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  • 8 years later...

With all of the things that have been added to (Or removed from!) the park since 2012, I thought this could be a fun thread to revive.

Some of my favorite sounds are:

* BLSC’s flame effect

* WERD Radio

* Banshee’s scream

* Diamondback’s first drop

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some more answers:

Diamondbacks roar

Banshee scream

Planet Snoopy in the distance

the waterpark phones / buzzing for the lifrguard shifts

wave pool alarm

the sound of water moving

random conversations fighting for priority in your ears in a long line

the voice of that one person that always seems to be where you are

backlots fire and heli



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  • 3 years later...
On 10/17/2012 at 2:36 PM, Thrill_Biscuit said:

There once was a pair of noises in Coney Mall, back by the SR&R. One sounded like a car alarm, for when someone won a prize "boow, boow, boow, boow, boow, boow..." The other was a random, electronic noise from the "Strength Hammer" game (the one with the super-bright flashing lights), which sounded like the background sound on the classic "Galaxian" game.

I remember those!

Anyways, how has NO ONE mentioned Jim Cummings on FoF yet??? His voice is just so UGH...

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On 6/26/2021 at 5:20 PM, IndyGuy4KI said:

I'm not sure this is something I miss, but could always be heard halfway across the park. Son of Beasts anti rollbacks. 

I actually do miss SoB as both riding it and the incredibly loud and prominent presence it had. Of course, I was much younger during my time riding SoB and my body could take the violence better. I think if I were to hop in a time machine and ride it now, I would be singing a different tune. But I'd like to think that had the ride actually successfully survived itself, there would have been some extensive work done on it over the years if not a complete RMC refab. 

Other sounds I enjoy:

-The Monster's many hydraulic motors humming in sync with one another once they all fire up ( miss this sound but I am happy they are working to get it back up and running this year! )

-The lift motor inside The Bat's station. It's a lot more quiet since they've drastically slowed down the lift. But I remember it being louder during it's time as Top Gun/Flight deck. I also know the main bull gear is different than the one it had previously. It has spokes now whereas the old one was solid. 

-Vortex-miss everything about it, but to stay on topic, I miss all the different sounds it produced. The continuous sounds of the lift hill, the much loved Arrow anti-rollbacks noise, the sound of the brake fins slowing down the train the way an Arrow can only produce, the rattle of the structure while sitting almost under it having a slice of LaRosa's

-Firehawk-the incredibly loud lift and anti-rollbacks, the whooshing it made while gliding through the layout

-Drop Tower's lift motor hum and the loud clank when the catch car releases the gondola 

-Delirium's monstrously loud swing arm coupled with the slight high-frequency whining noise 

-Sol Spin's "turkey gobble" brakes

I'm sure I can think of more. These just came to the top of my mind.

 

Oh-honorable mention: The old IS fountains. Not only did they look more grand, they also were much more commanding simply by the amount of water you could hear being pushed through the pedestals. If you closed your eyes when you walked by on a quiet morning or evening at the park, it almost sounded like a small waterfall. Not to mention the breeze carried that larger amount of water better and would cool you off on a hot day as you walked by.   

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