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Well, in my younger childhood a HUSS rainbow in my second closest park Linnanmäki scared the hell out of me. If i had to walk past it i made sure it was loading and otherwise i would stay 30 metres away from it. The sounds and the big creepy stalker sun scared me. Nowadays there is nothing except the S&S slammers that scare me those things are so crazy
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Amusement Ride Breakdown!
Noporian replied to Mr Stratosphere's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Some other ones: (im not completely sure if these are counted as breakdowns) On Tulireki in Linnanmäki i went on it and noticed my lap harness wasn't locked. So basically i just kept it down and held on and pressed my legs towards the front of the car for dear life. I survived (you dont say) and it was quite traumatizing. -
Best Dark Roller Coaster?
Noporian replied to drewelap's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
X: no way out. And for second is Linnunrata at linnanmäki -
Amazing water slides
Noporian replied to FLIPDUDE's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Defeniately Black Hole at Serena water park inside and outside in Finland. At winter the inside is open and in the summer both are open. ill show: it's the black and red one. It starts with a 70 degree 4 foot drop and then continues with tons of speed into helixes and straight parts. It's pitch black all the time except it has a few led effects at some points. the speed is TERRIFYING. There is tons of water to increase the speed. This waterpark also used to have a green 70 degree twist slide that was real tall but it got removed because it was too fast. -
Favorite Disney Park and why?
Noporian replied to Hattuchili's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
PARIS. One word. Space mountain mission 2. (i mean srsly original space mountain sucks) And i also have to wonder how tokyo disney sea can have so low votes -
Weird Roller Coaster Dreams
Noporian replied to alpengeistdude321's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
I had a dream that my fave park in finland called PowerPark got a Giga and a giant dome was lain over it. -
List the parks you have visited in 2012
Noporian replied to ernierocker's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Linnanmäki (61 times on a zacspin ) Grönalund (i loved everything in there.) Six flags great america (X-FLIGHT WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, otherwise the place sucked) Canada's wonderland (was NOT worth the trip) Europa park (Euromir is AWESOME, silverstar is meh) Busch gardens williamsburg (i need to marry griffon) Gardaland (RAPTOR FOR THE WIN!) Thorpe park (SWARM was my first wingcoaster and was AWESOME! Colossus is awesome as always) Alton Towers (For some bucking reason i enjoyed submission and oblivion) Thats that for 2012! i wait 2013 anxiously. I dont think its worth it to go to north america this year but full throttle is the only inviting ride. I need to go to: -Liseberg -Nasu highland (but its too far away ) -Lotte world (too far away again) -much others (why does it change Fuull tthrottllee to YOLOcoaster?!) -
Horrible Park Operations
Noporian replied to pgathriller's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
I think every single park have terrible ops that has a thing that goes: pay to enter, be the whole day for free or pay for every single ride separately. We here are used to either paying rides separately or then buying a bracelet that works for all the rides during the day. But then there is grönalund. As it is a great park it still sucks that you have to pay 9kroner for entrance first. And then linnanmäki nearly made it so that people could not bring any of their own stuff in to the park -
Most Notable Accident
Noporian replied to dropthefloor's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Here in finland once in a giant frisbee style ride an op died by being splashed into pieces and sludge by the pendulum. The op tried to retrieve a shoe or a cap i think. The people who the blood flew on (or the guts) must have trauma for life. -
Please share your opinions. I know that a ride operator died in Power park, finland when operating a giant frisbee ride. A kids cap fell off onto the platform and the op decided to get it for some reason. When it swung past she took the cap, but wasn't fast enough to leave or lie down. She got splatted by the pendulum. I think it was a cause of stupidity as most are. R.I.P. victims.
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2 things. At grönalund on the fun house the mat slide someone had crappeda their pants and i had to use THAT carpet. And when i was queuing for the souvenirs in thorpe park a kid ran up to me and grabbed my ass. Oh third, when in thorpe park flying fish, the op started singing final countdown. When the ride stopped i gave him a pound. He yelled at the mic: MONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY!!!
