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The reason I prefer Talon over Great Bear is because its ending is intense, or at least more intense than Great Bear's ending. After the corkscrew on GB, it feels they just used auto-complete on it and called it a day. Both are great rides though. It all comes down to your personal preference.

I've been to the park between then and now and then, and it was open then (closed later for weather) so I guess you got unlucky. Ride back left if you get the chance again.

Okay, sounds great! I think I'll do Fahrenheit, LT, LR, the wild mouse for the credit, and then do what you said.

Any idea how the lines are on Fridays in July? I'm trying to plan a list for which rides I'm doing in order, and want to make sure I'll get everything major in. I've been there before, so it won't be the end of the world if I miss a ride or two.

The magnetic gates suck. They should really put in air gates. Put them in rows 1, 2, maybe 3, and 8 (since no one uses rows 4-7) and they'll be good to go.

Hand over my heart, hand on a bible, swear to god. The new restraints have rocketed Stormrunner to my top 5 coasters. Any seat, any day, it is now an amazing experience. No headbanging (Neck chopping would be more accurate here, haha) to speak of, loads of insane and unexpected g's, and overall a massively fun experience. Same goes for Fahrenheit. Those corkscrews used to give their best guillotine impersonation with the horse collars it had before. Now there's practically no downside! That's great to hear! I'll be there Friday to test it out again!

I didn't realize how much land the dinosaurs were hiding! Even with them, there's still land to build. Hopefully they will be taken down soon and by 2018 they will make good use of the land - hopefully something with ejector airtime.

Pleasant surprise: Skyrush Whenever I had talked with any of my friends about Hersheypark, they always complain that it crushes their thighs. Knowing about this, I got on the ride expecting the worst. 60 seconds later, I'm screaming at the top of my lungs because my ass felt like it was several inches in the air via first airtime hill. It blew me away. That ride also contained minimal thigh crushing, since I held on to the grab bars for dear life. It's my favorite coaster now. Unpleasant surprise: Thunderhawk (Dorney) After the renovations for 2016, I was hoping that it would be a better ride. Unfortunately, it is only marginally better, and even that is a bit generous. It's still quite painful (although to a lesser extent in some areas), and the last bunny hills are still trimmed. Not much smoother, either. Unpleasant surprise: Storm Runner?!? In the conversations that I would have with my friends about Hersheypark, many would list this as their favorite ride. I never heard anything bad about this ride, only great things from everyone. My expectations were sky high for this ride. For the first half of the ride, those expectations were exceeded. The launch, top hat, and dive loop (I think?) were all wonderful. Then came the flying snake dive. The train flew into this element, and began to play ping pong with my head. It ruined my ride and my expectations. Perhaps I got a bad ride or something. Luckily, it got the new restraints, so I will be able to ride it again in about a week and hopefully change my mind about it.

Like Falcon's Fury, but upside down

I think this disproves your theory. https://www.sixflags.com/greatamerica/attractions/vr/overview No way that a B&M hyper coaster is under performing. His theory was for the first wave of VR and does not include Raging Bull and Nitro. Those two are in the second wave, and make no sense whatsoever.

Can someone create a map of the undeveloped land that Dorney owns? I would do it, but I'm out of town atm and know where I would find the information.

Yeah, that's how I feel about it. If he was saying that Bizzaro is 300 feet tall, goes 100 mph, and has 20 inversions, then it would be appropriate, but being slightly off on the amount of inversions that something has is a minor mistake.

Flyers like that deserve to be isolated. Other than that though, I would love it if they made a loop back there that connects where DA is now.

Steak Taron or Wildfire?

Headed to Hersheypark next Friday, weather permitting.

The dinosaurs went up in 2012, so this would be their last year. Good thing too, since they have to make room for Flight of Fear next year.

Maybe they'll build Flight of Fear from scratch, just using the one at Kings Dominion for track, trains, and the building. The queue will be completely new. Remember to put in several switchbacks that will never be used!

But then you realize he was talking in relation to CW

I doubt it would be going anywhere.....it is still actually one of the "newer" coasters in the park if we are talking last 10 years. Also...it hardly takes up much of a land footprint..so even if it was removed....I doubt there would be room to put in the launched giga invert RMC with flyer and winged elements that some of the fans would like. Even though it's one of the newer coasters, it's rough and unliked by many. Also to address the small footprint, they could remove Flight Deck as well (another ride that is rough and unliked by many) that is nearby. Together, they would free up a lot of land if they were taken down.

They managed to get Skyrush into that tight spot. They can do it.

That sounds horrifying but it wouldn't surprise me if it happened.

Hope you aren't receiving the one at Canada's Wonderland.

Although yes, it would be nice, after multiple people have asked for sources and none have shown up from the poster, we're pretty sure it's a load of bull. KD has no reason to remove/relocate it, they have enough room to build something, and as far as I know the ride's still relatively popular.