KrakenKing

Did everyone on the train survive? Or did you all walk away with minor concussions?

Too much.

Mantis - Change from a Stand-Up to a Sitdown/Floorless coaster. Ninja (SFMM) - Change the train to the Suspended Vekoma kind.

Yeah, we waited around 45min for Goliath when we were at the "One Hour" wait sign. They were very efficient. Cool to have ridden the ride in both locations. I'll have to ride Bizarro in the back at night next time I visit.. should be around August. I'll see how it compares!

I made my first trip to SFNE yesterday. It was a great park (Minus some operations and many employees). Bizarro lived up to the hype and got better as the day progressed. We maged to grab three rides on it, once in the back, once in front, and once in the second row. The front row rides were late in the day and were fantastic. The back row ride was our first ride of the day and wasn't nearly as intense as the last two rides at night. Does this change during the day? Is the back the place to be on this ride? The other rides were great as well, all running relatively well (Except Mind Eraser and Flashback) The water park was PACKED. Did manage to get a ride in on Bonzai Pipeline, which was really intense going around the helix. I wasn't able to lift my head at all during this part. Many people getting off complained of hurting their elbows, hands, heads, and backs. I'd probably skip this attraction next time I visit. Now, for the good and bad news. Goliath was open, and was running really well! Bad news, it has the old train. I never had a problem with these trains, and in my opinion, they give you more of a "Holy crap I'm in a death trap" feel, which adds to the adrenaline.

No airtime to be had on that hill, in fact, this happened quite frequently: Haven't ridden this since '07, but it wasn't enjoyable then, very shaky. That barrel roll looks, as mentioned before, terrifying! Why do I see water dummies actually losing limbs in this?

Take off the OTSRs off of Goudurix... put OTSR's on Mindbender (SFoG). Yeah, which would be worse? That "Third inversion" on Mindbender would absolutely destroy you with OTSRs (Yes, I consider that part "rough", if there were OTSR's on it, I'm sure it'd be just like Revolution) and Goudurix would be considered "Good". Texas Tornado/Zonga = Crap after the OTSRs were installed. If Goudurix had lap bars (Maybe even the new vest restraints) I'm sure it wouldn't be receiving all the hate it currently does. Remember what happened to Premier when they changed to Lap Bars? Crap rides becoming ridable/re-ridable.

Since I've moved to Boston in Mid-August: Grizzly Bear Amanda Palmer Pinback Walk the Moon Passion Pit w/ Matt & Kim Shows sadly missed: Beach House Ra Ra Riot Later this week: Why? The Maccabees

Wow, a ban, really? High and mighty are we?

I've become more of a lurker than a poster on this site. But this has made me log in to say one thing to this coaster: Bye. (Oh how I wish it could actually hear me.)

Last week we went to see Grizzly Bear. The show was sold out on Ripoffmaster, so we decided to go to the venue on the day of the show. Lucky we did, because there were still seats left. 11th row back, center aisle! And we only paid $35 per instead of $47! Amazing show, great band to see live, they sound even better live than they do on their albums.

All really depends on if you're willing to shell out the cash for some quality audiophile headphones. Really, mostly everyone calls themselves an "audiophile" these days... even though they're using iPods/iPhones w/ 256kbps .aac files or 320kbps mp3's. Make sure you're using .FLAC files (or .ALAC if using iTunes), it's not just the headphones you have, it's also the audio file quality and equipment used to play back the files. You can even find 24bit/48khz audio on audiophile sites such as https://www.hdtracks.com/, but beware, they're VERY large files (30mb average) so make sure you have a music player with a large hard drive. Now, for headphones, IEMs (In ear monitors) are best for noise-cancelation (Not just isolation). I ride the subway every day here in Boston, and even with the subway noise, screaming children, and loud people, I can't hear anything but my music with my IEMs, and that's with the player volume set at 25%. I use WestOne UM2s that have dual drivers, one for highs/mids and a separate for low ends. The UM1s don't sound terrible either if you're looking for a cheap option (around $100 on amazon), but they now have a UM3 (around $500) that have three drivers (high, mid, and low) to give you a really representation of the music. Now, I'm not really sure about more consumer based products like Shure/Sony/Bose... I'm sure they're good, but I've never seen a professional musician use them, but I have seen performers use UM2/UM3s. Matt Bellamy from Muse used the UM2s a few years back as his in-ears for a performance in London.

