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Batman la fuga at Warner allows people to go under the loop and take pictures like this. It isn't exactly the same angle but close. It looks very different to me to be honest. There is a much larger gap between the entrance to the loop and the exit on Banshee... Much larger!

Could not agree more!

I'm not sure if it's the angle of the drop not being beyond vertical or the fact the ride interacts with surrounding structures, but the drop looks larger than the other El Locos. Without any speed control coming into the first drop, it looks like this El Loco may also be a lot faster that 66km/h. Any thoughts?

Space Mountain Mission 2

It's obvious we are talking about the looping sitdown coasters. Just go on the B&M website for yourself... It clearly indicates that their model of "Sitting Coaster" only includes those 5 sitdown coasters with inversions!

^ I went just a couple weeks ago. I agree with nearly everything you said. I totally agree about Nemesis Inferno. I rode front and back - definitely more intense at the back! Colossus also was surprisingly smooth for me. Swarm was great but could have been longer and X... Well that was just aweful

x-scream. front seat. only one other rider. no question.

Yeh, I totally agree. Sydney for sure. I hope Ammar Khan's talk about rebuilding Wonderland Sydney does go ahead. That would be great.

I don't hate either... I actually really like Arrows

I can now add Oblivion... freefall heaven!

26 last year. It more than doubled my overall count!

I actually got the chance to go to the park on Sunday and sure enough the Smiler broke down! Luckily for me I already got to ride it before it broke. What was not so lucky, I was still on it when it did stop working! Basically, our train did the full circuit and hit the brake run at the end before the station... and stayed there for another 35-40 minutes before they could finally wheel us back in to take us off the ride! I was told by one of the operators that they performed a station stop when they noticed someone had their phone out on the lift hill. From there they couldn't get it restarted

16 out of the 58 I've ridden. I've never been much of a credit-whore! Also, the list is a bit of a shocker...

Had a decent day at Thorpe Park Friday. I was hoping it wouldn't be too busy, but it was, especially with the large number of teens who I think were probably supposed to be at school! Anyway, I was alone for the first couple hours as my friends who I was meeting up with at the park wouldn't get there until around 12. I chose to avoid Swarm until later as I assumed the queues would drop later in the day. This happened to be true. I firstly rode Stealth thinking it would only have one train operating and that I better get it done early. It actually had two trains running, so I was very

This would be amazing! I'm tired of all the big parks being in the Gold Coast. We need something elsewhere! I hope this goes ahead and they really look seriously into building some awesome coaster - maybe a B&M or a decent woodie! Australia's first hyper coaster could be great too...

^^ I honeslty disagree. I think Silver Bullet looks amazing and is an awesome ride. Agreed, it is pretty forceless until the final helix and a very unique layout for an invert, but I don't think that's an issue. It gives an awesome free-flying feeling over the park, providing a great view of the rides and people below, followed by a super intense grey-out inducing final helix. It's actually my favourite invert, proving to me that forces aren't always the most important thing in a ride

I have two: X2: Simply due to the thrill of being rotated in your seat to dive head first at 122km/h. The greatest feeling I've ever had on any coaster and Goliath: As the drop is only 61 degrees, the 78m drop feels never ending! So fast too, and the pull out is very sharp creating a lot of Gs

Thanks guys! I will also be reaching my 50th coaster milestone while at the park. I'm tossing up between making Colossus (because of its 10 inversions) or Swarm (because it'll be my first wingrider). Saw and Stealth would also be good milestones too!

Hey everybody, I will be visiting Thorpe Park on the 27th of September, and I was wondering if anyone had some information I should know about the park: i.e. ride closures/maintenance, best way to get around the park and hit up all the rides and whether or not I should expect to queue for hours on end. The website doesn't have anything in regards to ride closures and maintenance, so I was wondering if there was anybody who knew and could help me out... Any help will be greatly appreciated!

Hey everybody, I will be visiting Alton Towers on the 28th of September, and I was wondering if anyone had some information I should know about the park: i.e. ride closures/maintenance, best way to get around the park and hit up all the rides and whether or not I should expect to queue for hours on end. I understand the Smiler has had major issues... but is there any chance at all I will get to ride? The website doesn't have anything in regards to ride closures and maintenance, so I was wondering if there was anybody who knew and could help me out... Any help will be greatly appreciate

1. X2 2. Tatsu 3. Scream! 4. Riddler's Revenge 5. Viper 6. Goliath 7. Apocalypse 8. Batman 9. Revolution 10. Colossus 11. Ninja 12. Superman 13. Green Lantern 14. Goldrusher

Haha. This could not possibly some up how I feel any better. A 2000m long Giga with raging airtime would be an awesome investment. I guess the number of 20th coaster could also be symbolic in a 2000m long coaster!

I don't hate them, but I feel the following get more recognition than they deserve: Superman Escape from Krypton because apart from some good speed there is little else and Goliath SFMM because i feel it's rather strange for a hyper coaster to hit MCBR after only two drops and one airtime hill. The only good aspect after the brakes is the helix.

The Stand out for me is The Roller Coaster (Manhattan Express) at NewYork NewYork H&C... I didn't mind it at all. Good combination of hyper coaster with inversions and not as rough as everyone says. I've been on one SLC (Arkham Asylum) and I really enjoyed it... Honestly don't have a problem with them - it wasn't even that rough! I am a huge fan or Arrow coasters, so I'd like to defend Viper SFMM and Desperado which both seem to get a pretty bad rap I'm also surprised at how little love Silver Bullet gets... It''s my favourite invert!