Funny Things You've Overheard at Parks

[Marie]

I heard this on the monorail.

'Do Alton Towers own the rides or do they just rent them??'

Clearly this chav thought it was like a travelling fair or something.....lucky he caught it as it was passing through his neck of the woods.....heaven forbid they had to return the rides before he got on them.

[RyanY]

I heard this person say: 'Alton Towers don't have any rides with big drops'

As I walked past 'Cough, Oblivion, Cough'

[Emily]

I know this isn't in the queue line, but on TH13TEEN the other day, the people in front of my Mum thought the ride had ended when it pulled into the darkened part, and said, "Is that it? That was f****** s***!" They soon changed their tune lol

[Lucieloo]

Standing in the air queue at scarefest this year, one girl says to another girl
" I don't think your legs get strapped in on this ride you know??"
I imagine it would be an uncomfortable ride if your legs were not lol

[EloiseDoom]

In the Sea Life Centre at the Cleaner Shrimp area: "there's them fish that you put your feet into"

(I've heard that said many times, over many visits).

[fearaddict66]

As the airgates opened for Oblivion at Scarefest, my 20th ride on it that day, a respectable looking old man with a small granddaughter exclaimed "I've laid an egg in my pants and i can't do it, can you go on your own?"
To which the reply was of course a no. Even though the man enjoyed it, I still had a little laugh.

[BigAl]

I've heard countless people call the Towers 'the house'.

[Nightfall]

[quote=""BigAl""]I've heard countless people call the Towers 'the house'. [/quote] Better than Castle :P

Technically it was a stately home so house describes it pretty well.

[BigAl]

That's all I could come up with!

[Ritadz]

Not in a q, or even in the park for that matter, but at the Trafford Centre yesterday I heard someone say their favourite ride at "the beach Blackpool" was "The Nemesis one". :P

The guy who said it was in a Man United shirt, so I guess that explains a lot.

[Don't_Look_Down]

[quote=""Ritadz""]Not in a q, or even in the park for that matter, but at the Trafford Centre yesterday I heard someone say their favourite ride at "the beach Blackpool" was "The Nemesis one". :P

The guy who said it was in a Man United shirt, so I guess that explains a lot.[/quote]

It's not easy to walk up to a stranger and kindly correct them, either :P

An understandable mistake, as most people can't tell the difference between a SLC and B&M inverted coaster.

[RyanY]

I can without even looking SLC's are the ones I come off with headaches B&M inverts are the ones I come of excited

[NemmyJunkie]

Not in the queline but on the monorail .. (looking at air) ..''Ahh there's nemesis'' ..lol

[reddwarf]

Coming of HEX "that ride is dangerous we are lucky we didn't all fall out of our seats when it went upside down" the boyfriend was just as clueless.

[Child 'O' Nemmy]

Where do I begin
BPB - Big one , chav next to me goes , you do know that this ride originally went 5000 foot and then they had to change it to 1000 cos someone died . When I tried to persuade him he was wrong he starte having a collossul go at me and after the ride he said to an op - oi does this ride go 1000 feet op goes no and Chav goes: TOLD YOU SO YA W******! Odd child

AT . I heard a guy talking about oblivion acting all clever by saying , oh it's not 90degrees it's 87 I corrected him with the correct total and all his mates just laughed there arse off at him cos he was put down by a thirteen year old

[longy0151]

Whilst in the queue-line for TH13TEEN:After Dark during Scarefest this year, a girl turned around and said my name was Andrew, which is surprisingly correct. I was confused as my friend nor I had used my name anywhere near her so I presumed she was a child of a wraith or psychic.

[dominoes]

Whilst in the queue for rita:
"I don't know why they have a launch and a chain lift. And why do the colours change from red to black?"

[SpinballEdders]

not in a queue line but before my first trip to alton i was talking to my mum about the park and she said

"i wanna go on the big dipper when we're there" *faceplam*

[I'llookdownifiwanto]

Well, not what I overheard somebody say, but my friend, an alton towers virgin and "the gullible one",we managed to convince him people had died on Th13teen while in the queue

gullible friend: "okay so what actually happens?"
me:"well, first a list of all the people who have died on it comes up..."
gullible friend:"what?!"
me:"yeah, and remember to duck when the blade comes down."
gullible freind"theres blades?"
me:yep. And when the light goes orange, pull the brake as hard as you can! otherwise you hit the wall in the crypt."
gullible friend:" seriously???"
me:"would I lie to you?"

He never did pull the brakes...

[Stelios7]

not in a queue line but before my first trip to alton i was talking to my mum about the park and she said

"i wanna go on the big dipper when we're there" *faceplam*

Urgh! I get the same with The Big One.