jbt Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 As I get deeper into researching new parks to visit, I'm curious where everyone else has been. What were your favorite rides? Here's where I've been, including my favorite rides: Busch Gardens Tampa - Montu Coney Island - Paddle Boats or the Trabant Disney World (Magic Kingdom, Epcot, MGM/Hollywood Studios) - Space Mountain, Horizons (does that still count?), The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror Dollywood - Mystery Mine Kemah Boardwalk - Boardwalk Bullet Kings Island - Adventure Express Six Flags Over Texas - The New Texas Giant and Titan were both top notch Stricker's Grove - Tornado Universal Studios Florida - Back to the Future (it's been a while since I've been there, obviously) Looking forward to a trip to Cedar Point at, uh... some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLiveTheSmurfRide Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Kennywood - The Whip Cedar Point - Millennium Force Kings Island - Diamondback Holiday World - The Voyage Disneyland - Pirates of the Caribbean Disneyworld - The Haunted Mansion Dollywood - Haven't been in years, but when I was last there it was Thunder Express Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcgoble3 Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Kings Island - The Beast Holiday World - The Raven (that may change in early June depending on what the retracking did to the Voyage) Stricker's Grove - Tornado Cedar Point - Millennium Force Disney's Hollywood Studios - Star Tours (the original one; haven't had a chance to try the new one yet) And a bonus: The Beach Waterpark (R.I.P.) - The Banzai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faeriewench Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Cedar Point - Raptor Dollywood - Tennessee Tornado Kings Island - Flight Deck SeaWorld Orlando - Manta SeaWorld San Antonio - Steel Eel Knott's Berry Farm - Ghost Rider Busch Gardens Tampa - Montu (I need to go back...) Busch Gardens Williamsburg - Big Bad Wolf Six Flags Worlds of Adventure - X-Flight(presently the Firehawk everyone knows and loves) Hershey Park - Storm Runner to name a few I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delirium13 Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Kings Island - The Beast WDW (Magic Kingdom/Epcot/MGM Studios/Animal Kingdom) -Haunted Mansion/Can't remember unfortunately/Tower of Terror/Countdown to Extinction) Cedar Point - Maverick Holiday World - The Legend Six Flags Over Texas - Titan I need to get out to more parks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_humor Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Kings Island: The Beast. Six Flags Great Adv: El Toro; insanely fun and intense from start to finish. Almost makes a tri pto New Jersey worth it. Cedar Point: May the Force be with you. A close call, but Millennium is the ride I could ride all day. Dorney Park: Talon. Like a teeny tiny Raptor at Cedar Point, but ends too soon. How did Kings Island never build a B & M invert? Disneyworld: Pirate Ride. The coasters at Disney take a back seat to everything else in my opinion. This is just plain fun. Dollywood: Thunderhead! Followed by inches by Tenessee Tornado, which has to be the best coaster Arrow ever built (in this Vortex-ish style) Busch Gardens WIlliamsburg: Big Bad Wold is dead, so I have to go with my former number 2, Appollo's Chariot. There is not a bad ride at Busch, so this is hard. If you ever go, ride "Da Vinci's Cradle". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcoaster Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Coney Island - Paddle Boats or python DISNEYLAND: MATTERHORN Kings Island -BEAST KNOTTS BERRY FARM: LOG FLUME Stricker's Grove - Tornado LESOURDSVILLE LAKE RIP: SCREECHIN EAGLE Cedar Point: Millenium Force Soak City KI: Zoom Flume -family water ride in the back(I think thats what its called this year) LAS VEGAS: Desparado at stateline Nevada/California Bufallo Bills Casino/hotel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countess_of_tuscany Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Cedar Point - Magnum & Wicked Twister Kings Island - Beast (favorite ride of all time, of any park!) & Invertigo Canada's Wonderland - Sledgehammer & Behemoth Michigan's Adventure - Falling Star (loved it since Boblo - it's a shame they took it out this year at Michigan's Adventure) & Shivering Timbers Disney World - Tower of Terror (haven't been there since 1996) Dollywood - Tennessee Tornado (haven't been there since 2000) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomTheater Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Horizons (does that still count?) Yes, any classic EPCOT ride is acceptable, particularly Horizons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziplock Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Six Flags Magic Mountain- X2 (Straight up intensity from start to finish. Drop has superb negative g's, and the rest of the ride beautifully combines the rotating seats with the layout full of twists turns and hills. It is truly a masterpiece of a coaster.) Six Flags New England- Bizarro (Has the most ejector airtime I have ever experienced. Every hill literally throws you against your lap bar throughout the entire ride. Combine this with fire, a soundtrack, and lighting and fog effects and you have one big