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They're taking all of the trims off the drop and are moving them to a straight-away that the ride will now drop into. It will then take a new, extremely un-banked turn at painfully slow speeds just to launch back to 90mph into the rest of the otherwise unchanged course. Problem solved.

Press the menu button and the top button at the same time and it takes a picture of the screen that can be found in your photos.

That station is hideous... They literally made it look like a McDonald's. On the plus side the ride really does look intimidating with the new Intamin track style.

Why does this not surprise me? Here's to hoping the other Six Flags parks benefit from it as much as other CF parks did when GL closed.

I feel like this version is becoming too busy, though I do like the new logo a lot. The pattern in the blue along with the vector design just seems like it's becoming too much to look at, perhaps changing all of the colored sections from patterned to gradients would help? This one is really nice too. There are a lot of cards I'm really starting to like now, great to see people bouncing ideas off of each other.

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The loop is much more vertically elongated than yours is. Bring the bottom closer to the ground (use the correct drop height [123 feet], that should help) but keep the top at the correct height. http://www.coastergallery.com/2001/WOF17.html

1. Awesome! I've always been interested in being a member of a coaster club and $40 a year is VERY reasonable. TPR is probably the only coaster site I'd pay to become a premium member of. 2. Someone else said a newsletter and that's about all I can think of. 3. Definitely, I'd be proud to be a premium member of TPR. 4. Most of the benefits don't apply to me because I don't see myself making it on a TPR trip anytime soon and my location doesn't warrant a high amount of coaster events.

Wait a second, I've had the number 7 wooden coaster in the world 2 hours away from me for the past year now and I haven't ridden it yet? Blasphemy! I'll have to make it to WoF next summer for sure.

^I think I could show you a few pointers, it's pretty simple to do the way I'm doing it. Small update today: -Colors chosen -Support work started -Station work continues Early in-game station test

AutoCad is made by AutoDesk so the file can be imported into Max, edited further, and then exported as a .3ds

^I most likely will. My CAD2 class allows me to download AutoCad Architecture 2010 and 3Ds Max Design 2010 for free so I've been doing some tinkering with a station...

I sent in my poll last week, I've only ridden 10 woodies but here's how they stack up: 1- My Favorite Steel (Maverick @ CP) 2- The Boss (SFStL) 3- Evel Knievel (SFStL) 4- Timber Wolf (WoF) 5- GASM (SFoG) 6- Screamin' Eagle (SFStL) 7- Gwazi Tiger (BGA) 8- Blue Streak (CP) 9- Georgia Cyclone (SFoG) 10- Gwazi Lion (BGA) 11- Mean Streak (CP)

Meet Euphoria! I've worked really hard hand building this ride (AHG was used for banking and elementary was used for the heartline roll) and I'm very proud of how it's turning out so far. Stats- Height: 145ft (44m) Height Difference with Terrain: 190ft (58m) Length: 3880ft (1,183m) Top Speed: 63mph (101kmph) Airtime: 5 Moments G-force Breakdown: -Maximum Vertical: 6 -Minimum Vertical: -1.5 -Maximum Lateral: 1.5 -Minimum Lateral: 1.4 All Gs in check using Real's Correct G-Force Update Inversion Breakdown: -Vertical Loop -Modified Flying Snake Dive (2 inversions) -Corkscrew -Immelman -Hearline Roll Total: 6 Feedback is greatly appreciated! Overview Overview Modified Flying Snake Dive

What happened to this? It looks amazing! EDIT- Never mind I just saw your other thread. I hope you get back to this one soon!

The buildings remind me of Busch Gardens, great work!

The truss system compensates for the lack of supports on the lift, and the truss doesn't stop until it reaches a support (think Intimidator305). Looks extremely weird but it's strangely sturdy, yay engineering!

Uh... Isn't the point of the heartline to make it so the track is moving around the person and not the person around the track? The heartline causes less directional forces on the rider and a more comfortable ride. Why would they try to put more stress on the heart? The heartline is on the heart because it is essentially the center of the "core" and is the best place to rotate around. This illustrates the situation well.

Actually the above view is completely to scale, the ride fits perfect. I wouldn't mind it going to those parks either, but SFFT and SFDK already have B&M multi-loopers that the GP would surely find very similar. I still think SFA needs it the most. EDIT- ^4 feet is absolutely NOTHING when it comes to grading, it wouldn't be hard at all to sink the ride into the ground 4 feet. Think Pandemonium at SFNE.

SFStL has a lot of room behind Tidal Wave to put Chang in. They might have to re-tool some supports and extend the path, but SFStL seems pretty plausible, even though I'd like to see it go to SFA.

Glad you enjoyed the park, I had a very similar opinion on it. Nice TR.

Scimitar-Horned Oryx Extinct in the wild, but there is now a good population of captive-bred individuals. Re-introduction is slowly happening. Thanks! Good to hear that they're being saved, they were really cool. Part Three: Busch Gardens Africa Final Day I didn't bring my camera to stops 2 and 3 at the park, but stop 4 was a quick run through the park near closing time to finally get Cheetah Chase. Enjoy the night pictures and thanks again for reading. Goodbye BGA, I hope to visit you again soon! Even things like this were greatly appreciated, it doesn't take much to make things look really nice at night. And it was little touches like having the lights in their theming work as if it was real that really made the park stand out. The whole park looked really pretty at night as well. Wait for it... Time for one last ride. Hot Summer Nights was going on, this picture doesn't show it but these stations actually got quite a few participants. I didn't even ask them to do this... Maybe my mom likes the topiary too much?! Definitely worth the hassle to get this one, so much fun! Finally!

