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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

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.

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.

Thats Wild Wild West in Germany. This discussion is about Wild Wild West in WBMW Madrid

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

I have been on that ride and its impossible to know what kinda ride it is from the outside. Atleast I didnt notice anything that said what kinda ride it was when I was there 2 years ago. I thought it was a haunted house walkthrough.

Great Hansa Park update. I didnt know that park had a Starflyer. I rode the one at Prater Park and I absolutely loved it, although I was 'slightly' nervous going up the tower the first time

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.

Kanonen is an Intamin rocket coaster Great update btw. Liseberg is a great park with 3 fantastic coasters

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

Heres mine. I took the picture myself

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

Heres a picture of me on Katun a few weeks ago

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!!

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

Norwegian fairs are very small, and usually we only get the same old rides every year. Last year we were very lucky and got a KMG Afterburner, which was very good. Some of my other favorite rides are Waltzer and Rock-o-Plane (I loved it and hated it at the same time)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

OMFG that was awesome!!! I couldnt stop laughing after watching the video, it was hilarious

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.