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“Fear can make a donkey attack a lion”
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The new Fright Walk is COMPLETELY awesome! A lot of the effects were designed in-house and most of it's quite unique. Maybe not the world's scariest walk-through maze, but certainly an enjoyable one with plenty of jumps. The park recently posted a short behind-the-scenes "making of" video (possible spoilers): Speaking of videos, the park also posted a really cool animated video of the park "springing" to life in a steampunk sort of way. It's hard to explain, but definitely worth a watch:
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Kennywood (KW) Discussion Thread
sfmman2000 replied to DenDen's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Ripsaw Falls at Islands of Adventure does it too and Great Adventure's flume used to do it a long time ago but it's definitely a really unique feature. Hersheypark's flume has a small uphill section at the bottom of the first drop, but it's fairly minor. Jetstream at Magic Mountain used to, but that element was removed. There's also Splash Mountain's indoor drop, but those uphill sections seem more coaster-y and less water-y. -
The Control Panel Enthusiast Thread
sfmman2000 replied to Montu Maniac's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
That's a lot of CRT monitors! -
I've been a fan of the Giant Discovery ever since riding Kennywood's version several years ago. Excited to have yet another one in California. Does anyone else think that 172 ft height is really just 172 ft "combined" if you take into account the height at the base of the ride vs the base of the Boardwalk area? Thinking this might be the case. Kind of like how SFDK's Skywarp is advertised as 70mph combined if you take into account the speed of both trains. Unless Zamperla has designed a new version for SFMM.. AFAIK, Zamperla has only produced one version of the Giant Discovery 40 tha
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Dollywood Discussion Thread
sfmman2000 replied to crispy's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
I think there's a chance it could open. It's not listed on the ride wait times page as being closed for the day, but it was listed yesterday. http://dw.dollywood.com/RWTimes/allRidesmob2017.html edit: and.... it was just updated, now listed as closed for the day -
Dollywood Discussion Thread
sfmman2000 replied to crispy's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Lightning Rod is testing today, Friday 6/2/17 -
^Yeah, I agree - the old Haunted Castle was way better than the new one. Although props to the Boardwalk for realizing that and continuing to invest in the new one. Many gags have been added since it opened and the lighting has been tweaked for a creepier effect. I always thought the Fright Walk was more on the legitimately scary side, but maybe I'm just easily spooked
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The Control Panel Enthusiast Thread
sfmman2000 replied to Montu Maniac's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Arrow Mad Mouse at Valleyfair from: http://arrowdevelopment.blogspot.com/2016/05/teenage-wild-mice.html