Sir Clinksalot Posted June 18, 2013 Posted June 18, 2013 Went to CGA yesterday and rode Gold Striker a few times. I thought it was great. Easily the best wooden coaster in CA (not like that's saying much) and probably the best GCI I've ridden (I've only ridden 6 so take that with a grain of salt). It's a really great addition to the park. The rest of the park ... needs some love.
Swornenemy Posted June 18, 2013 Posted June 18, 2013 The rest of the park ... needs some love. Â There working on it. A lot of the shops have gotten some fresh paint this past off season and they started painting flight deck and demon.
Sir Clinksalot Posted June 18, 2013 Posted June 18, 2013 ^ I know. It's great to see the park getting some love and hopefully with the new stadium, etc, CF will start putting some $$ into the park. With Raffi there now I'm very hopeful.
singemfrc Posted June 19, 2013 Posted June 19, 2013 Random retro photo from 1991.. just noticed the guy filming on ride with his giant 90s camcorder I wonder if he tried that on Demon.
Tmcdllr Posted June 19, 2013 Posted June 19, 2013 Random retro photo from 1991.. just noticed the guy filming on ride with his giant 90s camcorder I wonder if he tried that on Demon. Â If he tried that on Demon it would have been shaken into a thousand pieces!
Blue Fire Guy Posted June 19, 2013 Posted June 19, 2013 ^ Especially in the second loop (major jackhammering there) and the coathanger transition into the corkscrews!
Angry_Gumball Posted June 19, 2013 Posted June 19, 2013 What I don't get...why are the corkscrews themselves amazingly smooth but coming in and out of them are awful? I can't even describe the weird sideways curve into the corkscrew...wait, yes I can... *grabs ibuprofen* Â I will say though...2 weeks ago we had an amazingly smooth ride on Demon, even the second smaller loop. I believe we had the yellow train.
Swornenemy Posted June 19, 2013 Posted June 19, 2013 The yellow train is the smooth one. My last visit I rode demon a couple of times, once in the red and once in the yellow. Both times same row and the yellow train had the smoother ride.
LoopScreweD Posted June 20, 2013 Posted June 20, 2013 Fun picture i found of greezed lightnin while surfing the web the picture is off a model of the ride and the actual ride going thought the loop at the same time from 2002.
Angry_Gumball Posted June 20, 2013 Posted June 20, 2013 Fun picture i found of greezed lightnin while surfing the web the picture is off a model of the ride and the actual ride going thought the loop at the same time from 2002. Â This ride model lives in one of the guest services buildings, to the left of the main gates. It looks pretty neat in person!
Subject_12 Posted June 20, 2013 Posted June 20, 2013 Slightly off topic, but why does everybody knock on Grizzly? I think it's fine. It's a genuinely fun ride. Granted, I'll ride it again in about a week, so I might find out then. (Might also pull together a Photo TR)
singemfrc Posted June 20, 2013 Posted June 20, 2013 Slightly off topic, but why does everybody knock on Grizzly? I think it's fine. It's a genuinely fun ride. Granted, I'll ride it again in about a week, so I might find out then. (Might also pull together a Photo TR) Would you like to buy it? Cheap? If you're interested there's another similar woodie up in Vallejo you might want.
Domm Posted June 20, 2013 Posted June 20, 2013 Slightly off topic, but why does everybody knock on Grizzly? I think it's fine. It's a genuinely fun ride. Granted, I'll ride it again in about a week, so I might find out then. (Might also pull together a Photo TR) Â you could walk faster than the train during that first turn around.
Angry_Gumball Posted June 20, 2013 Posted June 20, 2013 I'm waiting for this day... Granted this coaster isn't Grizzly but it will do the same one of these days.
V2-dude Posted June 21, 2013 Posted June 21, 2013 I've actually seen that at SFDK (and had to do the pushing a few times). On several different coasters actually. It's actually quite common even on coasters that maintain decent speed when moving parts are cold as well as outside air temperature. I'm sure it's happened on Grizzly, just not seen/recorded by anyone on here yet. I've seen footage of it happening on GhostRider. Not what you want to have happen, but it's better than valleying.
Tmcdllr Posted June 21, 2013 Posted June 21, 2013 I've actually seen that at SFDK (and had to do the pushing a few times). On several different coasters actually. It's actually quite common even on coasters that maintain decent speed when moving parts are cold as well as outside air temperature. I'm sure it's happened on Grizzly, just not seen/recorded by anyone on here yet. I've seen footage of it happening on GhostRider. Not what you want to have happen, but it's better than valleying. Â Ever wonder why the anti rollbacks are on the first hill after the lift? One morning when I was working there in '89 they were doing test runs and the train did not make it over that hill and stopped on the anti rollbacks. Three mechanics then walked up there, gave the train a push, then they all hopped in and rode it back to the station. It was actually kind of amusing. Â Back then this was not an unusual thing to happen. They tried several things like adding weight to the front car but it still happened sometimes, I was just lucky enough to see it that morning.
Angry_Gumball Posted June 22, 2013 Posted June 22, 2013 Reporting live from star tower, sound tests are under way. Note the boom mic, kind of hard to tell as digital zoom sucks.
XYZ Posted June 23, 2013 Posted June 23, 2013 By 2015, Prudential will probably force CGA to be all underneath a glass dome.
TyRush Posted June 23, 2013 Posted June 23, 2013 By 2015, Prudential will probably force CGA to be all underneath a glass dome. I find all this noise issue thing to be quite hysterical. Like is it really that big of a deal. Jim Bob, in his office hears a slight scream over his computer, now we must complain!
Geauga Dog Posted June 23, 2013 Posted June 23, 2013 Is Prudential the only ones complaining about the noise? Maybe it's time to consider relocating, CF buys the building and rips it down to prevent anyone else moving in and complaining.
XYZ Posted June 23, 2013 Posted June 23, 2013 Isn't the Prudential Building located on former Great America land?
Angry_Gumball Posted June 23, 2013 Posted June 23, 2013 It is, along with the other offices. Back in the day that was all parking. The city thought it would be a brilliant idea to use that land they own for office complexes...now they can observe the headache and BS that shall rise.
singemfrc Posted June 23, 2013 Posted June 23, 2013 Seems a bit unfair that he's standing on the roof with a boom mic. Do they normally conduct meetings outside on the roof? Maybe they should be complaining to the contractor who did their insulation.
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