Midwest Trip '07. Cedar Point Day 1... rain %80 of the day. Waiting nearly 7 hours for Maverick to open. It opened, and it was amazing. Good times. Would I do it again? Hell no. Other things I'd wait five hours for... A concert.

Guess I'm a bit late on this, oh well, haha. Here's what I received: - A "new" record player, my father's well maintained Kenwood KD-51F (which sounds fantastic!) - A few new records to go with it: The Strokes - Angles, Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium (My fav!), Radiohead - The Bends - $300 - $100 Best Buy gift card (To help pay for an iPhone 4S) - Socks - Undershirts - Work pants - $100 in gas gift cards - Getting to see my 3yr old nephew open his presents - Getting to spend my 5th Christmas with my partner It was a nice holiday.

"Time, the ever flowing river..." Is it bad that I can recite that ENTIRE ride? I think it may be... BTW, watching Coasters In The Raw HD Vol 2. It came today and looks great! Thanks Robb/Elissa

If it is in fact Wild Adventure's boomerang, I think that may be the start to the demise of the park. But doesn't that park do fairly well, booking multiple concerts and adding new attractions almost every year? I don't see why they'd want to get rid of one of their three "major" coasters. Now, if they were still looking into the boomerang option... do we know if Vekoma has redesigned their boomerang? Using the new track type found on Battlestar? A 4-Across seat standard boomerang with shock absorbing wheels on the train would be wonderful... but for now, probably just a wonderful dream.

If we're getting a "Big Fun" coaster, that'd be excellent! The video from IAAPA looked awesome and thought to myself "Man, any park would benefit from a ride like this, not too extreme, but not too gentle." I'm hoping it's going to be like Kentucky Rumbler, an awesome coaster at a small park. As for the steel coaster... I've read (and we all know how trustworthy the internet is) that it's going to be a Vekoma boomerang with the new restraints. We'll see how that goes.

I live ten minutes outside of Orlando city limits, in Winter Park... hence "Snootyville". I applied, now I wait. I was wondering what other members lived in the area, also, I had no idea until recently that you all moved to Orlando, Jay (ElToroExtreme) told me, ha! Welcome!

Here's my top "10" according to my last.fm account which is directly linked to my iPod/iTunes plays. 1. Rush - Limelight / Muse - Resistance (31 plays) 2. Rush - Tom Sawyer (27) 3. Muse - Uprising, Undisclosed Desires (26) 4. The Cars - Just What I Needed / Muse - Starlight (25) 5. Silversun Pickups - The Royal We (24) 6. Rush - YYZ / Radiohead - Bodysnatchers / Silversun Pickups - There's No Secrets This Year / Mew - Beach (23) 7. Shaimus - Interview (22) 8. Rush - Witch Hunt / Mew - Repeaterbeater (21) 9. Rush - Red Barchetta / Radiohead - 15 Step (20) 10. Muse – Stockholm Syndrome, Butterflies & Hurricanes, Supermassive Blackhole, Take a Bow / The Mother Hips - Third Floor Story / Shaimus - Turn The Other Way / Silversun Pickups - Panic Switch, Growing Old Is Getting Old, It's Nice To Know You Work Alone (19) And my last.fm account if you care to see more: KrakenKing's Last.fm

Want! Seriously, though... I really do.

So, I was just watching the Weather Channel to see the track of Hurricane Irene and saw a breaking news story about Richmond, VA being hit with a 5.2 magnitude Earthquake?? Anyone know any more, if King's Dominion was affected or not? That would be pretty scary happening while on the top of I305 or the Observation Tower. Edit: Guess it was a 5.9 magnitude.

Fixed. But yeah, good selection To add to this list: Radiohead Muse TV On The Radio The Republic Tigers The Decemberists MuteMath Bon Iver Foster The People Fleet Foxes and way too many more... I guess I don't have a favorite, I just like music. Though, of all I have listed, I can listen to every one of their albums in its entirety. If I can't listen to an album without skipping a song, I won't listen to the album... I guess I'm a bit OCD about it. Lady gaga makes my ears bleed though.

http://rcdb.com/9206.htm?p=32376 Yup. Someone can go for me. I was just tired of people guessing Intamin. Ukko @ Linnanmaki btw.

Thunderhead... and it was basically orgasmic.

I can't seem to find anything at the moment... and if anyone can find something on this accident, please post it. I read an article and saw some photos of a Togo Stand-up in (I believe) Japan where a wheel fell off, the train derailed to the side and crushed a guy against the emergency catwalk. That was pretty shocking. Brings a new meaning to "Death machine"