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KBrylczyk

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  1. Accurate. That being said, when I stayed at Timbers Lodge back in 2012 it was fantastic. Twelve years makes a load of difference, though, so buyer beware.
  2. No, but I certainly could imagine them replacing Ninja with the zombie-fied remains of GASM or Shockwave. That's assuming they're not already replacing track with the remains, of course.
  3. Samesies. When we visited last September I understood why Universal Studios closed early, it was an HHN night, but IOA was only open until 8pm that night, as well. Like, holy hell, if you're gonna boot everyone out of one park, at least keep the other park open to a decent time. We only had one day to do both parks. Thankfully since it was such a slow week we were able to bang out every single attraction, even the horrible ones (F&F&F: Fast & Furious & Fallon), but it would have been lovely to have the extra evening time to enjoy IOA's atmosphere and a few more rides rather than going back to our hotel and being bored. Dinner at Antojito's was friggin great, though. They put us right next to the stage and the evening guitarist was wonderful. Edit - Just for comparison's sake, the next day we were at EPCOT by 9:30am and didn't get back to our hotel until nearly midnight. Park closed at 10, we took our time after the fireworks to walk from the Japan pavilion, browsed the gift shop, and were among the last few groups walking out of the park, never once feeling pressured to GTFO. Universal felt like they were actively pushing us out of the park the instant the HHN corrals began around 3pm and IOA had a ton of disinterested employees that were happier to talk amongst themselves than engage with the park guests. It felt very Six Flags in terms of service.
  4. Alright, so we'll split down the middle. Rebuild it but give it a brand new launch system that pays homage to the ancient technology. Trebuchet launch.
  5. ^ You joke but if RMC built a bench I'd ride it and expect airtime. Plot twist - there's actually airtime.
  6. I'm not an engineer and I have questionable intelligence at the best of times, but wouldn't building a new, exact clone from scratch be fairly simple? It's not like it was a difficult ride system.
  7. If I were to speculate, I'd say they replaced all the water with gasoline. There's video going around of the big explody and hot damn, it looks like a Michael Bay movie.
  8. Knoebel's has a way of saving historic rides. Just putting that out there.
  9. It's gutter trash. You're given a gun that's way too bulky and told to stand on a dot while the moving sidewalk drags you through the seven circles of hell. We only went into the building because it started raining. Funnily enough, that's the same reason we ended up on Jimmy Fallon's Dumpster Fire. Why couldn't the rain show up outside of a decent attraction? Christ on a cracker, I can't imagine what this place is going to cost per night.
  10. Soooooo exactly like Kingda Ka, I see. That ride is goddamn mean these days and has been rough since season 2.
  11. I'm very surprised they're closing it so early with a 3-year gap between iterations. Since the new version is completely detached from the existing building I don't know why they couldn't leave the original running longer. Maybe it's just a money pit, maintenance-wise, so they're cutting their losses, but what do I know? Edit - About two seconds after hitting submit I had a thought. Maybe they're actually going for a Guardians-style system and even using the original building with a launch, just like UoE became the station and queue in Epcot while the actual ride is in a separate building. That could be fun...
  12. Seeing the train get higher than Power Tower on the spike got me all kinds of giddy. That long floater plus the long, high-speed race to the top hat with a potential headchopper through the old station is going to be pretty dang awesome. The rest of the ride remains mediocre, IMO*, but the swing launch should be wacky at those heights. *Kingda Ka would put me to sleep if it didn't feel like a 9-pointer earthquake.
  13. The one at Tivoli is a lot of fun, especially the outward-facing seat option.
  14. I went my entire day at SFGAm recently without food because even with the 20% pass discount it's not worth the absurd prices. I went to a taco joint a mile from the entrance instead when I left.
  15. ^ It's actually going to be a new stunt show arena where the cast just rides T3 over and over for twenty minutes seven or eight times a day. Real dangerous stuff, I'm surprised OSHA is allowing it.
  16. I mean it could be an RMC dive machine for all we know. Not that I'm trying to influence anyone that may be reading this... Seriously, though, I'm kinda hoping they go for a Guardians-style rebuild to differentiate themselves from Disneyland. AFAIK every other Space Mountain is it's own thing and only Tokyo and DL are the same layout.
  17. Maybe they'll send CGA's double decker once that park actually closes.
  18. At this point just remove Xcelerator and put a modern version of Monty in it's place. Give it a beefy launch, huge vertical loop, and 200ft (or more) spike. I was seriously considering a trip to SoCal for Scary Farm's 50th this year, but with two great coasters DOA and the park charging absurd amounts for the haunt I couldn't justify the cost.
  19. About dang time. I'm surprised it's taken this long to swap to a chain or cable lift. They knew from the first signs of trouble that the launch motors kept shifting with the structure but they insisted on keeping it for some reason. All that to say, I got to ride this bad boy in it's second year and it was wacky, especially the night rides. There's nothing but inky blackness on the far side of the hill.
  20. Lucky. I was just there a few days ago and the lines were short but operations were a damn joke. Green Lantern was through the switchbacks at the bottom of the station stairs, should be a 10-15 minute wait with two-train ops, yet they were stacking every single time. It took me nearly an hour to get on. Batman stacked. Ka stacked. Medusa stacked. Nitro stacked. Supes stacked. Even friggin Justice League stacked. It was horrendous. El Toro, meanwhile, was a walk-on and they were pumping trains through. Same for Jersey Devil. They have the capability to run things efficiently, they just don't.
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