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Why would the park want a new coaster to be associated with Son of Beast and its various liabilities and injuries? That they acknowledged it at all with Banshee is kind of remarkable. Even then, you have to be able recognize the ride's old logo and years of operation.
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I didn't ride it then, but I imagine it's not a feature at all. The maintenance lights were probably left on by accident. Since that's a pretty rare occurrence, he was suggesting we get there in time to see it.
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Dennis McNulty.
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Oof. Is that you, Sandor Kernacs? We don't make the purchasing decisions here...
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^ You may already know this, but "Cedar Point is getting an Aquatrax" is a old rumor from when Maverick was being built that's aged into a bit of a joke, especially on PointBuzz/CoasterBuzz. Maybe you're right, but I see Tony's response as more of an "oh, you want that ridiculous thing? Here's another ridiculous thing to go with it" kind of comment.
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10 hours ago, TheRickster said:
Both are from different companies, but they share a ton. Which I'm sure it a big part of why they feel so close. If lightning run was made by RMC and the track looked a hair different, everyone would be going crazy talking about it. The trains are also identical as far as I can tell other than the looks of them. I actually kind of like LRs handle they have on the bar though. Wish SR had them.
Both the rides feel like they were made by the same person and other than the looks of them and inversions they ride very much alike.
I worded my post poorly--I realize Lightning Run isn't an RMC. My point is just that the same person almost certainly *did* design the forces for both rides. Sorry, I got kinda muddled there.
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1 hour ago, TheRickster said:
Honestly I would like for them to get something different, Lightning Rod and Storm Chaser are really fun, but they almost feel like they are the same? Minus inversions and all that. They are both crazy air time coasters.
If I'm not mistaken, both rides' centerlines were done by Ride Centerline, LLC, which is a company that Alan Schilke is part of. Alan also does most/all of the centerline work for RMC's rides. That's almost certainly why.
I haven't ridden Storm Chaser myself, but I've noticed some similarities between Lightning Run and other RMC rides.
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1 hour ago, malem said:
I have two on my pass this year; I purchased the second at Knott's Berry Farm in January since my first wasn't working.
Just curious: did you also have issues with parking and admission at Knott's? I don't have a drink plan, but I had issues with both when I visited KBF earlier this month.
I'm parroting The Interpreter here, but Cedar Fair has offered Platinum passes for 10 years now. It's about time for these sorts of things to stop being issues...
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Exactly what @chugh43 said.
Not to mention that, in my experience, a very large percentage of coaster club "sources" are actually Screamscape, whose sources are very often just enthusiast speculation repackaged as rumor. And every coaster club I've seen (which includes the big ones) has done that on multiple occasions.
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I just saw the new show for the first time last night.
Wow, I absolutely love it.
International Street has energy that I've never seen before. I can understand (and even agree with) complaints that it's not a reverent, romanticized ode to what International Street was intended to be, but I still really, really like what it is. It's very much in line with the clean minimalism the park has pursued during the Ouimet years. It's a simple thing done well. As I've said about Mystic's shed: if the park can keep it consistently good, I am here for it. I've had a "if I see it, I see it" attitude about the fireworks for a while now, but now I want to intentionally stay to see them.
Also, I've never seen The Greatest Showman, but I REALLY like that song with the synchronized lighting. I've now bought it and will be listening to it regularly, haha. I'm also going to need to find a way to see that movie in the bear future...
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It's my understanding that Cedar Fair has relaxed--but not eliminated--appearance standards this year. Some piercings, tattoos, facial hair, and hair colors/styles that were not previously permitted are allowed now. However, it's definitely not a free-for-all.
As others have said, contact the Human Resources department for more information.
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I haven't been to the international parks. Of the American ones, I choose Hersheypark. I haven't ridden Skyrush, but Fahrenheit and Storm Runner are both really good rides.
I do like the rest of them quite a bit, though, too. I came this close to voting for Kings Dominion.
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6 hours ago, SonofBaconator said:
I've heard that Riddler's Revenge is the best standup out there and it isn't rough. Aside from the obvious, what makes a standup coaster rough? The types of elements? The speed?
3 hours ago, silver2005 said:I've always have heard that Georgia Scorcher is the best one.
Hot take alert: I'd always heard the same thing about Riddler and Georgia Scorcher. I've ridden both. Honestly, I don't get totally get why either have earned that reputation. If Georgia Scorcher is any amount smoother, it's because it's shorter in height and ride time, so it doesn't seem as bad by comparison. Both knocked my ears into the restraints more than I'd prefer; Mantis's headbanging was comparable.
Not to be mean to either of you, but I think this is one of those things that enthusiasts collectively decided one day. Much like how all Six Flagses are supposed to be unanimously terrible parks, when that really isn't true, either. There are bad ones with horrible operations and haphazard theming (Six Flags New England, Six Flags America) and there are awesome ones (Six Flags Over Texas, Six Flags Great Adventure.)
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Great Adventure, solely for Nitro (in the last row.) There's actual ejector airtime back there.
