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Summer Trip Advice
KBrylczyk replied to scooterdoug's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
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. -
Six Flags St. Louis (SFStL) Discussion Thread
KBrylczyk replied to Homer's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
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. -
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.
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Canada's Wonderland Discussion Thread
KBrylczyk replied to BDG's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
^ You joke but if RMC built a bench I'd ride it and expect airtime. Plot twist - there's actually airtime. -
Liseberg Discussion Thread
KBrylczyk replied to viking86's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
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. -
Lakemont Park changes
KBrylczyk replied to thrillrider's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Knoebel's has a way of saving historic rides. Just putting that out there. -
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.
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Waldameer Discussion Thread
KBrylczyk replied to Millennium ForceJZ's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Aqua. Traxx. -
Cedar Point (CP) Discussion Thread
KBrylczyk replied to robbalvey's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Soooooo exactly like Kingda Ka, I see. That ride is goddamn mean these days and has been rough since season 2. -
Tokyo Disney Resort Discussion Thread
KBrylczyk replied to robbalvey's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
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... -
Cedar Point (CP) Discussion Thread
KBrylczyk replied to robbalvey's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
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. -
Thorpe Park Discussion Thread
KBrylczyk replied to Rooey's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
That flippy outerbank looks so damn wacky. -
SoCal Trip Planning
KBrylczyk replied to CaptainUnknown's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
You absolutely do not need two days at Knott's. -
Six Flags St. Louis (SFStL) Discussion Thread
KBrylczyk replied to Homer's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
The one at Tivoli is a lot of fun, especially the outward-facing seat option. -
Tokyo Disney Resort Discussion Thread
KBrylczyk replied to robbalvey's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
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. -
Six Flags St. Louis (SFStL) Discussion Thread
KBrylczyk replied to Homer's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Maybe they'll send CGA's double decker once that park actually closes. -
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.
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Dollywood Discussion Thread
KBrylczyk replied to crispy's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
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. -
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.