xmichellex
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This is great news! Things are lookin' up! I hope the restraints are at least somewhat smaller than the bulky ones it has now... Now I'm more excited to ride it again. Although, I hope Premier knows how to build an inverted hyper dive coaster train
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Thanks for all these great pics! Port Aventura looks like such a nice park. I have wanted to ride Dragon Khan ever since I saw pics of it in my "White Knuckle Ride" coaster book years ago... It still is such an awesome coaster to look at.
I love the on-ride pictures! That drop tower looks insane
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How is the Riverside Cyclone riding these days? I remember actually enjoying the modified first drop in 2001, it made it super smooth, but still had plenty of airtime.
In my opinion, it has not aged well. It used to be a favorite of mine (and was one of my first wooden coasters), and now I don't really care if I ride it or not. The first drop (especially in the back seat) is still pretty awesome, but it only stays fun for about half the ride... then it gets boring and more rough. It's really too bad since it was such a great coaster. I would love to see them re-track it a little more, especially on the turns. I actually prefer riding Thunderbolt over the Cyclone now, but that's just me. It seems from reading the trip reports from the TPR trip that a lot of people really liked the Cyclone, so maybe I'm just bummed it doesn't live up to my memories!
I wish SFNE would put in another awesome woodie instead of having one awesome steel coaster and a whole bunch of mediocre coasters as filler.
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At Kings Island, Top Gun/Flight Deck is that awful gray color, or at least it was years ago when I rode it. Also at KI, Vortex bums me out color-wise... it just looks so drab. That dark green color they used is awful, and having it topped with bright orange makes it worse. I do love the way the coaster itself looks though, I always loved the layout of the big Arrow loopers.
Speaking of green and orange, Pandemonium at SFNE gives me the same feeling.
I also agree with Nitro at SFGrAdv. It's such an awesome coaster, I feel like it should look a little more menacing.
This post also made me realize my favorite coasters for color/aesthetics... Drachen Fire (that light blue with the red trains was awesome), Kumba, and Talon at Dorney Park.
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So sad. Arrows made up almost all of my first coaster experiences when I was growing up, including the all the Arrows at BGW (DF, BBW, LNM), Corkscrew at Canobie, GASM at Great Adventure, Black Widow at Riverside/SFNE, and several others.
Without a doubt, I credit those firsts with contributing to my love of coasters. Thanks for your work, Ron, and all the amazing rides you gave us (especially the Big Bad Wolf )...
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Canobie Lake
Galaxi
BGW
Big Bad Wolf
Drachen Fire (before it was modified too)
SFGrAdv
Great American Scream Machine
Batman & Robin the Chiller (both sides)
Pirate's Fun Park, Salisbury Beach, MA
Galaxi
Rocky Point (Rhode Island)
Loop Corkscrew
SFNE
Black Widow (back when the park was Riverside)
Whalom Park
Flyer Comet
Las Vegas/Sahara Nascar Cafe
Speed: The Ride (not gone yet, but probably will be)
SFMM
Psyclone
SFoT
Texas Giant (original) - I think that counts?
PKI
King Cobra
Scooby's Ghoster Coaster
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Cedar Point
Millennium Force - 2000
TTD - 2003
Kings Island
Son of Beast - 2000
SFMM
Scream - 2003
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^ Agreed on Deja Vu.
I'm going to have to go with B:TR at SF Great Adventure. For some reason that station is always miserable to me because it's either really hot or there is no air movement. That is one of worst lines to wait in too, imo. For some reason, every time I've been in that line over the years, there's never fans or a/c working (or working well) in the queue or station... I always get annoyed waiting for that ride.
Also, the Cyclone at SFNE - the queue used to be on the opposite side and seemed much less crammed. It was kind of irritating being in line for a row and having people have to really squeeze by you and the wall to get past.
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Thank you! Was thinking of maybe hitting up BGW and KD over the course a few days, but because of their limited schedules and Halloween stuff going on, I don't know if it's going to be worth it...
I've been dying to get to BGW because I haven't been since Drachen Fire was there... I haven't ridden Apollo, Alpengeist, or Griffin. I've also never been to KD so thought it'd be a good add-on (even if only for Intimidator).
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Random question - are all the rides (especially the coasters) open during all of October? I know the park is open, I was just curious as to if they had everything still running... Thinking about a last minute trip.
Also, how crowded does it get at that time? Can it be done in one visit?
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Glad to see it's improving somewhat. What a bummer to have to deal with cleaning up after that...
