Can you beat your fear of roller coasters?
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- Roller coasters are designed to be scary. If you’re remotely afraid of them, you are part of the majority. There’s no one size fits all solution to beat your fear of roller coasters. Each fear may stem from a different aspect of rides. However, we've produced two approaches to overcoming your fear by first exploring why you might have that fear, and secondly, methods to gradually beat it!
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00:00 Introduction
01:40 Fear of safety
02:57 Fear of intensity
04:03 Fear of going upside down
04:43 Fear of falling out
06:01 Fear of no control
07:03 A previous bad experience
07:54 Always had an underlying fear
09:07 Overcome your fear slowly
13:19 Overcome your fear quickly
mine was a combination of losing control and the fear always being there because i had a mother who would do NONE of these things, she wouldn't even go down a slide with me at a playground out of fear.
what helped me was going with friends who enjoy it and are used to it. and wanting to try new things.
my first upside down coaster was "Python" in Efteling, really smooth ride and I am way less afraid now.
I still need to build up my confidence every time i visit a park and might not dare every ride. but i learned to actually enjoy them.
regarding the control, it's only really fun if you accept the loss of control. My biggest challenge for that were dark rides, I used to avoid them at first.
but i went to Disney in Paris and you can't do anything when you avoid dark rides lol. so with the help of same friends i went. Hyperspace Mountain is one really nice example. I went into it with the mindset of "okay, whatever happens it won't hurt me. and it won't hurt me not to know what happens and i will accept it." so i wasn't tense and it was actually SO much fun! 😄😄 ngl, helped me with letting go of control in real life.
ETA: my friend said "if it's bad it's over in like 2 min. that makes 2 bad minutes of your life. as adults we should be able to deal with that." that convinced me for my 1st big rollercoaster. 😄
Python is for many the first coaster they went on that goes upside down. I love the python aswell as the baron 1898
@@edovancampenhout8521 i was too chicken to ride the baron haha
but i think next time i would dare to go
python is awesome though
Thank you for the Pin!! ☺️☺️
Hello! I'm actually going to the efteling in 13 days, and I want to try my first ever roller coaster that goes upside down! I've been thinking about riding the Python, but I'm a bit scared. Do you have any tips or so, since you already went in the Python?
@@royale_highstuffx8752 the best thing to do is to just do it. Also try to not worry and be anxious it really works. The python is a simple coaster.
For anybody who is afraid of coasters and is going to a park soon, just know that your time in the queue line is wayyyyy scarier than the actual ride itself
True, I always almost pass out in the queue and also when I’m getting into the seats and buckled up. I get SO scared in those moments, but I’m usually scared on the coasters too. 😅
Bro I swear this man is right, just the anxiety of waiting to actually go on the ride, it's insane.
@@RandomPerson19234 not when you go to alton towers with fast track
So true mate
@@ryboi1122 any park with fast lane not just alton
One of the things that helped me the most was pretending that I was in control of the ride, particularly the first drop. If I lean forward and act like I'm pushing the train down the drop, it feels a lot more in control than if I was pushing back against the seat trying to resist the inevitable. It didn't take long to start enjoying the sensations, and once that happened, I got hooked, and now ride everything I possibly can.
That's a really interesting approach! I'll give that a go next time I get on one. It's just the sort of thing my brain would fall for : )
I was very fearful of rollercoasters, and the sensation of falling while not wanting to fall! And this strategy you mention is what has changed definitely my experience in rollercoasters.
It's funny, because I also ride motorcycles at 150kmh+ and that doesn't scare me at all. Now, I just push forward, I pretend to be pushing the ride and guiding it all along and they now feel great!
this is why drop towers are so hit or miss for me! if i can tell the drop is coming (certain drop towers have small audio cues if you pay attention) i enjoy it much more, but even without it i can still enjoy drop towers. it just entirely depends on how fearless i am that day lol
Leaning back puts less butterflies
The secret to enjoying roller coasters is to first like trains and then think Thunder Mountain at Disneyland is just a train ride. At least that worked for 5 year old me
There you go then! What a fantastic top tip ;)
I have never been to disney
Only works for mine trains, I guess
What about droptowers?
in my opinon, if you're scared go on the biggest, baddest most intense roller coaster around you and ride it. there's a 50/50 chance you'll go again 5 times and a 50/50 chance you'll never touch a theme park ever again!
Things that helped me overcome my fear:
1. ride your first coaster with a good friend/family member who has already done the coaster.
2. don't look at pov's too much because when you visit the coaster in real life, it looks a lot taller than on the pov.
3. if you are scared of coasters because of the stomach drop: the more coasters you ride, the stomach drop will decrease.
4. Don't stay at one park if you are scared, try to go to a park with rollercoasters that look less scary.
Thanks for the stomach drop tip! That’s one of the big things that really scares me about riding coasters.
@@arrisogorman4409 It was also my fear, but after I rode several coasters it started getting less intensive.
@@jasperguliker2261 That’s really great to know :)
Joooo Jasper
My thing is feeling when body lifts out seat scares me
What was unimaginable for me was that I could somehow go from being utterly terrified of rollercoasters to enjoying them by simply hopping on. And I figure this goes for a lot of people. Yet apparently a lot can happen in 1 minute. I went from "oh fuck no no no I don't want this ffs get me off" to "YAYYYY LETS GO AGAIN". I never thought that would've been possible.
amazing how much can change between the top of the lift hill and the bottom of the first drop
Love coasters. Love coasterbot. Love learning how to encourage people to get over there fears. Win win win
You're way too kind!
There’s 2 barriers. The mental and physical. If you can get past these two barriers, you can ride any roller coaster you want. However sometimes one barrier is bigger than the other. For me it was the mental barrier. At some point I wanted to be able to ride any roller coaster I wanted, so I analyzed the track (height comparisons, periods of time, g’s and even recreating the feeling in my head) I decided to try and see it as a bird diving. Once I finally had the courage, I took my chances and just rode it. Now I can ride any roller coaster. This one was behemoth btw.
im going to canadas wonderland today, i have a mental barrier too. i might just go on bohemoth first just to get s decently big coaster done and over with
i truly feel the mental barrier is the most difficult hurdle to overcome. often times the mental fear is illogical and irrational when you truly think about it.