adrenaline pumping thrill machine on your hands.) Cedar Point - Millenium Force (If the height of this bad boy is not enough to scare you out of your wits, the death-defying drop and the wonderful mixture of positive and negative g forces are sure to provide an enjoyable ride every time.) Kings Island- Diamondback (Although I'm sure all of you know, it's almost impossible to go wrong with a smooth, air-time filled B&M hyper. I could ride this thing all day in the back seat. In fact, last summer with the Fast Lane, I did.) Six Flags Great Adventure- El Toro (Simply the smoothest, fastest paced, most airtime filled wooden coaster I've ever ridden. Similar to Bizarro at SFNE, this beast relentlessly throws you over every hill in serious ejector airtime.) Kings Dominion- Intimidator 305 (The crazy first drop on this monster is just the beginning of this truly disorienting experience. From the first "gray out-inducing" turn to the rest of the ground hugging ride, this Intamin giga just doesn't give up until the final brake run.) Carowinds- Intimidator (Again, you can't go wrong with a B&M hyper. Every hill brings a large portion of floater airtime, as well as the twisting hills bring an entirely new sensation.) Six Flags Great America- Raging Bull (Although slightly weakened by trims, the Bull still delivers a unique combination of positive g turns as well as that signature B&M touch of floater airtime.) Six Flags Over Texas- The New Texas Giant (With a steep, thrilling drop, extreme over banked turns, and a very smooth layout with excessive airtime, Rocky Mountain has in my opinion found a way to turn an old, rough wooden coaster into what should be the ideal model of a good coaster. They covered all necessary aspects of creating a ride that is sure to please, and I hope more of these transformations will appear in the future. Mt. Olympus- Hades (The excitement begins even before the first lift hill, but surely doesn't stop there. Despite being rough in some spots and an extremely poor capacity, this Gravity Group creation drops you into the world's longest underground tunnel, brings you up on the other side of the parking lot for a nice pop of airtime, only to bring you right back down again. Overall, Hades is a very extreme wooden coaster and it's underground tunnels are something unique that you surely do not see on a coaster every day.) Nickelodeon Universe- SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge (I wasn't expecting much from this indoor park, but this was still a pretty fun little coaster. From the drop to the compact turns and inversions it is an overall enjoyable experience.) Indianapolis Zoo- Kombo. (Yes I've ridden this...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joncars05 Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Here are my favorites from my limited park experience! Holiday World- The Voyage Kings Island- Diamondback Busch Gardens Tampa- Sheikra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TombRaiderFTW Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Holiday World: The Voyage Indiana Beach: Tig'rr and Steel Hawg Michigan's Adventure: Mad Mouse Nickelodeon Universe: Spongebob Squarepants Rock Bottom Plunge Cedar Point: Magnum XL-200 Coney Island (Cincinnati): (at the time Pepsi) Python Kings Island: Adventure Express Stricker's Grove: Tornado Hersheypark: Storm Runner Kennywood: Thunderbolt Dollywood: Thunderhead Kings Dominion: Intimidator 305 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_humor Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 I forgot about the almost invisible log flume at Dollywood. They have, hands down, the best log flume on the planet, in my opinion of course. Google it and take a POV. Even that is fun. I say "invisible" because it is so darn easy to walk past it and not even realize it's there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KI FANATIC 37 Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Cedar Point- TTD Cedar Point- Millienium Force Carowinds- Intimidator Kings Dominion- Volcano: TBC And, Kings Dominion- Dominator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TombRaiderFTW Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 ^^ ...I didn't even know Dollywood HAD a log ride. Where do you board this thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedarPointer Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Horizons (does that still count?) Yes, any classic EPCOT ride is acceptable, particularly Horizons. I think Horizons is the only acceptable answer, actually. In my case,anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XGatorHead 8904 Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 ^^ ...I didn't even know Dollywood HAD a log ride. Where do you board this thing? It's called Daredevil Falls, it's up near Barnstormer. It is a fun ride, but I haven't ridden it in years since the last few years I've only gone for the Christmas event. Now that we have passes there I'll get to ride it again. Kings Island: Beast, Diamondback, Delirium, (Flying Eagles) Magic Kingdom: Haunted Mansion, Space Mountain & Splash Mountain EPCOT: Soarin' Disney's Hollywood Studios: The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror (then Marriott's) Great America: Demon (then) Six Flags Over Mid-America (now St. Louis): Screamin' Eagle Cedar Point: used to be Milllenium Force when I was able to fit on