WestCoasterKing

It helps me keep track of posters who may be potential problems down the road on TPR. That's fair. I'll make sure I'm not one of them.

I noticed the park map has the updated BBQ or at least it looks like the rendering they released.

No one is forcing you to take part in the discussion. If you find it boring and pointless then why are you even here posting?

Really? When we did this a month or two ago all we had to do was show the receipt we got from the first time we entered. I was just going to say. Did the same thing in December.

Wow so Pony Express is a record holder! Station to Station is almost ten minutes. At least when there are two trains running.

So the station has been completely removed and the hole filled back in. The last slabs of concrete have also been ripped up. All that remains are some piles of debris to remove. They worked last night so I wonder if they will work tonight and get it all cleaned up. Once those piles are gone there should be nothing left to do.

I thought they already did. You learn something new (and useless) every day. The question wasn't "are they counted". It was "should they be".

Well yeah if they counted the brakes then Pony Express would be a five minute ride instead of a 36 second one. Yeah I guess that is a good point.

Why do lift hills count toward the ride time? Sure you are on the ride and sure it is moving but is that really part of the ride? When a ride is say 2 minutes and 30 seconds but the lift hills takes 1 minute 45 seconds that leaves only 45 seconds of ride. If the lift is a launch like Maverick or Hot Rod then that's part of the ride.

Being the tallest, longest and fastest doesn't make rides the best.

Now why coukdnt I put it so succinctly?

Are you serious? Knott's doesn't want a fun ride? T-Rexes aren't fun? Intamins aren't fun? Lighten up a little, dude. Both in this thread and the Knott's thread, you're taking this 2018 speculation way too seriously. I understand the hype. Knott's is my beloved home park and the world knows we've been waiting for a new coaster, but once you say Knott's doesn't want a "fun" ride, come on... I'm happy with pretty much anything in that spot, as long as it's a thrilling coaster that is fun and exciting and adds to their collection of rides. That was a typo. It was supposed to say "Knott's doesnt need just fun" a lot of rides are fun but still suck overall. Knotts NEEDS more Thrills. It NEEDS huge. It Needs Wow. Pony was fun. Still sucks. Coast is fun. Still sucks. Just being fun isn't enough.

Knott's doesn't need "fun". Sure it might be fun but Timberline Twister is fun. Doesn't mean we want another one.

Knott's owns every square foot, or actually CF owns it. They lease nothing and are beholden to no one. He was talking about CGA, not Knott's. Oh I was looking at the previous comment. BTW someone over at Knotts Network just commented that an S&S freespin would qualify as a maker CF hasn't worked with in awhile. God I hope not. I am just not impressed with what I have seen of that ride.

Knott's owns every square foot, or actually CF owns it. They lease nothing and are beholden to no one.

Don't worry, MB will suck in a few years too. Seems like all the Gravity coasters don't hold up. Um, yeah, other than Hades (because Mt. Olympus), I don't see a single coaster on this list that isn't great (going by reputation for the ones I haven't ridden personally). I've heard that Voyage is getting pretty bad.

I had the exact same reservation at first, partly because I really really want dive machine, and partly because I'm tired of so many low cap, effing short rides at my favorite park. Then got to thinking. The Raptor has four, two seat cars on each train, though this could probably be altered. That's eight people per train. Euro-fighters also have eight people per train, and while I've never ridden one (hello, the west coast would love a Gerstlauer!) I've been told they aren't exactly low cap. For one the trains can be sent quickly on their way, like Disney coasters, or so I've been told. But then I got to thinking. Why are we focused on a Raptor for Knott's, or anywhere else for that matter? The T-Rex was developed first from what I understand and it holds twelve people per train. Also RMC just started testing the Raptor. How could Knott's get a Raptor to replace Boom if the ride is still being tested? Ground clearing is almost finished and I'm pretty sure they'll want to get work started on what's next. That's why they took Boom out before summer. However, word is that T-Rex track was spotted at Silverwood last year and everyone got excited that SW was getting one. But apparently RMC was just storing the track there and now according to the source the track is gone. Where did it go? I'm still holding out hope for a dive coaster or mega-lite but it makes you wonder.

See, kids, drugs can be fun!

What's the possibility that CF ever builds Knott's a new hotel? The current one is rather old and and rundown. I think it would be cheaper in the long run to just build a new one than attempt any further renovations.

Don't worry, MB will suck in a few years too. Seems like all the Gravity coasters don't hold up.

Half the rides are down for a good time during the off season for maintenance. I'm sure that keeps a lot of people away, and then in the winter the park is basically dead. CP has a rep nationwide and has twice as many thrill rides as Knotts. I'm actually surprised Knott's does so well considering its surrounded by two Disney parks, Six Flags, Universal, Sea World and Legoland.

I laughed so hard when the "announcer" said ready for launch and the thing leaps ahead at breakneck speed from 1 mph to 1.5 mph. Wheeeeee!!!!!

Arrow went bankrupt making X2. Wait a second MAKE THIS HAPPEN. Yes, because we want one of the major players in the coaster industry to go bankrupt so that every coaster provides extreme ejector air and breaks down on a frequent basis. Don't feed the Intamin trolls

Nope That graphic right there is exactly why I think Knott's gets the innovative cool new hotness. CGA still has a long way to go before it's earned such a distinction.

That would be cool are there even rumors is such a thing?