Do you work at a park and constantly hear guests calling rides by the wrong name? Post your thoughts here.

As for me, I have a few. I work at SFKK and constantly hear T2 as being named Batman. Also a lot of people refer to it (Chang) as The Chang. There is no "the"!!!! Also many confuse Twisted Twins with Thunder Run. And although it's not a name, many call Mile High Falls a log flume. It's a spill ride people! Shoot the Chutes actually. There are no logs on it; it's a boat. Sorry about the rant, but do you all have any similar happenings?

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I'm going to be in a movie one day about all the people who enjoy riding T2. The movie will be called The Fantastic Four.

I worked at Cedar Point this summer, and there were some WHOPPERS!! White Water Landing was often refered to as the log ride (it has canoes). Thunder Canyon (Intamin river rapids) was called White Water Canyon (Thanks PKI) Snake River Falls, was often Thunder River. The newest ride at Cedar Point is the Airmax. Coasters at Cedar Point, according to some guests, include the Rapture, Magnum Force (isn't that at a zoo?) the Ironcat (yeah, somebody actually said it) and my personal favorite, the Millennium Dragster Ride. I heard that one twice on the same day from two different people! You know, it's that one ride in the park that takes you up real high and drops you. Gee that narrows it down. Some people defy the laws of stupidity. lol

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I like the Zingo a lot.

Tons of people still call the coasters at Geauga Lake by their Six Flags names. My dad still does it and it annoys the crap out of me. I guess people aren't used to the transition yet, hopefully after a few seasons they'll finally get it.

Don't get much of that at Carowinds but i have heard a few.

People got TG & Vortex confused for some reason back in 1999. I have no clue why. I still hear people calling Fairly Odd Coaster Scooby but it just changed names this year.

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Oh my God! Rides are being called the wrong names, it's the end of the world. Especially when it's water rides no less. What are we going to do? I've been to SFGAm a few dozen times over the last few years and I still don't know some of the names of the water rides or other small flat rides. I don't care if it's Ice Mountain Splash, Aquafina adventure, Evian Endless River or Dasani Falls, it's just a water ride.

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^ Yes *let's all sing together*it's the end of the world as we know it....

The GP always get confused on names, my friends or coworkers come up to me and say did you see that new ride King Kong? or something silly like that (they meant Kingda Ka).

It's only enthusiasts that care about these things.

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I still called Fairly Odd Coaster Ghoster Coaster when I was at PC. What a stupid name, Fairly Odd coaster, Scooby Doo was teh awesomer. So were the Loony Tunes, come to think of it, but now that they aren't shown anymore, how does SF still market them?

I've had people ask me where Batman was when they were 100 feet from the entrance, which has a huge sign:

BATMAN:
THE RIDE

Also, people asked me if I could go over to Deja Vu and operate it on days when it was closed. I wish, but I'm too young to operate .

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Whenever I will go to Geauga Lake for my first visit I will not care what I call the coasters. Mostly likely I'll have a toss up with Dominator/Batman but I'll definitely call Steel Venom Superman.

The only ride I have a peeve about is my namesake. I'm ok with it being called CHILLER; it's also fine if it's called Batman & Robin: The CHILLER. I don't like each side being called "Batman: The CHILLER", etc. etc. I prefer "the Batman side of CHILLER." It's ok to just say Robin as well but I if I say Batman I could confuse people with the invert a few yards away.

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I work at Clementon Park...
our guests are always confusing the names of rides (there's only one coaster). Usually people get that right, although one person asked me where Tsunami was...
People constantly call Chaos, Chatoic for some reason, And one person swore to me a few weeks ago that they rode it (even though it's been closed since June). Inverter is constantly being called Inverted.

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This isn't the employee commons for nothing... employees with vent about stuff like that (trust me, having worked at 2 parks myself, I understand their pain). Let them vent.

I dare say you're wrong on that bit. I've worked with non-enthusiasts, and they've cared about these issues after working in a park for a while.

Both of you work the entrance of a coaster for a while and I will guarantee you that you will get irritated after a period of time (especially when you get brainless people pointing to Gemini and asking if it's Magnum... when they're at the Magnum entrance). I've also been in cases where people will tell me where the entrance for Millennium Force is and they point at Dragster's tower. Those are just two examples of countless stupidities.

Though, that's not counting my pet names for some rides (Magnum = Maggie (which is common among some other hosts at CP), Iron Dragon = Draggin' Iron, Raptor = Flying Chicken, and Wicked Twister = Twisted Wicker, because of the nightly welds).

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Everytime I ride a coaster, it valleys. I've never been on a stalled coaster or had one roll back (except Wicked Twister and what was Superman: Ultimate Escape, which does that by design).

^ That's true, but that person while not an enthusiast is still involved in the industry.