it, now Magnum, SkyHawk, (Chaos) (then) Paramount's Carowinds: Hurler (then) Paramount's Canda's Wonderland: Top Gun Busch Gardens Tampa: Montu Kentucky Kingdom: Thunder Run Universal Studios Florida: Revenge of the Mummy, (Jaws) Islands of Adventure: Harry Potter, Spider-Man (then) Paramount's Great America: Top Gun Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk: Giant Dipper & Hurricane (then) Paramount's Kings Dominion: Volcano LeSourdesville Lake: Screechin' Eagle Dollywood: Thunderhead, Mystery Mine, Barnstormer Holiday World: Voyage Coney Island: Rock-O-Planes HersheyPark: Lightning Racer Sesame Place: Vapor Trail (not much to choose from at that park) Stricker's Grove: Tornado Six Flags Great Adventure: Kingda Ka Idlewild: Rollo Coaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammbone Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Six Flags Great America-Raging Bull & Shockwave (R.I.P.) Havent been since '01, going back in June for X-Flight & others built since '01. Kings Island-Diamondback Cedar Point-Millenium Force & Magnum XL-200 Dollywood-Wild Eagle & Thunderhead Old Indiana-Montagness Russes (only coaster they had when I was there shortly before the train accident in '96) Also planning on Six Flags St. Louis, Silver Dollar City, Worlds of Fun, and maybe Holiday World this summer. Next year possibaly Busch Gardens Williamsburgh, Kings Dominion, and Carowinds. Hershey, Dorney, and Kennywood are also on my list at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderbeast1968 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Cedar Point-Maverick Kings Dominion-Dominator Kennywood-Thunderbolt Busch Gardens-Alpengeist Kings Island-The Beast Trip to Holiday World (1st time) All 3 woodies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 No Camden Park? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderbeast1968 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 No Camden Park? Sorry, Big Dipper-Camden ParkBig Dipper-Geauga Lake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thekidd33 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 King's Island - Diamondback Cedar Point - Maverick Indiana Beach - Cornball Express Michigan's Adventure - Shivering Timbers (With Falling Star (RIP) being a very close second) Dollywood - Thunderhead EPCOT - Soarin' Hollywood Studios - Tower of Terror Magic Kingdom (FL) - Pirates of the Caribbean Animal Kingdom - Expedition Everest Holiday World - Voyage Universal Stuidos (FL) - E.T. IOA - Forbidden Journey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdawg1998 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Kings Island - Flight of Fear Coney Island - Python Holiday World - The Voyage Magic Kingdom - The Haunted Mansion EPCOT - Soarin' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kblanken Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Busch Gardens Williamsburg - Apollo's Chariot Busch Gardens Tampa - Gwazi Camden Park - Big Dipper Carowinds - Woodstock Gliders Cedar Point - Maverick Columbus Zoo - Sea Dragon Coney Island - (spinning thing next to the lake by the pirate ship) Disney California Adventure - Turtle Talk with Crush or Tower Of Terror Disneyland - Space Mountain Dollywood - Thunderhead Dorney Park - Thunderhawk Hersheypark - Storm Runner Holiday World - Raven Kemah Boardwalk- Boardwalk Bullet Kings Dominion - Intimidator 305 Kings Island - Diamondback Knoebels - Phoenix Knott's Berry Farm - Xcelerator Lakemont Park - Skyliner Las Vegas - Manhattan Express NY Astroland - Cyclone Pacific Park - Santa Monica West Coaster 6FOG - Georgia Cyclone 6FA - Superman Ride Of Steel 6FNE - Superman Ride Of Steel 6FNJ - El Toro 6FMM - Apocolypse 6FStL - American Thunder 6FOT - Titan Stricker's Grove - Tornado Universal Studios Florida - Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit Universal Islands of Adventure - Doctor Doom's Freefall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamondbacker Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Kings Island: Vortex Coney Island: (Cincinnati) Zoom Flume (RIP) Stricker's Grove: Tornado Disneyworld Animal Kingdom: Haunted Mansion I need to visit more parks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faeriewench Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Disneyworld Animal Kingdom: Haunted Mansion Don't you mean Magic Kingdom? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamondbacker Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Disneyworld Animal Kingdom: Haunted Mansion Don't you mean Magic Kingdom? Yes. The only time I ever went to Magic Kingdom was when I was 7. My memory is a little hazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beastrider97 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Kings Island: Diamondback/ The Beast Cedar Point: Millennium Force/ Maverick Holiday World: The Voyage Hershey Park: Storm Runner/ Lightning Racers WDW: Space Mountain/ Dinosaur/ ToT/ Test Track Universal Orlando: The Simpsons Ride/ Spider Man Dollywood: Thunderhead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldiesmann Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Beech Bend - Kentucky Rumbler Camden Park - Big Dipper Coney Island - Super Roundup Kings Island - Diamondback and Beast Stricker's Grove - Tornado Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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