EmBy Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 Another great update Robb. Loved reading these over the last few weeks. That top spin looks awesome, looks more intense when its enclosed. Phantasialand looks amazing, great theming on all the rides there.
Guest Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 i wish i had the money and time to go on these trips i love the picture and videos ,i wish i could meet robb and eliss and kidums sometime i want shake their hand and tank them for alloeing me to comment on their webby,i enjoy the pics and videos but their are some ppl out there that is rude crude and obnoxious and they should not be allowed to be here this is the nicest club i been on
thomas2 Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 Winjas was indeed a big surprise. I expected a mediocre coaster but it's much more than that. It became one of my favourite coasters of the trip (only Fear because Force sucked!)
redfoot12 Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 Questions: Was this trip originally going to include an Italy leg? Am I misremembering something? Is "misremembering" even a word? Thanks for all the updates and pictures! As mentioned earlier this really makes me want to go on the mainland Euro trip next year.
SharkTums Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 It was talked about that Italy *Might* be the addon for Spain. But it just wasn't appealing enough. Italy might be the addon for a future trip to Europe.
cfc Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 Thanks for the mini updates Robb, looking forward to seeing the big ones! Must . . . resist . . . obvious . . . straight . . . line . . . Here Chuck, I'll do it for you.... One picture does, indeed, speak a thousand words.
bgwfreak Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 Now THAT's what Kings Dominion's Tomb Raider should have looked like! Awesome report as always.
DaveH80 Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 I think Italy would be a great add-on/mini-trip to follow next years Euro trip.
spangle Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 Cool update, i am sooo tempted to come on one of your trips .............hmmmm next year maybe?
hyperlink27 Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 Great update as always Robb...I would hate to ask where the picture of the VPL (visible AHEM lines) comes into play, but it does make one think...looking forward to the Texas or Eastern trip with y'all next year! Its time to go on one of these trips instead of living them on the web! 3 Cheers for Robb and Elissa....
BarryH Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 Much bigger than Ryan's! Great photos! I enjoyed the updates. The hotel looks awesome!
gintypoo Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 Trip looks awesome!! I'm so jealous, stuck in evil never-stops-raining land with no money....
pizza>poop Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 "Misremembering" is not a word, however "mistaken" is.
cfc Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 ^I must beg to differ here--"misremembering" is, indeed, a word.
WDWliker Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 Well, it seems you guys had a load of fun. As for me.... I'll (Depending on weather of day and if I give a care) be credit claming in Flamingoland and I could be going to Alton Towers. WDWliker: Rider ace (On rides)
Wishmaster Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 New to us was "Black Mamba", which we really liked, but I have to be honest it was a little disappointing. The themed area was AMAZING, but the ride itself just lacked the *punch* that it would appear to have. You of all people should know that coasters have good and bad days (as we experienced at EGF) and IMO Black Mamba was having one of it's lesser days. I hope you'll get to ride it on a good day sometime.
rollercoasterdan Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 I just rode Black Mamba and it seemed to be running good. It let up in the transitions between the turns but that was it. I think I got 9 Spins on Talocan. Side Note: The company my Brother-In-Law works for had some thing at a fair and the partners payed the ride operator to keep the Top Spin going for something like 15 minutes.
-Zingo- Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 Robb - Thanks for all your effort in posting the updates. They were great as always and very appreciated. Rich
robbalvey Posted July 23, 2007 Author Posted July 23, 2007 Black Mamba was having one of it's lesser days. No it wasn't. Everyone I spoke to said it was running exactly as it normally has. I know you're a Black Mamba fanboy, so I would expect you to try to convice me otherwise. Given what I know about the ride, what other people have told me, and how I saw it perform, I believe we got the best rides Black Mamba can deliver. --Robb "Why didn't you just go ask the park management to walk up the lift hill and make it better?" Alvey
Homer Posted July 24, 2007 Posted July 24, 2007 A great series of trips comes to an end. Thanks for all of the updates that you worked hard on to satisfy the readers. It also makes me wish is there a way possible to accelerate time to one week from now? Again, seriously awesome trip you all had and makes my anticipation for the Midwest trip even higher. Thanks for the updates, they were really fun to read and the POV's were awesome.
DerekRx Posted July 24, 2007 Posted July 24, 2007 I rode Black Mamba on 2 separate days last September, and both days the ride felt exactly the same. It's really cool with the trenches, tunnels, and theming, but the ride itself isn't nearly as phenominal as Nemesis, Batman, Dueling Dragons, etc. It just doesn't have the forces, if it wasn't for it's location and interaction, it would be very similar to Top Gun, Talon, and Great Bear. Still better than Silver Bullet, but not the end all of inverted coasters, just an extremely nicely themed invert that gets my respect for being that. It definitely doesn't have the foot tingling extremeness of the old school inverts.
Ed Posted July 24, 2007 Posted July 24, 2007 Black Mamba... It's not as forceful as the other.. 3 inverts i've done... The themeing is like a million times better, but I find all the themeing they've done for the ride in specific a bit pointless seeing as you blur past it very fast. That being said the areas where the ground was just gravel paled in comparison to the rest of the ride.. Oh yeh, and forceless helixes suck. Especially on inverts where the only view you're given is the seat infront. Even in the front it was a bit eugh. So much for risk of death from repeat riding...
Meteornotes Posted July 24, 2007 Posted July 24, 2007 Going to have to agree with Robb here, Black Mamba did not impress. Sure, it has awesome theming (though you can't really see it unless you're in the front car), but it doesn't have a lot of forces and the second half it just meanders around until it gets tired and goes back to the station. I did like it a lot better in the front seat, but I'd still rank it in the middle tier of B&M inverts. Sure, it's better than the forceless stuff B&M has been building in the US lately (Silver Bullet, Patriot), but BM doesn't even come close to rides like Nemesis, Dragons, Katun, Montu or your average Batman. I know there's some sort of conspiracy to dethrone EGF as the best steel coaster in Europe, but sorry, BM is not even close. dt
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