SmallVictory

Looking awesome, thanks for the pics, BD! Stay warm up there!

Having ridden Gwazi early on in its career and riding it last year, it is obvious that the ride has deteriorated. Crying shame as GCI has manufactured some of the best wooden coasters of our time. Sadly, this particular ride was not among their best creations. I welcome whatever new ride Busch Gardens may be looking at in the near future. Who wouldn't want to see a new hypercoaster from B&M or Intamin in its place?

Hey all, So new guy here at TPR (as in this is my first post to these boards) but after looking at the pics and videos of this new ride, I have to say that I couldn't be more excited for Wicked Cyclone. I used to run a little website called Theme Park New England, and I remember riding the Riverside Cyclone in high school and raving about the all-out intensity and the ejector airtime felt throughout the ride during the pre-Six Flags days when the ride was still running the Morgan trains. The ride was moderately painful, but thrilling during my first rides, enough so that riding that, the Thunderbolt, and the "incredibly-scary-at-13-years-old-holy-crap-first-time-riding-an-upside-down-Black-Widow-Arrow-Shuttle-loop-coaster," that I became hooked on coasters for life. Fast forward to the present. We all know that Six Flags does a "mediocre" job maintaining classic woodies, and there is no doubt that the original Cyclone's layout may be one of the most underrated wood twisters of all time prior to its falling into disrepair. I can think of no better solution than for Rocky Mountain to take this epic layout and create a ride that will not only live up to, but improve upon what William Cobb imagined and built in 1983. This ride will unboubtedly give Bizzaro a run for its money as best coaster in the park. Can't wait! -Erik