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Awesome pics, thanks for posting them! About Hades, didn't Nick Laskaris (sp?) say he was purchasing a 6th car for it, and even a second train? Looked as if neither of those things happened. Is it coming later in the year or has it been scrapped? Can't wait to ride Hades again!
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Westcoaster Update Thread
NitroJoeC replied to Jim Disney's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
LOL! I read the BK story...literally almost the EXACT SAME THING happened to my friends and I after a day at BGT back in Jan. It was seriously awful in there, I could not believe they were not closed down. Ran out of BURGERS!!!! HOW DO YOU DO THAT WHEN YOU ARE *BURGER KING*! God, what a craphole. Never again! JC -
Six Flags 2006 Poster Map Exchange
NitroJoeC replied to GAcoaster's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Very cool idea! I'll be a part of this as well as we just need more things to hang up in our office (it's a bit Cedar Fair-ized in here, with all the poster calendars from the parks ). Don't have any to trade right now, but SFoG in less than two weeks, SFMM and SFMW in three weeks, and also SFNE, SFGAd, SFDL in June/July. I'm gonna be needing some of you Texans and Midwesterners soon! Joe C. -
YouTube Goliath at SFOG Slideshow
NitroJoeC replied to TheStig's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Of course not, that was the most hideous picture ever taken, I couldn't even tell what is was a pic of! -
YouTube Goliath at SFOG Slideshow
NitroJoeC replied to TheStig's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
OMG I haven't laughed that hard in a couple of days... Effing hysterical! My fav was the pic of DV behind the rusty gates...L O L! -
PHOTOS: Patriot Media Day
NitroJoeC replied to Johnny Upsidedown's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Agreed, it's different than the same ol' blue and red found on *way* too many coasters nowadays....this changes it up a lil' bit. Not to mention I love the station, I think it looks really classy. The ride looks great, too! Don't think I'm riding it this year, since I'm waiting to hit SDC/Celeb City, too. JC -
^LOL to ankle shackles! That is such a great description. About Goliath....it's THE DEAL! I was lucky to ride it over sixty times on Media Day and another 14 or so times yesterday (4/1/06) and it absolutely blew me away. Far surpasses my expectations, something that isn't easy to do! Everyone who knows me knows I LOVE Nitro (hello, hi, my screenname is NitroJoe). This certainly is a different beast than Nitro, with some similarities. The airtime is defintiely more abrupt and forceful on Goliath. The environments are similar in the fact they both go off to "isolated locations". To show how much I enjoyed it, the line was about 45mins most of the day on opening day. My friends and I rode Superman once, GASM once, and Acrophobia about four times (two were with exit passes). Everything else was for Goliath, and this was after over 60 rides! Anyhoo, I hate when rides are hyped up a lot so I'll stop and let everyone enjoy the amazingness that is Goliath. Joe "yay I have a new top five coaster!" C.
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La Ronde Discussion Thread
NitroJoeC replied to Skyscraper's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Like Silverstar at Europa Park this hyper B&M got brakes on most of the hills . Most of the hills? It has exactly *one* trim brake on the entire ride. Overreact, much? JC -
Beech Bend Discussion Thread
NitroJoeC replied to Jonathan's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
^At the very least you could trim Thunderhead in the station fly-thru... JC EDIT: Actually now thinking of it, you could trim almost every single GCI made. Off the top of my head, I know the two ROAR's have large-ish bunny type hills in the middle of the ride you could put a trim on, Lightning Racer has straight track coming into the "waterfall" area, and Gwazi has straight first drops, and also a few straight bunny hills along each course. GCI's aren't immune to future trimming. -
Fuji-Q Highlands Discussion Thread
NitroJoeC replied to Ed's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Um, the drop supports are obviously not all completed on the new 4D...the reason they look so spaced out is because the one that is done isn't the apex of the drop. I still say the first drop will be extremely similar, if not the exact same, as X's, save for a good two stories taller. -
Fuji-Q Highlands Discussion Thread
NitroJoeC replied to Ed's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
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Fuji-Q Highlands Discussion Thread
NitroJoeC replied to Ed's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
^Because of that little dip it does before the first drop...see: X at SFMM. I'd say that looks to be bigger than X from those pics! Man, Japan must happen in 07. JC -
Finally Six Flags Parks Go Smoke Free!
NitroJoeC replied to GAcoaster's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
^^If I remember correctly, Disney was the first park chain to go "smoke free." Quite a while ago, too. jc -
CoasterCrazy's Ongoing Photo TR
NitroJoeC replied to CoasterCrazy's topic in Photo Trip Report Archive
They've had seatbelts on Kumba since the start of this year, in fact....perhaps even earlier. Joe C. EDIT: And lol to the original poster...You're looking forward to Oblivion after riding SheiKra? That sounds so funny, considering Oblivion is barely half of SheiKra. -
^Strange, I've always thought that Nitro's helix was globally thought of as a very intense coaster moment. I'd actually go as far as saying it's one of the most intense helices on any hyper I've ever done, definitely more intense than any of the Intamin hypers for sure. EARegardless of that though, I agree, Goliath sure doesn't look like a hyper-in-training - it looks like the real deal to me! jc
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I *highly* doubt the downward helix on Goliath will be more intense than the helix on Nitro...granted Nitro's goes up and Goliath's goes down, Nitro's is suuuuper tight and it seems as though the further down Goliath's goes, the larger the radius, therefore minimalizing the G's. Just a hunch though from looking at the animations and such. Of course we won't know until (or a lil before) April 1, 2006!
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ACE Florida Regional Event...
NitroJoeC replied to TheStig's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Yeah I was just going to say the same thing, Elissa. There's no way in hell I paid $266 for a platinum pass to save me only $15 for such a small "event." I can go anytime and get "ERT" on SheiKra anyway (yay for double rides for Platinum Members!). But the guest speaker would be cool. JC -
How many coasters have you been on?
NitroJoeC replied to Coasters 4 ever's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
520 something...I'm bored, maybe I'll figure it out exactly. -
Phantasialand Discussion Thread
NitroJoeC replied to roeterich's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
So that must mean there can't ever be one, then. I was questioning the fact that Zenith said it was a dive loop, when I actually thought it was an Immelman. Joe "gettin' anxious for more construction pics" C.