at uniform, inspects nametag* "Yes, I believe I do"
"When is the rain gonna be over?"
"Uhm... let me grab the red phone and see if God is available to answer that for you"


Aaand, speaking of Red Phones at Cedar Point... I hate hearing "OH! LOOK! It must be something REALLY bad... they're on the RED phone!"

Ladies, gents, and unspecified genders... the red phone is the intra-ride phone. It connects to the phone at entrance, the phones around the ride, and nothing more. Usually the conversation going on is something like "Get a load of that jackass in 3-2" ;)

I hereby nominate this post for 'Post of the Year' at the Atari Awards.
Best post I have ever read on the forums!

[Dan Mc]

Ah if only I was alowed to talk about guests at my park (not alowd to say). We do get some realy stuped guests!

[SnooSnoo]

I overheard someone talking about that brand new coaster "Iron Hawk" at Kings Island when I was at Indiana Beach.

I couldn't help but laugh.

[angryemobeaver]

I am amazed by the stupidity of some guests. I was at Kings Island today (where else?). Hilarity ensued. A woman in line for the Blue Racer informed me that "I was there when the chick fell out of The Bat, and I was there when the chick fell out of Top Gun. She was DRUNK!" Later, she informed me how "during my senior prom, the lions from the Kings Island animal kingdom thing escaped and were in my school's football field."

For one, no guest was ever killed on The Bat or Top Gun. Maybe she was thinking of Flight Commander? Two, lions never escaped from Wild Animal Kingdom/Lion County Safari. For added effect, when the ride ended, she asked me where the closed designated smoking area was. Did she think I worked there or something?
Actually both of you are right and wrong. Someone Did Die from a heart attack while on Top Gun, but it wasn't the ride's fought. And Lions never escaped from the Safari, But Monkeys did. But all the other stuff is obviously false.

[-NGS-]

Revival!

Yesterday at BGE, during a ride on Nessie, I heard a woman behind me ask "Is this the part where it goes through the water?" I wanted to respond, "No, the chunnel connects Griffon to Lights, Action, Imagination!"

[CedarPointer]

Actually both of you are right and wrong. Someone Did Die from a heart attack while on Top Gun, but it wasn't the ride's fought. And Lions never escaped from the Safari, But Monkeys did. But all the other stuff is obviously false.
I am aware of that, but I was more referring to ride-caused deaths, since that's what the guest obviously meant.

Today, a guest at CP asked me where Diamondback was (I was wearing my First Rider shirt). I said it was at Kings Island in Cincinnati. He argued that it MUST have been at CP, since I was wearing the shirt! So I told him it was back by Mean Streak. "You cross the train tracks, then turn right." :haha:

[CoasterCreator9]

Oh man, thank you for this thread. :haha: Post #10. Best. Ever.

There are tons that have happened to me while at parks, I just can't remember them. :bored:

People always ask at MoA, I'm a regular there, on the log ride, do you get wet? I always say, it's a water ride what do you think? Besides the 10 WARNING: You may get wet signs.

[Harpo]

Today, a guest at CP asked me where Diamondback was (I was wearing my First Rider shirt). I said it was at Kings Island in Cincinnati. He argued that it MUST have been at CP, since I was wearing the shirt! So I told him it was back by Mean Streak. "You cross the train tracks, then turn right." :haha:

Cool! I'm wearing a Disneyland shirt at work today, so that clearly means that Disneyland must have moved to Novi, Michigan!

Ah, if only it worked in such a manner. Oh well. Dream's over. Back to work for me.

[pigit]

At Lake Winnie last year (brings out chattanoogas finest) I was waiting in line for the cannonball when the woman next to me asked me what we were waitig in line for. I looked up at the station and pointed, she then proceeded to ask what that was and if it was safe. My response?
"It is a magical train the goes the speed of a cannonball, hence the name. It takes you to Atlanta and back in about a minute in a half."

She looked confused and then nodded and boarded the ride. She looked to be in he 20's. God I love the south.

[AtomiCart]

People always ask at MoA, I'm a regular there, on the log ride, do you get wet? I always say, it's a water ride what do you think? Besides the 10 WARNING: You may get wet signs.

OMG I miss the Mall so much!

Yeah, the signs are pretty much everywhere. Heck, you even get wet waiting in line, by the opening behind the waterfall!

[CoasterCreator9]

The other half of the time I say, "Put the most weight in the front, then the water will go completely over the boat, missing you." That, of course is the complete opposite.

[AtomiCart]

That happened to me once.... My cousin's family was visiting from WI, and they wanted to go. It ended up with me, about 8, in the front, right in front of my uncle, and then what felt like a bunch more people behind him. After the drop, it was pretty much okay until right before the cave/turnaround, and then this wave came gushing over the front and completely soaked me. Thankfully, my mom had just bought me a T-shirt from Rainforest Cafe, so I didn't have to walk around dripping.

:haha:

[TPM INC]

That happened to me once.... My cousin's family was visiting from WI, and they wanted to go. It ended up with me, about 8, in the front, right in front of my uncle, and then what felt like a bunch more people behind him. After the drop, it was pretty much okay until right before the cave/turnaround, and then this wave came gushing over the front and completely soaked me. Thankfully, my mom had just bought me a T-shirt from Rainforest Cafe, so I didn't have to walk around dripping.

:haha:

OMG I love the rainforest cafe.

Not that many people here go to Canobie Lake Park (or not that I know of) but I'll tell it anyways.

I was with ym friedn one day waiting in line for the Xtreme Frisbee while I heard these three girls talking about the ride Star Blaster (a.k.a an 100 foot drop tower). But instead of calling it the Star Blaster they called it Star Trek.

[kylr23]

OMG I love the rainforest cafe.

Not that many people here go to Canobie Lake Park (or not that I know of) but I'll tell it anyways.

I was with ym friedn one day waiting in line for the Xtreme Frisbee while I heard these three girls talking about the ride Star Blaster (a.k.a an 100 foot drop tower). But instead of calling it the Star Blaster they called it Star Trek.

XD
Another feista Loca story. Now this ride has OSR (over the sholder restraints)
Peaple keep asking me if the ride gos upside down when it clearly shows there is no wat of it doing that. :down::D

[Greatdrift]

OMG I love the rainforest cafe.

Not that many people here go to Canobie Lake Park (or not that I know of) but I'll tell it anyways.

I was with ym friedn one day waiting in line for the Xtreme Frisbee while I heard these three girls talking about the ride Star Blaster (a.k.a an 100 foot drop tower). But instead of calling it the Star Blaster they called it Star Trek.

Haha, I GO TO CANOBIE LAKE PARK!!! LMAO at the Star Trek joke.