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Flash is good! Rode twice today, once in front and once in back. Floater on the launch side of the tower is nice. The hangtime on the stall is excellent and the restraints are extremely comfortable and perfect for this ride (after experiencing some squishing in the nether-regions on Copperhead Strike yesterday, this was a welcome relief). Nice air on the double up, borderline ejector in front. Barrel roll is a nice tribute to Chiller. Still trying to understand how they're applying Flash Pass to this ride. When I first arrived (I have all season Platinum FP) it said I could not reserve Flash. I went and rode El Toro and then headed back over, and by then I could reserve a ride so I did. After a couple hours I went to get another ride and once again it would not let me. This time I settled for the one time use FP for $11 (seriously...if you see how slow the regular line moves, it will be the best $11 you'll ever spend). Was on within 5 minutes through the FP line, but the regular line had to be well over an hour. It's a great ride but that line is going to get very ugly on all but the deadest of days. Hit a few other favorites. Toro running the same as last year. Wheel seats will give you a headache. I'm excited to see how nice the retrack makes the ride. Hope it gets restored to its former glory. The first half of the ride is still bonkers, but the second half is pretty brutal at this point and makes it tough to reride. Nitro and Batman both running fantastic even in the cold cloudy weather. Didn't get over to Devil but I could see it crawling through the course. Didn't get on anything else, was in the middle of a 14 hour ride home from Carowinds so really just wanted to hit Flash and anything else was a bonus today. Lots of food stands still closed. Even with the dining plan in hand I still just settled for Wawa. Also, I don't believe Superman opened at all today. Harley Quinn has not run since it's derailment last fall. I think everything else I noticed looked operational.1 point
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I finally was able to scratch off a major piece of my bucket list today with a somewhat whirlwind unplanned trip to Carowinds. My plan was to spend the weekend at King's Dominion, but with Pantherian suddenly not opening I had the crazy idea to drive 5 hours to Charlotte this morning, spend 6 hours at the park, and start driving the 13 hours back home tonight. My wife was surprisingly on board and replied with "well you've been talking about that place for 10 years" so we decided to do it. Arrived around noon and headed straight to Fury. This was the main reason for the trip and why would I start anywhere else. After waiting in line for about 20 minutes (and opening queue times to discover that this would be the shortest line in the park for some reason) I decided to purchase Fastlane because who knows when I'll ever be back here. Anyway, of course I built this thing up a little too much in my head. I know it's a lot of people's #1 steel and I get it. But I crave intensity and airtime, and while this has a little bit of both, it's not as in your face as Pantherian, Steel Vengeance, etc. I look at it as B&M's Millennium Force...another ride I absolutely love, but barely cracks my top 10 while being a lot of people's #1. I rode 5 times, lucking out with the front or back each time. Not sure which I preferred...the airtime and speed were great up front but a couple of the elements definitely hit better in the back. On one ride I didn't feel the trims engage at all and we f*cking SAILED through the speed hills at the end. As for the rest of the park: The Top Scan (whatever it's called): Glad to finally ride one here after getting teased by the one at Lagoon which decided to break down just before I went to ride it. I guess it's one of those rides that looks cooler than it is. The cycle just kind of sucks. It spins once or twice and then stops for 10 seconds and you just hang there. Then rinse and repeat a few times. Copperhead Strike: I loved this ride but wasn't a big fan of the restraints which I felt were a little male unfriendly. But the hang time filled inversions were a blast and the pops of ejector were crazy. Very slow moving Fastlane line (regular line pushed 2 hours) or I would've rerode for sure. Wish there were more of these Macks in America. Afterburn: Basically Montu's little brother. Nice intense old school B&M