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Love watching your videos; absolutely HATE riding coasters though. Always have. And trying to explain to someone my whole my why I don't like them has been hard. You put it perfectly in this video: it's the physical sensations I don't like and create intense panic. Now I have the right verbiage to explain it. And what's more, I appreciate you open this by reminding everyone that they don't HAVE to enjoy it and it's not a fear they have to overcome for any reason. Makes me feel way way way better about things.
This is me too. I love this channel and learning about coasters. I just hate riding them lol.
When my friends ask why, I just tell them it's not fun for me. We're there at the park to have fun, right? So why would I do something that makes me have less fun.
I have some friends who are like that. And there is nothing wrong with that at all.
When I was young, my dad would take me on these roller coaster simulator rides at the car show, and it always gave me a stomach ache, causing me to fear rides for most of my childhood. The fear of falling out on inverted rides was also an obstacle, and I wouldn't go on my first ride in 10 years until I was 15 or 16.
Now I love the sensation of speed, and I don't mind when certain rides make me dizzy. But I understand that for some people, these rides induce nausea similar to when I was a kid, and that is not the purpose of the ride at all.
Coasters scare me so much-the physical feelings and probably the height of drops are the biggest factors, and I WANT to enjoy them so bad, but I know I don’t need to force myself. :) Someday I would like to get over this fear, but if not, it is what it is.
@@iciinq6305 if the fear of intensity is your biggest roadblock, try watching the pov to learn the track layout and learn as much as you can about various rollercoaster elements. this way, you know what to expect and what kind of sensation is associated with each element.
@@iciinq6305I think that the way forward will be to build rollercoasters that are driven by the Rider.
These rides would be specifically for acclimatisation. I think that without them, I will never board a Coaster at all. The pirate ship negative Gs were too much for me. At 11:34 in the video, this would be of no comfort if the ride turns out to be torture.
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I was scared of going upside down on coasters until February 2019, when I visited Castles n Coasters with my parents. I promised them that I would ride Desert Storm when we were there. I was nervous when I first got on, and the moment the ride dropped, all my fears went away. I hold Desert Storm as a special coaster for breaking my fear of inversions.
I’m from Arizona as well and desert storm is my personal favorite coaster I’ve ridden. I only have like 12 credits and It’s not the best coaster I’ve been on but it’s my favorite because of the levels of intensity I have never experienced before. It opened my mind up to truly thrilling coasters and led me to go into the world of roller coasters instead of just being a flat ride junkie.
A similar thing happened to me just instead with Menelum at fantasy island
For me it was Loch Ness Monster on August 6, 2008. The video said that going upside down doesn't feel much different, but in my opinion, it feels different, in a good way. I love the sensation of the world turning upside down for a moment.
June 6, 2022 10:28 am
For me it was goliath (the batman clone) at sfft. After i rode that, i rode every other ride at fiesta including iron Rattler.
It was Desert Storm for me too! I was actually chaperoning a field trip as a teacher, and I decided that if my students were doing it no problem I should overcome my fear too. I honestly was crying in the line, but I did get on!
My wife had told me that the loops just felt like you were being pushed forward in your seat, but I didn't believe her......but then she was totally right, and my fear of being upside down went away.
Having re-ridden it recently, Desert Storm is really a strange one. It really jerks you side to side, more than most other coasters I've been on, and that's honestly the most intense part of the ride. But I love it for that uniqueness and it was a great stepping point coaster!!! :)
Great vid with some very useful info. I've not been "scared" of a coaster since riding the big one in 1997. I just love the experience of being "out of control" and being totally immersed.
I must admit, the Big One scared me a little the first time I rode it. Boi that lift hill seemed high...
I’ve been scared and never rode The Big One until yesterday. And I loved it!
@@coasterbot It really does but I followed a good piece of advice, scream as loud as you can. It helps. I did and loved every minute, laughing and screaming all the way down.
@@GamingFurriesOfficialYT Brilliant!! Well done....seeeee, now you can do ANYTHING!
@@CatsnCoasters Well… Icon still terrifies me. Though I think I went in the deep end with that one.
Started off with NickStreak and Avalanche.
Then Icon and holy fuck I’m contemplating never again despite the fact I also think it was a pretty good ride. Maybe I was too tense at the time to handle it, worrying over nothing.
I *thought* I didn't get scared on roller coasters, but then I rode X2. I think it was the combination of the height, the disorientation caused by the rotation and the exposed feeling you get from the wing seats.
Going to Phantasialand tomorrow - don't think there's anything too scary there, but we'll see.
I hope you enjoyed your trip there. And yeah X2 is pretty dang insane, even in roller coaster circles, like thats also a weird ride to start with too I guess.
@@drdewott9154 Thanks - Phantasiakand is a very nicely done park, with Taron now being one of my favourite rides.
I wasn't new to roller coasters when I rode X2, and thought no ride could genuinely scare me any more, but how wrong I was...
Haha i had the same feel when i was on Kärnan the first Time. I was so hyped but suddenly i found myself on a 240ft vertical lift in a dark tower, only kept from the abyss behind me by a kinda minimalistic seat with an identical lapbar:^)
I was quite afraid of roller coasters when I was younger. I eventually had the guts to ride Furius Baco as my first major roller coaster, followed by Dragon Khan.
At the time, I didn't know it was one of the most intense launches ever, so looking back now I'm happy to have it as my starting point for my roller coaster enthusiasm.
Awesome story!
I knew that furius baco was very very rickety before i rode it... Probably it was wrong to ride it on the outer side for the first time. But i never expected almost the same sensation of a Vekoma SLC 😂. I'm a rollercoaster enthusiast so i gave it a second chance (now on the inner side) and it was tremendously better, i'll never ride it on the outer side again
My fear is completely gone. Before my trip to Thorpe, I was scared of basically any launch stronger than Rita, very steep drops like SAW and not much else. I had been to Towers before, when I got on my first non family ride. I chose Nemesis. Was scared to death before but after I found it addicting.
