Ingested Banjo
Mega Poster
Well then I envy you and your sister. With me being the only one in the family who likes coasters, I find it very frustrating that we don't go on more theme park outings together. I have tried to get my brother onto rides and the scariest ride I've gotten him on is the enterprise at alton towers, which is why I think that it is the perfect ride for encouraging the more reluctant children to have a go.
Ok maybe I was aiming a bit lower on the age scale, admittedly I recall that my brother was only finally swayed into going on because a load of other little kids about 8 years old went on before him and seemed perfectly fine. How about having a small airtime coaster in the oriental area of the park? Let it twist through the flume ride and around the ferris wheel. That bit of the park needs a more thrilling ride.
Also, I wasn't being entirely serious about my brother being 'perfect market research'. I just meant that I could name at least one person who had the potetial to be a thrillseeker, but because the larger rides are themed more scarily, has never had the courage to step onto any of the more fun rides. I may not be conducting vast interviews over a cross section of the audience, but I know how my brother behaves, and I can take examples from him to generalise across the target market, and be sure of at least a slight degree of accuracy.
One other example. He went on X:\NWO, and found it not only slightly scary, because his mother was screaming all the way around... but not very fun. This combintation was lethal because it meant that he told himself 'Roller coasters are scary and rollercoasters are not fun' which meant that not only did he have a reson not to go on them, he had no incentive to want to ride in the first place.
Let me know if you have any better ideas of how to encourage a child onto a rollercoaster in this situation, where all else has failed.
Ok maybe I was aiming a bit lower on the age scale, admittedly I recall that my brother was only finally swayed into going on because a load of other little kids about 8 years old went on before him and seemed perfectly fine. How about having a small airtime coaster in the oriental area of the park? Let it twist through the flume ride and around the ferris wheel. That bit of the park needs a more thrilling ride.
Also, I wasn't being entirely serious about my brother being 'perfect market research'. I just meant that I could name at least one person who had the potetial to be a thrillseeker, but because the larger rides are themed more scarily, has never had the courage to step onto any of the more fun rides. I may not be conducting vast interviews over a cross section of the audience, but I know how my brother behaves, and I can take examples from him to generalise across the target market, and be sure of at least a slight degree of accuracy.
One other example. He went on X:\NWO, and found it not only slightly scary, because his mother was screaming all the way around... but not very fun. This combintation was lethal because it meant that he told himself 'Roller coasters are scary and rollercoasters are not fun' which meant that not only did he have a reson not to go on them, he had no incentive to want to ride in the first place.
Let me know if you have any better ideas of how to encourage a child onto a rollercoaster in this situation, where all else has failed.