Invert just the way I like it. The tunnels and trenches went a long way to enhance the Montu vibes. Thunder Striker: This is heavily bitched about among coaster enthusiasts and after riding it I have no idea why. Sure, the layout isn't very inspiring but even with the trims every hill absolutely launches you out of your seat. The airtime is just as good as Diamondback. Why is this ride bitched about so much?!? Goldrusher: Basically a couple long helices and that's all. More interesting than Cedar Creek Mine Ride and Trailblazer but not sure how many other mine trains it can compare to. Vortex: Not awful but not my favorite ride by any means. I miss Green Lantern it didn't deserve the hate or the fate. Cyclone: Almost avoided it as it broke down but was open when I was about to leave the park after reriding Fury a few more times. I wish it stayed broken down for my own sake. It's not THE worst Arrow corkscrew coaster I've ridden, but...just...no. Hurler: It's really not that bad. First half is fun with some good airtime pops and fast turns. Second half jackhammered a bit. But I couldn't help but imagine Twisted Timbers elements coming up at me as we rattled through the course. Flying Cobras was down most of the day...no big loss. Ricochet not on Fastlane and I didn't feel like waiting an hour for a basic mouse, no big loss there either. Didn't feel like whoring the Hang'n'bang or the kiddie coasters. This park is obviously very top heavy with a terrific top 4 and then a bunch of crap after that, but that top 4 is among the best in the country. Not sure if I'll make it back in the next several years, but damn am I happy to have finally made it. Do have to mention one of the major cons of this park and that is the groupers. I've never liked not having a choice of seat (luckily as a single rider with Fastlane I pretty much mostly got front or back on everything anyway) but it's even worse when they're terrible at their job. Entire rows going empty on Thunder Striker every ride. Groupers on Fury and Afterburn not putting groups of 2 with other groups of 2 and causing 6-8 seats to go empty every ride. Sometimes they were so slow that the last 2 or 3 rows would go unfilled. This park was by far the strictest about no choice of seats. Parks like Universal, Disney, and Cedar Point scratch the happy medium of having groupers make sure they fill the train as best as possible but also almost always accommodating requests. Or better yet...just let people into the station until every row fills up like Six Flags parks do and call it a day. I noticed this at Kings Island a little bit a few years ago but Carowinds was the absolute worst with this. Kings Dominion doesn't group at all. It annoys the crap out of me seeing 1/4 of the train go out empty when there's a 2 hour line. Sorry for the rant Overall though I am glad I followed through with my insane idea and made the spur of the moment trip to the park. It's hard to know when I'll ever get back since it's just not near much else, but hopefully it's in the cards someday.1 point
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^ I saw that, too. Great Adventure is talking a big game about 2026, but for all we know it could be breaking the record for longest wacky worm. The thing that gives me pause about that article is that there are no facts, no evidence, just "i know a guy who said this thing." Also it states that they're in contact with various amusement companies and waiting on the right bidder, so that means it's a concept that's about to become as real as Orlando's Polercoaster.1 point
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THEME PACK PATHS DAT's - DPHNM001, DPPATH01, DPPATH02 and DPPATH03. Theme Pack Paths Group 1.zip DAT's - DPPATH04, DPPATH05, DPPATH06 and DPPATH07. Theme Pack Paths Group 2.zip DAT's - HPPATH1, HPPATH2, HPPATH3 and HPPATH4. Theme Pack Paths Group 3.zip DAT's - HPPATH5, HPPATH6, JP-p-01 and JP-p-02. Theme Pack Paths Group 4.zip DAT's - JP-p-03, JP-p-06, LOTRHTP1 and LOTRHTP2. Theme Pack Paths Group 5.zip DAT's - LOTRHTP3, LOTRIS20, LOTRIS21 and LOTRIS22. Theme Pack Paths Group 6.zip DAT's - LOTRIS35, LOTRLOP1, LOTRLOP2 and LOTRLOP3. Theme Pack Paths Group 7.zip DAT's - LOTRLOP4, LOTRMDP1, LOTRMDP2 and LOTRMOP1. Theme Pack Paths Group 8.zip DAT's - LOTRMOP2, LOTRMTP1, LOTRMTP2 and LOTRMTP3. Theme Pack Paths Group 9.zip DAT's - LOTRRIP1, LOTRRIP2, LOTRRIP3 and LOTRROP1. Theme Pack Paths Group 10.zip DAT's - LOTRROP2, LOTRROP3, OZPATH01 