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What is your most outrageous attempt at getting a Cred?

Darren B

Darren B

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I'm positive there have been similar topics in the past, but I'm sure some of us have gone the extra mile since then. And I'm interested to hear in particular about a certain member who went to great lengths to get a Jewish +1.

Mine isn't exactly a world beating story, but here it is;

Fantasy Island, Skegness (4 Creds).

I woke up on a day off, and for one reason or another I started to watch a HD POV of Jubilee Odyssey that Jerry had just posted on the CF YouTube account. I'd never ridden JO before and since becoming an enthusiast it was one coaster in the UK that I was desperate to experience.

In a mad moment I thought **** it, I'm going to do it today! So I called Fantasy Island to confirm JO was open (it was) and then filled up my car and headed off to Skegness. 4 hours and 190 miles later I was there, I picked up my wristband and headed straight to Jubilee Odyssey, I loved it! It was better than I expected and the first drop was amazing. After 45 minutes I'd picked up all the Creds, got in a couple of re-rides on JO (front and back) and then headed back to Banbury.

I can honestly say I had a really good day, the 8 hours of driving passed nicely listening to Radio 1 and smoking myself to death, the route was reasonably pleasant, and the anticipation of riding JO easily got me through the first leg of the journey. It's still a trip to this day that I remember fondly :)
 
3 hour drive to Southend to spend 3 hours in the evening at the park then 3 hour drive back.
 
£45 on a toll bridge to another country ;]

Other than that, blagging my way into 'kiddie' parks with various stories such as doing a drunken bet, being a 'relative' of the one child accompanying the group, actually pretending to be drunk, etc, etc.

But the one that stands out the most (most of you will have heard this story) happened on Clarence Pier. I figured out how many tokens I'd need for both creds (a Pinfari Zyklon thing and a kiddie mouse thing). Hit up the Pinfari first (less shame) and then went over to the kiddie cred. Queued amongst the children, waited my turn. The OGRE operating the thing then SHUT the gate in my face and told me the ride was for kids and that I should ride 'that one' (the Pinfari, didn't he understand I already HAD that creed <//3). Anyway, I checked out all the signage and there was nothing around stating this cred was for kids so I went back to the ticket booth and asked for the manager. He came out and was like 'do you want a refund?' to which I replied 'no, I want the cred'. He walked over with me and demanded to the BEAST of an operator to just let me ride <3

Most embarrassing 6 circuits of my life, but so worth it <3
 
The only attempt that comes to mind was on Vagones Locos at PdA Madrid.

There was a grey cloud in the sky so most of the rides were closed apart from the kiddie creds. Knowing full well that you need a child to ride it, I queued up anyway and then acted confused and surprised when the ride op wasn't allowing me on. I wasn't going to get out the way, so some Spanish lady with 3 kids lent me one of hers. :lol:

Despite it being open, the other kiddie cred was pretty much abandoned, so I didn't even attempt to try.
 
Nothing really outrageous from me. I'd say when I drove over to Lake Compounce just for Boulder Dash, but hey, it's Boulder Dash so does that really count? ;)
 
I've never travelled for miles and miles for one cred. I once managed to convince my mates whilst drunk on the Isle of Wight to ride the cred in Sandown, but that's hardly outrageous.

I have two "desperate" attempts from earlier this year though.

At SF Over Texas, I hung around the entrance of the kiddie cred like Jimmy Savile hoping to do something similar to what Mike described above. Realising that there were no odd-numbered groups of kids entering the queue, I decided to walk up the exit and used an over exaggerated British accent and asked the ride op if I could wait there and hop on when a spare seat became available. After a while a seat became available and the said I had to ask the parent before sitting next to the child. I cringed when I asked. What made it worse is that as I got on the ride, Jerry arrived and started to take photos.

In Sweden, I queued for the kiddie coaster at Grona Lund surrounded by little blonde kids half the size of me. Nobody batted an eyelid but I felt conscious. When I sat on the ride (back row), a little girl sat next to me and kept talking in Swedish to me. I just smiled and nodded. What made it worse is that as I got on the ride, Jerry arrived and started to take photos.
 
