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"The lap restraint will follow your lap down into the elevated, reclined seat, so that even if you're small framed, you won't slip out -- well you could, but it would take multiple fractures of both your femurs to do it, and that's not likely to happen on this ride." Dude that made me laugh and think at the same time that it was a DB comment.....

right thats why I was saying I dont remember what it looked like. Congo Falls was over there and King Cobra's que i thought was where deleriums que line is at sort of. And of course Top Guns line ran all the way down but ... what else was there

HTCO what you are missing is the fun factor. There is no reason to stay over there. If you walk through river town you have a bunch of rides and restaurants on either side along with a little atmoshphere and games. Over in Coney Mall you have the games in the middle of the "midway" along with the sounds of the games and many restaurants. IMHO the problem with Action Zone is it feels like a big circle and you rush in do those rides then go and enjoy the rest of the park. For example why would you eat over there when you could walk down the mid way or head over to Octoberfest. Top Gun is so far back there is nothing to watch, and SOB all you can see is the main hill. You do get to watch Invertigo and Drop Tower but not like over by Vortex (I assume you can see plent of DB have yet to make a trip this year I will be going in Sept) and over in Coney Mall you can watch The Racer roll on. Action Zone was nice to sit and visit when they did the stunt show over there. But to be truthful there is not much going on over there to watch. (Not an insult to the rides) plus I believe there is one store over there where everywhere else there are multiple stores in an area....

is it bad i miss King Cobra in the Action Zone...... BTW does anyone have any photos of the Action Zone before SOB was built? But after the Safari Thing ended. I can not remember what it looked like.

wow great info again terpy... but with out seat belts we would hear more people being tossed out of the ride...... but scary thought just thinking about the boat ride capsizing..... and i know im one of those people who try to get the boat to dip hitting the waves.....

yea on WWC, if its a little chilly I would avoid this ride, because i can never get off that ride with out getting soaked...... but hey if its a warm to hot day WWC is a blast

the mayans predicted SOB would fail in 2012... I feel that is the main prediction of there 2012 prophecy

what sort of ride was it? are we talking whitewater canyon ride here? BTW how deep is the water in WWC?

I agree with The Beast, should be one of the first rides you ride. If you have ridden the clone rides before stay away from FOF if the line is outside the building, because it will be shorter later in the evening. Adventure Express is a fun ride that you usually can walk onto. Along with the Eiffel Tower, if you have the time take a trip up it is cool to see all the way around the park, like someone said before its sort of similar to the fountains, you forget how cool it is up there.

well terpy lets not forget that paramount did make the GI Joe movie.....

very true andrew.... thats why i described it like that....

someone had said moving congo falls to river town... man if only there was a log flume ride that took you up into the tree tops and it went back sort of where The Beast is...... sigh...... but then i guess diamond back would a. not be built where it is, b. have a different lay out.... but hey we go cript in river town.... sorry back to the topic... couldnt they just plant a tree or two in Action Zone, it does get very warm during the day and does not look real inviting to go in there.... (theme?)

^^^^ the first hill is very cool. No matter what happens to this ride if it is burnt to the ground or left standing, the current state it is in is sad compared to the first few years of the ride. Knowing you were on a woodie and about to hit the loop was an awesome fear. Mainly that first time not knowing what was going on and looking over your head to see the tail end of the train reaching the loop(whats up front seat riders). Yes I agree Sonny is very rough, and I think the park should do something, if not more so for their own PR than ride safety, Yes SOB is safer than a trampoline..... Side bar for a moment, if everyone complains the ride is too rough why do we keep riding it? I am in the mind set now, that the ride is way to rough and ruins me for a few minutes afterwards, usually a good time to grab food out in the car is following a ride on SOB.... but seriously why do we ride it? Because it is fun, yes it hurts like the dickens, and may actually be causing long term damage that most of us wont see till we are much older, but to be truthful I no longer will offer up my personal opinion of "Its way to rough" because I am stupid enough to keep riding it. I am just like Dakota I keep giving it a second chance. So if you think its too rough dont ride it anymore.... As stated before what do we expect from a wooden coaster going 75 mph and 200 foot drop......... Just my random ramblings for the day

Simple. They have one central database for all the attractions, so you just have to slap the ID of that particular attraction onto the end of the URL and you can get the details for it regardless of what site you're on. If you change the URL to kingsdominion.com, you'll get it there as well. Thats a Nice fancy link there that had a few people myself going for a moment.

thats sad.... like the body sheet in a morgue..... well its not horrible yet right?

not to split hairs.... but no one knows for sure if theres nothing wrong with the coaster.....if there was nothing wrong with it we would have seen it being tested sometime in the past week. But who knows tomorrow morning it could start testing and nothing is wrong.... and not everyone has said tear it down, alot of us have said fix the issues with it or redesign it....

Hey Gang, I feel we are all getting way ahead of ourselves here since we have no idea whats going on. But with that being said I feel this season or next may be one of the last times we get to ride SOB..... but if it is torn down something new will rise in its place.....

paperg some people are not ringing the the death knoll for this ride just yet we are just discussing the problems and coming up with ideas on how to fix it... call is monday morning amusement park owner

it collapsed? shouldnt this have been a sign... like hey guys dont do this?

Well it was your point that made me think that the ride is breaking down ... SOB is sort of Robin Williams in the movie Jack where he ages very quickly....

Jon The Beast also does not have to deal with a 200+ drop with a 75 mph+ train whipping on its tracks..... and there is nothing wrong with saying that the forces wear this coaster down more often than other woodies

I brought this up somewhere but I feel that SOB is becoming our generations (the people that are in their 20s) version of The Bat. A great ride but a few design issues doomed it..... I understand people dont get hurt very often and you are right the ride should be denoted somehow to the general public that this is not a normal roller coaster, for the average park goer. But does KI know something we dont since the ride has still not opened yet?

well im saying lets say you and I agree to box a few rounds..... and your appendix is swollen from you being sick (and you do not know it) if I punched your stomach and it burst is it my fault or yours? and I am pretty sure you can punch someone and have their appendix burst, heck an apendix can burst and you do not know it did till you get incredibly sick..... and I agree the ride is an extreme thrill ride but I do not agree that just by walking into the park you are agreeing to sign your life away. I would bet a pay check that if you stood infront of the line of SOB and said would you mind signing this in case you die, you would have more people go.... you know I will just ride Top Gun instead..... Yeah some people will still ride it because its a thrill but normal people dont ride rides if they know there is a good chance of injury or death....

I lost my hat and sunglasses in The Beast healix...... my mom who was riding about 3 rows behind me caught my hat (somehow i think it flew in her row and she just naturally snagged it) the sun glasses though were never heard from again...... My mom didnt know who owned the hat till after the ride

I understand your post but with whitewater rafting companies you sign a release form saying you are putting your life in danger.... I think this falls under the category that people dont want to put their life in danger, and you all are forgetting a guy died because of blunt force trauma to his torso, cause by the ride. He, I am almost sure, did not have pre-existing injuries, and the latest chick who was in ICU because of the ride(or so she claims because of the ride) did not have pre-existing injuries. The one dude who broke his neck did not know he had an issue till the ride broke his neck. How would you like it if lets say I punched you in the stomach and your appendix exploded because it was swollen but you didnt know it? Would you sue me or would you say well I had a condition so its my fault