CoasterAuditor

I had a friend that went to SFMM last year. He told me didn't ride Tatsu because it "looked like Alpengeist" and didn't ride Scream because it "looked like Apollo''s Chariot." He's been on Dominator at KD too. He rode 4 roller coasters in his only visit to SFMM and is now adamant to me that X2 is the greatest roller coaster of all time. He at least KNEW to ride Twisted Colossus so I will give him credit there.

^ There's most likely less than 100 transactions involving the actual purchase of a roller coaster worldwide in an entire year. The demand for engineers who design roller coasters for a living has to be incredibly minimal.

^Honestly at this point anything they add is just like a bonus. (*hides before the crazy B&M Hyper people show up*). I currently live in VA and plan to move to Houston in 2 years and I am going to miss the crap out of KD and Busch Gardens once I am down there.

^I'll mention the first time I put a large milkshake from Sonic into Myfitnesspal, I was horrified how many calories it had it's safe to say I will almost never get a milkshake from Sonic again. Myfitnesspal definitely helped me keep decent track of what to eat and what to avoid for sure and now its almost second nature even when I forget to use it some days.

I really love GCI woodies. Wish a more modern one (besides InvadR) was in decent driving distance of VA. Granted Lightning Racer scratches that itch pretty good.

Awww now I'm even more sad! no but congrats to you on being able to fit better on the rides I imagine that will be me a year from now or so. I would like to do it sooner but the CPA exam requires me to spend a lot of time sitting down and staring at a computer the next few months (not unlike my full-time job ). I'm sorry but this attitude of "well, I'll try harder next year" is insane to me. You have until the end of Haunt to ride this coaster, literally SEVEN months from now. I believe you can do it. Have you tried a calorie tracker like myfitnesspal? (apologies if you're aware, as I know its been talked about in this thread but I cant be bothered to look back right now lol) Its a free app on your phone. You set your goal weight and time frame and you start to enter in everything you eat. It sounds tedious but its really simple and easy and you'll get addicted to doing it, and likely you'll find yourself turning down certain foods since you know you'll hit your calorie for the day limit faster. Its just about creating a calorie deficit - burn more calories than you take in. Also, I know all about being busy but can you not set aside 15-30 minutes a day to get out and walk/go for a run? Or start walking and work your way up to running? A couple years ago I was able to lose over 50 pounds in about 4 months just by using that app and walking (and eventually running) 30 minutes a day, and I'm one of the laziest mutherf**kers alive. If I can do that anyone can, including you. That attitude was not what I intended to project. I lost 45 pounds in the last year I've just been stuck in a plateau for a few months now I've been in the gym 3-5 days a week probably about 95% of weeks in the last year with strength training and elliptical running. I have my streaks with myfitnesspal as well. I definitely think there is a good chance I can get on Twisted Timbers in the next three months and I even may go try again in the next month once the test seat shows up because I think the fact I was wearing a tight belt directly around my waist on some relatively tight jeans (not like tight tight I was probably wearing a size smaller than what I should be) was causing some distortion in my gut. Yeah I am relatively a pretty active person if you based my laziness off the last year alone.

I've been on Thunderhead, Lightning Racer, Roar, and Wildcat. I would probably rank them in exactly that order. Hoping to add InvadR sometime this year.

^That sums up BGW quite well. It's still my favorite theme park for sure. Compared with other parks I've been to it's not one I really think of what new rides would improve the park often as I just love it all of it and worry how much a new ride would tamper with its amazingness.

I need to get to SFOG so bad one of these years. Goliath, Twisted Cyclone, Mindbender, Daredevil, Batman and Superman clones, the place just looks so awesome!

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Awww now I'm even more sad! no but congrats to you on being able to fit better on the rides I imagine that will be me a year from now or so. I would like to do it sooner but the CPA exam requires me to spend a lot of time sitting down and staring at a computer the next few months (not unlike my full-time job ).

So I'm sure some of you have seen me posting on the KD Board about my anxiety about Twisted Timbers and how I unfortunately was walk of shamed last friday. I will now defer all that discussion to here since I don't want to be a buzzkill to anyone happy about how great that ride is ( ). For those that have not seen anything I am 6'3 318 pounds currently. I used to weigh 360 pounds about a year ago. I've been pretty consistent with the gym over the last year but hit a terrible plateau in September that I can't seem to bust out of (planning to start Insanity soon as I think that will have an effect for sure). I can ride I305 at Kings Dominion which is cool and it's one of my absolute favorite roller coasters ever, unfortunately it is not the most re-rideable coaster out there as after about 3-5 rides I'm usually exhausted. I know if I lose about another 20 pounds I will be at a point where I will be good for most major coasters again. Just need to bust out of this god awful plateau. The human body is a jerk when it comes to weight loss.

It is not accommodating to larger riders it depends entirely on your dimensions. I had no issues with my thighs somehow I think I screwed up letting the bar hit my gut instead of my legs either way I’m not checking again until the test seat shows up.

^Okay so this is where I live so I need to go check this out ASAP......and to ride that permanent round up ride they have!

^Sorry to hear that that is a pretty brutal denial. All we can do is use it as motivation to better ourselves and the day Twisted Timbers dispatches with me on board will be very rewarding. I was way too happy to ride I305 again after I was denied a couple years back.

I got walked.....Oh well at least the three rides on i305 made up for it. Back to the gym....

^I never understand people who go to parks looking for negatives all the time. I go to amusement parks for fun.

^Well that review gets me excited! How were the restraints?

Yeah I still have no doubt it's going to be one of the best rides at KD

^ yeah one reviewer was like "I was expecting Lightning Rod relentlessness" which goes 70 mph vs 54 mph on TT

Geesh I saw one review call TT "slow and lethargic" but I assume this has to do with the fact it was ridden in the mid-40s.

Studying for the CPA Exam is one of the most difficult stressful anxiety-riddled confusing things ever. At least I've passed half of it.

Been obsessively looking at RMC lap bar photos all week in anticipation of Twisted Timbers.

Yeah the scale hasn't budged for me in months but at least my waistline is shrinking! If I can get on that would be a solid payoff for a full year in the gym. The only RMC I've ridden is New Texas Giant which to be honest I raised my expectations for it astronomically high so it didn't exactly blow me away (I was expecting El Toro greatness). These more recent RMCs seem a little more aggressive than NTAG is.

I really liked Verbolten the one time I rode it opening year. Really unique and cool ride. Is it the best ride in Busch Gardens? In my opinion no not really. The biggest thing there for me is those nice B&Ms. AC is the first B&M Mega Coaster and remains one of my favorite roller coasters today.