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How much fun is the ring of fire ride?
dannyboy13 replied to Calvin6670's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
I've been on the new one at SFDK and really enjoy it. Harness is a bit rough on my collar bones while hanging, but I've also got an abnormally tall torso. You are held in place very well. Traveling models... Been on a few. Generally a similar experience, just less comfy seats. -
How in the world are you not a fan of Twisted Colossus? What is not to like about it? Don't get me wrong, it is a good coaster but of the 5 conversions they have performed I have it ranked fourth. I didn't find the trick track at the beginning all that spectacular and just as the coaster gains any momentum you are already at the second lift hill but I fault the original structure and not RMC for that. Plus the day I was there I hardly ever saw it racing (yet I blame Six Flags ride ops more than anything) so the high five element is not as exciting if you aren't really... you know... high fiving. I was a fan of the original Colossus but unfortunately Six Flags maintenance really let the coaster go and at the end there it was really un-rideable so the transformation was needed. If given a choice, though, I would prefer Medusa steel coaster or Wicked Cyclone over Twisted colossus but they are great due to the existing structure that RMC had to work with. You've ridden all of them?
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Yes. Every park in America. And then at Six Flags when you ask for "cups of water" they without fail will ask you if you want to take part in some ridiculous special deal where you can buy 2 bottles of water for some ridiculous amount of money like 5 bucks instead of just getting the free water. God forbid they do their job and try to make money off you. The nerve!
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I'm not sure anyone has said they don't want inversions or would be upset if there were inversions. I said I wouldn't be surprised if there weren't, and that I'd be OK with that. I saw pretty much the same sentiment from other posters. Being OK with no inversions is pretty far from asking for a "gentle family coaster." I think we've all seen what RMC does, and most of us have ridden at least one of their creations.
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Your 5 year plan and predictions for any park
dannyboy13 replied to adamd's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Six Flags Magic Mountain 2016: complete renovation of Revolution including new trains 2017: 400 ft star flyer 2018: Justice League dark ride 2019: whatever the newest coolest flat ride is 2020: kiddie ride, water park improvements 2021: 400+ ft poler coaster takes place of observation tower, giving them 20 coasters and a new record breaker for 50 year anniversary -
Your 5 year plan and predictions for any park
dannyboy13 replied to adamd's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
California's Great America 2016: Sit down trains on Vortex 2017: S&S Gale Force clone in Invertigarden 2018: New 4D movie 2019: Demon removed, Windseeker fills part of space 2020: Grizzly removed, B&M flyer fills this space and rest left by removal of Demon -
Your 5 year plan and predictions for any park
dannyboy13 replied to adamd's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom 2016: Roar of Steel 2017: 4D movie experience of some sort 2018: Justice League dark ride 2019: All new Cirque water and dolphin show 2020: Remove Kong and Boomerang, replace with a wing coaster. -
That would be ideal, but realistically, this is Six Flags and RMC. RMC does inversions very well, and Six Flags (come to think of it) hasn't installed a full size steel coaster without inversions in quite a long time. Was Texas Giant the last time? That would be a little ironic. New Texas Giant was 2011... That wasn't THAT long ago. I don't know what we'll see, but considering the audience that frequents SFDK skews younger, I wouldn't be shocked to see no inversions, and would definitely be OK with it.
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After seeing Lightning Run, and considering SFDK has no other full size non-inverting coasters, I think Roar may end up not having any inversions, but rather a shit load of airtime instead. The linked YouTube has pretty much zero chance of even being close to what we get haha. An inversion before the lift hill? Come on man.....
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What Was The Last Coaster You Rode?
dannyboy13 replied to SharkTums's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Olympic Bobsleds traveling coaster at the Sonoma County fair. Definitely the sketchiest thing I've ever been on