I almost had an embarassing moment on the mine train heap at flamingoland - couldn't get out of those low legroom seats, and had visions of the emergency services being called to free me! Luckily I managed to push myself free!
 
After about four visits and failed attempts to get on Saw (it was always broken), I decided to pop in on my way past while travelling down that way for work.

So I was completely suited and booted and headed for the queue. Bloody ride was broken again, with over an hour queue because of it (the rest of the park was dead).

So I went to guest services and asked (very politely) if I could have an exit pass for Saw when it re-opened. I explained I'd come for the enthusiast day, then the opening day, then another two days and I still hadn't been on the ride and a 280 mile round trip each time was getting depressing.

So she wrote me a lovely note to hand in at the exit. The guy there called guest services and had a laugh with the girl as he checked it out. They let me on in a spare seat and it was a great ride (I have the ORP somewhere). I've never been on it again since though :lol:

Of course, actually starting a family just for the creds, that's probably the biggest effort to go through ;)
 
Youngster Joey said:
Darren B said:
get a Jewish +1.
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First off that's rather offensive.
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Not really, he's referring to the story of somebody getting into the Jewish quarter of a town to get a cred. Know what you're talking about before you jump straight to getting offended.
 
nadroJ said:
But the one that stands out the most (most of you will have heard this story) happened on Clarence Pier. I figured out how many tokens I'd need for both creds (a Pinfari Zyklon thing and a kiddie mouse thing). Hit up the Pinfari first (less shame) and then went over to the kiddie cred. Queued amongst the children, waited my turn. The OGRE operating the thing then SHUT the gate in my face and told me the ride was for kids and that I should ride 'that one' (the Pinfari, didn't he understand I already HAD that creed <//3). Anyway, I checked out all the signage and there was nothing around stating this cred was for kids so I went back to the ticket booth and asked for the manager. He came out and was like 'do you want a refund?' to which I replied 'no, I want the cred'. He walked over with me and demanded to the BEAST of an operator to just let me ride <3

Most embarrassing 6 circuits of my life, but so worth it <3
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Haha! Almost the exact same thing happened to me when I went there! Only I eventually managed to convince the ogre to let me on after much argument. Such a rude, horrible guy he was!
 
nadroJ said:
Youngster Joey said:
Darren B said:
get a Jewish +1.
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First off that's rather offensive.
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Not really, he's referring to the story of somebody getting into the Jewish quarter of a town to get a cred. Know what you're talking about before you jump straight to getting offended.
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I've been to Israel and rode a coaster... Is that a Jewish +1?

I was going home for Thanksgiving one year when I lived in Chicago. My folks live in Massachusetts. I begged off of work that Wednesday and left at like 4 or 5 am to beat the Chicago rush hour.

I then drove through Michigan to get all the Detroit area Jeepers credits and through Ontario for Endicott Emerald Mine or whatever the stupid thing was called. I got to the place about 1 or 2 in the afternoon, and it was completely empty. No guests, no employees. I found someone polishing the lanes in the attached bowling alley and was told the rides area didn't open until 5.

On my way back to the car, to figure out if I could still make it to MA if I waited until 5, I spotted a gal restocking the shelves at a ticket redemption counter in a games area sort of near the rides section. After talking to her for a minute, (no whining or begging, I promise) she phoned her bosses office. The boss came from wherever, heard my story (military, going home for a holiday, yada yada), and offered to run a test lap, then let me on.

The manager ran the test lap, signed off the ride, then the employee let me on and ran the ride. While I'm riding, she turns and starts talking to the manager.

After my sixth time around, I start wondering how many laps the computer is set to let it go for.

Finally, on my tenth time into the station, the gal turns around and asks me how many times I've been around. As I climb the lift for lap #11, I tell her "that was ten, this is eleven"

I guess it stops manually, and that's why I've been around that stupid little thing eleven times.

I got to my parents house about 3AM and slept until noon.

I got the indoor coaster in southern NH on Black Friday and I hit the Jeepers in West Nyack, NY on the way back to Chicago. :)

Pretty crappy / desperate way to get six credits, even for me.
 
