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Oh, and I remember I loved going on the Shockwave, in spite of the fact that we'd heard rumors that someone got their head kicked clean off their body because of it (not sure if that was just BS or real - though either way it didn't stop us from riding it).

And at least one time I was at Great Adventure I basically went back and forth between Splashwater Falls (where you're absolutely soaked to the bone with water) and Freefall (where you go up about 70 feet and then drop straight back down at full speed), because I discovered that the wind-shear from Freefall basically insta-dried me off from Splashwater, and there were like no lines on either ride that day. And I was absolutely sick as a dog later that night, either from sucking down too much polluted water or from massive chills (or tainted food, or something else), so that was a personal story of misery and I still went back again after that.


As a side note, I also have a friend who goes to Disney World fairly often, and he went on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad and it immediately caused him to start passing a kidney stone, which is apparently a thing the ride does waaay more often than you'd think any ride should. Or at least any ride that they continue to allow to stay open.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Thunder_Mountain_Railroad#Kidney_stones

He was in immense pain, had to be taken to the medical area, and he said it was basically the most painful thing he's ever experienced in his life (I can relate, I've had gall stones). And he's going back again in about a year or two (though I assume he won't ride the same ride again).
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