spaminacan11 Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 ^I went today, there was like, no one there. I was on in the front row ont eh fourth train of the day. I rode it four times today, one of them at night, and I go insane ejector air. I was also VERY surprised by how fast the line moved. I got in line one time when it was full and I was on an hour later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rider117 Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 Have any of you been on any hypercoasters? If so compare Goliath to this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougstanton Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 I have been on Nitro and S:ROS at NE. Goliath suprisingly beats Nitro. They basically have the same layout, but the only thing I can think of is possibly the height to speed ratio being better on Goliath. The airtime is a lot better than on Nitro, and the bunny hills are the best I have ever been on in any ride. Comparing it to S:ROS is hard because they are two different companies. It all depends on what you prefer. I love the B&M hyper trains more than any other train. I love the floater air and then ejector air on the bunnies like Goliath. I currently give Goliath the edge, but am reriding S:ROS in the summer just to make sure. Either way, Goliath is amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Shankman Posted April 2, 2006 Author Share Posted April 2, 2006 I've been on the following Hyper Coasters... Goliath @ SFMM Magnum XL200 Apollos Chariot S:ROS @ SFNE Nitro Goliath @ SFOG Heres the order of my favorites to give you an idea... 1. S:ROS @ SFNE 2. Goliath @ SFOG 3. Magnum XL 200 4. Goliath @SFMM 5. Nitro 6. Apollos Chariot SFOG's Goliath truely surprised me, it's absolutely incredible. The ending bunny hops provide some nearly ejector air time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragoncoaster1292 Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 I'm not good with height. I can go on a roller coaster like Medusa and not feel sick at all, but something like Millenium Force or SFMM's Goliath, I just can't do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwistedTrack Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 I rode it on opening day. We used that flashpass thing. We scanned it and thought the actual time was the designated time, so we went up and since we didn't know they let us right on. I rode it twice and can you say airtime? It was crazy, expecially the second time because we got toward the back. I saw plenty of coaster enthusiests there. THE only other hyper I have been on is Apollo's Chariot and I thought GOLIATH was better. The gift shop has huge stuff also. Like icecrem cones. I'll upload some pics later because i'm on my dads treo right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woah_killa Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 I'm going next Saturday, I'm so excited! You people talking about how good it is is making me...well...i'm like about to jump out of my skin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwistedTrack Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 wait til your driving up. when I first saw people riding and having a good time I was bouncing all over the car. like when peter took stewie to disney. haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgiaDawg278 Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 the airtime i C-R-A-Z-Y! I only waited in line once though... thank you to the artist formerly known as Gold Q-Bot!! Anyway, I've only been on Goliath, and S:ROS. Airtime feels about the same... but in different areas to me. S:ROS has the "whip-you-over-the-hill" air time, while Goliath has more of the "float-over-the-hill-with-a-minor-whip". I like Goliath more because of comfort. The clamshells are VERY contoured and easy to fit in to. The Intamin T-bars, however, are hard as rocks, and the ankle shackles aren't exactly wlecoming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NitroJoeC Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 ^LOL to ankle shackles! That is such a great description. About Goliath....it's THE DEAL! I was lucky to ride it over sixty times on Media Day and another 14 or so times yesterday (4/1/06) and it absolutely blew me away. Far surpasses my expectations, something that isn't easy to do! Everyone who knows me knows I LOVE Nitro (hello, hi, my screenname is NitroJoe). This certainly is a different beast than Nitro, with some similarities. The airtime is defintiely more abrupt and forceful on Goliath. The environments are similar in the fact they both go off to "isolated locations". To show how much I enjoyed it, the line was about 45mins most of the day on opening day. My friends and I rode Superman once, GASM once, and Acrophobia about four times (two were with exit passes). Everything else was for Goliath, and this was after over 60 rides! Anyhoo, I hate when rides are hyped up a lot so I'll stop and let everyone enjoy the amazingness that is Goliath. Joe "yay I have a new top five coaster!" C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieWent Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 OMG this ride was just plain freaking awesome! Where to begin?! I have no clue. Anyway, it curves 90 degrees out of the station (no thrills yet, unless you're screamin' your head off. As you climb the lift, you are SO full of Anticipation with a capital "A". Then, you drop! The floater airtime on this drop is !!!!!!!!!!! But just when you think the worst is over, you go over 2 EXTREMELY STEEP AND HIGH hills. You hit the turnaround with a double spiral helix, but before you know it, guess what? AN OVERBANKED TURN!!!!!!!!! Going over a few more hills, you finally hit the brakes. This is a GREAT ride!!!!!!!! In fact, as I am typing these words, I can feel the negative G's! If you are into hardcore thrills, DO NOT MISS THIS!!!!!! Austin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woah_killa Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 Does anybody have any pictures from yesterday? Oh yea, I was just looking through the old pages of this thread and i found this pic: That's me!!! Tweety bird was trying to steal my cell phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougstanton Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 In case anyone missed it, a POV of Goliath was recently posted. Heres the link... http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/download.php?id=35094 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterman7 Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 When I went the wait time I saw got up to 90 minutes at 2:00 on Opening Day! I was really surprised when I saw this because I thought it was going to get up to 4 hours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coreyml Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 so what does corey think about this ride? well i would not ride this ride 55 times in 1 day if i didnt love it the first 3 rides = tears in my eyes from laughing so much the front seat is amazing and almost as good as the back...equal the more i think of it 2 completely different rides in the front and back the wind is intense in the front and there's like no wind from 2-9 headchoppers in the helix = awesome airtime? amazing. over every hill in any seat even entering the helix cell phones and other loose objects do fly... capacity = amazing so far ive waited no more than 20 minutes for any row other than the front seat the on ride photos are good even tho theyre @ the end of the ride overall my favorite coaster ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zer0groll Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 I'm going on Friday the 7th and I can't wait! How crowded do you think it will be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougstanton Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Well, supposedly it was a lot busier today than on the weekend. I didn't go today, but I went Saturday and Sunday and it wasn't busy at all. I called a number telling me how many people were in the park today and it said 12,000. If you don't really have a good feel for how busy that is, that is the average amount of people that go on a weekday during the summer. If you went sometime last year, you would have a good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XEC567 Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 I really liked this ride, we went to Six Flags yesterday and I rode on it five times. Maybe that was because I had a Q Bot thing and didnt have to wait in line for the ride for two hours. I really like the first drop when you are in the ninth row of the ride. The helix is awsome too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suppadnikka05 Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 i just came back from SFOG. and goliath was great, i rode it 5 times, and everytime i enjoyed it more then the last time, and it's really fun at night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woah_killa Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Hey, I have a simple question that I didn't want to make a whole thread out of but it has to do with Goliath. I'm going to SFOG this Saturday, and I was wondering...It's supposed to be stormy so should I wait for next weekend or just go and hope it isn't closed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willski Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Yeah, just look at the weather, right now it's says it'll be pretty ugly (at least here in Athens) on Saturday. You could always take a chance (we did last Saturday, it was pouring here when we left, but everything ended up being okay). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woah_killa Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 Yea, I decided I'm gonna wait until next weekend because there's supposed to be tornadoes here when we would be driving and on Saturday over there it's gonna be stormy half the day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROLLERCOASTERCRAZY Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 I GOT TO GO TO SFoG TODAY I RODE GOLIATH AND IT WAS AWESOME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigboy61483 Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 goliath at sfog is quite a strong coaster. the fact that it's super smooth. with those that say it's well-themed, i do agree. as for the lines, it will be long for awhile. superman: ultimate flight was that way when it opened up to the public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doitdumont1128 Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 How is it themed? I mean it's Goliath, but what is there. Is there a story told or do they just show cartoons, like in alot of other rides, because the only extreme themeing is Batman, Superman, and kinda mindbender Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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