The Big So-So

TPR was based in Valencia for several years, so it makes sense for SFMM to be the most talked about park on the site.

I quite enjoyed this. I thought it was funny that the reporter wasn't too impressed with the ride, saying, "Despite its size, it still cannot hold a candle to a good steel loop roller coaster."

Positive - Goliath at SFMM feels like the most, but I don't know if that's technically correct. Negative - New Texas Giant Lateral - Not sure, but there was a moment of sudden lateral force on the Beast that killed me.

Liseberg was featured in a sequence from Ingmar Bergman's 1955 film "Dreams." Included is a ride on Bergbanan, a woodie that operated from 1923 to 1987, according to RCDB. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZdryPxlgcg

I'll be making my first trip to Disney World Saturday 10/15, staying for a week. Can't wait!

Scream isn't rough in the traditional sense, but its rattle gives me a fierce headache after only one ride. It's the only ride at SFMM that I consider unrideable. To compare, I rode Medusa at SFDK this summer and found it a fantastic, smooth ride. As for some of the other B&Ms mentioned in the last few posts, Vortex is a brutal headbanger and Diamondback is butter-smooth. If Dback had a little rattle, it didn't bother me at all after about 15 rides.

I just saw the 77" height restriction listed on the SFMM Web site. Looks like I won't be able to ride. I don't understand why a ride of this type would need such a restriction. This is hugely disappointing.

New Texas Giant at TX Giant Bash. I miss it so much!

I had an amazing time at Texas Giant Bash! One interesting thing I noticed: on the train ride around the park, the recording says that Runaway Mine Train is the world's first tubular steel-tracked roller coaster. The SFOT Web site claims the same thing. Now, I may be wrong, but there's a little park in California with a ride called Matterhorn Bobsleds, and its track looks like tubular steel to me. And I do believe that ride is a few years older than the Mine Train. But anyway, I loved Six Flags Over Texas and its selection of rides. It kills me I can't go hop on NTAG or Shockwave right now. But at least there are some exciting things coming up this summer to keep me busy here in SoCal.

I've been on one (Knott's) and I never want to go on another. But I will anyway. I expect to ride my 2nd Boomerang in a few days at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom.

Tickets bought. Super cheap Virgin airfare purchased. Hotel booked. May 14 cannot come soon enough!

I ranked the Voyage #1.

In the email this afternoon:

Major woodie indeed.

Who is the Seven Dwarf, and where did he get this mine train? Sorry, but misplaced apostrophes bother me a great deal. And even worse-- on actual signage posted at the park!