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All this bickering and arguing based solely on rumor and hearsay...

One More Time -- Daft Punk

Easily the most terrifying part of the entire video.

Mob mentality at its finest.

Maybe its me, but that place looks like a cheap motel. Unless that's standard for the Vegas strip, or its because all the nice furnishings are gone.

Damn, I liked Voracek, but we really do need a scorer. I'm hoping Carter is the answer, and maybe give us the boost we need on offense.

And for that price, they might as well rip it out and get a GCI/GG terrain to replace it. Can you tell I hate SoB?

@Hilltopper, no need to apologize for a different opinion. Your idea/redesign definitely would make it a more interesting ride, and probably make it better than it is currently (or ever has been). IMO, though, I figure that if they're going to dump that much money into it to make it better, it might be better to start from scratch and make a new woodie in that area. I think that in the long run, it might be better and better-received by the public is the ride was torn down and replaced with a custom terrain woodie. Although that might just be my fantasy.

Freeze (Part IV of 'Fear') -- RUSH

You'll also know the minute you see it, because you'll s**t bricks.

My only problem with the NTAG treatment for SoB is that it would still be an entirely pointless and boring ride. Sure, it'd be big and fast, but unless they dump a whole lot of money into it to expand the layout and make it more interesting, it's really not going to help the ride much. It's kind of like putting a brand new turbo engine in a rusty, POS car - it might go faster, but at the end of the day, you still have a crappy car that can go fast. Not that good of an upgrade. For the amount of money they'd need to dump into SoB to give it the NTAG and make it worth riding again, I'd rather they TAER IT DOWN and build a new GG or GCI woodie that actually utilizes the terrain back there. It makes so much more sense.

QFT. If it was dangerous, the ride wouldn't be operating. I'm sure the ride is designed to do this, to ensure that there is enough lee-way on the joints to prevent excess stress on the arms. Besides, other chairswings and similar rides (especially those with chains) do this as well, so I'm sure that if it was unsafe, they wouldn't be operating the ride. And as someone stated before, it's not like the seats are swinging around at Skyhawk-like speeds. It's relatively slow, and I doubt it's enough to injure anyone if they were to bump up against each other.

One of the best images to remember the Big Man by, from the Super Bowl XLIII halftime show. Note, not my picture.

Yeah, he died from complications of a stroke he suffered last week. Extremely sad, and a huge loss for the music community.

My guess is that the arms are supposed to do that. I would imagine that it was designed to allow the seats enough movement in all directions, as having only swing joints might result in more stress if they can't move in all directions.

Holy crap, that's awesome. It just looks like a giant umbrella, pretty sweet.

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/news.php?newsid=18409 The Big Man passed away Saturday evening, from complications of a stroke. I was fortunate enough to see them live a few years back, on the Magic Tour. Without Danny and Clarence, the E Street Band won't be the same. He may be gone, but the music will live on forever. RIP Clarence.

Jungleland -- Bruce Springsteen (RIP Big Man)

Simple Math -- Manchester Orchestra

This park is amazing. And that top spin looks incredible. All top spins should be like that, no exceptions.

Wire -- U2

Hash Pipe -- Weezer

Yeah, I think that picture is upside-down - the bigger wheel that's on the bottom looks like it should be on the top of the assembly.

Looks like that ride's gonna have a good number of hangtime moments. Looking good!