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Weirdest Things The 'GP' Have Said
DiveMachine replied to maliboomer's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
It is actually, it has two 70mph launches so, 70mph x 2 launches = 140mph. So Volcano is the second fastest coaster on the planet? -
I'd mix and match BGT and Gadv. The coasters would kick ass with the lineup being Kingda Ka, El Toro, Nitro, Cheetah Hunt, Montu, Sheikra, Bizarro and Green Lantern as top rides, with S:UF, Scorpion, Gwazi, Twister and Houdini as a kick ass supporting cast. The animals would also mix well, as both parks have tons of animals and have animals the other doesn't, like Gadv with dolphins and Sea Lions, and BGT with just about everything else . Mix that in with Gadv's large number of kids rides in BGT's Jungala and you have the best kids area in the world by a mile.
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Dear wise, knowledgeable and amazing custom title fairy, may I please have a custom title that pretty much lets people know I'm obsessed with Gadv?
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Planned but Cancelled
DiveMachine replied to Rollercoaster Rider's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Yeah, they completely gutted the sim theater queue, preshow, ride area, etc. for it, but when it got axed, the park started using it for storage and as a maintenance shop for GL during part of the offseason -
San Diego Zoo's Wild Safari Park TR
DiveMachine replied to SoCalCoasters's topic in Random, Random, Random
Wow, Great PTR! The Zipline option sounds really cool, and I love the fact that they have a lot of different options. Looks like a pretty unique thing. -
Planned but Cancelled
DiveMachine replied to Rollercoaster Rider's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Yeah, the Tatsu-like Flyer would have been awesome, and it would have had a Manta-like splashdown onto the lake next to the fort and El Toro. They instead had to go with S:UF . I wonder if they would have still built El Toro(under a different name and such) somewhere else as the flyer was supposed to be on El Toro's current site. Another planned but cancelled project was a plan to make Gadv the best park in the world that started under Premeir Parks in 2005. Every year, the park would have rethemed another section up to the caliber of the Golden Kingdom and added at-least one major attraction to the area when they did it! In 2007, the park would have also built a Fort Wilderness-esque hotel next to Kingda Ka. It was quite literally the first thing Shapiro cut when he got into office, and most of the "icing" from Plaza Del Carnival was cut as well. Kingda Ka and El Toro were only the beginning. But had the plan been done, SF probably wouldn't exist anymore. -
What Rides Scares the Crud Out Of You?
DiveMachine replied to EuroTre's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
El Toro's drop from the top and the side is OMFG scary! -
The Bag-Of-Crap Giveaway Thread!
DiveMachine replied to ernierocker's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
is it over 100ft.? -
I don't get how a ride being at one park is a "bonus" if a ride is great, then its great, no matter where its located. I have X2 as my #1 coaster, and I know that it isn't because its at SFMM. I give Nitro the point because of consistent strong floater throughout the entire ride, the final bunny hills are sick!
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Rapture & SFGadv Story
DiveMachine replied to sportscapper's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
I was there on Saturday too! Glad to hear you had a good time. Sorry to hear you got the Bizarro train without audio. I think the funniest part was an old guy crying in GL's line(at about 5:55pm) saying that we were going to die and that he wanted to be taken while on GL He got off the ride and went "WTF?" -
Asbury Park Press not only announced GL first(even before the park made a formal announcement), they are also the first to have a POV of the ride(with some rider reactions thrown in there): http://www.app.com/section/VideoNetwork?bctid=947763692001&odyssey=mod|video||umbrella The ride looks like its hauling a$$