Sarabellum1976's definitions

OTS

Over The Shoulder restraints - found on rollercoasters. Usually responsible for giving riders headaches as their heads slam repeatedly into the OTS.

Flight of Fear at King's Island used to be such a headbanger, but then they reprofiled the trains and removed the OTS - now it rocks!

by Sarabellum1976 September 4, 2003

Hang and Bang

A suspended or inverted rollercoaster (especially a Vekoma Invertigo or SLC model) that is badly engineered, causing headbanging on the shoulder restraints.

"My ears hurt!"
"Well, that'll teach you not to ride Hang and Bangs, won't it?"

by Sarabellum1976 September 4, 2003

ass ratchet

A jerk

"Her ass-ratchet of a boyfriend stole her car and ran off with her best friend!"

by Sarabellum1976 September 4, 2003

chuckbucket

Something nausea inducing, especially a rollercoaster famous for making people throw up.

"I just rode Vortex at King's Island - What a chuckbucket!"

by SaraBellum1976 August 21, 2003

GP

General Public - rollercoaster term describing the average themeparkgoer who are the root cause of most themepark evil.

Stupid GPs! Looping coasters don't need shoulder restraints!

by Sarabellum1976 September 4, 2003

B&M

Bolliger & Mabillard - rollercoaster designers famous for fast, smooth, twisted track with the characteristic ROAAAAR! sound, caused by polyurethane wheels. Affectionately referred to by coaster enthusiasts as "Beamers".

Check out that new flying B&M that Six Flags New Jersey just built!

by Sarabellum1976 September 4, 2003

dumpster drop

A first generation freefall amusement ride built by Intamin. Very popular during the 80s, they are now obsolete - although a few examples of this still exist at parks across the USA.

Basically, the ride consists of a 4-across car, which is hauled up a vertical shaft about 50 feet, scoots forward a few feet, then drops, freefalling for a second or two. The shape of the cars, in addition to the noise they make, is where the nickname "dumpster drop" came from.

Six Flags Magic Mountain needs to ditch the dumpster drop and build a *real* freefall ride.

by Sarabellum1976 September 4, 2003