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Is there a roller coaster out there that is just plain ugly? Does it have a bad color, needs a new paint job, ugly scenery, etc? Post the name of that roller coaster and why it needs a makeover. Tell us waht you would do to make it look nice. This is the search of the ugliest roller coasters in the world! This topic doesn't just have to stop at roller coasters, also post flat rides, water rides, etc. Post pictures if you can! Have Fun!

I never heard of a chain snapping before. I didn't know it happens all the time. That woul be scary!

How the hell can he chain snap? :?

Nice photos. How many water rides are in Skull Island?

That is so cool! I want to ride it so bad! It is a great thrill ride with great scenery. It's a perfect thrill ride! How much did the ride cost in US money? It looks expensive!

I will ride anything. A new ride might freak me out but I will still ride it!

Great pictures! I have never been at a theme park when it rains.

Sorry about the names. It's Technical Park not Zamperla. I think it will be a big hit in the U.S. I think that because it is like a simulation ride that you can actually can control. It will bring in big bucks to! $$$

So far Hades comes in 1st and Sheikra in 2nd. Nobody likes Italian Stunt Track. How sad.

Check out this cool new ride that Zamperla is making! Here is the link! http://www.technicalpark.com/News/Flying-Furi.htm I would love to ride that!

WTF! Even my 7 year old sister knows roller coaster terms. I showed her the article and she laughed! Who ever wrote the article must have been high when writing it!

I voted for Kingda Ka. Just because it's the fastest and tallest roller coaster in the world. Even though it has the most down time than any coaster this year.

This poll is only for the new roller coasters that came out in 2005. I checked and I couldn't find a topic about the best 2005 coasters. Post why you like the coaster you picked. I only put the main coasters.

I live in El Paso and all we have is Western Playland. We used to have a amusement park called Magic Landing. It was a very succeful park and heading in the right direction. It had to close because of 2 incidents that happened there. The Six Flags in San Antonio was supposed to be here in El Paso after Magic Landing closed but the city said no. Six Flags already had a park map that showed everything! Anyway, I was wondering is anybody knows anything about Magic Landing. If you do please post! Here are some links. Magic Landing Pictures- www.magiclanding.blogspot.com I will post a link of the map once I get it!

Come on everybody! Nobody is doing the poll. Keep posting!

^ Hey Jeezus Juice, when you passed through El Paso did you go to Western Playland Amusement Park?

