-
Posts
350 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Everything posted by mudvayneimn
-
Arg, I was so late to the party. I had to step out of the house and by the time I got back, the thread exploded and we have a winner. You definitely should do more of these, hopefully I'll get to participate next time. I have a small question about Raw 5, do you plan on having a blu ray version? Either way, I cannot wait to get this next release, your videos are AMAZING!
-
Now that would be pretty epic if that were to happen... Having the 3 longest wooden coasters in the world, a kick a$$ twister, and a launching wooden coaster all within an hour drive. If any person were to actually have one put in a park, I could see Ed Hart doing it, especially with what he did with the park in the past. I can't shake the feeling that this $8 mil coaster if realized will be a euro-fighter though.
-
Best parts of the ride are the twisting turn right after the inclined loop to the MCBR (nice pop of unexpected air), and the turn that goes through the dive loop to the last corkscrew. Hopefully they will smooth out the track at the top of it though, it seemed to have a "pot hole". Can't wait to see the actual color of the track. Too bad it won't be closer to the color of Riddler's Revenge, I've always found that color of green striking.
-
^^A Boomerang would not be a *marquee* attraction, especially for a park that had a massive stand-up coaster. Besides, we already had a *cursed* boomerang. I don't know though, we have seen some questionable additions to amusement parks in recent years. Maybe we will get a boomerang with new trains. Not like Carolina Cobra's, I'm talking some BSG, seat-disengaging goodness. "You thought getting stuck in odd angles for 2-3 hours and being removed with a cherry picker was fun, or having your feet removed out from under you was intense, just wait until you faceplant into concrete on the new Vampire 2: Bite the Dust!"
-
Yeah that's kinda what I based it off of. With $8 mil they could practically build a Voyage, but there is NO way KK would be able to compete with the setting the Voyage has and wouldn't really work out to well in my eyes. But really it's still too early to fantasize about it, all this could go under.
-
$8 mil for a new marquee attraction....Me thinks wood, hopefully of the Balder variety (of course wishful thinking). But if you think about it, this area of the country seem to be all about the woodies, it would be something different to offer in this market, one that could be a big draw. Although I stopped going to SFKK after they removed STOP, I'd like to see the park flourish again. Ed sounds like he still has a great vision for the park. Exciting news indeed!
-
Batman and Nitro's track is yellow. From what I took from his comment was something more along the lines of Bizzaro with the actual track being blue instead of the supports. I too hope they choose a different color than yellow for the track. I was always fond of the new paint scheme on V2 at SFDK, or Air at AT. Those would like nice on Chang I think.
-
Cedar Point (CP) Discussion Thread
mudvayneimn replied to robbalvey's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Eh it could be worse, like Flight Deck or Afterburn. -
While GASM probably owns Chang in terms of intense loops, don't under-estimate the power in the front seat. On a nice warm day, Chang will pull tears out of you going down the first drop, coming out of the loop and dive loop. There is something good about a nice straight 150' ft drop. That said, I think it is sad that GASM is leaving. I always wanted to ride Shockwave and when it was torn down I started making plans to New Jersey, guess I'll be a year too late. I think I better get out to SFMM to ride Viper ASAP.
-
Thanks for the photos. I'm not normally a waterpark person but it looks like I'll definately have to give Wildebeest a go. I'm planning my first trip around the Voyage so I haven't made it up there yet. Haven't ridden the Voyage since my marathon when it first opened, can't wait to ride it with the new trains.
-
Holiday World (HW) Discussion Thread
mudvayneimn replied to robbalvey's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
HW will see the biggest rise from the closing because everyone in Louisville knows that HW has an amazing waterpark. KI isn't known around here for their waterpark and I can recall seeing maybe two Beech Bend commercials last year.To be honest, the only park I could envision having a drastic and prolonged increase in attendance would have to be Holiday World. People that wanted to go to a park to ride coasters already traveled to Holiday World and Kings Island 2 years before the announcement of SFKK closing. Speaking from personal conversations with my friends and co-workers over the years, it seems like the small group (outside of teens mind you) that did go to SFKK for the coasters were alienated when Twisted Twins closed, and then got sucker punched when Chang was removed. With the opening of HW's Voyage and KI's Diamondback, and no new significant coaster addition at SFKK between their openings, people already wrote the park off for that. I was going to actually go to Splashin' Safari out this year to check out Wildebeest, but I can barely handle a nearly empty waterpark, let alone one as popular as HW's. I guess we will see what happens. -
Carowinds Discussion Thread
mudvayneimn replied to robbalvey's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
I guess I see why they have trims on those hills now...Maybe it's just the angle of the photos but after the first and second drops, the completed hills look like baby Goliath at La Ronde hills. Diamondbacks hills seemed to just be massive up to the last three compared to those. Anybody notice what I'm talking about? Edit: Now that I think about it, it probably has more to do with the terrain Diamondback sits on compared to Intimidator. Either way, I normally hate red track, but the red is EPIC sitting on top of the grey (or gray in American syntax) supports. -
Favorite Coaster Color Scheme
mudvayneimn replied to CoasterExpert13's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Although I normally can't stand so much red, Diamondback at KI has a very pretty scheme, as does Vortex and Titan at SFOT. Sometimes coasters look amazing being one solid color, the old scheme of Mr. Freeze comes to mind. My favorite solid color scheme would have to be Chang's original color scheme. Although I also have a strong distaste for yellow, there was nothing more amazing than seeing a glowing mass of yellow steel blinding you driving on the highway with a mostly overcast sky...too bad I couldn't find any photos of that scenario....