#lapbars

[psyke-underground]

A close up of Psykés trains.

Such a nice train design, but I do like the rainbow colours of the original Schwarzkopf ones.

[deacf-coffee-is-a-sin]

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[parrythisucasual]

What About Me? Ch. 6

WAHHHH TOOK WAY TOO LONG SORRYSORRYSORRY!!!!

The train cars began clicking forwards, the hydraulics pulling the hunk of metal up the first, the biggest, hill. You felt the familiar surge of anxiety, quickly gripping onto the lapbar. Just at the top of the hill, you glanced at Jax’s face. The typical grin stared back at you.

Then, the cart dropped. Metal roaring and wind rushing past your ears assaulted your senses, the anxiety quickly snapping into exhileration. You squeal in excitement, throwing your hands up. Briefly, you wondered why Jax wasn’t doing the same. On the next hill down, you had a rather sudden urge. Without thinking, you grabbed one of Jax’s hands, the one closest to you, nd lifted it into the air with your own.

You noticed his glance at you out of the corner of your eye, his face unreadable, but not bad. His fingers twitched, clasping your hand tighter than before. You cheered and screamed as the coaster whipped you around, and halfway through the ride Jax joined in the whooping and hollering. 

All too soon, the ride was over. You were giggling, wiggling in your seat as the train pulled back into the launch pad. You glanced at Ja, who was still looking at you, “That was awesome! We should go again!”

“Sure thing, puddin’, re you gonna hold my hand the whole time?” He raised a brow, his grin cocky. You realized you’d never let his hand go, “Oh, geez, sorry!” You let your grip go slack, but his fingers remained intertwined with yours. Confused, you wiggle them a bit, but he still doesn’t let go.

“You don’t gotta let go, you know, it’s chill. We’re about to go again anyways,” he nodded to something behind you. You turn your head, noticing one of the wooden mannequin like beings standing where the rollarcoaster operator did at theme parks. You’d seen others manning the game or food stands, but you hadn’t thought to look for one here. How did you not notice it before?

The wooden doll, which looked exactly like a posing doll for drawing, stared(?) at you, then gave a small wave before the coaster began its ascension up the hill once again. You finally tightened your grip on Jax’s hand again, facing him once more, “I would have expected you’d get upset I grabbed you!” 

“Nah, I just wasn’t expecting it-” The coaster dropped, and you screamed in delight. This time, Jax was the one who raised your clasped hands. You copied, lifting your free hand. He didn’t raise his, however, and remained gripping the lapbar. You wondered why, but didn’t question it just yet. You were too busy screaming! The ride was going!

The second time was just as fun as the first, maybe even better! Having Jax hoot and holler with you the whole time created an amazing experience, and you were glad you’d invited him over this morning.

Jax shouted something to you, but it was incomprehensible over the roaring of the coaster. “WHAT?” You shout back, and he repeats himself, but again, you can’t hear. You’re surprised he heard you, but maybe he just assumed what you said from your single time opening your mouth.

The train of coaster cars pulled back in to the stattion for a second time, then you smile sheepishly, “Sorry… still didn’t hear you…” Jax stands, helping you to your feet using the hand he still had held tight. “I said do you wanna go grab a snack or hit up the teacups?” He laughed, shaking his head slightly.

“Oh, yeah! Teacups should go first though. I don’t have the strongest stomach in the world,” you agree. Jax snorts at you, tugging you along as he descends the stairs that were labeled, “ENTER.” You would have told him he probably shouldn’t, but there wasn’t exactly a line. Besides, he seemed to enjoy being an agent of mild inconvenience. 

He dragged you towards the next ride, “Just don’t puke on me, I’ll make you regret it,” he warned. The threat didn’t bother you. He wasn’t as mean as he liked to pretend to be, you could tell. You didn’t think the others thought that way, though. Maybe Ragatha, but you doubted it.

You pointed to a specific teacup, “That one!” you grinned, “it’s my favorite color.” Jax rolled his eyes, “Leave it to you to pick a cup the baby way.” You stuck your tongue out, “You barely know me, you can’t say that!” you joke.

Still, the two of you slip into the cup. You glance at Jax, “You can let go of my hand now,” you muse, finding it funny he’d still held on. He quickly dropped it, “Right, right. Was seeing how long it took you to say somethin’.” Sure he was. Still, you don’t say anything about it.

This time, you look for the doll managing the ride. Your quickly find it, then give a thumbs up. It remains still for a moment, then slowly lifts a thumbs up. You might have confused it, but the ride starts, so you dismiss it.

Or maybe you can’t, because the next thing Jax says, “Why’d you do that? It’s just and NPC, it’s not alive. It would’ve started the ride anyway.” You shrug, gripping onto the steering wheel and making the cup spin lazily, “I don’t know. I guess I jist thought it deserved to be acknowledged?”

Jax didn’t respond, instead grabbing the wheel like you, meeting the same speed as you. Just making it easier to spin, you guessed. You sat in silence for a few seconds, then remembered how Jax hadn’t let go of the lap bar. You wondered if he was afraid of heights.

