Amusement/Theme Parks?

[golddisk]

Any one here like them? I work in one and since I've started working in them they've become something that I really enjoy. Right now it is just a job, but there are positions which could also be a career if I ever get into one of them.

These kinda go hand in hand, but I also love roller coasters. 

[Absinthe]

I used to adore amusement parks. I still do, to some extent. Its just that I now have to be careful about what rides I go on thanks to a back-injury a couple of years ago. I still love roller coasters though and hanging out at a good park with friends is always a good day.

[Enigma]

I love, love, love amusement parks. It's disappointing that I've nearly completely outgrown a majority of the rides at most places. Though I'm sure part of that has had to do with me being slightly overweight which I've been spending a majority of the past year or so working on fixing and improving.

I'm hoping to maybe to go to an amusement park this summer.

[mikaya]

I love them! I used to go every year. I go on the rollercoasters. <3

I'm gonna try to go this year, when they open. Which should be quite soon.

[golddisk]

Mar 4, 2014 3:52:47 GMT -6 mikaya said:

I love them! I used to go every year. I go on the rollercoasters. <3

I'm gonna try to go this year, when they open. Which should be quite soon.

Yeah, like I said I love them as well! My park hasn't gotten a new one in several years now, which is quite sad. Our collection is pretty decent though, with one of the taller coasters east of the Mississippi and I believe it's the tallest in our state! 

[Sharon]

I guess I'm alone in this department (based on the conversation so far). I am terrified of amusement rides. I remember my husband (boyfriend at the time) planned out a romantic outing to Six Flags with a hotel stay and all lol I pretty much watched him ride rides all day. I had a great time but I think to this day he feels pretty bummed out that I don't enjoy amusement rides like he does.

[demonskeith]

I went to them growing up, nowadays, I have no interest until I have my own kid I suppose.

[ash]

Love theme parks although I haven't been to any recently. It would be awesome if there was a really great one nearer to me but it's a bit of a journey to the good ones. Thorpe Park is my favourite over here in the UK

[thelucky7th]

I enjoy roller coasters, but it's not something I do very often. Not a fan of the older wooden ones, though. Those rattle me around so much I end up with a headache, haha.

[ZandraJoi]

Here in Michigan, USA, we have Michigan's Adventure. Used to be called Deer Park Funland. Can you guess why? We've been there a few times. Even back then, we stayed in MI to support local before it was the 'in' thing. Also been to Cedar Point but that was many years ago. I can no longer ride those rides now lol
If you still go, what is your favorite ride? My mom & I loved the Tilt-A-Whirl & would go on that one together all the time. Never was a fan of roller coasters & certainly not the upside down ones.

[ash]

Dec 13, 2021 8:23:51 GMT -6 ZandraJoi said:

Here in Michigan, USA, we have Michigan's Adventure. Used to be called Deer Park Funland. Can you guess why? We've been there a few times. Even back then, we stayed in MI to support local before it was the 'in' thing. Also been to Cedar Point but that was many years ago. I can no longer ride those rides now lol
If you still go, what is your favorite ride? My mom & I loved the Tilt-A-Whirl & would go on that one together all the time. Never was a fan of roller coasters & certainly not the upside down ones.

I was going to guess that it was because there were quite a lot of deer nearby? But had a quick look on their site and I can't really find any information on it.


Is that it?

[ZandraJoi]

Dec 13, 2021 17:39:38 GMT -6 ash said:

I was going to guess that it was because there were quite a lot of deer nearby? But had a quick look on their site and I can't really find any information on it.


Is that it?

Close! While we do have a lot of deer around here, back then, they had deer IN the park where they had a petting zoo, could feed them, etc. Along with other animals. Always reminded me of 4H meets a zoo lol While they had rides, the deer were their main attraction to us kids. Just something magical about petting & feeding animals you see locally.