dougstanton

Cobra at PowerPark

My home park is SFOG and Ninja is getting a paint job and will now become red track with black supports. There is also a rumor that we will be getting new trains. Has anyone ridden a Vekoma with the new, open sided trains, and does it make the ride any smoother?

I agree with you the lap bars would be better. You will love an Intamin woodie when you ride one. They do so much to the track to make it smooth. It isnt worth wasting the time, it almost feels exactly like a steel coaster haha.

Intamin and Rough Woodies don't go together.

Todays word: Hypocrite *insert Stephen Colbert like rant* I don't see it as hypocritical at all! Look at the two parks...since 2000, Kentucky Kingdom has gotten two coasters...a new wild mouse and a used shuttle loop. Over Georgia on the other hand has gotten FOUR brand new, very nice coasters (Deja Vu, Superman: Ultimate Flight, Canyon Blaster and Goliath). Seems like he is just saying that he will be spreading out the coasters more evenly, and I applaud that. It's not right to give a few select parks brand new custom coasters every couple of years when parks like Kentucky Kingdom, Elitch Gardens, Darien Lake and others go without for so long. Spreading out the new coasters across all the parks should be better in the long run. I certainly hope he makes good on his word because the smaller parks, I believe, would benfit more from the shots in the arm new NICE coasters give than the big parks. -Julie EDIT: Alright, I didn't realize the quotes were from different people. I didn't go back and reread the article. The reason parks like that very rarely get new rides is their popularity. No one goes to the parks. The parks like SFOG, SFMM, SFGAdv, and SFGAm all have high attendance. The parks you listed are mainly out in the middle of nowhere. Another one is the Great Escape, I used to live up in New York and that was the only park near me, it was out in the middle of nowhere, thus them getting no good rides. It makes sense to only put the expensive rides where they will be used the most.

I don't even know where to start in congratulating you for this wonderful project, but it is absolutely amazing. No one would ever take all of that time out and create sketches and audio. It is something that I would definitely ride, and all I can say is, if you enjoy doing this, get all of this stuff patented, and then get a job. A lot of companies would want some one like you. I would love to see any other rides you have come up with or come up with in the future. Doug *Absolutely shocked* Stanton

My home park is SFOG. I love the variety and great rides that my home park has. I was actually disappointed when I went to SFGAdv for the first time this summer. I have been to SFNE and I wasn't impressed at all with their selection of roller coasters. But after thinking about it for a long time, S:ROS is without a doubt my favorite roller coaster, I could ride it all day, and I think that makes me favorite park SFNE because that ride is amazing.