CPmillenia94

I know I am in the far minority but I would actually place Georgia Scorcher in my top 10 somewhere. The layout is so well orchestrated; all of the maneuvers flow really well while still having a strong sense of purpose and great forces. Really left a good impression.

Looks great!

Call me a masochist, I think I305 is pure fun and totally re-rideable. To each their own..

For wood I would say twister at knoebels is kind of under the radar.. I found it to have multiple very good drops. Steel is between fury and I305 for me. However maverick in the back row is its own kind of insane..

^Doesnt help when the ops at alpengeist are getting >1minute dispaches..

^Agreed!!

Something people have to understand about the whole B&M rattle situation; Every ride will be different, even on the same coaster within minutes of the last ride. Sometimes all it takes is another person sitting in your row to turn a completely rough rattly ride on a certain B&M into a glass smooth one. Weight (full train vs empty), weather, temperature, maintenance, all of these things affect the ride vastly and are constantly changing. In my personal experience, Fury has seldom given anything but glass smooth rides. However, even the smoothest coasters out there have their bad cycles.. Hell, I've even had a ride on maverick that had rattle!

It is really sad, I agree with her on Ice Dragon! Definitely with my latest rides, I have found it to be one of the most intense inverts.. I rode it back to back within a day of Afterburn, and I must say that both sides of Dragons were notably more intense! And smooth.. :O (which is saying something because afterburn was my favorite invert until recently) Plus, the only other invert I've ridden that matches the intensity of the cobra roll on ice is Alpengeist's cobra roll..

For those of you who are planning on getting their last rides in, you cannot miss riding in the back row edge seats for both sides. Especially at night.. simply on another level!

This is obviously just a difference of opinion, but I have found my latest rides on Dragons to be as good if not superior to the most recent on Montu. I never thought I would see the day that a top tier B&M was scrapped. To me this would be the same as if Montu or Kumba were being scrapped..

Anyone who thinks DC is a mediocre ride should ride Ice in the back left seat at night.. Easily tops Montu for me personally.

Am I the only one that thinks green lantern is running great this year? I didnt notice any headbanging at all, and I was even on an edge seat in the back. I find the reason why I dont like it much is just because of how intense the forces are on your legs..

A cool picture of Batman from the other day: Still cant get over how well this was running, just simply on another level.. Easily as intense as the Montu/Afterburn level intensity rides!

Went to the park today for the first time in a few years, pretty dead.. The whole Nitro having ejector this season thing is a myth, though I found it to be running very well regardless. On the other hand, Batman is seriously hauling, like.. Montu/Afterburn level intensity, maybe even more! The back left felt like it was trying to kill me in the final corkscrews, in a good way. El Toro was running very fast, ejector on the S-Hill after the twister section fast.. but, definitely due for re-tracking (looking at you turnaround ). The park in general looks worse than I remember, not a lot of landscaping, the new joker area already looks run down to me. In general needs a lot of work... Anyways, here are all the rides I got in and some additional notes: El Toro - 7x Batman - 6x Bizarro - 5x (forgot how good this is, totally overshadowed in this park) Nitro - 4x Kinda Ka - 1x (rip capacity these days) Green Lantern - 1x (ran pretty smooth compared to what I remember, just such an endurance test! Very intense for a standup ride) Superman - 1x Zumanjaro - 1x Skull Mountain - 1x Mine Train - 1x (ouch)

1. Dragons Ice 2. Hulk 3. Dragons Fire 4. H:RRR 5. Mummy 6. Gringotts

Kumba definitely has its shudders here and there.. thats something expected at its age. I think its running relatively very smooth besides those few jarring spots..

^Yes montu back seat in general, BUT far left seat if you want some true rip your face off action.. Hopefully someone else can attest to this.

1. Phantoms Revenge 2. Phantoms Revenge 3. Phantoms Revenge 4. Phantoms Revenge 5. Nitro/Magnum/Mako/Skyrush

My night rides on dueling dragons this past summer were some of the best rides Ive ever had on a coaster ever! They are easily top 25 rides for me (especially ice) so I would be devastated if they were removed!

^So true about banshee, someone please explain the appeal..

Here's my whole list: 1. Afterburn 2. Montu 3. Ice Dragon 4. Alpengeist 5. Fire Dragon 6. Great Bear 7. Raptor 8. Batmans 9. Talon 10. Silver Bullet 11. Banshee I still love silver bullet and talon etc, but its definitely not on the same tier as the great bear and upwards category for me. I found Banshee to be completely uneventful, though it was definitely forceful. There needed to be more quick moments, it all felt very drawn out like a forceful wingrider (but lacking in all the near misses and cool maneuvers such as gatekeeper).

^You are sure it was off?

^Definitely agree! I would like to see something that looks like the el toro of RMCs with primarily large ejector hills, but of course with a bit of a twist.. (pun intended)

What?? Please show me exactly what transitions you are talking about.. Maverick pretty much set the bar for insane transitions that I have only seen other intamins compete with.

I try to imagine rides like Maverick, I305, or older B&M inverts without OTSRs. In my opinion they are completely necessary to remain comfortable for the rider during fast transitions. In fact, it might be unsafe if someone were to pass out and not have any upper body control.