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You know, that "tickly butterflies in your stomach" feeling you get during big drops or quick launches. Ever wonder where it comes from? Here's what happens:
Anyway, what roller coaster has given you the greatest adrenaline rush ever? Typically it would come from your first huge coaster ride. If so, which coaster was it, and during which part (the first hill or launch usually)? And which roller coasters still give you adrenaline?
I've gotten my most intense rush down the first hill of Magnum XL-200 (my first coaster ever), then numerous other bouts over its successive run of bunny hops. Because it was my first roller coaster, the adrenaline actually made it to be an overly intense experience, but it wasn't long before I grew to LOVE the feeling! Second place goes to Goliath (SFMM)'s first hill.
Coasters that still induce this feeling:
- TTD's launch
- First hill on Millennium Force (back row)
- Being whipped over Maverick's first hill
- First hill on Apollo's Chariot (back row)
Hbu?
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BwMEVlabk8As you approach the intimidating first drop on a roller coaster, your instinctual brain is making a crude calculation: you are heading towards a catastrophic freefall - and there is no way out. It is the classic Darwinian Dilemma, curiosity vs. fear: we are drawn in by what scares us. The moment gravity takes over, the fight is on. The battleground lies at the root of your instinctual lower brain in the limbic system, where your crude survival responses prime you to run like hell, or fight to the death. Within a split second, the amygdala, your brain's primitive panic button, triggers a surge of adrenaline into the body: the rush, pumping blood and oxygen to your muscles.
Anyway, what roller coaster has given you the greatest adrenaline rush ever? Typically it would come from your first huge coaster ride. If so, which coaster was it, and during which part (the first hill or launch usually)? And which roller coasters still give you adrenaline?
I've gotten my most intense rush down the first hill of Magnum XL-200 (my first coaster ever), then numerous other bouts over its successive run of bunny hops. Because it was my first roller coaster, the adrenaline actually made it to be an overly intense experience, but it wasn't long before I grew to LOVE the feeling! Second place goes to Goliath (SFMM)'s first hill.
Coasters that still induce this feeling:
- TTD's launch
- First hill on Millennium Force (back row)
- Being whipped over Maverick's first hill
- First hill on Apollo's Chariot (back row)
Hbu?