[shane235]

I'm nervous that I'll grey out on Fury's first hill :/ I do on Griffin.

hmm... I have never greyed out on griffon. I think the only roller coaster that I have greyed out on is Vortex.

[Capler]

I have never figured it but many of my friends will not ride Southern Star. Something about swinging upside down that scares them. I agree with the earlier post where it was stated to start small and work your way up. Starting too big could scar a person for life. That happened to me with the Zipper. It took me over 10 years before I got up the courage to get back on one.

[FamousAmos]

The thing about southern Star. I would more than likely get a headache. Also, my father told me a story of that ride when a guy threw up on it when upside down and landed on them at the bottom...

[Mr.Nitro]

I'm nervous that I'll grey out on Fury's first hill :/ I do on Griffin.

hmm... I have never greyed out on griffon. I think the only roller coaster that I have greyed out on is Vortex.

Wow, that's weird. It does pull at you a ton at the bottom of the first drop though, with the standing at all. Never had a problem on any other ride, but close to the bottom of the first drop on Griffon I grey out, and hate that feeling. I'm nervous to get on Fury simply because it'll be the biggest coaster I've ever been on but I know I'll love it as long as I don't grey out.

[Tawny71]

I'm terrified of heights, but I love coasters. I won't get on a Ferris wheel because they go to high, but I'm so excited to go on Fury. It's weird, I know.

To the original poster, IMO, Nighthawk is one of the scariest (and roughest) rides at Carowinds. If you survived that one, you'll do fine on the others. I wouldn't jump right on Fury, though...I'd work my way up by riding some of the smaller rides first. It's kinda funny to think of Intimidator as a "smaller ride".

[jsz1002]

I'm terrified of heights, but I love coasters. I won't get on a Ferris wheel because they go to high, but I'm so excited to go on Fury. It's weird, I know.

To the original poster, IMO, Nighthawk is one of the scariest (and roughest) rides at Carowinds. If you survived that one, you'll do fine on the others. I wouldn't jump right on Fury, though...I'd work my way up by riding some of the smaller rides first. It's kinda funny to think of Intimidator as a "smaller ride".

That's exactly how I am. I love roller coasters but am somewhat scared of heights. I have rode Windseeker a few times and find that more terrifying than any roller coaster!

[shane235]

I think it depends on what you are scared of, I actually am not scared of heights or going upside-down, really the only thing I fear is falling out or getting stuck on a roller coaster (even though the only time I have been stuck on a roller coaster was on Runaway Reptar).

[brownpa68]

My first coaster experience was when I was about 7 or 8 years old at Six Flags Over Georgia. My mom and dad wanted to ride the Scream Machine and my brother and I had no choice but to ride. Scared me to death. Now, I am 46 and my 3 daughters and I are coaster junkies. Carolina cyclone may also be another coaster to ride to ease into the larger ones. I have ridden Night Hawk one time. Too rough for me.

[Capler]

The thing about southern Star. I would more than likely get a headache. Also, my father told me a story of that ride when a guy threw up on it when upside down and landed on them at the bottom...

i had a bad experience with the one at Dominion, (Bezerker). A group of punk kids were on it spitting. The spit would fly back and hit people behind them in the face. It almost caused a riot. The ride was stopped and they were taken off.

[Sharebear010]

So here is my roller coaster fear story lol.

I used to be terrified of roller coasters. When I was 6 I went with a church group to Kings Dominion the very first roller coaster I ever rode was Grizzly. My mom stuck me in a seat with another kid same age as me. I was so happy and felt like such a big girl until that first hill, I was never warned that I would feel like I was flying out. Traumatizing lol. I didn't ride another coaster until I was 14. I still had to be forced on them but I enjoyed them if that makes any sense.

As years have gone on I have become alot more fearless and it's nothing to jump on the tallest or biggest right away. I actually enjoy that falling out feeling. It's so freeing to me. It's honestly the only time I feel that true, pure happiness. I tell my husband all the time that as long as you know you're not going to fall out you just embrace the feeling and it becomes joy .

I am also emetophobic (fear of throwing up) and that was also something that I had to overcome when it came to riding roller coasters. I would always have to convince myself while waiting in line to ride that I wasn't going to get sick. I refused to eat at parks until I rode everything at least once. Then when I ate I had to wait hours until I felt safe enough to get on the coasters again. Years of coaster riding has helped that though. Now I can eat and enjoy myself and throwing up never crosses my mind lol.

PS I finally got the guts to ride Grizzly again when I was 23. It literally took me 17 years to ride it again (and I went to KD at least once a year every year )

[coaster129]

I didn't ride roller coasters till I was 11..... I thought final destanation 3 was real....