Johnny Upsidedown Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 Hey gang. Well another media day has passed. Was out at Worlds of Fun today for Media Day. The ride is pretty good and will surprise most that ride it. I liked the Zero G roll best. The ride has pretty good speed and has a pretty good ride flow. Everybody loved it even all the upper park staff. Anyway I got to the park at 6am rode none stop tell 9 then the announcement from park staff and the announcement was over short and quick. Followed by more rides on Patriot. What else. WOF gave out very cool 8 inch tall 2 in wide glass bars that are laser cut on the inside with Patriot name and eagle head. Anyway exhasted from the trip so here are the photos. Unfortunatly it was a cloudy day so photos not so bright oh well. I have 45 photo from media day on mysite www.johnnyupsidedown.com or go straight to the photos here http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/new2006p3.html and here are a few of the photos hope you like. Johnny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaos Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 Patriot looks awesome. Like what Silver Bullet should have been. Nice pictures. Does that hill have airtime? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkdcoaster Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 It amazes me all that crap they do to mount plain old Home video cameras.... Discovery channel and Robb got the right idea..Duct tape and a lipstick cam. Thanks for the pics Johnny.....ride looks great JEFF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imhotep Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 Wow that station looks nice, And I can say I am a fan of the white stripe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Upsidedown Posted April 7, 2006 Author Share Posted April 7, 2006 Thanks for the compliments. Um sorry not much airtime as in up out of the seat. However the zero G roll has great upsidedown and all around airtime similar to Krakens ZGroll. The ride carries its speed through out. The loop is similar to a Batman loop pulls all the way through. The immelman enters with good speed and has a little upsidedown airtime hanging air as you rotate out of the immelman. The high bank turn is pretty good as the day went on the it got better and would have a good pull into the S curve. Lets see the s curve over the station is kinda lame but is followed by a nice dip and a flip as I call it more like a good drop into a flat spin. So anyway the ride will surprise most with a good amount of speed, close ground travesing and some great ride elements. Best seat most liked the front but either side back row is my favorite. A few more photos are up on another page on my site http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/eventWOF.html and here is a photos of the crystal gift given to all that attended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 Am I the only one that thinks the white stripe looks hideous? --Robb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteornotes Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 ^Yeah, I agree, it looks odd and, um, not good. dt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imhotep Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 ^^Probably not, I think Im the only one that likes it! Its just different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 Am I the only one that thinks the white stripe looks hideous? --Robb Agreed! And I think the station looks really cheap. A plywood station doesn't belong on a multi-million dollar B&M! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imhotep Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 ^is it supposed to be themed to the area? I guess Im also alone in thinking the station looks cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 I thought the stripe looked like trash in the concept art, but it actually looks a lot better than I anticipated. And this is from somebody who thinks a patriotic coaster is... probably unnecessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Upsidedown Posted April 7, 2006 Author Share Posted April 7, 2006 The strip takes a little getting used to. Once you have seen it for a while you dont really notice it that much. The station area is kinda plain with limited themeing but looks nice its a bright area with lots of spaces to observe the ride with picnic areas. This photo shows the entrance area, onride photo booth, gift shop building and station house not bad looking http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/new06/pa78a.jpg . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJHammer1 Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 I think the station is nicer than most other Cedar Fair Inverts, and I like the white stripe a lot. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NitroJoeC Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 Agreed, it's different than the same ol' blue and red found on *way* too many coasters nowadays....this changes it up a lil' bit. Not to mention I love the station, I think it looks really classy. The ride looks great, too! Don't think I'm riding it this year, since I'm waiting to hit SDC/Celeb City, too. JC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 ^is it supposed to be themed to the area? I guess Im also alone in thinking the station looks cool! Looks like I'm alone in thinking it looks crappy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 I think they cloned the Silver Bullet station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkaterFreakboi Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 Yes. Its basically a clone of Silver Bullet's station. Patriot looks cool, but I must be the only one here who believes "Patriot looks nice, like bullet should have been" is BS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cheat Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 Silver Bullet looks great. The track isnt silver but I think Silver track would look pretty ugly, thus we have silver supports. The trains arent silver either but they still look great if you ask me. The Silver Bullet area also has theming in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trustkill22 Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 To me the station looks like a ski chalet, but this coaster looks nice and basic and pretty fun coaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterguy618 Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 I also think the stripe looks very horrible. And I also think that the station looks very old. Kind of like a station from the early 90's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cheat Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 Your only 13, what do you know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 Anyone is allowed an opinion. Don't be a knob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cheat Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 He was born in the early 90s. How can he remember something from the early 90s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jive Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 The station is themed to look like an old frontier type building. I didn't ride it nearly as many times as Johnny did but I will agree that it's a fun ride. I also think that once it heats up and gets a full load of riders the hill over the station will provide some nice air time. There was a hint of it yesterday with only about 20% of the seats filled. We wrote a ride review along with some grabbing a handful of photos as well. http://www.coastercommunity.com/ http://coastercommunity.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=3422&g2_navId=x903283b3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 He was born in the early 90s. How can he remember something from the early 90s? "I Love The 90's", duh. PS: He was just expressing his opinion, no need to be rude about it. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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