When I was 13 and just turned 1.4m, I was crying because I was scared of rattlesnake 🤣 Now I’ll go on pretty much anything, at least that I’ve had access to in the UK and Orlando
I was like this before nemesis inferno ( about 14 ) because inversions always intimidated me, watching the train whip so strongly around the track, but I really loved it, and everything else seemed like light work from there on because of the adrenaline
I've been scared of coasters for as long as I can remember for two main reasons:
1: The intensity of the ride and specifically the stomach-dropping feeling you get going down a drop
2: Fear of heights that I've also had as long as I can remember
Earlier this year I went to Alton Towers for the first time and decided I'd push myself to at least go on the family coasters, which I managed much to my surprise! Wicker Man ended up being my favourite ride of the trip despite me being terrified to go on it initially, and I was the only member of my family not screaming at the vertical drop on Th13teen. I've yet to go on anything larger or with inversions though, and honestly don't know if I ever will. But I like going fast and that's good enough for me
I think the fear of having no control more stems from the fact that once you're in, they won't stop the ride for you even if you start panicking.
I understand why it would be a hassle to do so, but the thought of having a panic attack while being stuck in a ride while everyone around you just thinks you're just overreacting is just highly distressing for me, and probably others as well.
Especially since so many rides go out of their way to purposefully build tension or cause fear.
I've been able to ride some roller coasters, but just the thought of going on the main few top thrill rides at my local park makes me nervous.
Me personally when the ride stops my fears disappear alot
If it becomes possible to undertake a big drop or a vertical loop at your own pace - by using the brake, or by rocking into and out of the loop but not completing it the first time, a truly massive gulf would have been overcome.
In my experience, most people on the coaster with you are way too busy focusing on their own experience to even notice if you do freak out. Another thing that can help is riding it with someone you trust so you don't have to sit next to a stranger
I've had a similar issue, however, on larger attractions, the sensations (and I mean mostly mental, rather than physical actually) are so much to take, that you don't have the time/capacity to panic. You may have a panic attack in the queue, boarding, or during the lift/pre-launch process, but once the ride starts, it just goes away. I say that from experience. I literally had a phobia of loops; not even inversions themselves, but loops, and all the rides I could board that had an inversion, had a loop as well. I really didn't feel well on the first try, even though I've done rides which would be considered more extreme, but that anxiety was all gone when the ride started.
"Pick a small thing that's fairly comfortable." Thoughts to my fellow tall individuals. Try to fit. My fears started when I got airtime as a child that I didn't expect. It just took age mostly for me. Other people and these videos on how I won't fall out helped.
I've helped so many of my friends overcome their fears of roller coasters. Usually I use part of both methods, desensitization and flooding. I start out usually by taking them to what would be the most crowded ride throughout the day first so there's no long line. After doing a few smaller rides, I immediately take them to the biggest one in the park. This approach has always worked out for me, and now a lot more of my friends enjoy roller coasters
That's awesome to hear!
I am trying to do that!
I’m 24 years old I’ve been scared all my life of roller coasters but this is the year I conquer it
@@andreasanchez1453 good luck! Remember, getting into the ride is the hardest part. Deep breaths once you're on the ride
I don't ride as many coasters in a theme park, I go there because they are even still, so enjoyable to be around and learn about on the web and to watch the ride go like a amateur airshow from a aeroplane.
I might ride some coasters every now and then but I wouldn't do as many stand-out rides like NEMESIS or SMILER. I might do one day but not right now.
I hope you all can understand what I'm getting at! I have had this bad mentality that the community would hate me for not riding the famous rides like BIG ONE, STEALTH NEMESIS etc. I've always hated that thought and sometimes cause of that it makes me regret being a theme park fan.
That's cool. Theme parks are great places to visit even if you don't ride. But I tell you what, imagine how you felt say 5 minutes after you got off of one of the smaller coasters you have ridden. 5 minutes after you get off Nemisis or Smiler you'll feel the same as any other one. (Speaking from experience)
@@jaystarr6571 That's cool. It's nice to know that.
@@jackbluepirate87 From least extreme to most extreme the coasters at Alton Towers are probably (though you have to keep in mind that i've never actually been there):
Octonauts Rollercoaster Adventure
Runaway Mine Train
Spinball Whizzer
Th13theen (reply if you want to know the jumpscare in the middle of the ride)
Galactica
Wicker Man
Oblivion
Rita (hold your head back on a launch, otherwise your head will get smashed in to the back of your seat)
Nemesis
Smiler
Flooding works fairly well, but the nerves do tend to come back with every new type. Even now loving roller coasters, an entirely new style I haven't rode before gets the nerves going... though that's part of the fun now. I recently rode my first dive coaster and vertical drop RMC, really familiarizing myself with the sensation of a vertical drop. Now I just need to get myself on a giga.
if you have rode any hyper, gigas are the same feeling.
Then it'll be onto conquering the stratas! Good luck with your coaster journey!
I only ever had 1 bad experience on a roller coaster and it was the runaway mine train at alton towers. The reason it was a bad experience was because my dad told me it was just a normal train ride so I wasn't expecting anything. (I know it isn't a fast, steep or intense ride but to 5 year old me it was terrifying). Many years later, 13 year old me finally decided to try it again and I loved it! I ended up working my way up the coasters all the way to nemesis which helped me fully over come my fear. If anyone has a fear of roller coasters, just get on, know what to expect and you will be fine
*I JUST THOUGHT OF THIS:* Imagine you run as hard and as fast as you can for a good distance. Then you stop. Now right when you stop you feel _different._ Tired, out of breath, sweaty, hot, ect. So you chill for a few minutes...then you're fine. Like you were before you started running. Coasters can be like this as far as feeling different for a while but fine shortly after. You may say "I'll never do that again" but even if you did, you'd be fine.
Thank you, just watching this video almost has me in tears from thinking about riding roller coasters. I've been trying to over come this phobia especially this summer and am really hoping to be able to ride some of the cooler rides with my gf who loves roller coasters. Again thank you this video was really well made and very pleasant.
Hopefully you overcome your fear of roller coasters. Thanks for the kind words about the video, I hope it helps :)
I love rollercoasters, but my stomach not so much. I do wanna overcome this (somehow) because I really don't wanna miss out on these experiences.
