# Would you ride a roller coaster 420 feet tall? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 6, 2003, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ride-a-roller-coaster-420-feet-tall/166777 "2003-04-06T01:14:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2003, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ride-a-roller-coaster-420-feet-tall/166777/61 "2003-05-11T14:02:42Z")
jab1, they’re handing out bathroom passes so you can piss and not lose your place in line. They came to their senses and realized that the last thing they need is a thrill ride filled with people who desperately need to pee. ---
**Author:** ![cheddarsnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cheddarsnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheddarsnax)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2003, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ride-a-roller-coaster-420-feet-tall/166777/62 "2003-05-11T16:57:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jab1 \* > \*\*Bad news! Be prepared for a wait of 5 to 6 hours! How big is your bladder? \*\* My bladder capacity is an amusement park legend. ---
**Author:** ![Atrael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Atrael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atrael)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ride-a-roller-coaster-420-feet-tall/166777/63 "2003-05-12T15:01:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KCSuze \* > \*\*Much, thanks. > > I’m afraid I don’t have any money to go there this summer. Anyone want to sponsor me? I’ll wear a t-shirt with your logo on it. \*\* Now see, if you said that you **wouldn’t** wear a t-shirt, you might have gotten more responses. And the point of bumping this is to ask Merla how it was. Come on…spill the details girl, did you ride it? Was it worth it, or over too fast to really feel how high up you were? ---
**Author:** ![Ich\_Bin\_s](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Ich\_Bin\_s](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ich_Bin_s)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ride-a-roller-coaster-420-feet-tall/166777/64 "2003-05-12T15:27:44Z")
Good god you people are fwip wippin insane. I almost threw up watching the computer animation video. My own vision of hell would entail being a passenger on a tour bus with the lot of you, traveling to amusement parks across the country… my face pressed against the glass…screaming… I’m going to put a cool towel on my forehead. ---
**Author:** ![Ego\_Mk2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@Ego\_Mk2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ego_Mk2)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ride-a-roller-coaster-420-feet-tall/166777/65 "2003-05-12T16:25:58Z")
My GF is going to want to ride this. I’m afraid. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![verbenabeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@verbenabeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/verbenabeast)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ride-a-roller-coaster-420-feet-tall/166777/66 "2003-05-12T18:50:40Z")
If they can shoe-horn my fat ass in there I’ll ride it… twice ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ride-a-roller-coaster-420-feet-tall/166777/67 "2003-05-12T20:40:38Z")
Oh yes, _yes_, _YES_!!! I smell a road trip to Ohio! ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ride-a-roller-coaster-420-feet-tall/166777/68 "2003-05-17T18:48:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by PunditLisa \* > \*\*jab1, they’re handing out bathroom passes so you can piss and not lose your place in line. They came to their senses and realized that the last thing they need is a thrill ride filled with people who desperately need to pee. \*\* Now that’s the smartest thing I’ve read in many a moon. Still, a five-hour wait seems excessive to me. You wouldn’t have much time to ride anything else. Although I suppose you could use your rest room pass to go ride something else that has a short line and then come back. ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ride-a-roller-coaster-420-feet-tall/166777/69 "2003-05-17T22:13:22Z")
Two weeks and I get to try this thing. I’m totally psyched. I imagine it’ll be a four hour wait to get on thie freaking thing, but it’ll be worth it. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ride-a-roller-coaster-420-feet-tall/166777/70 "2003-05-17T22:28:03Z")
Feh. Sure, it’s tall, but the layout is so simple. It just goes out, up, and back. Are people really waiting five hours for that? It can’t last more than 20 seconds. I used to be a coaster junkie, until I went to Magic Mountain in Valencia and rode the Goliath. By the time of the helixes on the end, I actually started getting tunnel vision, and left with a wicked headache. (Made worse by the fact that it was 2000 degrees that day. Kelvin.) More painful than fun. I think I’ll stick with Disney and the themed coasters; others can keep building them taller and faster and getting more and more jaded, while Space Mountain is a simple layout that’s almost 30 years old and still gives me a thrill every time. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ride-a-roller-coaster-420-feet-tall/166777/71 "2003-05-18T06:55:04Z")
Oh HELL yeah!!! I’m so jealous of all the stateside dopers who have the opportunity to ride coasters. AK has NONE. ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ride-a-roller-coaster-420-feet-tall/166777/72 "2003-05-18T09:53:49Z")
Hell yes, I’d be there in a heartbeat. 'Nuther ceritfied coaster nut here. I live in ThemePark Central, and one of there days, I am getting my own coaster t-shirt designed. Front: Been there. Done that. Rode the ride. Again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again… Back: …Finally bought the shirt. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ride-a-roller-coaster-420-feet-tall/166777.md?page=3)