CoasterAuditor
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Great update!
This ride looks awesome. Once this thing opens I think you can make a strong case that Kings Dominion has the best coaster lineup in the chain after Cedar Point. Even if this is one of the weaker RMCs (and I doubt it will be), an RMC in the same park as the world's most intense giga coaster, probably the world's best floorless coaster, Volcano, Flight of Fear (which I love and find infinitely smoother and more enjoyable than the Kings Island version) and a bunch of other solid rides (like Avalanche, Grizzly and Backlot) sounds absolutely great.
Not to mention a relatively solid flat collection! Delirium, Crypt, Windseeker, Drop Tower, etc (Oh and Shenandoah Lumber Company).
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Steel Vengeance looks to be potentially the most insane RMC creation yet . I need to get back to Cedar Point asap. They've now added Maverick, Gatekeeper, Valravn, and now Steel Vengeance to their lineup (also a huge S&S Screaming Swing) since I last went in 2005. Not to mention I've never ridden TTD, Blue Streak, or Rougarou/Mantis.
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Excited to see the 2nd Infinity Coaster in the US going up! Also does anyone else find it amusing how in the announcement the guy kept comparing it to a coaster in Georgia?
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I mean Six Flags puts a lot more money into SFA than CF does Dorney these days. We've received over the last 5 years: 3 flats, a coaster, and 2 water park additions.
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The facebook comments on the parks official page make me want to jump out of a window. I get like the GP doesn't know or care what an RMC is but they really have no idea how good of a ride TT will likely be and they're just trashing it.
EDIT: Sorry! Just had to vent about that for a minute. Too many angry negative hateful people on social media. Need to remember Facebook comments are essentially poison to the mind.
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The hate for Super Loops is strong on coaster forums. Looks like Cedar Fair is getting their share now. I'm sure they're fun rides I have not ridden any permanent installations.
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One thing I am wondering is if they could be adding all these additions to the area where WWL was and creating a whole new snoopy themed area? Although moving the carousel would seem to shoot that theory dead.
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I personally really would like for BGW to get a nice flat ride package so hopefully if we do see a new hamlet go in we get 2 or 3 flats going in at some point.
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Great photos!! Holiday World is a major "bucket list" park for me it seems like such a nice relaxing park like Dollywood. Really need to make it out there in the next few years. Hopefully part of a Kings Island, Kentucky Kingdom, and Holiday World combo trip!
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Yeah I personally know a bunch of people who can't handle I305. I love it but one day when I rode it 5 times in a row I needed a break after the 5th time. A ride op told me once about a guy that literally rode it 92 times in one day. I'm wondering how that man is still alive at this time......
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What's sad is even with all those awesome things (and more) in that park there's a lot of locals who demand so much more. I don't even really know what more I could want at KD? Maybe more flats? I love having it 40 minutes down 95.
RMC T-REX REPLACING ANACONDA IN 2019!!!!
Yeah the people who really want a B&M Mega to "balance" the lineup are the ones that really drive me nuts.
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Everything that we *want* to know is out there based on the current construction.
Low 100' tall, mid 50 mph, barrel roll drop, tons of airtime since it's a RMC.
Very intersted to see how it goes out and back in the rectangle footprint that it occupies.
Themed huss top spin + giant Intamin drop + unique Intamin invert launch + B&M floorless (top tier) + Giga + RMC = A park I need to be at NAO
What's sad is even with all those awesome things (and more) in that park there's a lot of locals who demand so much more. I don't even really know what more I could want at KD? Maybe more flats? I love having it 40 minutes down 95.
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We're going to make Six Flags America so great that they'll have to increase the amount of flags in the title. Seven, eight, nine, I heard up to forty flags it's gonna be great.
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If that is in fact the name then I suppose "timbers" is the new "hawk"
If that's the case then Mean Streak is probably going to be "Outlaw Timbers."