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The NL/NL2 Preview Thread
Noporian replied to mcjaco's topic in Roller Coaster Games, Models, and Other Randomness
Le typhone-121130163003005.bmpLe typhone-121130162951004.bmpLe typhone-121130162935003.bmpLe typhone-121130162926002.bmpLe typhone-121130162918001.bmpLe typhone-121130162909000.bmpDat coaster This is my quite amateur and basic corkscrew. Le Typhone. Im actually making a double version of it, which instead of going to the first station after completing the track goes to a second, better track station and then unloads and loads to go to the better track itself. PICS OF LE TYPHONE: -
The "Pleasant/Unpleasant Surprise" Thread
Noporian replied to cfc's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
PLEASANT: Kvasten @ grönalund I wasn't expecting much since it was a simple family vekoma invert, but the trains are the most comfortable i have ever been on and the theming is amazing with the fire and water effects! I really gave it a 10/10! Katapulten @ grönalund I went on it just with a pokerface, since i really don't like S&S towers at all really, but this was fun. REAL FUN. The fact it goes up launch, does the space shot thing and goes slowly up and then shoots down (these actually launch downwards). The downwards launch was really strong too which made it awesome to me. X-Flight @ six flags great america I really think b&m wingcoasters are quite popular now and it seems they are making duplicates. I had ridden SWARM before it but i wasn't expecting much on this. Salama @ linnanmäki For some reason i was expecting this ride to spin more. But it always has a full line (about maybe 10 mins) yes 10 mins is long in here. Unpleasant: Leviathan @ Canada's wonderland This thing is way overrated to me. i really didn't enjoy it, neither did i really enjoy any other b&m hypers in north america when i visited. I wonder why they actually made a second b&m hyper in there? they already had Behemoth. Jetline @ Grönalund It's really nice but the ending helixes were a big bad surprise. The brakes were too fast too. Twister @ Grönalund This "woodie" (i wouldn't say it's a woodie, it has all steel except for the railing and catwalk) didn't please me as much as i hoped. It was slightly too rough. Kingdaka @ Six flags great adventure Why is this ride so popular? It's really boring only a launch uphill, drop, brakes. There's more to a rollercoaster. -
Coolest station you've seen
Noporian replied to Eric_Smith's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Thanks! i ride it every year! It's a real nice experience, you start off with by the employees checking your bracelet or ticket. Then you can walk through the amazing themed queue area. After that you arrive at the station with even more space themed music. Then the train comes to the station, gates open and you're in! Then you just lower down the lapbar until it locks and then wait for the employee to check it. Then the lights go off. A moment of excitement, and a cool countdown and we have lift off! The rocket themed trains leave the station to the lift at a high speed and then you fall through a curve! The first fall has a TON of speed and g force, it feels faster than nearly any coaster even though it's not actually that fast! You sour through planets, asteroids and satellites with stars in the backround and a second lift! And another cool experience! Then after a few hills and turns its the last curve to the brakes! Glowing text on wall and a speech: "Thank you for riding galactic express" then it waits and then you are back at the station! Harness goes off and you are free to go! It's an amazing experience. -
Sometimes I think they do unnececcary locks. My thread got locked even though it was obeying the rules.
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Hi so I live in finland, yes and the city is lahti. Lahti has a lot of asian tourism and other ciuntries. The area is next to a highway start. This is an actual project.. hi robb editing this.The fact that this is an actual project soes not mean I'm already at a high point in it. As the title says this is planning for the future
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Hello thanks for replies. I know what I'm doing here, I've also thought that in thestart a cheap coaster and flats. B&ms intamins later on. This is my life long dream that has started to slowly come true. Sallary is close to the basic amoun in here. 2000 euros at first. This city wants an amusement park, they don't like going all the way to the capital fro a good park.
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Hello! I am actually planning on starting an amusement park to the border of this city i live in. I've already thought about EVERYTHING. -Office building -Campaigns -Location -Sallary -Many rides -etc... Now i would actually like to hear suggestions and opinions on this. I've thought of the location carefully, land is cheap in that area, there will be a mall built to the area right next to this area (Are you thinking of what im thinking? More customers) and also it's located close to where all the tourists come from. Most of all, i've thought of starting probably the craziest place in this country! The fun is a good factor in this! And location. Here would be a list of many rides i've thought of: -Moser Maverick asymmetrical -Moser Energy rush ( i would request a counterweight too) -Vekoma SLC -HUSS Topple tower -Intamin Gyro Drop -Intamin Mega Lite -B&M Flying coaster (would be the first in the country!) -KMG Fun factory/Speed Buzz -Chance Unicoaster -Either moser Hoppla or Zamperla Rotoshake LIST WILL CONTINUE I also have thought of names, if you want to know them just ask. i hope people will be doing this on on my megalite in a few years
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Favorite Defunct Roller Coaster/Ride
Noporian replied to GrapesLie's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
For me its probably Suihkio at a park in finland called Tykkimäki. It was an old ride that spun really fast and you could take the gondola up and down. Tho now the ride at the moment is also REALLY great. That made this park seem a little more crazy because the ride they got was one of the scariest in the world. Suihkio New ride. Loop Fighter Now i also miss this HUSS rainbow at linnanmäki. Then i also miss a HUSS Speedy (i think they only made 2 of those) i think it might not be defunct, but it hasn't appeared on the tours of the fair in the last 2 years. Then i miss this one ride they removed and made defunct in another fair in finland. It was a Fabbri Skateboard (they don't make those anymore) and i only could ride it once.