"If any of you folks are wearin' hats or glasses, best remove 'em – 'cause this here is the wildest ride in the wilderness."
nice looks like they have the train going again now that Tron's done
this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2023
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This is quite an old picture but indeed, the train was back up and running when I was there in January 2023.
This ride scared the absolute crap out of as a kid.
I'm such a chicken. I'm in my 50's and I don't ride roller coasters. My wife and I were in MK in 2015 and in line for the Dwarfs Mine Train. I was getting nervous freaking out because it's a roller coaster.
Then I noticed the 5 year old in front of us in line. Not scared. Excited.
Figured, "fake it 'til you make it". Got on, rode it, enjoyed it.
Did it again in 2021. I still don't like roller coasters, except the ones I like.
I'm similar. I'll ride anything at Disney (except tower of terror and rockin'). I often have to remind myself of the little kids in line around me (though little kids also ride tower of terror and I definitely will not do that so there are limits to that reasoning!).
First time I rode Tower was a long time ago and I loved it. Then, after we had kids, I wanted them to ride it and like it, so I told them I'd pay them each $20 to ride, and then another $20 if they didn't like it.
What I didn't realize is they changed the ride and made it a bit more random since the last time I rode it. Also, when you ride with kids and a kid on each side of you wants to hold your hand, you can't hold on, so I ended up flying out of the seat without any control and that freaked me out.
When we got off, I owed two kids another $20 each. The other kid wanted the extra $20, but he wanted to ride it again, so he couldn't pretend he didn't like it.
I've since rode it several times, and I'm back to liking it... as long as I can hold on.
You'll do tower but you don't like roller coasters! I hate the drop feeling, which is my least favorite part of roller coasters. So, intense coasters and tower are both out for me. Though, I wish I could get over it and enjoy it.
What worked for me is just a bunch of mind over matter BS.
I keep telling myself I'll enjoy it, and reminding myself that the apparent danger isn't real.
I think I just start to believe it 😉
Besides, I drive to work in Philly every day. Compared to that, a roller coaster shouldn't be scary at all.