You've slowly got to get your stomach used to it - ride the smaller ones until you are used to them :)
Try ginger. It's my new best friend :)
I find people often get the stomach feeling because they often tense up a lot on the first drop. If you can actually let your whole body relax on the first drop. (Which is super hard to do when your scared out of your mind) Your body will fall lin tandem with your innards and the feeling will be almost entirely gone.
Trust me buddy, the stomach dropping feeling is all fear. You can control it. If you try to have fun you wont get any stomach feeling. Believe me, this was an issue to me and now I absolutely adore coasters
If you're talking about motion sickness, I'm there with you unfortunately. There's a scopolamine patch your doctor can prescribe to you that has been a life-saver for me in reducing my motion sickness. I went from getting sick on kiddie coasters to being able to do almost all the rides at Six Flags Magic Mountain (I did still get sick once, but only because I rode the same ride 3 times in 30 minutes...).
I also recommend eating early before you come to the park. I've found that it takes me about 2 and a half hours to digest my breakfast enough that I can safely do the coasters. And of course it's sad to avoid all the sugary greasy options of the park, but definitely make sure to eat healthy and save the sweets for as you leave.
The last tip that helped me was making sure that I kept my glasses on. I used to take them off so I wouldn't lose them on the ride, but if your vision is blurred that will also contribute. So keeping your eyes open and wearing contacts or glasses (if needed) is important.
I hope this helps!!!
15:24 ...and we'll see you all nex-
Many rollercoaster enthusiasts need to accept that not everyone enjoys the "out of control" feeling and G-forces. It's not a fear, it's just a lack of enjoyment.
For some reason I have panic attacks ONLY on the lift hill and during the first 2 seconds of the first drop. After that, it’s pure bliss and joy for me. But the panic at the beginning is indescribable.
We went to Cedar Point for the first time and my wife was very afraid of heights. I was worried that it would not be a good experience, but she decided she wanted to ride Maverick first because it was not as tall as some of the others. She liked it enough to decide she wanted to jump all the way to Millennium Force next, since it was the tallest and scariest to her (Dragster was taller but didn't have a lift hill, so she didn't worry as much). She was very anxious the first ride, then decided we should do it again immediately. That time it wasn't bad and she could just be present. Then she thought we should do it one more time, and that time she could actually enjoy the ride and had a great experience. Now she swears by doing the scary ride 3 times in a row to conquer the fear and it's worked every time. She's now built up a list of almost 250 coaster credits and can genuinely say that she really enjoys going to amusement parks now.
As someone who hadn't been on an inverting coaster until the age of 17 but being obsessed with them before then but too afraid, I can tell you that just being pushed on it by family worked for me. The ride that first got me into the actual coasters was Baron 1898 af Efteling and after that I couldn't get enough of them, I had been on the smaller rides but never the big ones. After that I went on a trip to Toverland and was wayy less scared to go on rides like fenix and Troy
I had just recently got over my fear of coasters after being in love with them for a long time. It's weird to say but I had always been so invested with them but every time I went to a theme park, my anxiety would take over and would prevent me from going on rides that I knew would be fun. Now that it's been about 2-3 years since I had last ridden or even been invested in coasters, my anxiety had gone down a ton and I didn't amp myself up as much. It caused for a much better experience and the ride that got me out of this constant fear was Cheetah Hunt at Busch Gardens Tampa. I'm not sure what it was that was different but I enjoyed it so much compared to anything else I had ridden. This could have been because of me growing up more and becoming more matured or even my anxiety lessening, but it's probably the happiest I had felt on a rollercoaster.
If anything, the downside is having a constant hunger to ride more and more coasters. This feeling of finally being free from this fear that held me back is so much better than imagined. Since I overcame it, I have ridden coasters I had always wanted to experience. Whether it be inverted, floorless, hyper, dive, as well as manufacturers and different elements. Being the coaster nerd that I am, I felt like I had a giant list of ride types and inversions to experience and its all coming true now.
I can't recommend enough just finding that courage to push yourself to do it. If you can't do it no matter how hard you try, then do it another time. But if you ever know that you want to do something deep down even though your body is saying no, just go through with it and it will be so worth it.
This is really great advice. I passed out on the mantis in 2006. And has had me hesitant since then. I've gone on lower intensity coasters last year, and this year preparing for higher intensity ones, I've learned some physical tricks, and watching pov videos, learning about how they work. It's putting me more at ease. I have a season pass to cedar point I plan on wearing out, so in a few weeks I'll get to put myself back on. Great work on the video.
The way I got over my fear of coasters was simply learning about them on TH-cam. Learning all about rides such as Oblivion and Galactica really helped me to overcome my fear
great tip, thank you
I can not stress enough about how much just riding it helps, one time i was shaking in the queue I was so scared, went on it and it was the best feeling ever knowing you just did that and had fun
My nephew still refuses to get on rollercoasters and he’s now 25 years old. But he had an abusive (now estranged) father that used to force him onto big coaster when he was a child and would publicly shame him and call him names because he cried. So his fear isn’t coasters by themselves, but emotional fear by memories. Just another one for the list yet nothing you can really give a way to overcome.
Make him move on from his father, then all of his wound would start to heal.
It's not impossible, it just take time, and big heart.
I actually became an enthusiast when I havent ridden a single big rollercoaster, so when I visited Phantasialand as my first ever park as an enthusiast, I walked on Taron scared as hell but knowing it will be fun. It was insanely overwhelming and I felt traumatized for the rest of the day but I had another ride on it the following day and that was fun.
Yeah, might have been a good idea to start on something smaller like Raik or Colorado Adventure first but I'm glad you enjoyed it in the end.
i was a scared enthutheust untill yesterday.
I was afraid of rollercoasters as I was scared of heights, but after my trip to Alton towers and went on a rollercoaster with some friends, after a bit I got comfortable with heights
disney coasters are the perfect starter in my opinion because they're not as patronizingly babyish as others but they also aren't meant to be super thrilling as they focus more on scenery and theming to go along with the ride experience. Many of them are built around artificial terrain too, so you won't notice the heights as you climb each lift hill. Riding non-coaster attractions may also be helpful for acclimating and desentizing yourself with the motions a coaster may produce.