I can't imagine how people in the area/PA are dealing with that same issue in their homes
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The KK and Nitro tour pics are AWESOME. I'm insanely jealous of the pitch black El Toro ERT!
I'm not afraid of much, but I don't know if I'd go up in that KK maintenance elevator
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Poor Hershey... this is awful.
I feel so terrible for the Zoo workers, what a horrible situation to be in
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One of the compliments we get from parks all the time is (paraphrased) "Thank you for keeping the idiots off TPR - and making the forums legible!"
Seriously, as much as people give us crap for our strict posting rules when it comes to grammar and not posting for posting sake, I really don't want TPR's forums looking like some of these Facebook pages.
I hope you all agree!
--Robb
I think the quality control on here is just one of the many reasons TPR has been (and continues to be) so successful. You guys have made great relationships with parks, as well as with the people in the business of those parks, and it's due to the effort you guys put into TPR. Keep doing what you do!!
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I agree! dejavu is such a better name for this coaster. Goliath seems like a hyper or a giga
http://www.sixflags.com/newEngland/tickets/seasonpass.aspx
See! It is a hyper!
Oh good! I was worried they were going to put in a second boomerang...
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I started laughing while watching the videos for this... it just looks that crazy and ridiculous...
Must.Go.To.Magic.Mountain.
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I'm so into this coaster... and agree with whoever said they'd rather have this (even if it is low capacity) than another boomerang (SFNE). This thing just looks like it's going to be a blast... and it looks like it's just lap bars! The hang time at the top will probably be crazy!
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This looks so freaking cool. I hate that it will be across the country from me... I love drop towers!
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This coaster looks like it's going to be pretty awesome. Maybe I'll get to SFDK... someday
Hopefully they'll post a vid/animation of what it will look like in action!
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Does someone have the article they can post?
They took the article down, it was posted prematurely (giggity).
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^ I believe the article said it would be on both sides of Superman, at least from what I gathered... but the article is gone now so can't double check. Guess it was too early to release the info!
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Wow, awesome pics! I love the expressions of the people on Nitro!
I agree about Bizarro/Medusa being pretty rough... It seemed like it had really declined when I rode it last summer. It used to be one of my favorite rides in the park and I would ride it a bunch of times in a row, but last year, once was enough... rattled us around enough that we didn't bother to go back. I wonder why this coaster is aging so badly?
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A bag filled with medicine (Allergic to nuts) so I can't really lose that so I guess I need to get a fluffy, fluffy bunny filled with medicine and goo. Are there all day fluffy, fluffy bunnies filled with medicine and goo or just 2 hour ones?
They have full day fluffy, fluffy bunnies filled with medicine and goo all over the place. The best ones are right through the main gate, to the right. You don't need a key or anything. It's pretty cool. Or you could call guest relations and ask them if you could leave your medicine in the first aid building. I think they would approve that but you never know.
We got an all day lock.er (I didn't want to drag my purse around with me). It's $13 for an all-day lock.er - well, $13 for the smallest size, but that fit 2 sweatshirts, a bag of bathing suits and stuff for the water park, and my purse, so that's probably all you'd need. There's also a medium and large for a couple more bucks each. The lock.ers by the big coasters are $1 per use and the time limit is 2 hours.
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While the Cyclones first drop is still intense, I remember it being even more so before it was modified. Is that your recollection as well?
Yes, I'd say that the original drop was crazier than now... I don't remember the airtime pop that's there now, but I remember that the Cyclone's first drop was truly the only drop that scared the crap out of me consistently.
Erm...just a little question. Does SFNE have lil cubbies on the rides to leave your stuff (Or a bin or anywhere where you can leave a bag) or do you have to bring everything on with you like at stupid SFGadv.In addition to Flashback and Cyclone, I remember seeing that Pandemonium had cubbies too. They were being VERY strict with loose items on Bizarro. If people were putting hats, sunglasses, etc. on the side, they would not dispatch until people were wearing their stuff announcing the items would not be there when the train returned. The only things people were leaving on the Batman platform seemed to be flip-flops, which they were allowing. I believe you can leave things on the side on Thunderbolt, but can't remember for certain.
Six Flags New England (SFNE) Discussion Thread
in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
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I'm guessing SFNE was aware of the possible maintenance and downtime issues before they went ahead and decided to place it in the park (as well as order new trains for it). SFNE does a pretty good job of keeping things up and running, unless of course there's a major issue, so I would think they'll keep Goliath pretty reliable... as reliable as it can be I guess. Can't wait to check out the new trains - it will definitely benefit the ride to have an improved design.