CGAs new coaster will be "Railblazer Timbers" and KBFs "Hangtime Timbers"
Okay I'll stop now that was fun.
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If that is in fact the name then I suppose "timbers" is the new "hawk"
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North Carolina - (I have not ridden Fury yet ) Nighthawk?
Nighthawk is in SC. However there is a little bit between the holding brakes and station that goes into NC (shown below).
Since the station and majority of the coaster is in SC and under it's jurisdiction for inspection , I personally would count it as a SC coaster.
For comparison, Fury and Goldrusher also are in both states, but their stations are in NC and under NC inspection so I count them as NC coasters.
So I guess my favorite roller coaster in North Carolina is Carolina Cyclone?
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Virginia - I305
North Carolina - (I have not ridden Fury yet ) Nighthawk?
South Carolina - Afterburn
Florida - Revenge of the Mummy
Maryland - Superman
Pennsylvania - Storm Runner (no Skyrush yet)
Tennessee - Thunderhead
New Jersey - El Toro
Texas - New Texas Giant
Ohio - Millennium Force
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Pretty jealous of anyone taking advantage of the 5 minute wait on LR right now. It seems like LR is running a lot more consistently which is great!
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Not having shade never bothers me. If I want to be out of the sun so bad I will just not go to an amusement park in the summer. I get shaving some but bashing parks because they do not have any is silly to me.
SFAs lack of trees would never be a reason for me to not go to the park or any park for that matter. Comparing it to KD and BGW it definitely lacks in the shade department but that's okay. I'd much rather be at SFA than work
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I really think people put way too much stock into completely arbitrary terms. I highly doubt this will be a "bigger announcement" than Intimidator 305 in the eyes of anyone on this forum but it doesn't have to be for them to claim that. Maybe this comes with some general upgrades (a new parking gate seems likely since the chain seems to be in the process of renovating those) but I don't think the phrase "biggest announcement in history." is something people should get hung up on since it can mean whatever they want it to mean.
Agreed I've been noticing people assuming this must mean more than one ride. People we're getting an RMC. Most parks are lucky to get a Troika.
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I wish Water Country USA would add a water coaster; then again, they seem to be showing up everywhere, so maybe Williamsburg will jump on the bandwagon soon.
This! Water Country USA is one of the largest water parks in the US and is considered one of the better ones too. I'm actually surprised they have not added a water coaster yet. The mid-atlantic area seems quite slow to add these rides for some reason. Of course Cedar Fair has never built one and neither has SEAS.
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I wouldn't put Kings Dominion in the same sentence as Busch in that area, but Kings Dominion is still way better than Six Flags America.
Well of course how silly of me . Yeah BGW is on a whole different level than most other parks.
SFA has cooler IPs to use than KD but KD is definitely a more enjoyable place to walk around. They have these interesting things called "trees" everywhere.
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Maybe they want to keep it that way so the park retains it's charm.
And when I say charm I mean none at all.
It definitely could use a few updates in the "charm" department especially when its closest competition is KD and BGW.
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I love that they're removing things to make room for new additions when the entire back half of the park is already flat, cleared land and essentially just a giant, soulless expansion pad.
Agreed. If Six Flags wanted to invest the money they could make Gotham City pretty awesome. The ROI though probably would not be worth it. I almost never hear of anyone in Virginia talking about Six Flags America. Kings Dominion definitely (it is vastly superior and is about to have an RMC) but never SFA.
Six Flags America (SFA) Discussion Thread
in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
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I don't disagree with anything you've said regarding the comparisons of Dorney to SFA. I like both parks but they are lower tier in my personal park rankings. I was just pointing out Six Flags is at least making investments into SFA with yearly additions while CF seems to invest very little into their smaller low-volume parks in terms of attractions by comparison which is fine, perhaps Cedar Fair does not consider even a minor ROI to be worth putting in a ride (and that's part of the reason FUN is in better shape financially than SIX).