drmom777

4/10. I can't answer those European questions.

Hi, I'm Suzanne, I've ridden coasters for something like 35 years, since I got tall enough to ride the Pinfari Super Italian Bobs at Adventureland outside Chicago. I know it's a horrible ride but I grew up loving it, and I just found out that same ride is now the Blue Diamond Streak in Delaware. I plan to visit it. I have no idea how many I've been on, but every chance I have I ride. This year we went on a five day trip to Hershey and Knoebel's because it's what my son Ricky wanted for his birthday. We live in Jersey now. My first upside down coaster was The Turn of the Century at Great America (later the Demon)--ouch! My favorite is probably Knoebel's Phoenix. I've been on it many times. I love the way you can just pop in to Knoebel's if you happen to be on route 80 and go on a few rides. It costs next to nothing and isn't a big production. We spent some time in august talking to the crew building the new Flying Turns. The multi layered bent wood trough is really something.

Turn of the Century (later Demon) at Great America in Gurnee, 1977. It hurt, even when new.