jamesdillaman

Um... It was the state inspector, not the daily inspection that maintenance does for the park, or am I reading this wrong?

Yes indeed. Guy, the wife Julia and I will be there, looking forward to seeing you again!

I remember that...

I don't know, it could still be something that will open in 2012. Think about it, if parks' PR departments call things "Biggest, Baddest Coaster", etc. then I don't think it's too much a stretch that they would consider the announcement and construction of a ride in 2011 as another thing new besides Windseeker.

If you actually had been in New Jersey, you'd know that those teenagers on Jersey Shore are FAR from what actual people are in New Jersey. Jersey Shore ain't a documentary series either. It's a show to capitalize on the idioticy MTV puts on their channel now. It isn't a documentary?!? I wish I had known that before I wrote that letter to our congressman encouraging them to oust New Jersey from the United States and trade it to Canada for some of that BC stuff... ^^ Yes, PLEASE KI: Don't retrack a horrible coaster. Making it smooth will only illustrate more clearly to people how boring and bad the layout is, now that they aren't getting beaten senseless throughout...

I think the major difference between NTG and say Gemini at CP is the track shape. Tubular steel track is normal on a steel coaster, this track IS different. It isn't a wooden coaster I don't believe, but it isn't a tubular steel track coaster with wooden supports, either. It's a halfway point between the two. I'm very interested in getting to ride this, but with a year of college left, it probably won't happen this summer. Oh well, we'll have fun at SFOG anyway for the Deep South Bash!

^Any solid info, he'd post it. You can't believe people from New Jersey. I was watching this documentary series called Jersey Shore, and apparently New Jersey people are very different from us midwesterners....

5 Batman clones Call it Insanity Intensity Island

How does a Bobsled coaster shuffle?

Or maybe they could tear it down. Seriously, Texas Giant was once considered a pretty good coaster. SoB's rankings in Mitch's should tell everyone what it is worth. When the Jr. Woodie in your park is ranked higher than the biggest coaster in your park, there's a layout problem. It isn't just that SoB is rough, but beyond the drop (and the loop when it was there), it's boring. It's like Nascar without the crashes (Well, actually SoB DID hurt some people...) Drop - Helix - Drop - lame hill with no airtime - Helix - more lame no airtime hills - brakes. Seriously, does that sound like a ride worth spending more on? They've already tried everything up to this point to save this pile of junk. Cedar Fair, realize that you can't get sunk cost back but if you keep pouring money into SoB, it won't help anything except to help negate your profits.

I liked the Bond show and the Days of Thunder more than Spongebob. Besides, the spongebob show is everywhere now. It's only a matter of time before the theater goes if they don't get a NEW show in there soon.

First read this as a euphemism and was trying to figure out what you meant...

^ Please don't take offense, but you need to get on some more wooden coasters. Even if SoB was smooth, the layout leaves a LOT to be desired element-wise. I guess if all you're looking for is giant drawn-out helixes then SoB would be a great ride. I'm not trying to belittle you, but I honestly can't understand why it would make the list of top wooden coasters for anyone that has been on at least say 40 wooden coasters or so, even randomly picked, so-so coasters like aging CCI's.

Went to Kings Island, had a cheese coney from Skyline then decided I didn't feel like being at Kings Island that day so I went home. Most expensive lunch I've ever had without riding one thing.

Like a zero-G roll and a bigger Phantom's Revenge?

I didn't fill out a ballot this year, but I thought Voyage was almost too rough in 2009, so I'm sure that last year, had I gotten on it, I would have found it almost unrideable. I'd rather ride Cornball express than Voyage, to be honest, and I'd rank Cornball higher than it. This doesn't have anything to do with fanboys, just my opinion and I know I'm not alone in this. It may not be the groupthink approach, but after looking through many ballots myself, I find myself agreeing with many that some think are frauds. Larry has an excellent point about El Toro, although I think a wooden coaster is one with wood track, not "One that feels like a wood coaster" I think it speaks to the poll's strength that the results are so different from the Golden Tickets, which are strongly biased and everyone knows it.

^ Um... sorry but the OPPOSITE side of the river is NOT your front yard. Check again. And I'd love to live across from Schlitterbahn. Quit complaining.

Thank you so much for announcing the date so far out! I was able to mark it as a blackout date, so my band won't book a gig that weekend. Julia and I had so much fun at SFGAm, we'll both see you at SFOG!!! All new credits for both of us, too, as we've never been to the park!!! EDIT: I've invited our best friends from Orlando, and they said they'd love to, so make it 4 of us total!

Shouldn't we talk about this in our secret poll-fixing thread? Just chatting openly about it is dangerous, people may find out about our super-secret plan to devalue the Voyage, making Indiana suffer, which then will mean more people will turn back to farming, making corn cheaper, allowing us to finally run that ethanol-powered coaster Robb secretly built in Northern Canada. Wait Robb's here, I think I said too much. No *Gets shot in the head*

^When are you going to realize your caps lock is on?

I thought this was about the old tunnel of love rides, not basically the same thing as this thread: http://themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=22959 MOD EDIT: thank you James, I forgot to merge these previously.

I have to disagree. With no a$$holes, there'd be a lack of sarcasm on these boards that would disappoint me. The difference is you can be an a$$hole without being necessarily mean-spirited. And even if it is, it can still be funny.

I like McDonalds the ride. It looks pretty cool.

It's posts like these that all the idiots flock to, and I'm not talking about the ones defending the parents of the child here. We have a justice system in place where a judge will listen to both sides and decide if any blame is apparent and then award damages accordingly. Let it work. Most frivolous lawsuits only take up court time, they don't usually succeed. Let the system work. Also, cheese shouldn't burn your face like that. My 2 cents...

^ I'm sure there's a Mexican American population joke about California in there sometime, but I'm too tired to find it...