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Time Traveler. Silver Dollar City.

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Outlaw Run. Silver Dollar City.

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You don’t need a degree in engineering to design rollercoasters, you need a degree in psychology.

- John C. Allen (via backseatjunkie)

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An amazing coaster. They just don’t make them like that anymore. Thanks for all those great rides. Enjoy coaster heaven.

Respect to an OG. Your pedigree means a lot to the industry and enthusiasts are forever indebted. #ripvortex #kingsland — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/2o4xnax

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Outlaw Run. Silver Dollar City.

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Outlaw Run. Silver Dollar City.

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Time Traveler. Silver Dollar City. Branson, Missouri.

90 degree first drop, two launches, three loops, spinning cars.

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Time Traveler. Silver Dollar City. Branson, Missouri.

90 degree first drop, two launches, three loops, spinning cars.

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Time Traveler. Silver Dollar City. Branson, Missouri.

90 degree first drop, two launches, three loops, spinning cars.

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Time Traveler. Silver Dollar City. Branson, Missouri.

90 degree first drop, two launches, three loops, spinning cars. 

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Wildfire. Silver Dollar City. Branson, Missouri. B and M coaster with pedestal seat trains.

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Outlaw Run, Silver Dollar City

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Epic. Steel Vengeance #cedarpoint (Photo: @coaster101) https://ift.tt/2JybXwE

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WORD ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Something I never set out to involve myself in by tracking the ‘rollercoaster’ tag was the emotional problems of strangers. You know… “Emotional rollercoasters” “My life is a rollercoaster” I didn’t intend to seek such posts out, but after months of tracking the tag I’ve discovered more often than not it’s because they have a complete dickhead of a romantic partner.  I find this all quite interesting because I’ve never felt that about anything in my life. I did date a guy for (literally) two weeks which was very unpleasant as he just wasn’t into me at all, and I guess that’s as close as I got to the ‘emotional rollercoaster’. On the flip side, there are also stories where the boyfriend and girlfriend go to a park together and it’s all wonderful, they push the boundaries in terms of rides, and hopefully all sorts of other naughty things when they get home. There’s also people comparing their activity feed to a rollercoaster, which I always do as well.

There are a mind-boggling number of those Instagrammed hipster motivational pictures (especially 'via weheartit’), sometimes with the same picture being posted dozens of times in a row.

So where am I going with this? Nowhere really. But remember, you lovesick young things out there: When you tell tumblr about your asshole of a boy/girlfriend and your rollercoaster of a life, your every intimate detail is being read by a bunch of nerds hiding behind their monitors dribbling over photos of rusty Vekomas and silky smooth B&Ms.

Dang.

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Wildfire, Silver Dollar City

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You don’t need a degree in engineering to design rollercoasters, you need a degree in psychology.

- John C. Allen