This is my first trip report. I went to Western Playland on the 1st. It was 107 degrees outside and the park was praticly empty! Western Playland is my home park and it's not the greatest one in the world but it's okay. I arrived at the park with 2 of my friends at 1:00. The damn park opens at 1:00 when it's very hot out. We went to the entrance and pay are 16.95 to get in. We were the first ones there which was really weird. The first ride of the day was the new Drop Zone. It is only 90 feet but it is still pretty cool. My friend Matthew took a ball on the ride and let it go. It ended up hitting the ride operator which was also the ride manager. He got pissed! He only gave us a warning and we rode Drop Zone 2 more times. Next it was time for the old and crappy Himalaya. I don't think Western Playland has kept good upkeep on this ride because it sucks now. It used to go backwards and have a longer ride time. There were only 6 of us on the ride and it went. It played a crappy oldie song. This ride is so boring now! After that we were already burning hot! We ended up going to Snake Mountain. There wet/dry slides and they are pretty fun. We ended up getting wet but 2 minutes later the water was dry and we were hot again. We wanted to go again but decided not too because it takes for ever to climb the stairs. We ended up going to the Tilt-A-Whirl. One thing that Western Playland does great is give a 3 minute ride time on the Tilt-A-Whirl. It was pretty cool! 8) People were strating to come to the park. It was 1:45. We decided to go on the roller coaster before everyone got in line. The coaster is a Pinfari non looping coaster. This ride is o-kay but not great. You get the best ride in the back of the train. The coaster really needs a paint job bad! After we rode the coaster 4 times we headed to the food place and got these really huge ice creams. Western Playland was saleing ice cream for $2. It comes with 3 scoops! It ended up melting as soon as we got it. Damn sun! Then we went on La Ruleta. It is a Round-Up ride and Western Playlands most intense ride. The ride operator gave us a 3 minute ride which was cool but afterwards I felt my ice cream trying to come out. Then we went to the other part of the park. We wnt on the Scrambler 2 times. That ride looks nice with it's new paint job. The ride is old and when it extends outward it shakes a lot! :o After that we went on the Paratrooper. That ride used to be fast and cool but now it feels like a kiddie ride! This is another old ride in the park. We only went on it once. The next ride was the Pharohs Fury, the most popular ride in the park. What a shame. No one was in line yet so the ride operator gave us a longer ride. The Pharoh is cool when you get a long ride but when they shorten it for the crowds it sucks! We rode it 3 times. Next we headed off to Splashdown, the log flume ride. This ride gets you wet a little bit but cools you off. We ended up getting stuck for about 5 minutes on the lift. The sun was right in our faces! I hate maintanence. After that we went to the crappy Bumper Cars. The cars are always broken, the big bar goes on your lap and it hurts your legs so much! You only get a 1:30 ride time. We ended up breaking 2 of the cars. There were only 5 people on the ride and the ride operater let us move the other cars to the side so we could have more room. Me and Matthew went to the oppisite ends and rammed each other. After that the cars wouldn't move. Then we went to the Yo-Yo. This ride is boring and it gives you a 4 minute ride time that is 4 minutes too long. The next ride went on was the best ride of the day! It was still 107 outside and we went to the Tsunami! One of my friends runs the ride and he let me and my other friends stay on the ride over and over. This ride takes you up 50 feet in a huge boat. Then you drop the 50 feet and hit the water causing it to make a 70 foot wave. Nobody stays dry on this ride! We got drenched and it felt good! We ended up going on it 14 times. While we were on the Tsunami there was a huge line of people! After riding the Tsunami so many times we went and rode the rides over and over agoin. We left at 7:00. We had a pretty good time except that it was so hot! I ended up winning a huge Care Bear for my Sister and Sonic and Knuckles for me.

I have never heard of the park but I have been on an exact type of coaster here in El Paso. It is at a new Bowling Alley here. They have different types of flat rides and this coaster. Here is the link if you want to check it out. http://www.ultimaterollercoaster.com/coasters/yellowpages/coasters/cobra_oasis.shtml

Hey, it's another credit!

I still can't believe there are so many Tilt-A-Whirls. Here is the current list. Tilt-A-Whirls- Western Playland, Cedar Point, Astroland, Midway Park, Walbameer Park, SFMM, Castle Park, Indian Beach, Dorney Park, Ohio Coney Island, Bells Amusement Park, Morey Piers, Edaville Railroad, Lake Winnie, Casino Pier, Hershey Park, Michigan Adventure, SFA, Canobie Lake, Palace Playland, Magic Forest, Holoday World, Riverview. Round-Ups- Western Playland, SFMM, Ohio Coney Island, Holiday World, Bells Amusement Park, Worlds Of Fun, Bay Beach Amusement Park, Santa Cruz Boardwalk, SFGA, SFA, Canobie Lake, Holiday World. Double Inverters- Geauga Lake, SFNE, Morey Piers. Total= Tilt-A-Whirls-23 Round-Ups- 12 Double Inverters- 3 Keep Posting Everyone!

Maybe they can make a new type of coaster. A backwards inverted B&M Coaster. That would be really cool. Theme Parks are building the same types of coaster over and over again. It would be cool to ride new types of coasters. Don't you think?

It would be really cool if they built a 4th dimensional coaster. They can make it better than X because X had a lot of problems. They can also paint it a better color than pink.

I picked Chaos because every time a ride one I enjoy it. I know many theme parks are buying Chaos rides from Chance. I don't know if Cedar Point still has theirs but I saw it up for sale on usedrides.com.

I am not talking about the name of the rides. I am talking about the type of ride it is. Like the Delerium will stand for all of those types of rides like maXair.

Go to your favorite ride manufacterer and then pick your favorite ride. Please post why that ride is your favorite.