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  1. We understand the source and their audience, but the frustration still is there. It does not eat at us, but it still exists! Overall, we have love for all kinds of coasters.Of course, we have our favorites too!
  2. Well, the good news is that each appears to be getting some cool new additions next year, so we're certain that crowd levels will be a bit more than usual. SFGAm has that new Goliath being installed and KI has Banshee. Do you have a favorite type of coaster that you prefer over others (i.e. Giga steel, inverted, flying, wooden, etc.)?
  3. KD is on our list! We have yet to go, but it will get some love soon. We went to KI long ago (pre-Son of Beast when it was under Paramount), so we still will need to stop there in the near future, especially with the Banshee opening next year!
  4. Looks like this thread hasn't gotten much love in recent months (and potentially years), so we figured we'd redirect much of it and find out what everybody's thoughts are on video recording equipment are. What equipment and accessories do you use? Why did you get those verses others? And, have you bought any recent equipment that you just simply found over-hyped and hence regrettable? Thanks in advance!
  5. To be fair, Cedar Point supplies all the POVs we host on our site on DVDs. If the park can do a good enough job of supplying footage to us, I don't even need to shoot it myself! We remember that awesome I305 video you did, Robb... did they end up mounting that for you & allowing you to use their equipment, or was that a different case? In that specific case we provided services for their media day. We shot all the B-Roll and media rider cams for the Intimidator 305 Media Event. It depends on how much time I have! I've been in situations where I need to mount and dis-mount a camera after one ride and situations where the park gives us a coaster for 8 hours to film on. If we have "unlimited" amount of time, I'll usually do about 5 to 10 takes on each camera, sometimes with different settings. For example the Gold Striker video we did, I had a couple of hours to shoot on that ride, so we did lots of different settings. The POV that ended up on the YouTube channel was shot in 1440 instead of 1080 and it looked fantastic! Thanks for that insight. It is always great to hear the first-hand details about various setups. We know that you might have mentioned this somewhere else, Robb, but do you still use a GoPro 2? Or Go Pro 3? We are looking at possibly upgrading and picking up a good setup for coaster-riding and similar situations; would you happen to have camera and accessories recommendations? Thanks again for your time and expertise!
  6. To be fair, Cedar Point supplies all the POVs we host on our site on DVDs. If the park can do a good enough job of supplying footage to us, I don't even need to shoot it myself! We remember that awesome I305 video you did, Robb... did they end up mounting that for you & allowing you to use their equipment, or was that a different case? Also, when you shoot a video, about how many laps do they normally allow you to take to ensure that you have enough good footage? Thanks for your time and expertise!
  7. Okay, so we have not been on Kingda Ka, but we've spent many rides on Top Thrill Dragster. While we love the thrill and do not hate it (we certainly wish they'd attach a full-circuit to the end of the hill), we get frustrated how some of these Travel Channel-like shows always boast about how there's nothing like Kingda Ka and how nothing even comes close... they don't even make mention of TTD. Like we said, we don't hate any ride... we do dislike how some people are either lacking open minds about different rides or simply fail to bring up related coasters in the general conversation!
  8. We're a bit bummed about Hurricane Harbor. It will be nice, but they already have their nearby water park and have recently upgraded that, so the recent move announcements for 2014 do not make complete sense. We have heard that the park's rides are height-restricted due to the nearby local airport, so we doubt there will be a huge giga coming our way anytime soon. Carowinds looks to take the lead in the SE. As for SFOG, Goliath remains our overwhelming favorite coaster at the park. Hopefully, more coasters will be coming in the near future; until then, we will be hanging out at the wave pool!
  9. Back in the day, it was probably the best ride in Vegas. Of course, the rides atop Stratosphere have taken over in most people's opinions... and the new rumors for Vegas (and previous ride rumors) have outclassed this launch coaster. However, it was great to eat a little food before or after this ride at the NASCAR Cafe!
  10. We were busy this year, but it was mostly outside of the parks. We went to SFOG many times this year, but we did not get a chance to go to White Water. Still, we were able to make a road trip to Cedar Point (Elaine's first trip there), but we were short on time (only staying 2 days and unable to stop at Kings Island - which we passed by twice during the trip). 2014 has a lot more in store for us! Which parks do you think we definitely should hit in 2014?
  11. I personally prefer I305 over MF, but definitely prefer any Intamin giga over a B&M giga like Leviathan (totally non-biased opinion, considering CW is my home park). Although I have to agree with Benner, after seeing Shambhala on video, that B&M does have potential to make a top-notch giga, and could be just as welcome at Carowinds We keep hearing how some people love I305 much more than MF... and others that say the opposite. We have yet to get to Kings Dominion to compare for ourselves, but MF is amazing and remains a standard for steel coasters. It is unfortunate that I305 did not get a better showing on the GTA Steel coaster list this year. Any thoughts as to why that might be?
  12. 300ft Winged? Now, that would rock. We doubt that, even if B&M could and would build it, Cedar Fair would place a far superior winged coaster to its flagship GateKeeper so close after GateKeeper was opened to the public! However, We're sure they'd draw awesome crowds for that!
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