Really good video. 53, never been on one, and likely never will. Theme parks aren't a big thing where I live so I've not had to spend years dodging them. I think I have next-level trust and control issues. I never seem to get that euphoria from the adrenaline. Once a scary experience is over I just get a feeling of relief that I'm actually still alive.
I am not afraid of rollercoasters, I am afraid of drops cuz they hurt. so. damn. much. It feels like someone is standing on my stomach, instead of screaming of enjoyment, I scream of pure pain.
I did find out that working on your stomach muscles lessens the pain, as well as riding smaller rides first to get 'used' to the pain!
When I first road the twister at kanobles PA I was really scared and a few years later I watched a pov on the ride and after that it wasn't scary to me thanks for the tip.
Any tips on fear of heights? That’s my big thing, the lift hill is always the scariest part for me. I’ve actually done some crazier coasters here lately (Lightning Rod and Mystery Mine at Dollywood to be exact), but the height fear was only lessened because I had taken some anxiety medication beforehand. Perhaps I should just always bring anxiety medicine with me, but I’d like to get over the height anxiety without resorting to medication everytime lol
Both of the coasters you mention are terrain coasters - they hug closer to the ground than most. Seeking out more like this are a good stepping stone, since they generally don't go very high, including on the lift hill. Also consider launch coasters, since these do not have a long, slow lift hill to give you time to think about the height you're reaching.
If you're thinking of trying the flooding method, consider drop towers, since these tend to reach the greatest heights, whilst also being over very quickly.
I always keep my eyes closed on the way up on a coaster. Seeing how high up I am tends to freak me out. You might also find that riding launched coasters is easier, since they launch you over the first drop so quickly, it’s almost like you don’t even have enough time to be scared of how high you are.
Just do it a bunch you won’t care anymore after like the 30th time
@@inlinechris I have now ridden Wild Eagle more than once now! Safe to say my fears are gone now : )
I know this is several months late but thought I’d put my two cents since I’m still struggling with height myself, in fact it’s the only hurdle I have left before I can officially conquer my coaster fears.
What helps me the most is firstly do not look to your left or right as you climb up the hill to see how high up you are. Secondly try to sit anywhere but the front so that you can focus on the seat in front of you, being in the front will inevitably force you to look down during the first drop. Lastly launch coasters are your best friend as they take you up so fast you won’t have time to register the height before your already plummeting down the drops.
I'm early! perfect timing tho! I'm going to Busch Gardens Tampa this June for my birthday😬 I kind of got over my fear of heights/rollercoaster a couple of years ago. But every time I go to a new park, my fears kinda come back, because now I gotta ride all new coasters I've never rode before.
you'll do great I know it
im going to taiga at linnanmäki next week. this video helps me a lot. thank you! you just earned another subscriber
For me I had a traumatic carnival experience as a kid nearly falling out, so my fear was always around falling out/ride malfunction. Getting the right group was important, but the key was just finding the right ride. For me that was Rock n Rollercoaster at Disney World. Disney felt the furthest from a low budget carnival, and it being indoors meant I couldn't overthink things in queue. It may sound counterintuitive, but going upside down actually made things easier, because you get an overhead restraint which feels more protected. Took awhile for me to ride anything with a lap bar restraint. I've since gone on some of the tallest and fastest out there (but I still won't touch a carnival)! Oh and don't start with wooden, even if they look less intense - they aren't.
how i got rid of my fear (mostly):
1. ride with a friend or a family member, it helps ease off the nerves and lets you experience the ride with them
2. try and build up the rides during the day. i usually find myself not remembering the feeling of liking rollercoasters and the adrenaline until i ride an intense ride
3. just do it. instead of thinking about how it’ll feel, or how scary it is, just jump on and ride it. it lets you go on many more rides and have more fun.
Great video to help people get into coasters. I personally used to be terrified of any sort of thrill ride and didn’t know of any method to help me get on them either. Turns out I used the “flooding” approach one day while not even realizing it. At my local county fair, there was an assortment of rides of all thrill levels and I was horrified of the upper half. One time though, the scariest ride to me was right next to one of my favorites for my level of thrills at the time and had no wait at all. I got off the previous ride and noticed the minimal wait and just hoped in line because I already had my adrenaline pumping and felt like I could do it. I ended up absolutely adoring the intense ride and I eventually branched off to learn about the amusement industry to where I am today. Now I’m a full blown enthusiast pretty much.
The only thing about roller coasters which scare me so much are the queue line times, I once waited for 2 hours for a 3 minute coaster
For me, it was just the idea of a rollercoaster. It was being suspended hundreds of feet in the air, going upside-down and doing crazy manoeuvres multiple times for minutes straight. The first 'big' rollercoaster I did was Millennium at Fantasy Island, ingoldmells, England. Not to get confused with Millennium Force at Cedar Point in Ohio. This ride has 3 inversions, 2 vertical loops and 1 sidewinder. It's a very good Vekoma as being very smooth and not to tall although it is the 8th fastest in England, that doesn't really mean to much as there are not as many coasters in England anyways. The model is a Vekoma MK1200 that got discontinued shortly after it debuted in 1999. 1 thing that stopped me doing it was putting aside for half an hour and going to a different section of the park instead of just saying "I will do it," or, "I won't do that 100%" In my opinion just do it. Although easier said than done, it won't be that bad at all. If you read this far then you're very cool. Thanks.
For me, I decided to overcome my fears the year my dad passed away. he always wanted me to ride with him, but I was always too scared. I took a random trip to Dollywood with a friend and he convinced me to try the wild eagle, and with my dad in mind, I gave it a go. I haven’t turned back since. I’m a coaster junkie.
The wild eagle is such a good coaster for people who are nervous about them. Smooth with very restraining restraints. I also got a friend of mine to ride it over and over with me and he doesn't usually like coasters
thank you so much for this video. i went to busch gardens tampa and rode Scorpion 4 times in a row, and by the 5th ride, i was truly able to enjoy it. im hoping to start a long journey of enjoying roller coasters, right now im just looking for my second coaster to try.