A grin slowly spread across your face. It wasn’t height related, but maybe you could mess with him. You gripped the wheel tighter than before and tugged as hard as you could. The teacup jolted, spinning faster and faster as you spun the wheel. Jax hadn’t gotten the memo, not that you told him, and slid backwards, his back smacking against the side of the cup.

“What are you doing-?” He gripped the seat below him to try to hang on, but was tossed onto his side with a loud thud, “SLOW DOWN!!” You laughed maniacally, refusing to slow even a tiny bit, “Nah! Payback time, Bunbun! This is for Gangle!” You whoop.

You kept it spinning until the end of the ride. Giggling, you watched Jax shakily stand up, hurrying off of the ride onto safe, not spinning ground. You follow after him, still grinning. You felt a tiny bit bad, but not enough to regret it, “Hey, sorry- teheheh- Are you okay?” you reach for him, grasping his hand for the second time today.

Jax glances at you, his grin a bit forced, “I’m fine, I’m-” he paused when your fingers interlocked with his once more. He glanced  at you, brows raised. You opened your mouth to apologize, but you heard voices up the path. Your head snapped up, and there stood Ragatha, with Gangle close behind, waving to you.

Her eyes locked on your hands, her smile widening. Jax quickly dropped your hand, standing back up to full height. He didn’t look at you, his attention now entirely fixated on Ragatha. Although, you could have sworn he looked anxious. You hoped you didn’t upset him…

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[cherrykitkat]

For the choose violence ask game, what about 25 (common fandom complaint that you're sick of hearing) for Thorpe Park?

Ohh where to start..

"Nemesis is better than Nemesis Inferno"

They're both kickass B&M inverts. Bet nobody would be talking shit if thorpe didn't neglect her lore. they could take so much advantage of the whole sister coaster thing. 1 piece of event dispatch audio calls her a mechanical monster

I also just don't like it when people pit similar rides against each other in general.

"BML is baaaad good riddance"

You never did it with a smaller group/on a dead day and it shows. I agree that it didn't have a ton of rerideability but it was a solid fuckin maze man, plus evil robot what more could you want

"CoLoSsUs nEeDs NeW tRaInS/LaPbArS"

I don't necessarily disagree(this is concussion the ride we're talking about) but I am sick of seeing this every time Colossus is brought up.

Sik is a cheap imitation at a, from what I've heard, not very good park. Shut up, suck it up and accept that no amount of nagging will make Thorpe replace Col's trains any quicker. Just go to fLaMiNgOLaNd if you're so desperate for lap bars.

I personally think vest restraints would majorly improve the experience, they comfy.

But yeah tl;dr on that one it's just irritating to see constantly, tho I get more mad when people compare Col to Sik. Sik is newer. Of course it's gonna be """"better"""". Doesn't change the fact flamingoland copied Thorpe's homework and changed the title.

"Hyperia's too short!!"

They probably spent all the budget on that fuckass lift hill /hj

Quit your whining until you've actually ridden the damn thing. Stealth is short as fuck and she's brilliant, isn't she? Length ≠ Quality.

[suffer-forever]

i saw Angelmaker, Vulvodynia, and a few other deathcore bands recently & there were nonstop pits, a couple walls of death, windmilling and kicking, crowdsurfing, stagediving, circle pits, the whole thing. no one got hurt, only a couple people even fell & were picked up less than a second later by their fellow moshers

a mosh pit is not based in disregard or carelessness for the people around you, it's based on mutual respect via different displays of bodily aggression that makes for a safe & thrilling experience. acting like they are just pure danger & people calling out modern crowds for acting unsafely/disrespectfully (to say nothing of throwing shit at the band when it's clear they do not fucking want that) are not in the wrong. show security should enforce people not acting like fucking dicks. reads like someone looking at a roller coaster and scoffing at a lapbar lol

[knotts-booby-farm]

Hi sorry I keep forgetting about this blog. Anyways I went to six flags magic mountain recently but it was grad night so they closed early. Ive now worked my way up and can go on coasters that have Lapbar restraints and inversions, and multiple inversions. The most notable coasters I went on were twisted colossus, Wonder Woman flight of courage, Viper, and Tatsu!

[bob-the-movie-man-film-reviews]

Twisters (12): A Blueprint for Universal's Next Theme-Park Attraction.

#onemannsmovies #filmreview of "Twisters". #Twistersmovie. Sadly, I was not blown away by this popcorn hit. 2.5/5.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Twisters” (2024). You’ve queued a little over 2 hours in the Florida sun for this. The announcer says “Welcome to Twisters. The lapbar will come down automatically. Please stand clear of the closing doors. Por favor, mantenganse allejado de las puertas”. We jerk forwards. “Ooh… look kids… here comes the tornado. BOOM… ARGHH!… the fire explosion – heat on your face…

[jet-bradley]

restraint checks are so funny because it actually is not that deep - the restraint should rest against the guest or be the tightest it can be without digging into someone, unless they specifically want it really tight - and yet somehow ride enthusiasts always fail to understand the difference between like. "hey the lapbar dug in way too deep and it's hurting me could you fix it?" and "please i want an extra six inches of airtime it is my right as a paying customer of your theme park to fall out of your roller coaster"

