Hold Tight1 Feb 2021 19:14
For my 50th Birthday my daughters clubbed together to take us all to Vegas.
Main attraction being the rides at the top of the Stratosphere, first off came the X-Scream (yep google it and you'll know what I'm talking about.
Stage 1. I'd listened to the hype and looked at videos on-line and did my research about safety issues etc. I made the decision that yes I would give it a go. (I invested in GGP)
Stage 2. Got seated on the ride and immediately had second thoughts. (Should I have invested in GGP or should I have just stuck with the comfortable yet guaranteed 0.01% interest that my bank was paying?)
Stage 3. We tilted slightly backwards, slight relief as I knew this was going to happen. (GGP SP went up)
Stage 4. We tilted forwards, but again I knew this was going to happen. (GGP SP dropped)
Stage 5. We tilted backwards again smoothly, just a bit further than before. ( GGP SP rose again slightly higher than before)
Stage 6. 7.8 and 9. A repetition of stages 3,4 and 5... I was getting used to this and I'd sussed what was going to happen. (GGP SP was dipping and then rising.. feeling comfortable now)
Stage 10. We tilted forwards and stopped just as I knew we would, but then to my surprise, the pattern wasn't being followed, we didn't begin to tilt backwards, we jolted, yes jolted a couple of feet further forward. I felt uncomfortable! (GGP SP has gone off plan, it's dropped further, this shouldn't be happening)
Stage 11. We tilted backwards but only by a fraction and suddenly jolted forwards. We froze and dropped even further forward, I was really worried, I hear a squealing noise and pretty sure that I can smell burning. (GGP SP is behaving badly, dropping lower than normal)
Stage 12. I am screaming at the top of my voice - stop the fecking ride I want off, there's something wrong! (GGP SP is crashing and I'm crashing with it)
Stage 13, 14, 15 and 16. Unexpected movements on this ride had me vomiting from every orifice because I knew the mechanics had failed and the young idiot sitting at the controls was busy watching tik tok and we were all going to die. (GGP SP looked like it had gone kamikaze)
Stage 17. Ride stopped, we all alighted. Looks of relief, amazement, joy, happiness. What the hell was that.. Euphoria soon followed, What a ride! (GGP SP currently going through the initial stages of 13, 14, 15 and 16 and I know at the end of this ride I shall experience euphoria!)
My point being, someone wants us to crap ourselves and bail. Why? Obvious to me. I shall sit out the ride because I know what the end result will be.