robbalvey Posted November 5, 2005 Posted November 5, 2005 Hey everyone! I have finally gotten around to capturing our Avalanche footage from our summer trip to Wisconsin Dells. All I can say is that you have to download this video to believe how CRAZY this ride is! It was really a toss up as to which we liked better, this or Hades. The shortness of the ride was it's only weakness, but OMFG the speed this thing maintains through the ENTIRE ride is just CRAZY! I have posted the POV in the Members Only Forum: http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=7 Enjoy! --Robb
Scaparri Posted November 5, 2005 Posted November 5, 2005 Well, I haven't had a chance to download the POV, but I felt the exact same way. Avalanche is absolutely incredible. If I didn't know any better, I would swear those little trains never lose momentum. Freakin' insane. I still have a hard time determining which one is better between it and Hades. I can't wait to watch the vid.
DATman Posted November 5, 2005 Posted November 5, 2005 THAT IS AN INSANE RIDE!!!!! It looks like some kind of mad RCT creation, but smooth, and loaded with air I need to ride this and Hades
Jew Posted November 5, 2005 Posted November 5, 2005 ^I wouldn't exactly call Avalanche smooth, but it's not a destroy your body rough like Ghostrider either...
Twister II Posted November 5, 2005 Posted November 5, 2005 I think it looks kinds pointless. Its a square, with only 12 people per train. This coaster would make a good NL recreation.
robbalvey Posted November 5, 2005 Author Posted November 5, 2005 ^ It's not pointless. Once you ride it, you will know!
Scaparri Posted November 5, 2005 Posted November 5, 2005 I think it looks kinds pointless. Its a square, with only 12 people per train. This coaster would make a good NL recreation. It's a triangle! Seriously though, you just have to ride it. Those 12 passenger trains don't let up. Twelve is about all they need too. All this talk really makes me miss it.
TheGreatOne Posted November 5, 2005 Posted November 5, 2005 Dear God, This ride is the opposite of pointless. Both myself and Scaparri were laughing after our first ride. I can't remember the last time I had so much fun on a ride during my first time. I agree that it's tough to choose between Hades and Avalanche. -Bryan "Would like to sit next to a woman with a low cut shirt on Avalanche" Wood
MrMorgan Posted November 5, 2005 Posted November 5, 2005 i loved this ride, too. after looking at pictures of it, i though "how lame. it only has left turns.", but OMG, it is so insane and SO MUCH FUN! i rode it with my little sister about 10 times in the course of an hour and we just laughed and laughed and laughed. she's not an enthusiast, but she was amazed by the air time and said that for most of the ride her butt is not touching the seat. on about the 3rd ride, she starting yelling "not touching" on the top of every hill. it was hilarious. i have some onride footage and some altogether fun footage of our little trip there which will definitely make it into my video for the next TPR video contest. oh, and about it being too short. with the crazy way that ride is paced, do you think you could take much more of it? it has so many laterals and we laughed so much, it was like doing 100 sit ups every ride.
shesaidboom Posted November 5, 2005 Posted November 5, 2005 That looks crazy. If I just saw pictures of this I probably wouldn't think much of it, but the POV makes me want to go ride it right now.
Cameron Posted November 6, 2005 Posted November 6, 2005 Thanks Robb! Oh man, just watching that video makes me laugh all over again! Cameron
benzo41190 Posted November 6, 2005 Posted November 6, 2005 dude, this ride is not pointless! I mean when you ride it at night, it is so weird. I mean you think it is a square but its not. You think there is more coming but then you hit the brakes and your like "damnit". That is the one bad thing, its so damn short.
coasters 4 me Posted November 6, 2005 Posted November 6, 2005 That coaster looks insane, and I am surprised how it keeps its speed up with only 3 cars.
Carnage Posted November 6, 2005 Posted November 6, 2005 That ride was crazy intense. It's rough, but rough in a good way. I think on one ride my shirt was almost coming off due to the crazy forces and airtime.
Bob O Posted November 6, 2005 Posted November 6, 2005 Its is a awesome ride and great POV!!! The ride has great speed and airtime no matter where you sit on the ride. And with that park/mini golf center not being busy you can get numerous rides and they dont make you get off, so numerous re-rides. I found the ride to be more enjoyable than Hades which is also a excellant ride, but maybe the fact i rode it so often compared to Hades affected my viewpoint.
waterviper Posted November 7, 2005 Posted November 7, 2005 Hi everyone this my very first post ever on tpr!! Boy!!! Im happy to start out posting about this coaster Avalanche!!! My dear God this looks like the most intense wooden coaster since Harry Travers Crystal Beach Cyclone!! When I first saw the off ride shots of Avalanche, Cyclone was the very first thing that came to mind. Watching Avalanche fly around those turns and hoping over those bunnyhills at that speed and never letting up reminded me of the old footage that I saw on Cyclone! If there is ever a coaster wooden or steal this is the one on this entire planet I want to ride before I die!! Btw..... I like rough coasters!! Lets put it this way... I very much like Flashback at Magic Mountain!!!
socalMAN123 Posted November 7, 2005 Posted November 7, 2005 That's freakin crazy! It looks so intense! I had some people over when I watched it and they said "That's so boring, it has no loops!" ---Brent 8)
QueerRudie Posted November 7, 2005 Posted November 7, 2005 Wow. Amazing. A real jaw dropper. But the capacity MUST suck- a long day if you're one of the few who get to take a ride...
Scaparri Posted November 7, 2005 Posted November 7, 2005 (edited) Wow. Amazing. A real jaw dropper. But the capacity MUST suck- a long day if you're one of the few who get to take a ride... I don't think it gets that bad actually. I went during a beautiful day in July (granted it was a weekday) and they just let us stay in the coaster until somebody waited for our seat. We (TheGreatOne and I) ended up getting I think at least five rides in a row in the back seat, plus at least four other rides on it earlier as well as a couple rounds of mini golf all within a few hours. Edited November 7, 2005 by Scaparri
robbalvey Posted November 7, 2005 Author Posted November 7, 2005 ^ The coaster doesn't ever get very crowded. We took something like 10 rides within the 90minutes we were there. --Robb
larrygator Posted November 7, 2005 Posted November 7, 2005 I got about 15 rides in a little over an hour on Sunday night of Memorial Day weekend. There was sometimes a one train wait if you wanted the front or back row. Otherwise walk-on city. I rode a lot in the first row of the last car.
Shockwave Posted November 7, 2005 Posted November 7, 2005 It's a blur to start to finish. Because it only has that one big hill (the lift), the train doesn't lose much momentum over the rest of the little hills. And any video with Robb screaming like a girl is good to watch!
MSLSM Posted November 7, 2005 Posted November 7, 2005 ^I think that's the point. I rode it twice in about 5 minutes. I would have ridden it more, but I went to eat pizza at a near by restruant. You could sometimes hear the screams from the coaster. This coaster was a lot of fun, and the ops were letting some little kids ride it over and over again without having to pay. I did not take advantage of this since my dad and sister were waiting. (they just dont understand people like us. lol)
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