I love roller coasters, but I only like the big ones at amusement parks. Those rides that get moved around, torn down and reconstructed over and over freak me out.
there is a little extra excitement in riding something rickety. i rode the cyclone at coney island in nyc. it rattled and creaked all the way. there are a couple at universal studios in orlando that are the same way.
Yeah, but coney island and universal studios don't move around from town to town. Those places have maintenance crews. I'm talking about things like short term fairs and carnivals, where they take them apart. A long time ago I saw one of those dateline special type shows about mobile carnivals rides and it scared the crap out of me. If I had never seen that, then I probably wouldn't even think about it or care.