Walked 10 miles to Central Park. Waited 15 minutes in line and payed $15 to get in the park. Waited in a 10 minute line for a separate ticket to the cred. Waited in a 15 minute line for the cred. Left right after one ride and walked 10 miles back to the hotel. All for a Mini Mouse.
 
This is getting out of hand now, the term Jewish +1 was used to describe a roller coaster built within a Jewish community, by Jewish people for their children. I won't apologise for using the term either as it was delivered with absolutely no offence intended. I think people need to grow up a little bit, because if a non offensive term on the internet offends you then you're going to have serious problems later in life.

Oh and if anyone wants to carry on with this, PM me directly, let's not spam up the topic. Thanks.
 
Darren I'm Jewish and I took no offence I knew what you meant.

I suppose going back to Thorpe 4 times in 5 days to get on Saw was about the most I've done to get a cred lol.

It was open the day before we went and the day after.
 
rollermonkey said:
I've been to Israel and rode a coaster... Is that a Jewish +1?
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No, but you have been to a Hasidic neighborhood in Brooklyn to get a kiddie oval cred, which is the story that both Darren and Jordan were referring to.
There's also your story about flying and driving for hours into the wilderness of northern Canada only to be denied by a kiddie cred, that I'll never forget.
Tales like this get around, you know. :wink:
 
Me and my friend went on the crocodile coaster at Oakwood and it was just me and him and these 2, 6 year old blonde girls, i'm told it looked dodgy as they had the whole train to choose from apart from our row and they sat right in front of us... we got a few raised eye brows, but worth it for 7 cycles of the thing, but worse still I got stuck getting out of it, and the mechanics had to set me free which was a tad embarrassing, i'm quite skinny too which was odd :p
 
ECG said:
rollermonkey said:
I've been to Israel and rode a coaster... Is that a Jewish +1?
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No, but you have been to a Hasidic neighborhood in Brooklyn to get a kiddie oval cred, which is the story that both Darren and Jordan were referring to.
There's also your story about flying and driving for hours into the wilderness of northern Canada only to be denied by a kiddie cred, that I'll never forget.
Tales like this get around, you know. :wink:
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I would never have known that Kids n' Action was in a Hasidic neighborhood if you didn't tell me. There's plenty of other nationalities that make that part of Brooklyn home, at least going by the plethora of languages on the store signage in the immediate vicinity.

Besides, all I did was bring a yarmulke, and wear it for a couple minutes. Not really that crazy, considering I was raised in the Jewish faith and the place isn't all that far from Coney Island.

...and I think you have me confused with someone else with regards to Canada. I don't recall being denied up there, especially since I've only flown into Canada at Vancouver, and it was to ride the Disney Wonder to Alaska, not for a drive anywhere for coasters.
 
Perhaps not as good as the other ones...of which I have spent 30 minutes reading XD but here's mine.

I spent much of the summer getting my dad to take me to various university open days. It was while exploring the Southampton Uni campus that I decided to have a quick browse on coaster-count and see if there were any nearby coasters I could pick up. There was! Well. By nearby it was at Selsey which is 40 miles away....so I made dad drive all the way there only to get lost in Selsey as dad refuses to use SatNav. Finally I found the big apple and it was pretty lame. But I had a burger. That was nice.
 
rollermonkey said:
I would never have known that Kids n' Action was in a Hasidic neighborhood if you didn't tell me. There's plenty of other nationalities that make that part of Brooklyn home, at least going by the plethora of languages on the store signage in the immediate vicinity.

Besides, all I did was bring a yarmulke, and wear it for a couple minutes. Not really that crazy, considering I was raised in the Jewish faith and the place isn't all that far from Coney Island.

...and I think you have me confused with someone else with regards to Canada. I don't recall being denied up there, especially since I've only flown into Canada at Vancouver, and it was to ride the Disney Wonder to Alaska, not for a drive anywhere for coasters.
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I didn't know that Kids n' Action was in the Hasidic neighborhood until you told us the story at Six Flags Magic Mountain and by denied I meant that you said that you made the trek to a park that only had a kiddie cred and it was closed at the time you arrived. I know I'm not confused by who told me the story because it was only you, M_Force_4_ever and another friend of yours that were at the park with us (the kid and the wife were also there).
 
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