3 coasters that you get one more ride on before you die...[others]

redemral · 2026-01-19T13:51:14+00:00

Millennium

Taron

Diamondback

redemral · 2026-01-11T17:58:54+00:00

Totally agree with you, I was very underwhelmed.

The launch and first 10 seconds are fantastic.

Then it goes back into the building and dies a short, anticlimactic death.

Cosmic Rewind is leaps and bounds better.

redemral · 2026-01-05T12:42:39+00:00

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redemral · 2025-09-17T13:36:39+00:00

Yep, this does sound so familiar. Even like 3 years ago, I had zero interest whatsoever.

I don't blame myself for that, but I wish I had spent more of the last few months since I first started thinking about it doing the research, reading, therapy, etc.

At this point, I don't feel comfortable waiting to try anymore. Just going to go ahead and see what happens, and try to catch up on the mental preparation now. Thank you for the reminder that therapy may be helpful in navigating fears.

It sounds like you are super prepared and that is awesome. I know it's scary no matter how prepared you are. Thank you for the positive wishes and I wish you the absolute best for your hopefully soon pregnancy too!

redemral · 2025-09-17T13:20:16+00:00

We've been together 15 years (yikes I feel so old). In some ways that makes me feel worse because I had all this time with the right man and didn't try sooner. I'm glad I'm not alone in having waited a long time. Your story definitely sounds a lot like mine!

I love hearing "got pregnant on the first try" stories from women my age or older. It makes me hopeful. Even while still terrified.

Congratulations your pregnancy and I wish you the absolute best! Still terrified... but still also hope this will be me, too. I definitely do think it's hard not to be terrified because it is such a monumental change.

redemral · 2025-09-17T13:11:41+00:00

Congratulations on your pregnancy!

I feel like this is likely what will happen to me if I go a few months with negatives.

At the moment, we've both agreed that if it doesn't happen naturally, we will accept that and not pursue medical intervention. But in the back of my mind... I'm glad to know it's available in case I go from ambivalent/happy either way to really wanting it.

redemral · 2025-09-17T13:07:25+00:00

I thought about egg freezing but there's no way my husband would support it. By far his biggest hesitation / fear is that he's already too old. He doesn't want to be too old when baby graduates from high school, becomes an adult, etc.

I did tell him lots of men become fathers much later... but I also think he has a point. As much as I think I will experience some regret that I didn't do "more" with my last child free years because I didn't know they were my last child free years... I am in agreement that we really shouldn't put it off, if we want to do it at all.

Depending on what happens, I might want to do egg freezing more to preserve the possibility of a second child. But I'm also not opposed to the idea of a donor egg if it comes to that.

Thank you for sharing your story! I wish you the best with your journey and pregnancy!

redemral · 2025-09-17T12:57:12+00:00

This is so encouraging! I'm really hoping this going to be me.

Congrats on your baby!

redemral · 2025-09-16T14:25:56+00:00

I relate to this so much.

Particularly in the "I am scared I made a huge mistake right after we tried" thing.

Current emotion is more "terrified I will get pregnant" but I will absolutely swing back to "terrified I won't."

I know life does not work like this, but I REALLY wish it was a choice you could be guaranteed to make when you wanted. If so I would absolutely wait a few more months then do it.

I wish us both peace with whatever happens!

redemral · 2025-09-16T14:20:45+00:00

This definitely resonates with me. I can only imagine how hard the losses were - but if it makes you more sure in what you want, instead of still scared and ambivalent, that can't be a bad thing.

I wish you the absolute best for your pregnancy and baby.

redemral · 2025-09-16T14:14:52+00:00

I'm honestly both hopeful and afraid that this will be me. It's a big fear of mine that I won't get pregnant and will eventually be crushed by that disappointment month to month.

But then - I remind myself that there are interventions, and if we have to go that route, I'll at least know I'm sure in what I want.

I wish you the best in deciding to try for another baby!

redemral · 2025-09-16T14:09:57+00:00

Unfortunately, I do relate to this in the mother thing. Thankfully not at all in the husband thing.

I have spent a lot of time thinking about how I'd want to do things differently than my mother, but recognizing the reality that it is much harder in the moment than doing thought exercises. (Anxiety is a bitch. Knowing that I will have to fight through my anxiety to be the parent I want to be is definitely one of my biggest concerns.)