[littledots]

adam & scarlet : summer skin —

god, she really was the most gorgeous thing he had ever seen. adam tried to focus on what she was telling him, on her words and the tone of her voice, but he was caught up in scarlet. in the way she looked as they were lifted up above the city. the way the cool fall wind blew through her hair, set perfectly against the watercolor sky, blues and oranges come out just for their little date at the fall fair. the scent of candied apples, of fresh mini doughnuts and whatever meat that was smoking not too far off. it was like he had been plucked from the real world and placed into this perfect surreal painting, only it was the kind where he could touch and smell and hear everything that made up the experience. like a living memory was being captured all around him. hands against the cold metal lapbar that held them in their bucket, the slow creak as the ferris wheel turned, the sound of scarlet’s laughter mixing with the sounds of children running around, winning prizes, getting spooked in the corn maze. there wasn’t a single part of this that he didn’t love. and god, at the center of it all, was scarlet. he loved her. he knew that more than anything else, he fucking loved her and he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her. their romance had started so quickly, burned bright enough that he was worried that it might not make it past their summer skin, however it was well into the autumn months now, and he hadn’t lost interest in her in the slightest, if anything, he found himself falling deeper everyday. now it was a question of whether or not they could survive her upcoming tour. adam couldn’t see any other option though, he would wait until the end of the earth for her, as long as he knew she would come back to him. (@dozenrozez)

[max-cortez]

He'd never stopped caring about his family, nor had he ever stopped loving them. It wasn't as if they'd been the ones to drive him out of Texas, even if they hadn't been enough to make him stay either. His escapades had led him all over the world and at the times he could afford it, he never failed to pay tribute to those who'd given him a life in the first place. "Family is important. I respect that." Even if it was hard, even if there were a million other things she'd want to do, Nari was doing the right thing. He battled the questions with a raised brow and barely-there look of amusement, but was thankful for when the rowdy bunch was ushered toward a ride. "Well, if that means you get to have some fun today, I can take the heat. I'm sure there's nothing they'll ask that I can't answer." He shifted in the seat, mindful to bend his knees in a way that wouldn't block the lapbar from clicking into place. "Where are were you living before here?"

It was true, there were a lot of people that would never even consider stepping up in the way that Nari had. Hell, even Nari herself had been filled with doubts about it and had there been anyone else that could have done it, she wasn't sure she would ever have volunteered to be in that position. "I suppose that's true, which is quite unfortunate. It's a lot to take on, but I don't know. Family is worth it," she shrugged. Nari had always been close to her family and as much as she'd been reluctant to take it all on, her loyalty had won out in the end. As Max spoke, all the young kids started gathering close again, one tugging on his jacket eagerly. Questions came out in rapid fire from the kids, all of them listing random places off to see if Max had been there before. Rolling her eyes at all the questions, Nari ushered the kids forward so they could board the ride and give Max a moment of peace. "I don't think they're going to shut up asking you about all the places you've been now that you've said that," Nari joked as they got loaded themselves into the cart right after all the kids. "Not such a bad place to end up for awhile, though. Providence is...a good place. I thought I'd hate being back here, but it hasn't been all bad."

@max-cortez

[coasterquest]

All Aboard! [Train Wistle Noises] I honestly didn't know where the hybrid track was on this when I rode it but it was super smooth! (Apparently its near the end) #whitelightning #funspotorlando #funspot #florida #freedomflyer #mineblower #galaxyspin #airtime #rollercoaster #greatcoastersinternational #gci #chainlift #coaster #themepark #amusementpark #twisty #railroad #lapbars #hybrid #skycoaster #clearskies #nightrides #coasterenthusiasts #coasterquest #orlando #woodenrollercoaster #woodie #lifthill #doubleup #outandback (at Fun Spot America) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMck8aQBa-F/?igshid=13y2h6bqwomfj

[yourfavoritecoastersucks]

Wildcat at Frontier City...is a roller coaster...that’s made of wood...and it was Zach’s 420th coaster 😎 . . . #RollerCoasters #ThemeParks #SixFlags #FrontierCity #Wildcat #WoodenCoasters #RollerCoasterPodcast #YourFavoriteCoasterSucks #CoasterPodcast #UrFavCoasterSux #CoasterCast #YFCSpod #YFCS #Airtime #Lapbars #PTC (at Frontier City Theme Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-NMG_6B3eo/?igshid=lsgkbput7dws

[th3swarm]

is sik actually that good why is it everyones new number one whats going on

[millesbianforce]

Today, I was christened. Magnum finally bruised my thighs

[sorrynotsorryboutwhatshesaid]

i’m not crazy about the big splash mountain drop but i’m fine with the ride as a whole and i love the atmosphere/music/animatronics but i think you’d actually have to bribe me in some way to go on the disneyland version that, to my knowledge, has no lapbars

[butterballbuttnakey]

Ykw I think my biggest motivation to lose weight is so I can comfortably fit on rollercoasters