Idk why I was afraid of roller coasters, just was as a kid, they were big. Rode the ghoster coaster at canada's wonderland and it wasn't that bad. After a few years I think me just watching roller coaster povs and riding increasingly intense rides helped. Even to this day I get a little intimidated sometimes. Like you said they are meant to be scary.
To be honest, I really miss the uneasy sensations, especially during airtimes and drops. I've ridden so many roller coasters to the point that I couldn't feel those sensations anymore.
One thing I've learned from my experience is to not be tense and fight the G-forces, but instead, to just relax and go with the flow. I strongly agree with you, COASTER BOT, that looking at the track makes it really helpful to expect the roller coaster's next move and enjoy them. That's what I exactly did. If I could compare, it's kind of like riding a bike: you lean to where you want to steer.
I always love your content! Lots of love! ❤
So i went on a coaster thats in the dark and goes 64 km/h and 3,5G and no drops or loops but im going to a park soon but that ride goes 95 km/h 4,5G and goes backwards forwards and up and loopings anyone know if it will be fun or not the fast one is GoldRush at Slagharen, slower one is Vogelrok at Efteling.
I beat my fear of roller coasters (or rather, discovered that I actually had no fear) by accidentally joining a trip to Fuji-Q.
I never had anyone to go with on coasters when I was a child - my father is mortally afraid of heights, my mother is mortally afraid of high speeds. I always thought I was afraid of coasters as well throughout my infancy and teenage years, which was supported by the fact that I also have a fear of (unguarded) heights (I cannot stand close to a skyscraper's open balcony or ride a balloon, but I can step on a glass pane installed in a skyscraper).
Well, some friends of mine invited me to Fuji-Q, to which I accepted without knowing more about the park. I invited another friend, who told me that Fuji-Q has some world-class rides and that this was the entire appeal of the park. Uh-oh.
Long story short, since I had already agreed to the hangout, I was not going to go back on my word. As preparation, I went to another park that is closer to where I live (Yomiuriland) and rode every single ride that I felt would challenge me. I discovered then that I was not afraid of roller coasters at all and that my fear was exclusively in my mind, which allowed me to go to Fuji-Q and enjoy the rides there without an issue.
For those who might feel afraid to take your first ride or face your first inversion, you might be exactly the same. The mind is a powerful thing, and it's surprising how anticipation might be, on its own, more anxiety-inducing than the ride itself.
I had a massive fear of coasters due to my fear of heights. I started watching more videos about roller coaster enthusiasts. Some of them ranging from veteran thrill riders to people more like me. It made me more confident. It's definitely a mental struggle for me since I tend to psych myself out during queue, but once I'm on it, I feel so much better knowing I'm safe. It's insane how safe coasters are and I'm grateful we can experience different types of thrill coasters. My first 'bigger' coaster was Hagrid at Universal Orlando and I am in love. I am going to try something just as fast next.
About 10 years ago I rode all roallercoasters at europa park as a newbie and I remember I nearly died of fear before the first drops. After a long break since then I now started to get used to rollercoasters again by regularly riding a smaller family coaster in my area. I feel like it‘s helping me to deal with other anxieties better in my life. I have no problem with loopings, launches or other intense forces, but my body still thinks it‘s going to die at every lifthill, because of a feeling of uncertainty and not having control over the situation at a „dangerous“ height. What I learned so far though is that it helps A LOT to not stare at the first drop, but took at the track ahead what‘s coming after. That reduces the fear of the unknown a lot. I hope I‘ll toughen up a bit more after riding a couple more times, because I love the feeling of having overcome something afterwards.
I would recommend starting with small and mild roller coasters, such as Intimidator 305, SkyRush, Kraken and Afterburner... 😄
I’m going to Hershey park for my birthday, And I have always wanted to get over my fear of roller coasters Since I went to my first amusement park. I have a mixture of Feeling like I’m gonna fall out, AND Height. My friends want me to get over my fear and enjoy myself.. Thank you for this video It gives me way more confidence
this video is fantastic! i had been scared of rollercoasters and heights for as long as i can remember. last summer, the summer of 2022, at the age of 28, i finally convinced myself to go to my local park, Kentucky Kingdom, and give them a real try. It took me a little while to actually get into line and, many deep breaths later, took on every coaster the park has. Shortly after that, we decided to go to my childhood park, the one my parents always took us to, Holiday World. I remember being terrified of looking up at the lift hill of the Voyage and, subsequently, never giving a single coaster at that park a chance. As of this summer, i have a season pass to Holiday World, have ridden every coaster in that park at least 5 times, and have plans to go to Kings Island this week to take on the next big steps in my coaster fear journey. Extremely excited and equally nervous to get on a coaster that tops 200 ft tall, and directly after one that hits 300 ft tall. All that being said, if i could make it happen and end up with this level of love for rollercoasters, so can you!
I can remember my first visit to Blackpool, I only rode Nickolodeon streak, then my next time, I ride it an Avalanche. My first visit to Alton Towers came in 2021, and Wickerman really helped me with my fear. Then, on my next visit I rode everything but Smiler, because it was closed.
I have another way of getting over fear that wasn't mentioned - and that's having a ride close forever and you never got to ride it because you were too scared when you stood in front of it. It happened to me with Slammer at Thorpe, and when that ride didn't reopen it caused me to snap out of my fear of flat rides forever, and now I strive to do at least everything at least once.
I realise this is just a rephrasing of 'FOMO' (fear of missing out) which admittedly plays a big role in my theme park adventures but I hope some can agree that it's another way of getting over fear.
I got over my fear because I literally just got tired of being scared of them.
I've have a fear of intensity of the rollercoaster and previously had a bad experience where I was pushed on to Matterhorn bobsleds at Disneyland and made afraid of all rollercoasters until I was like 13. So I have gone to Six Flags Magic Mountain but only got myself to go on Apocalypse and Colossus (just before it was torn down) and I tried to go on other rides but I was too freaked out to go on any other coasters.
Apocalypse is probably more intense than a lot of other coasters. Going upside down isn't so bad.
