Tayi Week 9 - Roller Coasters

    Ever since I was little my family loved going to amusement parks. Every family gathering ends up with at least one trip to an amusement park. The problem with that is I hate roller coasters yet I get dragged out of the house to join them every time. I hate the feeling you get in your stomach when going down on a roller coaster. When we used to go to amusement parks, I always had someone stay behind when going on a roller coaster because I was too young to stay alone. It made me feel really guilty about holding them back but at the time I was too afraid.

    Right before the pandemic, my friends wanted to go to Dorney together. This would be my first time going to an amusement park in a while. To their surprise, I agreed to go. I was hyping myself up to the point where I convinced myself I would not opt-out of any ride. The moment the rides were in vision from our car, all of my confidence left me. 

    As we walked up to the first ride, Hydra, I asked them if I could opt out of just this first ride and In return would go on the rest. They didn't listen to a word I said. They literally shoved me onto the ride while I was whining. When the ride started I thought I was about to faint and then we slowly went up the first drop. They were all good with rides, so their entertainment was watching me freak out. When we dropped I got that terrible feeling in my stomach and screamed at the top of my lungs. My friends laughed at watching me lose it. We did this for every ride and I learned that….. I still hate roller coasters. It is not worth the wait, the money, the pain, for that one 10 second part of the ride where you are going fast and do not have that feeling in your stomach.

    

    The one thing I was happy about though was that I did not hold anyone back and I was the main reason everyone had fun. Even though my torture was their entertainment.