Part two: Busch Gardens Africa Sorry it took so long to post, I had the entire written portion done then my browser decided it'd be a good idea to crash and I was having trouble finding the motivation to re-type the whole thing. Anywho, onto the report. As a person who didn't enjoy SDC to the level that it is supposed to be enjoyed, I was skeptical at how much I would like the "family attraction first, rides second" atmosphere of BGA. However, let me just say that not only did BGA exceed my expectations, it easily became my favorite park. BGA probably has the cleanest bathrooms I've ever seen at an amusement park, the attention to detail throughout the park really was amazing. The architecture, the rides, the animals, the staff, the operations, I could go on and on; everything was great. The down side seemed to be that admission was going to be quite pricey, but BGA surprised again with their "rest of the season" passes for the same price as regular admission! We hadn't planned on going more than two times, but this promotion got us into the park 4 separate times and since we earned two free nights by staying at a Holiday Inn as well, we might end up going back for Christmas. Really a smart move by Busch. Ride breakdown is below. SheiKra- 9/10 This ride really surprised me. Standing erect as the highest point in the park, it was a pleasure to experience not only the long drop, but also to smoothly navigate up and down the rest of its gentle curves. It wasn't an incredibly long experience overall, but the splash was a nice finale that ensured I always got off satisfied. Montu- 9/10 Definitely the best inverted coaster I have ever ridden. The MCBR and trim were grabbing a bit too much which sort of killed the ending, but the overall ride was just too good for that to matter. My mom said it all when she got off saying "That's the smoothest coaster I've ever ridden." Kumba- 8/10 It's got a slight rattle, but overall this thing really performed well for its age. Very forceful, very fun, great operations, and little negative effects from the MCBR speed check. Gwazi: Tiger- 7/10 I'm not sure what the general consensus is on which side of Gwazi is better, but I found the winner to be very clear. Tiger had all the great GCI elements I love with plenty of potential hidden airtime moments thrown it. The flipside being that, while not as bad as Lion, the ride was pretty rough. Busch really needs to invest in Gwazi as it really is a big exception to their otherwise very high quality and standards elsewhere in the park. Cheetah Chase- 7/10 The elusive cheetah had us doing the chasing for the majority of our vacation, causing us to visit FOUR times to finally get the credit in. Being my first wild mouse, I thought it was worth the hassle 100%. Even after riding I felt the same way. CC was a very fun ride, much better than I was expecting. Scorpion- 6/10 Why does this thing only have one available train? No matter, Scorpion was just an okay ride. It had some decent forces, but overall I think it was just a good filler for the area and not worth anything more than the one ride I had. Gwazi: Lion- 5/10 How did this get so bad? I'm not one to complain about roughness (I love The Boss and Timber Wolf) but seriously? This ride was probably the worst wooden coaster in terms of jackhammering, shuffling, and overall not-fun-at-all-ness that I've ridden. If it were smooth I'm sure it would be GREAT, but it wasn't, at all, and that completely ruined it. One more small update later. Thanks for reading! Goodbye for now, BGA. The topiary around the park was very cool as well. Especially at dusk! It still looks good, though. My mom stayed happy until riding the Lion side, then she complained of back pain for the next 2 days. I don't believe she was exaggerating. Huge palm tree. More pretty foliage. This dude was just chillin in the tree looking at people as they walked by and looked at him. Monkeys! Definitely a very well maintained park, and a very fun attraction! And their habitats are large and very nice looking too. All of BGA's animals are very good, healthy looking animals. Anyone care to help me out on the name of these gorgeous animals? Our driver was a young dude. I figured he'd be really cheesy but he was actually genuinely funny. This is the only section of the park with ads, but I believe it's part of the theming. My dad took this while my mom and I were riding, good job dad! Schwarz brakes! Every time we saw this ride my parents asked if it was SheiKra. I can see why it'd be confusing though, it's the EXACT same color and SheiKra is fairly close to it. Leftover paint? Another huge and awesome looking restaurant. Looks like the front seat got the green shirt memo. You're treated to the tantalizing smells of one of the restaurants near the ride at this point, it's sure to make you hungry, or sick... We would eventually convince my dad to ride. He loved it too. She didn't end up peeing her pants but she did end up loving the ride. Mom- "I think I might pee my pants" Me- "Why do you have to go to the bathroom?" Mom- "No, I'm scared." HAHA DOH! Just missed it. Can you spot all FIVE trains in this shot? Hint: I'm not counting what may be in the station. White horned things. Their name escapes me, but they're cool! I smell ACErs! Why couldn't they make Griffon this beautiful? Please keep this ride the same Please fix this ride Mom approves. Guy or girl in the seat behind me? If you know, EMAIL DAN! This building was absolutely stunning, and it was HUGE! I couldn't believe that this was just a restaurant. My mom thought these were fake they were so still. We later saw them on the prowl, a few of the biggies had some trouble gettin' going. The entire park is beautifully landscaped as well. Attention to detail was everywhere, this is the entrance plaza.

I give you: Bumblebee! Bumblebee_MizzKid92_CP_RULES.nltrack