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Ron Toomer. He was the only coasterdesigner I knew about, and Arrow Dynamics were building the biggest and best coasters back then. Things have changed *slightly* now. Yngve "still hasnt ridden an Arrow coaster" Oestbye
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Backward Coasters
viking86 replied to verticalzero's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
The only full-curcuit backwards rollercoaster I have ridden is X\:No Way Out at Thorpe park. Its the most screwed up coaster Ive ever ridden. Im just happy that it wasnt any longer because that would have made me sick. I dont have any problems with the different types of Boomerang coasters because theyre outside and theyre very short. -
Intamin Woodie at WB Movie World (Madrid, Spain)
viking86 replied to BC's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Ive ridden 2 RCCA woodies and they were both horrible. WWW and Magnus Colossus, They both have Intamin trains, but Magnus Colossus has older 4-seat cars. Boring layout, and Magnus Colossus was shaking alot. -
Intamin Woodie at WB Movie World (Madrid, Spain)
viking86 replied to BC's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Thats Wild Wild West in Germany. This discussion is about Wild Wild West in WBMW Madrid -
Intamin Woodie at WB Movie World (Madrid, Spain)
viking86 replied to BC's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Its not built by Intamin. Its designed by Werner Stengel and built by RCCA. Intamin only did the trains. The transitions are very smooth, but it has regular wooden track so its vibrating like crazy. Its not comfortable at all, and the boring layout doesnt make it better. Its nothing like Balder at all. Yngve "worst coaster name ever" Oestbye -
Screaming Swing POV
viking86 replied to Canobie Fan's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
The Screamin Swing at Thorpe park was pretty weak. It was a fun ride, but I expected it to be more powerful and have more airtime. -
Your Top 10 Coasters
viking86 replied to Hilltopper39's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Heres my favorite coasters in no specific order: Wood: Thundercoaster Balder Steel: Superman la Attracion de Acero Batman la Fuga Katun Wild Train (Erlebnispark Strasswalchen) Looping Star (Vidampark -
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Well, the insect died about an hour after the plant caught it, but that was because my cat decided that she wanted to eat it too. She couldnt get it out so its still stuck in the mouth on my green monster
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My parents gave me a meat eating plant today and it has already caught its first victim. Its probably 20 mins ago and the insect is still alive. I feel a bit sorry for it, but its awesome to watch at the same time!! As you can see by the moving leg, the insect is still alive. Im gonna keep my fingers away from this! It shut immediately when the insect touched the inside of it. Yummy!!
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Actually its all straight hills and 180 degree turns except for the 270 degree first drop and one 90 degree turn during the ride. Its a very good ride, but its a bit bumpy. Btw, Im not sure if I would call Thundercoaster a Vekoma woodie. It was designed by Allot and Lomax, and built by a company that travels around the world and builds wooden coasters. The last coaster they did before Thundercoaster was Son of Beast. I belive Vekoma only did the technical stuff like the brakes, train and stuff. Yngve "Thundercoaster would be so amazing with better trains" Oestbye
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How many times the same ride in a day ?
viking86 replied to mingsai's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
I rode Wild Train at Erlebnispark Strasswalchen almost 40 times in one day when I was there just a few weeks ago with ECC. Some of the swedish people in the club rode it over 60 times that day. It was a really fun ride, and it had almost no queue. Towards the end of the day we just stayed in our seats, and they ran it for several laps without stopping in the station. It was great. The longest line was actually during the ERS after the park closed I also did Katun 16 times in one day. -
Favorite pre- 1980's coaster
viking86 replied to CP_fan_boy's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Ive only ridden two coasters built before 1980 and thats Hullámvasút in Vidampark (1922) and Hochschaubahn in Prater park (1950). Hullámvasút was the largest one, and the most exciting one too. It actually had a little bit of airtime in some places, although it wasnt very strong. I havent been on any steel coasters built before 1980, but Looping Star in Vidampark (1981) was pretty damn good. -
Weird Roller Coaster Dreams
viking86 replied to alpengeistdude321's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
I had a dream once where I was in Holiday Park. When we arrived at the park, Expedition GeForce was testing. A train with only 3 cars headed up the lifthill, and when it started to drop it flew off the track and crashed into the ground. The ride closed and I spent the entire day in a tiny indoor waterpark waiting for it to open. It finally opened, and I entered the queue. At the same moment as I sat down in the car, I woke up. Its probably the longest dream Ive ever had. -
My first Photo TR: Branson Parks
viking86 replied to coasterferg's topic in Photo Trip Report Archive
Same here! I absolutely loved the first drop on Superman laAttracion de Acero in Madrid. Airtime all the way down. Katun also has a fantastic near-straight drop. The other B&M's I have been on are Batman la Fuga and Nemesis Inferno and the twisting drops arent really that exciting. -
I saw a program on TV where they were training pilots in one of those centrifuge things, and one guy blacked out on 2G's. Lets just say that he didnt become a pilot. Most of them blacked out between 4 and 10G's, but one girl managed 12G's without blacking out.
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Photo TR: Dons Epic Europe Trip
viking86 replied to Jeezus Juice's topic in Photo Trip Report Archive
Great tripreport, although there were some not-so-great pictures of me Btw, did you get my e-mail?? Yngve "misses riding rollercoasters already" Oestbye -
Photo TR: Dons Epic Europe Trip
viking86 replied to Jeezus Juice's topic in Photo Trip Report Archive
Hey Don, good to see you again. It was a really great trip. I would have written a trip report, but Im too lazy. Might write a short one. -
How NOT to ride a Nautic Jet!
viking86 replied to DragonKhan's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
OMFG that was awesome!!! I couldnt stop laughing after watching the video, it was hilarious -
2005 Roller Coasters
viking86 replied to pgathriller's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
I voted for Kanonen since its the only one I have ridden. But some of the other new coasters like Hydra, Hades and SheiKra looks really good.