silver2005

^Go look at about every post you've made and agreed to with GavPenn in the recent decoding thread. If you're really that far gone to the point where you're that naive to what I'm talking about, well, I'm tired wasting my time with you.

I respectively disagree with you in saying you can compare lightning rod to storm chaser. Lightning rod hits the ending brakes faster than storm chaser's top speed. I HAVE to get this off my head. You cannot judge a coaster over top speed. I really liked Maverick (or Cowboy Coaster) more than I did Millennium Force. Sure the coasters that go 500 feet at 9billion miles per hour can be fun. But I have ridden many coasters that I liked more that are better than the coasters that go 100 to 200 feet taller and go 25-65 mph faster Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N920A using Tapatalk I agree. My point is ALL rides are a different ride experience. Also judging a ride that a person has NEVER ridden based on riding one ride from the manufacturer that's is a DIFFERENT ride experience is ridiculous. So, by your own words, will you stop judging all the GCI's that you haven't ridden in your effort to bash them all the time? Also, learn basic psychology.

@BeastGal- I've been on a lot of fast paced rides, rides that pin you to the lap bar, etc, stuff that mimics LR to an extent and I've been on an RMC. That perspective mixed with watching the POV a lot can help one anticipate how a coaster will flow and act. I don't want to go on a long winded post, but if you know how basic psychology works, you can understand that people can discern things about certain activities without having done them. Its not that hard a concept to understand. No coaster is THAT unique where riding it completely over blows any assumptions about them if one views them without riding them. I never said I know exactly what it would be like, but I have a pretty good idea. This entire conversation is about perception, what one experiences, and the opinions, interpretations, and preconceptions based on those stimuli. Everyone views the world differently. I feel foolish for even trying to explain this to you as every explanation anyone tries to tell you goes right over your head. All you have ever done on these forums is to show how much you don't like GCI and like RMC. That notion in itself is okay because everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but to do so to the detriment of other members is not alright. You have no regard for those who think opposite of your views and you just keep hammering at it. We keep explaining this to you, but you ignore us. Drop the subject and move on. Trust us, we get it. In fact, I challenge you to not make a single post about GCI or RMC, nor any post that could be interpreted as such or being so negative to other members' opinions for a month. Show us you can be different, show us what you actually enjoy about the industry with us, and be a productive member of this site. Also, if you're so into facts, how about calling coasters by their real names (cowboy coaster? really?) and knowing that Holiday World in Indiana doesn't have the coaster Expedition Ge-Force. The ball is in your corner Beast Gal.

Where would you even put a camera to get a good view of the construction?

Uh....that Beast photo third from the bottom has a hand gesture not quite appropriate for the forums....

^Additionally, if someone has been on a lot of coasters, particularly ones from a similar designer as the ones your judging, its not that hard to figure out what they will do. I have a pretty good idea what Lightning Rod will be like with my ride on Storm Chaser. Besides Beast Gal, don't you judge all the GCI's out there without you having ridden them all in about 90% of the posts you make?

I've been curious from time to time as to what the park would be like if KECO were in it for the long haul, especially that alleged woodie that was planned where Diamondback currently resides.

How about we get to be entitled to our opinions regardless of whether we've ridden it or not? Who are you to be so entitled? People can still judge a lot about a ride if they haven't ridden it. Also, how about not criticizing others because their anatomy may not weather certain rides like others can. Everybody is different. What may be (un)comfortable to you may not be to someone else. That goes for respecting others liking what may not as well. Quit hammering your dislike of GCI. I bet you can't make it a month without mentioning it.

I didn't hear Thunderbird make any noises.

^No, I get that from reading Carl Sagan. silver2005, not a Trekkie.

Well, if you believe in the notion of there being an infinite number universes, we could be here a while.

Schools around the Cincy area are going back this week, so weekdays should be pretty scarce on crowds.

^1. its the new ride 2. its capacity is terrible 3. its still in technical ride rehearsal

I think I need to take a break from reading about this. The more I hear about it, the more its churning my stomach. Some of the quotes coming out really hit home. I can't begin to fathom one iota of perspective of what the family is going through.

^That plus I love the look of the station and aesthetics on the trains, its butter smooth, the airtime is solid, and it has one of the coolest names and logos of any coaster.

Gemini is one of the most underrated coasters at CP. I adore it.

My prediction- if this isn't taken down by next year, it won't last 5 years.

What's worse is that the ride was designed and built in house, so all the liability is on Schlitterbahn.

^^They must have taken PR tips from Intamin. Dangerous-safe? Really?

^Quit playing it so coy and naive to what you're doing. You know exactly what you're doing. You're just posting the way you are to get a rise out of members here. All you've been doing since around the announcement is complain and do these vague posts on things that are wrong to you. You are just seemingly having these opposite viewpoints of a lot of members, not to mention you're posting tons through the day. Dude, just give it up.

While in context, I prefer Bat over Flight Deck during its time in the Cedar Fair era, I am a fan of its early Top Gun days. Top Gun was the coaster that got me started being interested in coasters, and the theming was awesome. It had models of the planes, some radar stations, and movie stills along the queue, the giant billboard with an F-14 readying for take off, the ride crew dressed in USN attire, the much better red and blue-grey paint job, a simulated aircraft carrier control room in the lower station queue, and to top it off, some smoke that shot out as the trains dispatched to semi-simulate a carrier launch. It was such a cool ride in its early days. It also used to be a lot more wooded in that area before SOB came, which made for excellent night rides. I considered it the 2nd best night ride in the park at the time behind Beast. That plus you got to see and smell the campfires from the former camp grounds. Fun fact- the original station was designed by John DeCuir, the production designer for the movie.

New for Hersheypark in 2017- Triple Tower. 3 S&S Towers, all with upward and downward thrusts during their cycles (S&S Double Shots) - Hershey's Kisses Tower- 80 ft - Reese's Tower- 131 ft - Hershey's Tower- 189 ft Location near Kissing Tower http://www.hersheypark.com/2017/

The front seat is pretty smooth, too.

Initial list for I-Street playlist- - Stars and Stripes Forever and any of Sousa's more popular and well known marches (Washington Post, El Capitan) - Baby Elephant Walk- Henry Mancini - A Theme To A Summer Place and Theme For Young Lovers- Percy Faith - Clair de Lune- Claude Debussy (only after closing, preferably an orchestral arrangement over a piano arrangement for added effect, it would go perfectly with the fountains at night) - From out of left field- Breakfast Machine from Pee-Wee's Big Adventure- Danny Elfman (since I heard this in the park back in the Paramount days, I can't stop associating it with Kings Island). - Aquarium theme from The Carnival of the Animals- Camille Saint-Saens - Theme from Robin Hood Prince of Thieves- Michael Kamen - As cliche as this song is, it works- Chariots of Fire- Vangelis - Love Theme from St Elmo's Fire- David Foster

^^I will be doing the auditions if they have them again this year.