silver2005 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 I finally got around to seeing photos of T2 in that atrocious all red paint, and next to it Chang in all yellow. All I gotta say is- yikes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkroz Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Wowzers. Hard to pick a favorite terrible SLC color scheme between that and Cedar Fair's Thunderhawk while at Geauga Lake & Wildwater Kingdom: Oofa! Not so easy on the eyes! 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoddaH1994 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 The yellow one isn't nearly as bad as the other one. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 The teal supports with red track once seen at Six Flags Worlds of Adventure were so pretty, too. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upstop Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 The last time I was there we entered from the west gate and we were directed up the access road that cuts the park in half. That being said, I always thought it was a street that cut through the park. It only serves to get the cars to the parking lot...am I correct? Why in the heck hasn't that been rerouted to utilize that space for the park?....and get rid of that stupid connector bridge... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron88stang Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 The fair board is not going to spend money to do that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APE Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 I actually like the red they had. It's so painful to look at its awesome, And different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB1 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 .....and if you add the two colors together, you get an Invertigo! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APE Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Well to my delight Kentucky Kingdom just announced on Facebook its going back to the original paint. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBEASTunchained Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Kentucky Kingdom on Facebook: "T3 is getting a fresh coat of paint and returning to it's original red. What do you think?" Photo : Kentucky Kingdom via Facebook 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 As red as the 2014 season profit/loss figures? 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homestar92 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 My thoughts... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marth555 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 its uh very red 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcgoble3 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 its uh very red Bloody good observation! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBEASTunchained Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 It's almost as if Ed Hart wants to relive the "glory days" of Kentucky Kingdom... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Almost? Kentucky Kingdom. A place of CHANGe. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB1 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Hopefully he won't be a StarChaser either. But at the same time, I like what Mr. Hart is doing with the park and I do give him kudos (Cyclos?) on what he is doing and what he has done! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver2005 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 My thoughts on the T2/3 paint. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMAJrKY Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Well I'm relieved to know my eyes didn't decieve me. It is indeed fresh paint. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calakapepe Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Hmm... that original paint job reminds me of the coasters I used to make when I played RCT 1 as a small 5 year old boy.However, if the new trains will have restraints like the picture posted above, maybe this will be my first enjoyable experience on a Vekoma SLC. Not T2, nor Mind Eraser at Darien Lake were very kind to my head.Both look and sound deceptively smooth, really smooth, from a 3rd person standpoint. *I'll never learn. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homestar92 Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Oh, if you thought Mind Eraser at Darien Lake was bad, there's a FAR worse one at a park just a couple hours away across the Canadian border... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Are you aware T2 is a prototype? It is far, far more herky-jerky than a standard SLC. It shuffles forward and backward violently while ambling through its course. It's very, very different. And not in a good way. The Canadian coaster of which you speak is far, far smoother than T2 was. Did you ever ride T2? If you didn't, you have no idea. At all. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver2005 Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Yeah, I've talked to a lot of enthusiasts through the years, and their unanimous opinion on T2 is that its one of, if not, the worst of the Vekoma SLC's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMAJrKY Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Are you aware T2 is a prototype? It is far, far more herky-jerky than a standard SLC. It shuffles forward and backward violently while ambling through its course. It's very, very different. And not in a good way. The Canadian coaster of which you speak is far, far smoother than T2 was. Did you ever ride T2? If you didn't, you have no idea. At all. It's true. I was fifteen when T2 debuted, and I had nothing to compare it to so I really liked it. I also rode Hangman at Opryland that year, but don't recall noticing a marked difference at that time. Again though, I was fifteen with limited coaster exposure. Hadn't yet experienced a steel coaster with B&M like smoothness. Fast forward several years later and I revisited T2. You could feel the train shuffling in nearly every direction trying to find its way through the course. I did not ride it again. Anxious to see if new trains help this. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Hangman was also a prototype! It's now at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom as Kong. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMAJrKY Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Hangman was also a prototype! It's now at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom as Kong. That makes sense. I was wondering how the two could both debut the same year and only one be a prototype. At that time if someone had told me one of the two parks would be closed in 2-3 years, I would have automatically assumed KK. The reality was very harsh. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calakapepe Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 I don't understand how Vekoma sold so many of these models if they, seemingly, were always so jerky and rough to ride.. and not in a fun rough way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 They were inexpensive. And built to stay that way. The Premier Six Flags put a boomerang and an SLC into nearly every converted Six Flags park. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McSalsa Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 ^Not only that, but La Ronde in Canada has BOTH a Vekoma SLC and a B&M Batman clone. http://rcdb.com/4567.htm (see "Vampire" and "Ednor") That's kinda weird. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RailRider Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Cheap to open and operate compared to other coasters. Honestly if you look at the opening of T2 it is nothing more than getting a 3rd coaster up an running for the sake of having a 3rd coaster. Nothing more, nothing less. I do not know of anyone clamoring for this ride to reopen or still upset from when it shut down. The ride experience on T2 is worse than most SLC's and that is saying something, I don't think new trains will improve it much and given KK's attendance they only need 1 new train and will more than likely only staff a bare minimum ride crew to support the running of 1 train. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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