KBrylczyk

Twister was a ton of fun, Ghostbusters was better.

I suppose you're one of those heathens who takes the time and syllables to say "taylor ham" like you're some kind of elitist with a better vocabulary, huh?

Sweet jesus! What were they expecting, Woodstock 2.0?!

I'm sorry, I need to resurrect this convo. Oblivion totally goes that deep, if not moreso. It's a 180-foot drop but because Alton Towers can't breach the treeline it's only 65 feet tall.

That wall is directly in front of Ramses. Sad to see that ride go because it's one of the best shooters I've been on (delightfully weird with robo-mummies) but this new ride is most likely a new dark ride, not a coaster.

That's Dune. As in the novel by Frank Herbert.

Alright, I'm late to the party for the traffic photo, but here goes. I grew up ten miles east of the park and had a season pass nearly every year of my life up until I moved away. Being a local I knew to avoid the park on weekends and holidays but even then I never heard about 537 getting that horrific. They had some traffic concerns that were remedied, IIRC, back around the millennium and Premier's heyday. 537 used to be one lane both directions (I believe two lanes right by the entrance for like 100 yards) but they widened it to the three lanes, added the Wawa, Burger King, McDonalds, added those two U-turns, and it definitely helped smooth things along. I've never seen gridlock on that road. Not once. I've gone into the entrance and been stuck on the overpass in traffic to get to the parking booth, but holy friggin crap, that's just obscene. Who in their right mind would still willingly go to the park when they saw that at the entrance?! That's a crystal clear sign that the day will be hell on earth. Just turn around, get back on the highway, and go to the beach. It's fifteen miles away.

1:20, did the ride just, you know...ejaculate on her? Edit - 1:33 - More licking of fluids. Then she's got more of it on her face. This belongs on pornhub. Edit 2 - "If you get really wet you know he might get rusty, right?" OMFG

^ You may have hit the nail on the head. They can use that for rigging purposes (hanging a chain hoist, etc) but it certainly doesn't seem to serve any purpose aside from just existing. I can't see any moving parts or anything that would suggest it's anything other than a rigid structure. Using beam clamps paired with rigging hardware makes the most sense.

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I think this is the most likely cause. If they open the floodgates and tons of people buy tickets for later this year, what happens if and when we get another wave of covid and lockdowns come back? Then they have to deal with all of that fallout which certainly isn't fun. This is long-term, forward-thinking damage control which, funnily enough, would have been helpful in avoiding all the restrictions and lockdowns in the first place about sixteen months ago. That's not on Disney, though.

So it seems the consensus is this will be a family coaster. Watch them go and build a beast that rivals Steel Vengeance just because.

Needs more pixels.

We're looking at the sweet spot between Thanksgiving and Christmas where crowds are light. This would be our first time with a child (an infant, at that) in tow and I'm sure Child Swap will be getting a workout from us.

It really looks like a fantastic ride. Great Bear and Talon had a threeway with Nemesis. Great Bear - Interaction directly over the public areas. Talon - Airtime on an invert, fun helices for no reason. Nemesis - Super twisty and prefers to spin rather than loop.

You kidding? Six Flags doesn't pay for licensed welders on staff, they just throw JB KwikWeld on everything.

Going back to the 50th Anniversary stuff, I kinda miss the horrific Birthday Cake Castle. The gold bunting is nice and all, but it'll hardly be as memorable.

Oh please, we all know it's because the coroner hasn't completed their investigations yet. Keep an eye out for the chalk outlines, Dan! Good luck!

I get it, but I also don't get it. Wasn't the major thrill of Skycoasters being in the flying position and staring straight down during the entire ride? The ascent is the most terrifying part, IMO. This just looks like they threw a Frisbee vehicle on a cable and said "good enough."

I'm late to the party, but all I ever want from Gerstlauer for the rest of my days is Karnan. That ride is perfectly mental. That being said, come onnnnnnnnnnn Karnan US clone!

^ You're aware they probably need to go through a huge hiring/re-hiring process and fully train all of those employees on operations and all of the other madness that requires a theme park to actually run, right? Passholders get two weeks early and they're basically the debugging crowd before the GP storms the park like a bunch of rabid hyenas.

Oh, it totally will be -

Oh man, my last TPR trip to Holiday Park had some of the best ERT I've experienced. I think I got 10-15 laps on GeForce without changing trains. We were all just bouncing between rows while Derek (I think) planted himself in one row and didn't get up for like an hour. Phantasialand is one of my favorite parks on earth and Winjas is an unassuming and wicked coaster. If you manage to get it spinning well it gets even more absurd as the ride goes on.

When the best possible use for an IP is a 4D movie, yeah, the IP blows.

That's some interesting word use for yet another shooting gallery ride. I'm curious if they actually have something worthwhile going on with it. Well is it a Palace or a cart?! Come on, Disney, I would have thought you guys knew the difference what with all the fairy tales.