When I first started riding roller coasters I always used to avoid any inverted coasters or coasters with loops because I was afraid they would be too intense. I used to ride only wooden coaster or hyper coasters with huge drops. I have always enjoyed these types of coasters. It wasn’t until I went on a roller coaster with my wife that I finally was able to ride a looping coaster with many inversions and corkscrews. This has helped me get over this fear and now I have no fear of roller coasters anymore. In fact, inversions and loops are my favorite part of roller coasters because you feel weightless for one second. What also helped me get over my fear is that they’re designed to make you feel this way. Every roller coaster is different depending on where you go. Overall, going with someone close to you and accepting that roller coasters are designed to do this has helped me become fearless.
I love roller coasters now but i have to thank my dad for that lol, when i was 9 or 10 years old i was terrified of rollercoasters and we went to a theme park and we went in a smaller one first and he told me this is the worst one so with full confidence i went into the bigger one not nowing it was the most intense one and it went up and i looked at my dad and told him this one is alot higher as it went up to 68 meters but i ended up really enjoying the ride and since than i have loved every part of the roller coasters i ride today
I like showing these to my friends who are a little younger and weigh a little more than me to try and convince them to slowly get over their fears. Heck, I even use these to help the little bit of it I have myself.
But these are nice. Definitely showing more of these to my friends so that one summer we can all go to either Six Flags or Cedar Point or maybe even both!
Could you make a video on how to deal with nausia at amusement parks? I half got over my fear a couple years ago when I road steeple chase at coney island and surprisingly to me I loved it, but then the next time I went I got sick on a flat ride and didn't ride anything else that day. Maybe next time I'll find a way to not get sick and ride something bigger like the Cyclone! It would be interesting to know if anti-sickens pills work, what kind of rides to avoid, and if you get less likely to get sick the more rides you try.
Motion sickness, usually when your force sensory inside your head doesn't match the visual from your eyes. That confusion will overload your brain, make the nausea.
For some ride, it is inevitable eventually. But, you can reduce it by simply moving your head, reacting to force the ride induce. Or in other words, exaggerating your head movement, don't hold it.
You can also take motion sickness pills like Dramamine. Won’t completely fix it but it’ll delay it or at least mellow it for awhile.
Would love a video about that as well! For now ginger is my new best friend.
I may be scared of roller coasters a little bit in line. But when I went on it, I try closing my eyes a little bit and think of good things only. Then after I ride it, I have a really fun time! Thanks for making this great video!
What a great and helpful video. I overcame my fear of hights/coasters by riding and learning about them. This video I would have loved to have seen all the years i was scared shtlss :) thanks a ton sir!
I had to overcome my fear of coasters the hard way. A day at CP in 2018. After my first ride on Gatekeeper I knew that I wanted to travel around and get on as many coasters as possible.
I also find it helpful to ride with someone who isn’t afraid of coasters at all. For example when I took a friend from work to KI he was terrified. I rode with him encouraged him and in general remained calm and that seemed to help. Later that day I was able to get him to ride Orion with his eyes open the entire time
I overcame my fear at what I think is the best resort to do it at, Disneyland. I started with a couple small ones like BTMRR and the Matterhorn but then I said f it and hopped on the incredicoaster USING LIGHTNING LANE. No time to overthink, I had all the time to enjoy. I loved it. I know it’s not massive but it’s a great intermediate coaster. The one more intense thrill ride isn’t a coaster but GOTGMB is always fun. Then in NYC I did m first real INTENSE coaster, Cyclone. Heaps of airtime and laterals and well, now im an enthusiast and crave the adrenaline you get from coasters.
I started by going on some family coasters to get used to it then it takes a few trips to get the adrenalin to go on but if you still can’t, go on with a friend/family member whose already experienced it, then you would have the confidence to go on it
I was very afraid of coasters, I had only ridden kid coasters and my home park’s minetrain coaster. I eventually went with friends which helped ease me because i wasnt the only nervous one. I rode every roller coaster at the park and I was overjoyed after every one.
I did flooding, went from Gemini at cedar point to pantheon at bgw. Watching lots of videos about coasters helped too
I used to have a fear of rollercoasters, I went on a ride when I was very young at the time and the ride caused me to be scared of almost every rollercoaster. One day at canadas wonderland I was peer pressured onto the leviathan and ever since I've been a rollercoaster lover and wish I had gotten over the fear earlier so I could have enjoyed the ride for a lot longer.
Thanks going Alton towers and me and my friends are all going on the biggest rides helped my mental state quite a bit.
This was me for Mako when i hadn’t ridden even smaller rides. Now I’ve done Hagrids Motorbike, Mummy, Cosmic Rewind and i LOVE those! The family is now encouraging me to do Hulk, i am anxious somewhat after my awful experience on Mako that traumatized me. But the fact you don’t really feel like your falling out on loops is comforting. Thanks for this!
I'm trying to work up the courage to go on Velocicoaster, even though I've never been on a big coaster..just Mummy, Motorbike, Gringotts, and Big thunder mountain at Disney.
I’m actually watching this video to work up the courage to ride Hagrid’s Motorbike specifically lol I want to ride it so bad but I’m so scared lol. I thought about doing the tiny Hippogriff ride first to work up the courage. This will be my first time at Universal so I’m essentially going in blind lol
I was afraid my whole life, but a few years ago I rode velocicoaster at universal and it didn’t have a lift hill, the worst part imo, and loved it and ended up riding all the coasters there and now I still get anxious before but once I’m on I now know it’s gonna be okay and I remind myself how much fun it will be
One thing that really helped me was going with a friend. Not just because o had someone there to distract me, especially in line, but also because he worked as a kind of "safety measure" to prevent me from backing out of even getting on the ride. It doesnt even have to be someone you're super close with, it can just be like a neoghbor or something. Just someone to help you through
Fantastic video.
Im a new enthusiast. Been terrified for yrs but from watching various youtubers ive caught the bug but im still scared that 1st time for a new ride and i still have 1 fear ive not over come and thats height. Yet to do a coaster with a lift hill over 200ft.
Hopefully will acheive this with the big one in 3 weeks.