I feel like Magic Mountain's are more impressive on paper, but I thoroughly didn't enjoy them. They headbanged constantly. (Then again, I wasn't wowed by the place, so maybe that tainted my perception of them into something worse than they actually were.)
Cedar Point's are decent, and I'll definitely ride them if I'm there, but I don't find any of them (except for maybe GateKeeper) to be must-dos. I'm much more excited about their Arrows. I'm also not big on Raptor, which is a bit of an unpopular opinion, so your mileage may vary.
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^ So what you're telling us is that you're really wanting a Vekoma giga, then.
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I don't know that I would call that steampunk myself... I would call it industrial. It makes me think of a mine cart with lights on the front.
I like it.
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It's been around for a couple years now. I would think it's here to stay.
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That ain't nothing. Kennywood's rules explicitly tell you not to bring dead animals into the park.
Also, I'm indifferent to Waldameer's system. It certainly doesn't hurt anything, but I cannot think of any real benefits to it. Then again, I never visited before the cashless system, so maybe there was something about their cash transactions that took forever?
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20 hours ago, TombRaiderFTW said:
^^ Yeah, what he said! We're huge fans of Great Greats International here!
I feel like I unintentionally started something by posting this... I was poking fun at Tera's use of "GGI" instead of "GCI". I honestly don't care if all of you hate every manufacturer. We're talking about roller coasters, people.
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^^ Yeah, what he said! We're huge fans of Great Greats International here!
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^ I mean, I'm pretty sure I'm right on both halves, so you'll have to illuminate us.
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Honestly? I like the shed how it is. It adds something to an otherwise dull part of a ride experience. Unlike any other ride in the park (and maybe at any other Cedar Fair park?), it adds a conclusion to a ride's story. And based on the 2017 season (admittedly a small sample, but we've seen theming go downhill in much less than a whole season, like Boo Blasters's fog screen), it appears to be sustainable. To me, based on the park's attempts at themed rides since 1990, that's huge. From Adventure Express to Phantom Theater/Scooby-Doo and the Haunted Castle/Boo Blasters to Tomb Raider to The Italian Job Stunt Track, the park has proven again and again that heavy theming isn't sustainable and/or of high importance. Whether or not you agree with that focus, I think that one of the things we as enthusiasts can agree upon is that we like it when we can rely upon parks to provide consistent and good experiences, and I feel like Mystic's shed is proving itself to be that for the park.
You know what I think its only downfall is? The marketing approach. I think the park did a very exciting approach to marketing it, and I sincerely applaud it. The downside to the approach they took, though, is that it allowed imaginations to spiral beyond reason without any sort of guidance towards what it ended up containing. People's (and especially enthusiasts') ideas started with drop tracks, then backwards launches, then super-secret hidden track not shown on the renderings... It was a frenzy. Before it was over, I think a lot of people nearly had Cedar Point itself being uprooted and moved to that 25' by 100' shed in Rivertown. Real life never stood a chance compared to the imagination. And I have no idea how the park could have curbed the more fantastical rumors without dampening the excitement, so I can't exactly fault them for not saying anything, either.
Coincidentally, it's the same exact approach that Paramount took with Tomb Raider: The Ride back in 2001... But that was also a time before social media, when there really wasn't a gathering of people on the scope of Kings Island's Facebook page (or even today's KIC) to collectively ponder and get excited about possibilities. There were budding enthusiast sites like CoasterBuzz or rec.roller-coaster, but that's it. There really wasn't anywhere else for their speculation to travel beyond those places, besides word of mouth. If you look through archived forum threads from back in the day, people guessed ahead of time that it was going to be a roller coaster... And that's really all the speculation was. From what I've read, there was a little backlash when it finally opened, but nothing like the backlash the shed got. And I feel like the lack of large online communities working themselves into a frenzy had a lot to do with that. (I'm not hating on speculation by any means--it's part of what makes this place fun for me. It's just something I've noticed.)
Anyhoo, I'm on a tangent. I just think a unique number of factors led to a number of anticipointments, which is why I think so many people don't like it. For me, I like the shed as it is. I'll get off my soapbox now.
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...Blue ice cream and Tom+Chee. [ducks and runs]
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I haven't yet, but I will in the very near future. I'll report back here!
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Sesame Street to SeaWorld in 2019
in Other Amusement Parks & Industry News
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To me, this is a smart direction, although I don't feel like that particular IP is going to demand attention from kiddos otherwise spending time at Disney. Granted, I haven't been in Sesame Street's target demographic for a decade or two, but I feel like it, like Peanuts, is timeless without being in high demand. I feel like the best thing that can be said about it is that it's recognizable. If they're looking to position themselves as something to do on that extra, unplanned day in Florida, then I suppose that's an alright move.
That being said, I do think the SeaWorld parks probably ought to concentrate on becoming really good amusement parks (as opposed to being good zoos and aquariums that happen to have a couple big coasters. As far as I'm concerned, I think the ship has sailed on SEAS ever repositioning themselves as parks whose main attractions are the animals.) This is a strong step in that direction. On that front, I think this is a great idea.