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When the gates open run run run to Nemesis and Air.

Megafobia style family woodie for 2008 Corkscrew should get scrapped or moved to a different place in the park, Rita is getting costaphobia and needs to have some "Maverick" inversions added.

CP should put magnetic brakes on Maggie for it's brake run. I'm glad no-one was hurt.

Get the "Blue Streak" and "Turtle Bug" open asap

Love it, it is more closer together than Thunderhead and the 1st GCI woody for Europe. Let's hope the lift-hill is super strong..

Glad ur all enjoying CP 17th coaster, did you really think CP will let everyone down and install a "duff" coaster. Night rides are amazing I can guess, going over the water and shooting out of the tunnel. Has the guy in the 1st row right hand side "passed Out"..?

matteocrepaldi: If u and your freinds did slap those stickers round CP, That is so dumb, I hope u get fined and have a restriction order on yoou all when visiting any US Parks.

BK is best, can't beat a double whopper and large meal. My fav which I can't have in the UK is: "Wendy"s Triple Burger mmmm so lovely.

Do wooden coaster really need to have a "Handrail" either side of the track, the "Blue Streak" at Conneaut Lake Park runs with only the right hand side handrail. All of the modern coasters have 2 Handrails. Is this down to the designer to choose 1 or 2 Handrails..?

$2.25 is not bad considering they have to be imported from England. A "Flake" costs 50p here, I'm a "Double Decker" fan.

If you won a very large sum of money (talking Millions) on your Lottery or Bingo how would you spend it...? Would you: A) Talk to your fav park and provide some cash so they can buy a sig coaster or flat ride...? B) Buy ur fav coaster and move it to your local Park if they agreed. C) Buy a Park and pay off it's debits (like CLP), get all the rides back to their former glory or as-new status and add new ones each year..? D) Pay off all of your friends n family debits, buy em cars, tv's and take them on a Worldwide holiday. E) Ask a coaster company to re-build ur fav defunct coaster at a Park. e.g. Wildcat at Idora Park, The Bat at Kings Island or the Crystal Beach Cyclone.? F) Hord all of your money and be a tight person and spend it on yourself. -------------------------------------------------- I would sort myself out 1st, friends n family then do A and B, if any money left C as well.

I love the Wii, play Tennis and bowling when I get home from work, helps me unwind. I have downloaded some of the old games and created about 20 Mii's.

I don't judge rides on their performance or what type of status it has/had in the past. I ride them damm thing and enjoy the few mins of it might produce. Take most of the English coasters for example, they all have mediocre designs and layouts, I ride them but don't rate them, we are so far behind your coaster designs in the USA. The best coaster in the UK is "Megafobia", the best in England is the "Wild Mouse". Nemesis is ok and so is "Air", but not that good. I find Nemesis's brother at Thorpe Park a better ride. Depending on how well off / rich Cypress Gardens are after their troubles: it could of bought Americana's Screechin' Eagle (if it was for sale but too far rotted to save) or done a "blue-print" copy of the Idora "Wildcat" (which most coaster lovers want to happen someday). The park decided to buy a middle of the range classic "woodie", anyone who rides the "Starliner" will enjoy their few moments getting on the hills. Here's to many happy operational years for the "Starliner" at it's new home. If I visit the region while on hols, I'll be riding not complaining. If your a coaster "purist" you either ride it or you don't.

If it's a new coaster the middle is best for me, if I know the coaster it's the front or back. e.g. Never been on Balder, so middle seats for a couple of go's then hit the front and back seats.

To be given "closure" news for the park which you love working at is the worst thing to happen to someone, esp for the Ops like "Ken". I hope they can all find employment quickly My dream job would be to operate a "woodie" coaster with a manual brake, but as I live in the UK, that is not possible. To see the joy and happiness of the coaster riders when they return to the station would be a great feeling. ---------------------------------------------------- I have never been to this park and experienced the wonders of the "Blue Streak", I’ve heard it can sometimes spark, I may never will if a buyer is not found soon. The Classic Rides like the "Tumble Bug / Turtle" (how many are left), Devil's Den and "Blue Streak", should be saved and moved to another park, I hope this happens in the near future. I hope the "Blue Streak" does not become like the "Comet" at Lincoln Park, left for years to rot till it collapses. It does not deserve a painful slow death. This would be a terrible loss to the local's and the coaster lovers if this lovely old lady of 1938 met a steel ball. I hope someone can come forward and buy the park, put it back to it's former glory and send the NAD trains along their course of the "Blue Streak". Come on you very highly paid people, shell out a few million dollars and save this lovely coaster which needs some TLC and to hear people scream down the 1st drop into the woods below. Very Sad.

None of the above. www.dogpile.com does it for me

That's our English law for you Everyone has to be 100% sure they want to ride a coaster or water ride, cos if you panic at the top of the 1st drop and undo the seatbelt or the ohr comes loose for some reason, there is not much anyone can do. Before the train sets off on it's journey, I double check the ohr and seatbelt's / look for any wear, fry or rips. If there is any I tell an ops, get out and wait for another seat. Very sad indeed for the family involved, but if the problem was not the park's fault, they should not get prosecuted.

None on that list. "Wild Mouse" beats any coaster at BPB, it's insane and the best, needs to be higher and longer.

You've taken some great photo's, what's the "S" 1st drop like on Renegade..? Wild Thing looks cool and are there any special effects in it's tunnel..?

I rode it in 2000 and it was so "smooth", i'm sure it is just as good today as 7 years ago and it is a B&M

Mantis is king of "Stand-Ups". King Cobra is 2nd followed by "Shockwave".

Lovely Pic's esp the water splash, not a coaster for me as I hate falling vertical, I'll rather ride the "Beast" or "Thunderhead" all day / night than this.

I agree, it was a good investment for CG to buy and rebuild the "Starliner". The classic wooden coaster was the first of its kind in Florida when it was built in 1963 at Panama City Beach's Miracle Strip Amusement Park. If it had not been built at that time, Florida could of been waiting for many years for their 1st woodie. So the coaster needed to be saved and thankful it was. After you have ridden: El Toro, Balder and all of the top woodies around the world, you can't compare the "Starliner" to them as it's in a "Classic" class of it's own. What "Woodie" coaster did you want CG to buy Robb...? Time to save WG "Cyclone" and the "Blue Streak" at CLP.

Nice photo's of the construction, some parts of the structure were so large, BPB used part of the airport to put together the supports. I don't mind riding the PMBO but the layout is wrong, it needed hills which it does not have and the fin brake brefore the helix is quite severe it makes the train nearly stop. Best Bits are: 1st Drop and the tunnel before the brakes. 1 ride at night is enough for me for "Pepsi Max" "Grand Nash", "BD", "Rollercoaster", "Wild Mouse" and "Ghost Train gets my votes to ride more often.

Sorry, just re-posted on the other topic page. Thanks for the advice.