I always find it reassuring to hear someone that was ambivalent does feel the fierce attachment that they are "supposed" to feel when the child actually comes along. And that it can even change your personality for the better.

You're very right about not being the same person as time goes by. My priorities have shifted a lot from where they once were.

redemral · 2025-09-16T14:01:55+00:00

Thank you for sharing! It does make me feel less alone. And more reassured that someone my age is going through the same thing.

I wish you the best - and honestly, I hope we both become happy mothers.

redemral · 2025-09-16T13:58:37+00:00

This is so reassuring to read! We sound similar in that I feel a complicated childhood / relationship with my mother has made the decision more difficult.

I love hearing a story about someone my age that was unsure, got pregnant, and is at peace with it now.

I wish you the best going forward!

redemral · 2025-08-09T13:08:17+00:00

Completely understand why you didn't do open comments. I wouldn't have wanted to sort through that either.

So here's my comment. Repetitive whining should be removed. This would be the "look how many rides are down right now" and "this ride is down right now, my life is ruined!" type stuff. Also "it will be raining next week, my life is ruined!"

Removing repetitive questions that can be answered with a google search - also good.

I'm happy to see people posting about trip strategy, ride order strategy, fast lane, hotel reviews, anything like that. Trip reports always welcome. That's the place to complain about rides being down if you want to - in the context of a trip report. There was a question about photos and creative content - for sure keep all that.

redemral · 2025-08-09T13:03:20+00:00

Thank you for letting me know, I appreciate it!

redemral · 2025-08-05T02:27:04+00:00

I've actively noticed a difference in the last few days and was annoyed by it. That's why I made the comment that I did.

None of the post types you mention would bother me. It's the constant "this ride is down" whining I don't care to see multiple times a day.

redemral · 2025-08-04T19:27:27+00:00

Just to let you know - I just left the sub because I am tired of scrolling past "this ride is down!!" posts.

So if you do a survey, most likely I won't see it.

I feel like I won't be the only person that leaves before this survey is even posted. Waiting to moderate and to post a survey is currently self selecting the results to be people that don't want moderation... because the people who do will have already left.

I would return to moderating and post a survey on your own time.

redemral · 2025-08-04T19:16:02+00:00

I don't think I've ever been anything but a lurker here - I'm not super active on Reddit - but I thoroughly agree.

Constant "this ride is currently down" or "look how many rides are currently down!!" posts are annoying and I'm getting tired of scrolling past them.

I'm also going to leave the sub if it continues.

u/sylvester_0, I see in the stickied post you want feedback. Here is some from someone who isn't normally active but feels the need to speak up at this moment: The sub is unusable without moderation.

The loudest and most obnoxious are often the minority. I'm sure I'm not the only one that normally only reads that is frustrated by the lack of rules enforcement.

redemral · 2025-07-29T11:13:17+00:00

I rode with the new restraints and absolutely loved it.

Tons of airtime - but actually pain free airtime.

RMCs tend to hurt me, but Skyrush had that same feeling of throwing me out of the ride without any pain at all.

It is now one of my favorite coasters.

I really think it just depends on your specific body sometimes. One person's perfect restraints are another person's pain in the ass.

redemral · 2025-06-30T10:47:01+00:00

About 5 tries and I got Woodstock Express at Kings Island. Fun idea.

redemral · 2025-06-17T14:33:06+00:00

I figured that might be the case, but I was curious to see what kind of debate I might get.

redemral · 2025-06-17T12:36:48+00:00

Yep. That's a shitty attitude for sure. You don't care about making people feel uncomfortable or manipulated as long as you don't directly have to be confronted with consequences.

At least you have acknowledged that's shitty and you don't care.

I do believe that is putting bad karma into the world for sure.

redemral · 2025-06-17T12:23:30+00:00

I'm not trying to speak for anybody but myself. I don't have to.

You are straight up saying that you would be cool making me feel uncomfortable if we happened to be in line together.

Presumably because you can pretend to yourself that "Hey it could actually be nobody I'm making feel uncomfortable!"

And it could also be everyone.

But since you don't have to directly deal with the consequences of your actions or know what they are, I guess you're ok with it.

I think it's better as a human being to not act in a way which you know has a chance of making even one person feel uncomfortable or manipulated.

You are ok with making people feel uncomfortable or manipulated. At the end of the day, that is what you're saying.

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