Mr Stratosphere Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 Hey everyone its been a long time since ive been on, but i got a bit of news, The roller coaster world is going to be losing the World's Highest Roller Coaster!!!! Thats right kids, the High Roller atop the Stratosphere Tower is being removed, Its last day of operation is December 30th 2005, thats right its a week from today!!! The High Roller will not even make it to be a decade old. We do not know what will take its place yet, but this is one bit of news that is kinda sad. Well it is to me. John Why stop at the edge.....When you can go over!!?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaneymon Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 Its alway sad to see a coaster go and this is no excepitiona noother credit missed out on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
What Now Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 I'm glad I have that credit. I wonder if this means that they'll add another ride? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hicko Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 Nooooooooooo. I'm going in 2007 and I wanted to ride that thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncf Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 It's actually nothing special IMO, I was very disappointed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapseofreason Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 Noooo! I've only been on that once! And there's no way I can get there and ride it again in a week! Waaahhh... I love you, High Roller.. so fun and cheap to boot.... I'll just to have to express my sorrow by riding your (S&Ster) Big Shot... -Amanda "RIP High Roller, you were a cheap thrill just like the rest of Vegas" Vincelli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba Z Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 I heard or saw a post that they want to add a bungee drop or zip line? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapseofreason Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 I heard or saw a post that they want to add a bungee drop or zip line? Now THAT would rule. Kinda like one of the rides they originally proposed, where a coaster train dropped down the side of the tower and across Las Vegas Blvd. Check out http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com and click on "dreams" to see how much this would have ruled! -Amanda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastered Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 Nooooooooooo. I will go to Vegas in 2006 and I wanted to ride that thing! I know it's not a great coaster, but I want the credit (and the view). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapseofreason Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 Nooooooooooo. I will go to Vegas in 2006 and I wanted to ride that thing! I know it's not a great coaster, but I want the credit (and the view). Actually, the view is not that great, as (especially with the first ride) you are scared of how high up you are! I am still freaked out when I go up the tower! But maybe you will not be so acrophobic. -Amanda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterCrazy Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 I wish I could have had the chance to ride it, I think it would have been a lot of fun. I hope they replace it with something better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Vampire Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 What's the reason for removing this ride? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekRx Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 Wow, I'm glad I finally got out to Vegas when I did, and that I was lucky enough to get to ride the High Roller. It may not have been very extreme, but it was pretty unique having a coaster that high in the air. I can only assume the removal of this means they'll try to get another coaster of sorts in its place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStig Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 Aww bummer man! Im really glad I got the credit, but it was about 5 years ago and I was only 10 so I dont really remember the ride that much, but I remember it being scary as hell! Oh well, another one bites the dust... Colin C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haux Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 Kinda like one of the rides they originally proposed, where a coaster train dropped down the side of the tower and across Las Vegas Blvd. Check out http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com and click on "dreams" to see how much this would have ruled! -Amanda That was going to be made by Arrow. I remember all the fuss about it. People didn't want it because it would be noisy, so Arrow lowered the height from about 750 feet to 400 feet. Then it just hit snag after snag and eventually was scrapped. I'm upset that I never got to Las Vegas. High Roller doesn't look like the best or the most fun, but it is an experience unlike any other. Hey, if you dig deep enough on that Web site, there were plans for a stand-up coaster to be built at the Titanic resort. That'd be cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momo1tx Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 That's kind of a dissapointment, but hopefully something cool is going there. I find it kind of funny how all of the coaster books would rave about how coool it is to ride it, yet no one really liked it that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shockwave Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 Well at least it's not the Big Shot that going. I just wonder what they could put in the space the caoster is taking up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benzo41190 Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 I think that they should just put in a bunch of flats instead of a new coaster. Imagine a "A Topple Tower" over the edge. Or some other flats like a Zipper, Roll-O-PLane, Inverter, A Skyscraper........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCTfan Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 Sadness! I wanted to experience it! Sure, it may not have been that great but would've been a unique experience. Maybe they'll replace it with an Intamin launch coaster with a 400 foot tophat that will go over the Power Tower. YES. It'll launch in circles around the tower until it reaches its speed to top the tower. I know, I'm brilliant. When it happens, I get credit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterdude5 Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 Darn.... I might be going to Las Vegas in a couple of years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lagg Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 I hope to see another coaster added in, that coaster looked cool. Its a shame to see it leave though. A bungee would be great, but I would love to see an Intiman mini mega coaster on that tower. *keeps dreaming* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socalMAN123 Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 So sad, so sad. Another credit lost this year. I have an idea for them! Make a Wild Mouse going off the side! ---Brent 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterEricHP Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 Sad to see it go.. especially since we'll never get the credit! I guess they cant uh.. relocate it . But anyways, I'm drooling over the possibilities of what else they could put out there.. maybe another coaster? Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niiicolaaah Posted December 25, 2005 Share Posted December 25, 2005 alas, another credit i shall never get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scaparri Posted December 25, 2005 Share Posted December 25, 2005 That kind of sucks. I was looking forward to riding it in March. Oh well I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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