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KDGrizzly4Life

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Vortex @ Carowinds, 2 inversions? That's it? Aww...
Wicked Twister @ Cedar Point. It was like Volcano, but slower and shorter...
El Dorado @ Kings Dominion. Not a single "woah" from the 20 or so people on board... Sigh...
 
Either Viper @ Magic Mountain, my dad loves that ride but when I first rode it all I could think of was the pain in the side of my head, or Superman the Escape @ Magic Mountain, no accelerational g's at all and barely any hang time.
 
KDGrizzly4Life said:
Wicked Twister @ Cedar Point. It was like Volcano, but slower and shorter...
Wicked Twister is actually faster, and still holds the record as tallest inverted coaster on the planet (definitely reaching the 155 ft. mark of Volcano, on a 90 degree drop).

Also, they are completely different concepts, full circuit vs. shuttle, so not the most accurate comparison.

My biggest disappointment is Dueling Dragons, now Dragon Quest. Much shorter than I expected, and always seemed to lack a full ride experience.
 
Shivering Timbers.. a ride that was seemingly universally liked by enthusiasts that was just plain boring.. much to Marc's dismay.. :lol:

Intimidator 305.. well with the trims.. it essentially neuters what would be an INCREDIBLE drop.. but the rest was pretty good.

Intimidator.. WOW was that crap.
 
Brad said:
Diamondback, complete and utter <img>, terrible coaster to start last years US live on.

Beast, I don't understand why everyone raves on about it at night, 95% of coasters are better in the evening, this is just a bit better. But still dull, rough and not worth the hype.

Get... Out...



I'm gonna plump with X and Tatsu here as my main gripes... As well as Thunderhead and Millenium Force...

So I haven't done X2 but original X was just meh... Total let-down for Number 100...

Tatsu tried to maim me...

Thunderhead just bored me...

Millenium Force did the same...
 
Brad said:
Diamondback, complete and utter ****, terrible coaster to start last years US live on.

Voyage, Rough as hell, shame really as it would be a top 5 coaster otherwise, and now it has trims.

Bizarro, brilliant, but thought it would be a lot better.

Beast, I don't understand why everyone raves on about it at night, 95% of coasters are better in the evening, this is just a bit better. But still dull, rough and not worth the hype.
Disagree with everything except Bizarro. Then again, you do have a ****ty taste in coasters. ;)
 
I remember being very dissapointed with Stealth, thinking it's tall, it's fast, this has got to be awesome! It wasn't really.

Port Aventura was a bit of a dissapointment, but it grew on me and by the time I left I really liked it, so that's good!
 
KDGrizzly4Life said:
I disagree on those last two. I305 is great, trims or not. Intimidator at Carowinds is awesome too.

No.. 305 fails at its purpose. It's like a pornstar who can't get a hard on.. whats the point?

Timmy was massive amounts of boring crap. It was lame even for B&M floater.
 
I don't understand why you thought it was so crappy. I've ridden Apollo's Chariot, Nitro, Titan and Intimidator is BY FAR the best of those Hypers in my opinion.

Second: I305 is still a great ride. I cannot give away company secrets, but we put those trims on there for a reason. Safety is our #1 concern and it sucks that we are getting **** from the enthusiasts about it.
 
Diamondback, complete and utter , terrible coaster to start last years US live on.

I'll KIND OF give you that one, as it really was a disappointment from 2009. However, I've definitely been on worse B&M hypers, Intimidator being the absolute worst. Seriously, that thing was such a disappointment. It had literally zero airtime and was just plain boring, I didn't even want to reride it.

Voyage, Rough as hell, shame really as it would be a top 5 coaster otherwise, and now it has trims.

You're a pansy. Voyage is just brilliant, rough or not. It has pretty much everything a wooden coaster should have. It was only because you rode it with me the first time that you didn't like it.. You were so blinded by my awesomeness that you just couldn't concentrate on the ride.

Beast, I don't understand why everyone raves on about it at night, 95% of coasters are better in the evening, this is just a bit better. But still dull, rough and not worth the hype.

SHUT UP! :p The night ride on Beast I had in 2009 with the mist in the valley and all that was one of the most memorable coaster rides ever. Though, I know a lot of people don't like it that much in the day, but I like it either way. It has NO airtime but it's just so different, loads of fun, and I can reride it loads.

Some disappointments for me were, as I said, Intimidator at Carowinds, simply because it had no airtime and it was dull. Although the coasters at Busch were good and I LOVE the park, Griffon was a bit of a disappointment in hindsight, as was Alpengeist. They were both decent coasters, but neither of them blew me away, aside from maybe the first drop on Griffon on my first ride. Alpengeist didn't really come close to being my top invert or anything, which I expected it to be. Raven was a huge disappointment, because everyone was like AHH it's fab, but even after riding it a few times I can't even remember anything about it really, minus the turn over the water. It was nothing memorable and it was so short, and boring.
 
Beast was a disappointment for me, too.

After they installed all those MFGD magnetic trims, that is.


Before? A blasty blast!
After? Nap time!
 
I've been on good rough coasters such as The Ultimate, the Voyage is just an average rough coaster. And you are correct, I couldn't concentrate on the Voyage as your Flappy lips keeped hitting me on each hill.

Average yet still in your top fifteen or so :p . And no, I restrained my flappsters, don't blame it on them!

Go on a good coaster at night like Boulder Dash

SO PREDICTABLE :p .

But I really don't think you can comment, considering you have Mr. Freeze in your top ten and until recently Dragster and Ka next to each in your top ten. Plus you think Voyage is better than El Toro which is a big mistake.

Get it right get it tight son, Mr. Freeze is NOT in my top ten, it's in my top twenty because it's fun, not because it's an outstanding coaster!

I haven't been on El Toro since 2007, so if I rode it again that may change.
 
^ The saying is "get it right, get it tight," SO HA!

And no, Mr. Freeze was never in my top ten, however, Batman: the Ride was in my top ten for quite a while :lol: It's a good ride though, and my coaster count was lower back then!
 
Indiana Beach.
I was expecting the place to be fun with some great coasters and some quirky flat rides, have an awesome atmosphere and for the park to become one of my favourite in the USA.
Instead, it just felt really run down, the ride ops were rude, the atmosphere was non-existant, the lake was vile and most of the rides looked like they were just about to fall apart.

Dreadful park, and a major disappointment for me!

I would also say that Kings Dominion was a big disappointment as it still remains my least favourite park I've ever been to, but I wasn't expecting too much from it, so it was more of a surprise than a disappointment I guess. :?
 
I suppose it's when you go, but Carowinds as a whole was kinda meh. They had some procedural mishaps (No all clear??? before dispatching Carolina Cyclone) and the only stars were Afterburn, Intimidator, Carolina Cobra and Scream Weaver
 
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