For me simulating a roller coaster on my oculous quest helped me get rid of my fear, I know your not actually on a roller coaster in vr but it helped me go to cedar point and go on the coasters.
That's a great idea!
Thanks this helped I’m going to go on nick streak and blue flyer at pleasure beach then when I’m ready I’ll try the bigger coasters
i forced myself onto Speed: No Limits at oakwood when i was about 10, and loved the experience, and then went to Thorpe a couple months later and forced myself onto Stealth, which i also loved. As i grew more comfortable with coasters, i became an enthusiast
I used to be terrified of coasters but now love them, and the method of starting small worked amazingly. I think a wild mouse is a good "starter" coaster because its design makes it look very tame, but it's still fun. I might be biased though, because a wild mouse at legoland got me over my fear.
Oblivion was the coaster that scared me. Went on Friday to AT and got to Oblivion just as it was re-opening so we walked the queue line and straight on to the train I didn’t even have time to think about it and no trains on the track already made it easier too. Definitely would recommend this way if possible.
When I was young my family took me to a park to celebrate my birthday. I was happy but I was able only to ride small rides. When my father asked me to go on a coaster I said no because I was so afraid (namely of the unknown).
Some months later my parents gifted me Roller Coaster Tycoon 2, and by playing this fantastic game, I was able to understand how coasters worked, and I became really interested in them. When I came back to the park, I was so eager to ride coasters and had a great time!
Im a spanish 20 years old guy and yesterday i went to the warner bros park with my gf. Ive gone there before as a child and i never got into any rollercoaster because of the fear. This video helped me a lot and encouraged me to do it and man it was worth it, i am in love with the superman coaster now and cant wait to go again. Thank you very much
when i was very young i didn't like big rides, mainly because i hadn't been on them and didn't know how they would feel, i thought i'd be more scared than i was. when i finally got the bottle to get on some of the bigger ones i found out i actually loved them and since i started i've not been able to stop 20 years later even, to the point of being an enthusiast as well.
my advice would just be to go for it, you never know....you might love it!
I can't get over thr SLC's being shown when talking about uncomfortable rides. That's hilarious!
It had to be done
My first coaster was The Voyage at Holiday World. My parents made me ride it the year it was built. Needless to say, it terrified me for 2 years. One day i decided to ride it by myself and when i was just about to go down the first drop, i just opened my eyes and threw my hands up. I then got an experience that i deeply enjoyed and to this day i have rode The Voyage 381 times. I strongly suggest to those who are afraid to try the flooding aproach. it can be a truly fun experience! Also dont ride if you feel like youre being forced to, that can lead to major fear and hatred of coasters. Happy riding Yall.
Very relevant in Roller Baz and Coaster Dad World at the moment so thank you!
When I was 9 years old my parents forced me on Rock 'n Rollercoaster in DLP. Their philosophy was: "They either get over their fear, or never ride a coaster again". Lucky for me it was the first one.
This attitude must be stamped out. It could have gone very badly if you had sensory overload from the forces. If my parents had done that to me, I expect I would have resented them for months if not years. It must ALWAYS be the final decision of the rider to board.
@@bwhugul the thing is: I wanted to ride it so bad but I was just super scared.
When I first went to an amusement park when I was like 11, I was terrified of basically all rollercoasters (but somehow not so much of free fall atracctions). Every time I went in one, I ended up screaming out of fear and closing my eyes. I even once ended up fainting for a sec. Now I enjoy them sooo much. I think I overcame my fear thanks to water park rides. In my area, there were not many land amusement parks, so I ended up going to the water one several years in a row, every time hyping myself to ride the new and scarier atractions
Wow, I live in the Netherlands and for some reason I am so proud that so many clips of Dutch coasters from the park Walibi Holland have made it into this video
The coasters being, Goliath, Speed of Sound, Lost gravity
I used to love roller coasters as a child and was ready to ride the Fury 325 when it first came out. But then I developed a generalized anxiety and fear of falling and I hate deep drops in coasters. I'm not afraid that I will fall out, but I just don't like the physical feeling of falling in general. My heart also feels like it's going to stop when I'm on high-speed rides. So I think I missed my chance to ride the Fury 325, but I have tried almost every coaster at Six Flags New England so I'm not letting this fear stop me. Maybe one day I will work my way up to the Fury 325.
The point where having someone who enjoys rollercoasters can make you feel more confident in riding them is so true to my experience. I wouldn't go near rollercoasters before, even the small ones! Then my sister came along and just started riding everything - a little later and now I've found myself wanting to ride more and more!
I showed this informative amazing video to mu yunger brother...
Hest still the same after the video but he now knows that rollercoasters are fun and safe and that he now wants to beat his own fear of roller coasters!
Thanks for the heartwarming helpfull video Harry!
That's so awesome to hear! Best of luck to him conquering his fear.
Thanks for the kind words 😊
I really liked this video because it used a lot of psychology (It's one of my favourite subjects) and did actually explain the reasons behind these fears. For me, its not being in control (the restraints make this worse, as I once I feel trapped I become extremely nervous), and safety (I always have horrible thoughts about bad things happening on rides, and that if I go on one I'll get "unlucky").
Problem is, I WANT to enjoy rollercoasters, but these fears have prevented me for years- I get to the station after being in the queue and bail out last minute. I've even ridden Stealth at Thorpe Park, and my first experience on it wasn't great (probably one of the most extreme rides there, but it's fun). For some reason, rollercoasters scare me less overall than stationary rides (e.g. I find Rush at Thorpe Park more terrifying than Colossus) - so I do have my limits!
Nevertheless, thank you for this. Along with this video and recently having gone to a funfair (having more experience of restraints) I can hopefully finally go to theme parks with my friends and be more than just a bag holder!
i was deathly scared of roller coasters. my first one was the X2 at six flags near me. it was absolutely insane and i was dying inside the entire ride but i did it! cant wait to try out more scarier rides soon
I’ve been scared of extreme rides for a while because one I was on a ride and they put me in a broken seat and it was shaking so bad that I almost fell out. But this helped a lot, thank you.
Did you end up conquering your fear? If not, reply back. I want to help as many people as possible with their fear of roller coasters