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...the actual ride track. Meanwhile at Valleyfair, a new coaster was being built. It was a...

Ozark Wildcat - Celebration City

Granted, but it's the same song repeated over and over ad nauseam. I wish all of you a Merry Christmas.

I really don't understand all of the B&M hate among enthusiasts. Yes, after 2000, none of their rides have really been as good as their originals, but they still make fun, great coasters that satisfy their riders. Don't get me wrong, I love forceful and intense coasters just as much as the next person, but it doesn't have to be "OMG-eyeballs-in-the-back-of-your-skull" intense for it to be considered a great ride. Take X-Flight for example: it doesn't have any "extreme" forces, but I still found it to be thrilling and fun. B&M still makes great rides, and I think they'll continue to do so in the future.

^ Yep, they've already started on that. Kind of surprised that they're working on Christmas Eve, but nice to see them making more progress.

Do you guys think they could fit a Zamperla Air Race in NU? Based on pictures I've seen of them, I think they could fit one in, but I'm not quite sure. An Air Race would be a great fit for the park, and I've always wanted to ride one. Not sure what they'd theme it to though.

Granted, but she's lazy and doesn't get much done. I wish Cedar Fair would start purchasing RMCs.

...on the Stocks app on your iPhone, the top stocks shown are for Cedar Fair, Six Flags, Disney, etc.

Granted, but those coaster enthutsiats are fanboys of the coaster they're riding, so they give it 100 in everything. I wish Spirit Airlines wouldn't charge ridiculous baggage fees.

Granted, but it gets a virus and crashes. I wish that Insane Coaster Wars would focus more on the rides than the riders.

That is great to hear. They are certainly making some more progress based on the webcam. I wonder what is making the expansion under budget?

Granted, but it lasts so long that you start getting tired of it. I wish Goliath at SFGAm had an extra airtime hill.

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Some enthusiasts are whiny. Some of us love super intense rides and others hit their head on the restraint one time or hear a slight rattle and it's the end of the world. I've heard people complain about Batman (which I consider to be one of the smoothest coasters ever) being rough (and if you don't believe me go do a search and you'll be amazed). Some of us love awesome B&M coasters like Kumba and Batman that rip through every element with ridiculous intensity and speed but there are plenty of other people that complain about Batman being rough (lol) or Kumba's corkscrews being rough (lol) and that drives down their overall rankings. Batman I think also falls victim to being a clone which for some reason causes it to be overlooked even though without fail it's one of the best rides at every park that has one (in my opinion it's the second best coaster at Great Adventure after El Toro and the second or third best at Magic Mountain after Tatsu and Apocalypse if they actually re-track it). Everyone says they want more intense coasters but they don't because people find something to complain about whenever we get one. People don't like Maverick's restraints, or I305's first turn and with old B&M's god forbid you hit your head once on any ride with an over the shoulder restraint. Now B&M builds rides with no intensity at all like Griffon or Wild Eagle (both of which I still enjoy) and people complain about them too because they're forceless... so people complain no matter what. My guess is that Kumba isn't ranked higher because of the amount of people being over-dramatic about hitting their head once or twice despite the fact that it's a ridiculously smooth and awesome coaster. Kumba is easily the best B&M I've ever ridden (though I'd love to ride Nemesis one day).

Sorry if this sounds like a random question, but is there a reason why BGW does not have any wooden coasters? This park already has a great coaster lineup, but a wooden coaster would really round it out in my opinion. Not saying that Tempesto/Diavalo was a bad choice, but I just think that a wooden coaster would have been a better fit.

Granted, I realize it, but no one else will. I wish Valleyfair had a B&M floorless coaster.

Not completely sure what these white things are (probably water pipelines/filters), but they're making some more progress.

Yesterday when I randomly fainted. When was the last time you rode a GCI woodie?

Looping Starship

Granted, tomorrow's breakfast will taste like trash. I wish there were more Intamin Impulse coasters.

...coaster enthusiasts came and turned the training camp back into Six Flags America, but there were some drastic changes to the park, which included...

^^ Based on what garyman6 has reported from his conversations with Mr. Frazier, they'll probably be removing the old Panic Falls slides to make room for new slides. A ProSlide Tornado could be a good replacement, or maybe a few mat racer slides would work. A FlowRider would be a cool addition too, but there's already one nearby in Edina. Maybe Hurricane Falls could possibly stay because that's still a fun ride, and it's relatively popular within the waterpark.

Granted, but the stores are busier than on Blabk Friday. I wish for a White Christmas.

Granted, but every other channel starts showing it. I wish for 2015 to better than 2014.

Perhaps, but once upon a time people used to say vertical drops and barrel rolls on wood coasters would never happen, now look at Six Flags turning one of their largest dueling wood coasters into one long inverting self-dueling machine like something out of RCT. These are interesting times. Also, just checked the webcam and they appear to be doing a lot more digging. I wonder what for because it doesn't look like they're digging directly where the slides and splash pad are going.