silver2005

A live look at the fixing of the forums. FINALLY got to use this!

That view is gonna take some getting used to.

Was that Congo Falls line with the switchbacks open? Good googly moogly.

^That's a fairly common question that I got a lot when I worked there. Also got a few questions about how to find Cedar Point coasters at KI.

^Beast doesn't go 88 mph.

That's probably more spot on with the movie comparisons as, like SOB, Sharknado has a cult following, unlike the Jaws sequels.

Updated Park List Kings Island Coney Island Cedar Point Walt Disney World- Magic Kingdom and EPCOT Universal Studios Florida Dollywood Kings Dominion Hersheypark Six Flags Great Adventure Holiday World Kentucky Kingdom Kennywood Michigan's Adventure Waldameer Dorney Park Knoebels

To me, Dorney is a very niche park. It is sightly cheaper than Hersheypark and NJFTP and has a more modern ride collection than Knoebels. I found it one of the more relaxing parks I've been to, even over HP, so its not like they're completely irrelevant. Its the kind of park where if you're in the area, have some extra time and a Platinum Pass, go and indulge, but its also slightly forgettable for those reasons as well. I do side with most Dorney fans in that they should get a GCI next in the space once occupied by Laser. Any sort of attention to the area around Steel Force would be welcome. Most of the crowds stayed near the front. After you got passed Dominator, they dropped of exponentially. For example, Talon and Hydra had decent waits while Possessed and Steel Force were walk ons.

It looks like CF knew about the potential for Carowinds to get a Flight of Fear clone during the potential Paramount Parks' ride rotation and gave Mack an order to produce something as compact. Its surprisingly compact for what it has. I'm not the biggest fan of the dull color pallet, but the ride should make up for it with what looks to be some decent theming. I'm glad both CF is starting to pair up with Mack for their newer stuff. I think Mack is going to make a nice enough splash in the market to fill in for Intamin's departure from the US market(the Busch and SEAS parks not withstanding).

Well, its obvious S&S is doing Maxx Force as they're the only ones to use compressed air for their launches. S&S coaster launches are unbelievably strong and fast. I remember on Hypersonic XLC that it was like one second you were stopped, and by the time your brain registered you were moving, you were already going really fast. Combine that with an intense layout as SFGAm is going for and it should be a sweet ride. For SFMM, it boggles the mind that a single park has 20 coasters. Granted some of them are kids coasters, but that's still a ton. Also, their claim for having the world's first racing launched coaster is bogus as there is one already in Dubai in the form of Fiorano GT Challenge that's also multi-launch. Does seem weird for SFMM to be adding back-to-back racing coasters, but when you have that many, I guess some creativity goes a long way. It does appear to be Premier though with the 3 bench cars. The rest don't surprise me. SIX has been focusing on diversifying their flat line up as it was a big criticism for a while, and they're continuing that trend. Also, how about SIX's answer to CF's Winterfests? EDIT: Oops.

^I would claim the opposite. SIX seems to have more diversity, especially in how many designers they've been going with along with more out of the box designs. Also, SIX still manages to show some TLC to their smaller parks more than CF does, even on the parks they just added. Say what you want about each chain, but I feel the momentum is with SIX at the moment.

Ta da!

^S&S has been making launch coasters like that overseas for a while, mostly in the Asian market. Could be Premier as well, at least the track looks Premier to me (or even Intamin going by some of their recent coasters).

I got to ride it through its entire life. I rode it as early as the gold pass preview night in 2000 (which was later in the season due to the late track work editing they made so late in the process, something it would endure through its entire lifespan). 12 year old me was impressed by it. However, every day it aged, it got worse. It was a ride I would only do early in the day and maybe twice a visit. For all that impressive size, it sure didn't deliver in the ride quality department. The first drop, while impressive, had to have a drive tire at the top to actually get the trains over the drop, and with the extremely gradual drop curve, it had no weightlessness to speak of. The 2nd hill had a nice lateral jar at the top, but that was it in terms of any sort of fun forces. The giant helices were way to spread out to have any sort of positive G that was of note and even then, it had too much of a jackhammer effect to be any fun. The only 2 seats I would ride were the front 2. Even riding in non-wheel seats anywhere past the front 2 was awful. The loop was probably the best part of the ride, the trains went into it with good speed (the MCBR didn't slow the train at all), it was butter smooth, and had some decent positive G's for being so tall (the loop was one of the biggest at the time, 118 ft, up there with the bigger B&M loops of the era like Mantis, Chang and Riddler's Revenge). Since it was so helix centered and so spread out, it had absolutely no airtime. I know y'all get on B&M's and Millennium Force for being force-less, but SOB made those interesting by comparison in terms of the ride experience. I mean, how do you have both a wooden coaster and a hyper coaster with no airtime? It got even worse after the 2007 renovation. Gerstlauer trains were sure never made to do 80 mph. They made it over hills to the point where I thought it would stall and the jackhammering got worse, not to mention they were extremely uncomfortable. This also had no good seats.

^They do that at pretty much every announcement.

The annual Six Flags announcements are tomorrow (8/30). Not sure what time, though I imagine it'll be before or around noon-ish. The only thing I've heard is that SFMM will possibly hitting the 20 coaster mark. I didn't see anything happening on my trip to NJFTP. No RMC conversion rumors that I've heard either.

I liked the music overall, but I have to say, this show was dying for an ELO or Styx song somewhere.

I feel like all the restrooms sans Festhaus' should have new AC units. They're all super humid on hot days.

An oval track that lasts nearly 3 minutes?

@VortexBFForever- Do you accept this challenge?

Uh....Kings Island opens a whole month before Cedar Point and CP has no Winterfest...

^That last paragraph in my post is directed to any SOB fan, not just you.

Where and who have you seen excitement on a SOB revival? Most if not all other coaster forums worth their salt agree with the fact that SOB shouldn't come back as well. Also, I want the SOB fanboys to define what they want. RCCA is dead, so you can't bring them back to design the park a new one (and Stengel certainly won't go near a wooden coaster ever again). Intamin hasn't built a plug n' play in over a decade (not to mention CF won't go near Intamin), and traditional wooden coasters honestly shouldn't be built anywhere near hyper coaster stats. A ground up RMC would be the best equivalent, but its not all that groundbreaking in the way SOB fanboys say they want (they just reached joined the hyper club at CP and at SFGAm with their respective track types). What is your ultimatum?

One that stays open? Are you crazy?

^For all that 'intimidation', the ride itself was quite boring. Every hill was drawn out so there was absolutely no airtime to be had, and the layout was all giant drawn out helices. The only real good part was the loop since it was made of steel and it actually went into it quite fast. Premier wooden coaster trains are very uncomfortable as well. The fixes in 2007 just made it more boring and rough. I seriously don't get the love for such a boring, bad coaster.