and OZPATH02. Theme Pack Paths Group 11.zip DAT's - PATHSNOW, ________, ________ and ________. Theme Pack Paths Group 12.zip MISCELLANEOUS PATHS DAT's - boathire, DEWPAT, DirtDark and Gary. Miscellaneous Paths Group 1.zip *JAINVSFP & PAT25MKY are both invisible paths and ques. DAT's - *JAINVSFP, MPDVH8, *PAT25MKY, PATH6MKY.Miscellaneous Paths Group 2.zip *PATHCLR & PATHINVS are both invisible paths and ques. DAT's - pathchoc, *PATHCLR, *PATHINVS and PATHMST.Miscellaneous Paths Group 3.zip DAT's - Patrick, PTHicest, RROOF and RUST. Miscellaneous Paths Group 4.zip DAT's - SIDEWALK, WATEU, XF-TEPH5 and ________. Miscellaneous Paths Group 5.zip IN-VALID PATHS All of these paths have in-valid DAT IDs (longer than 8 characters) and or were yellow/red flagged by the DAT CHECKER. All were tested in game and all worked without issue with one exception "AP Brick Path". The game does not recognize it at all but still may be need to open a park so I included it. The sad part is there are some really nice paths in here but I have to warn you to use them at your own risk. DAT's - Antiker_Pfad_By_GrindPower07, AP Stone Path, AP Wood Path, Blackwhite_By_GrindPower07, BrownPath(byMarcello), C-PATHBW-2, CPCBPathCPC, cpcBpathdunklhol, cpcBpathfichthol, CPCBPathHolz, CPCBPathHolzlat, CPCBPathKopstei, CPCBPathMaerwies, Dschungelpfad_By_GrindPower07, Edelpfad_By_GrindPower07, For Kings, Funkelndes_Rot_By_GrindPower07, Gletscherpfad_By_GrindPower07, Glutweg_By_GrindPower07, Goldstaubpfad_By_GrindPower07, Goldweg_By_GrindPower07, grey sparkley, Hallenpfad_By_Grindpower07, Industrieweg_By_Grindpower07, Jadeweg_By_GrindPower07, KrvlbyA91, Neo1byA91, NE-Splashway Path, Old Brick Path, PATHMaerWiesPat, patrctfan#dp, patrctfan#snd, patrctfan#st, Pineapple, Purpurweg_by_Grindpower07, QW-greensplat, Schalker_Weg_By_GrindPower07, Spain9Lines, Spongebob, Starlight Express 2 Path, Starlight Express Path, TN-Decorative Marble Path, TN-Green Marble Path, TN-Marble Tile Path, TN-Rocky FootPath, TN-Water Walkway, Waldweg_By_Grindpower07 and zzz (by player_2001). In-Valid ID Paths.zip1 point
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^ I have what you need I will post it when I get the chance. So sorry for the long delay on this Christmas stuff, there was a lot to go through and sort out. Almost all items are pictured. Every zip file includes the picture posted here along with all the DATs. Every DAT has a matching picture to go along with it so you can pick through the folder and take what you want and leave what you don't. ENJOY! Also, make sure you stop by the Download Thread and pick up all the Christmas Theme/Winter Theme rides, stalls and park entrances that would go great with these objects. Just off the top of my head I know there is a Santa/Reindeer Monorail (MetRSanM), Candy Cane Chairlift (MetRCanL), Reindeer Coaster (AE-REIND), Iceberg Boats (MetRiced) and many others. There are even theme specific items like a ride made just for the Nightmare Before Christmas theme (Mkg-ctph) a couple of Gingerbread theme rides (MetRLbkA & MetRLbkH) and a Disney Matterhorn Coaster by the Amazing Earl (AE-MTRHN.zip). There is even a custom Seuss Christmas park entry available (SEUSS32) and a complete set of stalls inside of gift boxes (TN-GS01). Just in case you did not here about it there is Christmas contest going on at NE called Roomies' Christmas Giveaway. Don't worry about being "good enough", this contest is not about that. This is also a very small build with map size limit of 40x40. There is a bench available at NE. There are prizes like copies of the original RCT games (RCT & CF+LL), coaster books and even a SIGNED copy of RCT2 by Chris Sawyer himself. This contest is an RCT2 only contest. For more info about this great little contest click HERE Hope to see a big turn out of TPR members. Random Christmas & Snow Items.zip Gingerbread Castle - House Items.zip Nightmare Before Christmas Scenery Items.zip XF - Ice Scenery Items.zip Disney Matterhorn Scenery Items.zip MS - Christmas Decorations and Structure Items.zip Seuss Christmas Items.zip Spanish Villa Holiday Building Blocks & Extras.zip1 point
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yea, i couldent get a pic though MVABig.DAT MVANIMALS.DAT MVAWolf.DAT MVBear.DAT MVBengal.DAT MVBison.DAT MVBongo.DAT MVCamel.DAT MVGiraf.DAT MVIbex.DAT MVLeo.DAT MVLion.DAT MVLion2.DAT MVMoose.DAT MVOstr.DAT MVPengu.DAT MVPolar.DAT MVRein.DAT MVTiger.DAT MVWolf.DAT MVTiger2.DAT1 point