Coaster enthusiasts are like Trekies in a lot of ways. We know coaster bits of information that nobody but the "community" really cares about. Just like when Trekies get together and start spouting names and battes and ships I could care less. (Even though I do like Star Trek)

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at BGW,
"hey this is that park where alpenjeest is at"
alpen, pronounced normally, j as in juke box.

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I don't work at great Adventure but every time im in line for a roller coaster i hear people saying "do you want to go over to King Kobra next" Or "Kingda ba" Or "Kingdom come" and once i heard "So were doing mega speed dragster tiger next "

once I was entering the park and someonne said "Where is the Ultra Twister" i told it closed like 12 years ago

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Oh, and I forgot, people always call Mindbender the Joker or the Riddler, and they get (got I guess now) Gasp and Acro mixed up as well.

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Here are a few mix ups on CP rides (just for fun, I made them up to share with you all).
Disaster Streak, Cedar Creek XL-Thrill Cat, Top Millennium Express, Demon Force, Mean Iron Canyon, Max Transport, Jr. Wave Drop, Frog River Falls, Troika Hopper, Giant Demon, Antique 200, Wild Tower, Super Dragon, Blue Corkscrew Creek Landing, Sir Rub-a-Dubs Wild Scrambler, Matterlypso, Turnpike Spiral, Space Top, Tilt-a-Swinger, Magnum Dragster, Rip Twister, and last but not least, the all impressive
WOODSTOCK WICKED FUEL IRON RAPTOR TWISTER 200 FORCE POWER DROP TRANSPORT!!!

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I like the Zingo a lot.

Wow you must have a lot of time on your hands.

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I'm going to be in a movie one day about all the people who enjoy riding T2. The movie will be called The Fantastic Four.

I didn't see a "let's make up ride names" note in this thread...

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Everytime I ride a coaster, it valleys. I've never been on a stalled coaster or had one roll back (except Wicked Twister and what was Superman: Ultimate Escape, which does that by design).

I can understand being upset over major rides and coasters being mistaken but to me, so many water rides are generic. So I don't see a big deal about it, but that's just me. I get that type of stuff at my job too but that's people for ya. And besides, my post was more aimed at making a funny. I failed, I guess.

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Some of these misspells are pretty funny I like "Kingdom Come" and King Kong for Kingda Ka. One I hear accidentally on purpose is Son of a B**ch for Son of Beast at PKI. I would have to admit myself to saying a few goofs on Geauga's rides. I was behind the times on the change over stuff.

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Son Of B**ch would be the correct name, not a typo

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Yeah when I realized son of beast's abbreviation was SOB, I thought it was the most perfect abreviation ever for a coaster. lol

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Excuse me, where's the Rolling Stones?

"Turn left between the four tents and you'll see the wooden coaster straight ahead.

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How often is Xpress @ Walibi World called Superman... @ SFH even... while it does not even have Superman colors

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At Hersheypark people always call Tidal Force the Tidal Wave. They also call Storm Runner, Storm Chaser; Great Bear, Big Bear; Pony Parade, Pony Express. That's all that I know, I've worked in Midway America for 3 years so I usually dont get out of the group.

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I love how some people do a combination of ride names from Six Flags and Geauga Lake. Like the Dominator becomes: Batmanator, and Steel Venom becomes: Superman Venom.

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Or how about referring to certain rides as rides from other parks?

My favorite of all time....(at SFKK)

"Can you tell me where Son of Beast is?"

"Sure...two hours north east of here!"

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I've heard V2 @ SFGAm called Deja Vu. I've also heard SD called Orient Express. And then there's the classic "rolly coaster." But my biggest pet peeve is when people put "the" in front of any ride that doesn't have "the" in its name (eg: The Mamba, The Batman, The Boomerang, The Space Shot, etc.)

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How about when guests simply abbreviate names. I've heard the Penguin's Blizzard River simply called the Penguin ride; kind of funny actually.

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I'm going to be in a movie one day about all the people who enjoy riding T2. The movie will be called The Fantastic Four.

There is never a day at Magic Mountain where X isn't referred to as "The Xtreme" by guests. Nobody ever calls The Riddler's Revenge by its full name, they just say "Riddler" and the same is with Batman - The Ride (just Batman) and Superman - The Escape (just Superman). I've also heard "Colossal" (Colossus).

Although this is an isolated incident, this one lady oustide SFMM was looking at the list of rides were temporarily not operating for that day, and Superman - The Escape was in the list. She didn't connect both parts of the ride's name together as one and asked her spouse "...Superman's closed too. So is The Escape, is that new? I don't think I've been on that, too bad it's not open."

At Knott's, I hear Jaguar! pronounced "Jaguire" so many times.

when colossus is having technical diffcultys every other person will ask me is this the orange one.i say no thats GOLIATH this is the white one ohhhhhhhhhh.im like duhhh